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 Sources 1 2 May Jerez Bo Bendsneyder Fabio Di Giannantonio Bo Bendsneyder 3 May Enzo Boulom Bo Bendsneyder 2 26 June Assen Bo Bendsneyder Fabio Di Giannantonio Bo Bendsneyder 27 June Bo Bendsneyder Bo Bendsneyder 3 11 July Sachsenring Óscar Gutiérrez Bo Bendsneyder Bo Bendsneyder 12 July Fabio Di Giannantonio Fabio Di Giannantonio 4 15 August Brno Fabio Di Giannantonio Marc García Fabio Di Giannantonio 16 August Ayumu Sasaki Bo Bendsneyder 5 29 August Silverstone Bo Bendsneyder Raúl Fernández Bo Bendsneyder 30 August Ayumu Sasaki Ayumu Sasaki 6 12 September Misano Bo Bendsneyder Marc García Bo Bendsneyder 7 26 September Aragon Rory Skinner Raúl Fernández Marc García 27 September Fabio Di Giannantonio Fabio Di Giannantonio
Entry list 2015 entry list 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 ASS SAC BRN SIL MIS ARA Pts 1 Bo Bendsneyder 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 3 1 DNS 9 243 2 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 ASS SAC BRN SIL MIS ARA PtsBold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lapSource:
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