Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2008

The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2008 was the second in the history of the FIM - Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup .

Ten races were held at eight events.

Distribution of points

The champion was the driver who had accumulated the most points in the championship by the end of the season. When allocating points, the placements in the overall result of the respective race were taken into account. The top fifteen drivers in each race received points according to the following scheme:

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

Racing calendar

Jerez Estoril Le Mans Mugello Donington Aces Sachsenring Brno

Venues

	Run	date	Run	route	Track layout
1	1	March 29, 2008	Spain	Circuito de Jerez
	2	March 30, 2008
2	-	April 12, 2008	Portugal	Circuito do Estoril
3	-	May 17, 2008	France	Circuit Bugatti
4th	-	May 31, 2008	Italy	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
5	-	June 21, 2008	Great Britain	Donington Park
6th	-	June 28, 2008	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen
7th	-	July 12, 2008	Germany	Sachsenring
8th	1	August 16, 2008	Czech Republic	Brno Automotodrome
	2	August 17, 2008

Race results

	Run	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap	Overall leading driver
1	1	29.03.	Spain	Jerez	Luis Salom	JD Beach	Deane Brown	Luis Salom	Daijiro Hiura	Luis Salom
	2	30.03.			Luis Salom	JD Beach	Deane Brown		Nelson Major
2	-	04/12	Portugal	Estoril	Daijiro Hiura	JD Beach	Sturla Fagerhaug	Daijiro Hiura	Daijiro Hiura
3	-	05/17	France	Le Mans	Luis Salom	JD Beach	Nelson Major	Luis Salom	JD Beach
4th	-	05/31	Italy	Mugello	Luis Salom	JD Beach	Daijiro Hiura	Péter Sebestyén	Luis Salom
5	-	06/21	Great Britain	Donington	Miguel Oliveira	Sturla Fagerhaug	Mathew Scholtz	Daijiro Hiura	Sturla Fagerhaug
6th	-	28.06.	Netherlands	Aces	Miguel Oliveira	Sturla Fagerhaug	Matthew Hoyle	Sturla Fagerhaug	Miguel Oliveira
7th	-	07/12	Germany	Sachsenring	JD Beach	Daijiro Hiura	Matthew Hoyle	Luis Salom	Daniel Kartheininger	JD Beach
8th	1	08/16	Czech Republic	Brno	Mathew Scholtz	Sturla Fagerhaug	Matthew Hoyle	Mathew Scholtz	Nico Thöni
	2	08/17			Sturla Fagerhaug	Matthew Hoyle	Luis Salom		Matthew Hoyle

Driver ranking

Item driver total L1 L2 L1 L2 1  JD Beach 2 2 2 2 2 5 8th 1 11 NC 149 2  L. Solom 1 1 4th 1 1 9 7th NC NC 3 145 3  S. Fagerhaug 7th 4th 3 6th 7th 2 2 NC 2 1 142 4th  D. Hiura 5 5 1 3 NC 4th 2 12 8th 108 5  N. Major 4th 6th 5 3 11 4th NC 5 18th 4th 92 6th  M. Scholtz NC 10 11 8th 9 3 NC 6th 1 7th 86 7th  M. Hoyle NC 14th NC 15th 10 3 3 3 2 77 8th  D. Ruiz 6th 7th 10 7th 4th 13 6th NC 21st 13 63 9  J. Kornfeil 8th 9 19th 9 6th 7th 10 NC 10 6th 63 10  F. Marino 11 13 13 5 19th NC 5 7th 7th 5 62 11  M. Reiterberger 9 8th 9 NC 8th 12 12 10 6th 9 61 12  M. Oliveira 8th 1 1 58 13  D. Kartheininger 14th 17th 7th 4th 5 NC NC 4th 8th NC 56 14th  D. Brown 3 3 6th 4th NC 55 15th  P. Sebestyén 15th 15th 17th 11 NC 6th 16 8th 13 NC 28 16  C. Trabalon NC 11 15th 10 16 9 9 26th 17th  Y. Yokoo NC 18th 14th 14th 13 8th 14th NC 9 19th 24 18th  K. Calia 13 19th 12 NC 10 17th 11 NC 10 24 19th  A. Blacklock 12 12 16 12 15th NC 19th 14th 14th 12 21st 20th  N. Thöni 15th 12 5 14th 18th 21st  A. Cappella 18th 11 13 NC 19th 11 13 22nd  J. Elliott 10 16 NC NC 12 NC 18th NC 17th 15th 11 23  D. Mavin NC NC 14th NC 11 16 20th 16 7th 24  H. Stafford 16 20th 18th 16 17th NC 20th 13 15th 17th 4th 25th  Q. Jacquet 13 3 26th  N. Ajo 20th NC NC 15th 16 18th 1 27  B. McConnachie 17th 21st NC 0

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green Placement in the points blue Classified outside the point ranks violet Race not finished ( DNF ) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start ( DNS ) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) colourless not participated in the training (DNP) injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) did not appear (DNA)

Web links

• Official website of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup