2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
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The 2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the twelfth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season, for the sixth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, was held over 12 races in seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar, beginning at Jerez on 5 May and ending on 23 September at MotorLand Aragón. Turkish rider Can Öncü won the championship, securing the title after the Misano race.^[1]

2018 calendar^[2]
Round	Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Sources
1	5 May	Jerez	Carlos Tatay	Deniz Öncü	Can Öncü	^[3]
1	6 May	Jerez	Carlos Tatay	Ryusei Yamanaka	Carlos Tatay	^[4]
2	2 June	Mugello	Meikon Kawakami	Adrián Huertas	Yuki Kunii	^[5]
3	30 June	Assen	Can Öncü	Ryusei Yamanaka	Can Öncü	^[6]
3	1 July	Assen	Can Öncü	Can Öncü	Can Öncü	^[7]
4	14 July	Sachsenring	Can Öncü	Ryusei Yamanaka	Deniz Öncü	^[8]
4	15 July	Sachsenring	Can Öncü	Adrián Carrasco	Can Öncü	^[9]
5	11 August	Spielberg	Ryusei Yamanaka	Can Öncü	Ryusei Yamanaka	^[10]
5	12 August	Spielberg	Ryusei Yamanaka	Deniz Öncü	Xavier Artigas	^[11]
6	8 September	Misano	Can Öncü	Adrián Carrasco	Can Öncü	^[12]
7	22 September	Aragon	Xavier Artigas	Xavier Artigas	Deniz Öncü	^[13]
7	23 September	Aragon	Xavier Artigas	Max Cook	Deniz Öncü	^[14]

Entry list

2018 entry list^[2]
No.	Rider	Rounds
3	Pasquale Alfano	All
5	Simon Jespersen	All
6	Ryusei Yamanaka	All
7	Barry Baltus	All
11	Dan Jones	All
12	Filip Salač	All
19	Sasha De Vits	All
22	Peetu Paavilainen	All
24	Xavier Artigas	All
28	Adrián Carrasco	All
29	Billy Van Eerde	All
30	Max Cook	All
31	Gerry Salim	All
40	Sean Dylan Kelly	All
43	Steward García	All
44	Nicolás Hernández	All
53	Deniz Öncü	All
61	Can Öncü	All
62	Aidan Liebenberg	1–5, 7
66	Adrián Huertas	All
83	Meikon Kawakami	All
88	Matteo Patacca	1–2, 4
92	Yuki Kunii	1–2, 5–7
99	Carlos Tatay	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		MUG	ASS		SAC		RBR		MIS	ARA		Pts
1	Can Öncü	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	3	2	1	10	8	235
2	Deniz Öncü	4	3	6	4	5	1	2	4	4	8	1	1	192
3	Xavier Artigas	5	15	5	2	3	7	5	2	1	5	2	5	166
4	Filip Salač	3	4	10	5	2	4	3	5	3	2	Ret	7	151
5	Carlos Tatay	2	1	4	8	Ret	9	7	6	6	6	3	2	148
6	Ryusei Yamanaka	6	5	9	3	Ret	3	6	1	7	4	8	3	141
7	Adrián Carrasco	9	23	3	7	Ret	5	4	DSQ	Ret	3	5	Ret	83
8	Steward García	16	8	12	12	Ret	6	9	7	5	Ret	4	6	76
9	Yuki Kunii	11	6	1					Ret	9	Ret	6	4	70
10	Sean Dylan Kelly	8	7	11	6	Ret	Ret	8	10	11	Ret	9	9	65
11	Barry Baltus	7	11	13	9	4	11	11	16	12	15	11	13	60
12	Adrián Huertas	14	10	7	10	9	10	10	DNS	DNS	13	15	15	47
13	Peetu Paavilainen	Ret	12	16	20	6	Ret	12	8	10	11	16	10	43
14	Meikon Kawakami	10	16	8	16	Ret	18	17	13	13	7	19	11	34
15	Dan Jones	12	14	14	Ret	10	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	9	7	18	33
16	Sasha De Vits	15	13	22	11	7	14	14	15	17	10	18	19	29
17	Gerry Salim	23	19	Ret	14	8	Ret	15	Ret	8	Ret	17	12	23
18	Max Cook	13	20	Ret	15	11	8	NC	Ret	DNS	16	12	14	23
19	Billy Van Eerde	19	17	15	13	Ret	15	18	9	Ret	14	14	Ret	16
20	Pasquale Alfano	18	21	18	18	12	13	Ret	12	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	12
21	Matteo Patacca	20	9	17			12	Ret						11
22	Nicolás Hernández	21	22	20	Ret	13	17	20	11	14	Ret	20	16	10
23	Simon Jespersen	17	18	19	19	Ret	Ret	16	14	16	12	13	17	9
24	Aidan Liebenberg	22	24	21	17	Ret	16	19	DNS	DNS		DNS	DNS	0
Pos.	Rider	JER		MUG	ASS		SAC		RBR		MIS	ARA		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (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:^[15]

2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Entry list

Championship standings

References

External links

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