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.
Calendar 2018 calendar Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Race winner Sources 1 5 May Jerez Carlos Tatay Deniz Öncü Can Öncü 6 May Ryusei Yamanaka Carlos Tatay 2 2 June Mugello Meikon Kawakami Adrián Huertas Yuki Kunii 3 30 June Assen Can Öncü Ryusei Yamanaka Can Öncü 1 July Can Öncü Can Öncü 4 14 July Sachsenring Can Öncü Ryusei Yamanaka Deniz Öncü 15 July Adrián Carrasco Can Öncü 5 11 August Spielberg Ryusei Yamanaka Can Öncü Ryusei Yamanaka 12 August Deniz Öncü Xavier Artigas 6 8 September Misano Can Öncü Adrián Carrasco Can Öncü 7 22 September Aragon Xavier Artigas Xavier Artigas Deniz Öncü 23 September Max Cook Deniz Öncü
Entry list 2018 entry list 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 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 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 PtsBold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lapSource:
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