Starting its third season, the 2009 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season continued the search for future World Champions. The 2009 season begins with two races during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend at Jerez on May 2 and May 3 and ends with another double header at the Czech Republic Grand Prix in Brno on August 15 and August 16. Another six European GPs see single Rookies races on each Saturday, making it an eight-race championship, which is two more races than the last season.
The commercial rights of the championship are held by the rights-holders for the MotoGP World Championships, Dorna Sports.
The Czech Jakub Kornfeil was proclaimed champion in the last race, in only his second season of road racing.
Calendar Round Date Grand Prix Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Race winner Sources 1 May 2 Spanish Grand Prix Jerez Daijiro Hiura Daniel Ruiz Sturla Fagerhaug May 3 Daijiro Hiura Danny Kent 2 May 30 Italian Grand Prix Mugello Circuit Sturla Fagerhaug Sturla Fagerhaug Sturla Fagerhaug 3 June 27 Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen Sturla Fagerhaug Florian Marino Sturla Fagerhaug 4 July 18 German Grand Prix Sachsenring Danny Kent Jakub Kornfeil Jakub Kornfeil 5 July 25 British Grand Prix Donington Park Danny Kent Daniel Ruiz Jakub Kornfeil 6 August 15 Czech Republic Grand Prix Brno Daijiro Hiura Alejandro Pardo Florian Marino August 16 Daijiro Hiura Jakub Kornfeil
Entry list Notes All Entrants were riding a KTM Tyres were supplied by Dunlop No Rider Rounds 4 Xavier Figueras All 7 Deane Brown 3–6 16 Joshua Hook 1–3, 5–6 17 Thomas van Leeuwen 2–3 20 Mathew Scholtz All 21 Florian Marino All 22 Daniel Ruiz All 24 Harry Stafford 1, 4–6 27 Alessio Cappella All 30 Dylan Mavin All 32 Jacob Gagne All 33 Sturla Fagerhaug All 35 Benny Solis All 36 Nico Thöni All 41 Brad Binder All 44 Nelson Major All 46 Daijiro Hiura All 47 Kevin Calia All 52 Danny Kent All 61 Arthur Sissis All 63 Joan Perelló All 69 Hayden Gillim All 70 Alexander Kristiansson All 71 Taylor Mackenzie All 77 Alejandro Pardo All 84 Jakub Kornfeil All 89 Fraser Rogers All 93 Robin Barbosa All
Season standings
Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.
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
Riders' standings Pos Rider JER MUG ASS SAC DON BRN Pts 1 Jakub Kornfeil 8 6 2 5 1 1 8 1 132 2 Sturla Fagerhaug 1 2 1 1 12 Ret 5 2 130 3 Daijiro Hiura Ret 3 3 2 4 3 6 4 104 4 Danny Kent 3 1 7 Ret 6 8 2 8 96 5 Florian Marino Ret 4 4 4 5 6 1 7 94 6 Jacob Gagne 11 9 Ret 3 3 5 4 3 84 7 Mathew Scholtz 2 7 17 10 2 7 10 5 81 8 Daniel Ruiz 9 17 5 7 14 2 23 9 56 9 Alexander Kristiansson 4 Ret 9 6 8 11 9 Ret 50 10 Alejandro Pardo 6 5 Ret 14 7 Ret 3 Ret 48 11 Nelson Major 7 Ret Ret Ret 10 4 7 6 47 12 Kevin Calia 12 8 Ret 9 11 10 13 12 37 13 Arthur Sissis Ret 18 6 8 Ret 12 15 11 28 14 Brad Binder 13 10 Ret 16 Ret 15 11 14 17 15 Harry Stafford Ret DNS 9 14 12 13 16 16 Hayden Gillim 10 DNS 13 12 Ret 18 22 Ret 13 17 Dylan Mavin 18 12 8 23 19 20 24 21 12 18 Xavier Figueras 14 11 14 18 13 17 21 18 12 19 Joshua Hook 5 Ret Ret Ret DNS 16 16 11 20 Taylor Mackenzie 19 14 15 21 Ret 9 Ret Ret 10 21 Deane Brown 13 Ret Ret 18 10 9 22 Nico Thöni 17 16 10 Ret DNS 19 14 Ret 8 23 Robin Barbosa Ret 13 11 19 18 Ret Ret 22 8 24 Benny Solis 20 Ret 12 20 15 Ret 17 15 6 25 Alessio Cappella 16 DNS DNS 11 Ret 16 20 17 5 26 Fraser Rogers Ret Ret 18 22 16 13 25 20 3 27 Joan Perelló 15 15 16 15 17 Ret 19 19 3 Thomas van Leeuwen 19 17 0 Pos Rider JER MUG ASS SAC DON BRN PtsBold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap
External links Official Site Season at FIM-Website
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