2015 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
# 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. 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. 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 :

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

## Entry list

2015 entry list :

| 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 | JER | ASS | ASS | SAC | SAC | BRN | BRN | SIL | SIL | MIS | ARA | 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 | JER | ASS | ASS | SAC | SAC | BRN | BRN | SIL | SIL | MIS | ARA | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
