2015 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

The 2015 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the ninth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. After the selection event held from 14 to 16 October 2014 at Circuito Guadix in Spain and pre-season testing, held in April 2015 in Aragon, the season began at Jerez on 2 May and ended on 27 September at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón after 13 races.[1] The races, for the third year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, were held at seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar.

Dutch rider Bo Bendsneyder won the championship, securing the title after the Misano race.[2] Bendsneyder started the season with five successive victories, establishing a healthy championship lead. Ultimately, Bendsneyder won eight races during the season, and only finished off the podium on three occasions. Bendsneyder won the championship by 49 points ahead of Italy's Fabio Di Giannantonio, who was a three-time race winner at the Sachsenring, Brno and Aragon. Third place in the championship was decided in the final Aragon race between Silverstone winner Ayumu Sasaki, Marc García – who won the weekend's opening race – and Óscar Gutiérrez. Sasaki finished second to Di Giannantonio in the race to seal third in the championship, while García's fifth place to an eighth place for Gutiérrez ensured fourth in the final standings.

Calendar

2015 calendar[1]
Round	Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Sources
1	2 May	Jerez	Bo Bendsneyder	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Bo Bendsneyder	[3]
1	3 May	Jerez	Bo Bendsneyder	Enzo Boulom	Bo Bendsneyder	[4]
2	26 June	Assen	Bo Bendsneyder	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Bo Bendsneyder	[5]
2	27 June	Assen	Bo Bendsneyder	Bo Bendsneyder	Bo Bendsneyder	[6]
3	11 July	Sachsenring	Óscar Gutiérrez	Bo Bendsneyder	Bo Bendsneyder	[7]
3	12 July	Sachsenring	Óscar Gutiérrez	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Fabio Di Giannantonio	[8]
4	15 August	Brno	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Marc García	Fabio Di Giannantonio	[9]
4	16 August	Brno	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ayumu Sasaki	Bo Bendsneyder	[10]
5	29 August	Silverstone	Bo Bendsneyder	Raúl Fernández	Bo Bendsneyder	[11]
5	30 August	Silverstone	Bo Bendsneyder	Ayumu Sasaki	Ayumu Sasaki	[12]
6	12 September	Misano	Bo Bendsneyder	Marc García	Bo Bendsneyder	[13]
7	26 September	Aragon	Rory Skinner	Raúl Fernández	Marc García	[14]
7	27 September	Aragon	Rory Skinner	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Fabio Di Giannantonio	[15]

Entry list

2015 entry list[1]
No.	Rider	Rounds
4	Patrik Pulkkinen	All
9	Robert Schotman	All
13	Martin Gbelec	2–7
14	Bruno Ieraci	1–4, 6–7
16	Emanuel Aguilar	All
19	Rufino Florido	All
20	Omar Bonoli	All
21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	All
22	Mykyta Kalinin	All
23	Raúl Fernández	All
27	Mattia Casadei	All
29	Gabriel Hernandez	All
37	Walid Soppe	All
41	Marc García	All
44	Martin Vugrinec	All
45	Olly Simpson	All
64	Bo Bendsneyder	All
67	Kaito Toba	All
69	Rory Skinner	All
71	Ayumu Sasaki	All
76	Makar Yurchenko	All
81	Aleix Viu	All
96	Óscar Gutiérrez	All
99	Enzo Boulom	All

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, provided the rider finished the race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos.	Rider	JER		ASS		SAC		BRN		SIL		MIS	ARA		Pts
1	Bo Bendsneyder	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	3	1	DNS	9	243
2	Fabio Di Giannantonio	5	2	2	2	4	1	1	Ret	2	11	Ret	6	1	194
3	Ayumu Sasaki	6	Ret	6	6	2	Ret	6	5	3	1	3	4	2	161
4	Marc García	9	8	5	5	3	2	4	3	Ret	Ret	4	1	5	151
5	Óscar Gutiérrez	2	6	3	3	5	DNS	5	2	5	5	10	8	8	148
6	Enzo Boulom	8	5	4	4	9	6	8	4	6	2	7	DNS	10	128
7	Raúl Fernández	16	16	9	7	12	4	3	7	4	DNS	2	2	6	121
8	Olly Simpson	3	3	Ret	DNS	8	5	17	Ret	7	Ret	6	15	4	84
9	Kaito Toba	4	9	10	Ret	7	3	7	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	79
10	Rory Skinner	17	17	15	14	18	11	Ret	14	10	4	16	3	3	61
11	Robert Schotman	10	13	Ret	10	11	9	10	13	12	9	9	14	11	61
12	Rufino Florido	7	4	7	17	Ret	Ret	16	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	7	59
13	Aleix Viu	13	11	8	20	6	7	11	9	19	Ret	5	DNS	DNS	58
14	Mattia Casadei	Ret	10	14	Ret	14	8	9	Ret	9	8	8	12	16	52
15	Makar Yurchenko	14	14	11	9	10	15	Ret	Ret	8	6	14	17	12	47
16	Walid Soppe	11	7	Ret	13	17	Ret	13	10	11	7	15	Ret	20	41
17	Martin Gbelec			Ret	11	13	17	14	11	Ret	10	11	9	13	36
18	Bruno Ieraci	12	12	13	8	Ret	10	DNS	DNS			12	DNS	15	30
19	Patrik Pulkkinen	15	19	12	12	16	13	12	Ret	15	13	17	10	14	28
20	Omar Bonoli	Ret	15	Ret	15	15	12	15	12	14	Ret	13	11	17	22
21	Martin Vugrinec	Ret	20	18	Ret	22	14	19	15	13	12	21	13	Ret	13
	Mykyta Kalinin	19	Ret	17	18	21	Ret	18	16	18	Ret	20	16	18	0
	Gabriel Hernandez	18	18	Ret	16	20	16	Ret	18	17	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	0
	Emanuel Aguilar	Ret	Ret	16	19	19	18	20	17	16	Ret	19	18	19	0
Pos.	Rider	JER		ASS		SAC		BRN		SIL		MIS	ARA		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap
Source:[16]

References

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"Bendsneyder wins race and Cup in Misano". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
"Gran Premio bwin de España – Rookies Cup – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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"Motul TT Assen – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 1" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
"Motul TT Assen – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
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"GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). redbull.com. Dorna Sports. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
"bwin Grand Prix České Republiky – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 1" (PDF). redbull.com. Dorna Sports. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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"Octo British Grand Prix – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 1" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
"Octo British Grand Prix – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
"GP TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini – Rookies Cup – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
"Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 1" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
"Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup – Race Nr. 2" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
"Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón – Rookies Cup – Championship Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

External links

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[2] "Bendsneyder wins race and Cup in Misano". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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