The 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the tenth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. After the selection event held from 16 to 18 October 2015 at Circuito Guadix in Spain and pre-season testing, held from 1 to 4 April 2016 in Jerez, the season began at the same track on 23 April and ended on 25 September at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón after 13 races. The races, for the fourth 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. The championship was won by Japanese rider Ayumu Sasaki at the last race.
Calendar 2016 calendar Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Race winner Sources 1 23 April Jerez Kaito Toba Makar Yurchenko Aleix Viu 24 April Ayumu Sasaki Ayumu Sasaki 2 25 June Assen Raúl Fernández Mykyta Kalinin Raúl Fernández 26 June Raúl Fernández Raúl Fernández 3 16 July Sachsenring Ayumu Sasaki Rory Skinner Ayumu Sasaki 17 July Ayumu Sasaki Kaito Toba 4 13 August Spielberg Aleix Viu Marc García Marc García 14 August Ayumu Sasaki Aleix Viu 5 20 August Brno Marc García Patrik Pulkkinen Marc García 21 August Ayumu Sasaki Marc García 6 10 September Misano Mattia Casadei Aleix Viu Ayumu Sasaki 7 24 September Aragon Kaito Toba Ayumu Sasaki Kaito Toba 25 September Rufino Florido Ayumu Sasaki
Entry list 2016 entry list Rider Rounds 4 Patrik Pulkkinen All 11 Alexandre Juanes All 12 Filip Salač All 13 Walid Soppe All 14 Matthias Meggle All 18 Manuel González All 19 Rufino Florido All 20 Omar Bonoli All 21 Victor Steeman All 22 Mykyta Kalinin All 23 Raúl Fernández All 27 Mattia Casadei All 36 Sander Kroeze All 40 Sean Kelly All 41 Marc García 1–5, 7 43 Steward García All 44 Kevin Orgis All 67 Kaito Toba All 69 Rory Skinner 2–7 71 Ayumu Sasaki All 76 Makar Yurchenko 1–5, 7 79 Ai Ogura All 81 Aleix Viu All 89 Kevin Zannoni 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 RBR BRN MIS ARA Pts 1 Ayumu Sasaki 2 1 4 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 1 4 1 250 2 Aleix Viu 1 2 Ret 10 3 2 2 1 2 7 2 2 22 201 3 Raúl Fernández 3 13 1 1 2 4 5 7 4 2 5 7 2 195 4 Marc García DNS 5 2 9 6 5 1 3 1 1 6 6 170 5 Kaito Toba Ret Ret Ret 7 4 1 4 6 Ret 6 3 1 Ret 121 6 Rory Skinner Ret 3 9 7 8 9 7 4 6 3 8 103 7 Rufino Florido 4 3 Ret DNS 8 Ret 9 4 8 17 4 18 3 94 8 Makar Yurchenko 5 7 DNS Ret 5 6 6 13 5 14 9 11 79 9 Filip Salač 15 Ret 9 6 10 8 11 10 Ret 11 11 5 5 75 10 Mattia Casadei Ret 11 6 4 7 Ret 16 15 6 12 8 10 14 68 11 Ai Ogura Ret 10 3 Ret 11 19 12 11 Ret 20 9 11 4 61 12 Omar Bonoli 9 9 7 13 Ret 9 14 12 9 13 12 17 12 57 13 Kevin Orgis 13 19 5 Ret Ret 11 10 5 12 15 10 20 7 56 14 Patrik Pulkkinen 14 17 11 16 15 13 7 8 Ret 5 18 8 10 53 15 Kevin Zannoni 8 8 Ret 12 12 Ret 13 16 14 16 7 13 20 41 16 Manuel González 7 6 12 Ret 17 15 17 18 15 8 16 21 9 40 17 Steward García 12 14 Ret 5 14 12 18 14 10 Ret 21 12 17 35 18 Walid Soppe 6 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 20 Ret 9 13 Ret Ret 34 19 Mykyta Kalinin 11 15 Ret 8 13 10 21 19 18 18 14 14 13 30 20 Matthias Meggle 10 12 10 Ret Ret DNS 19 Ret 11 10 15 Ret 15 29 21 Victor Steeman 17 20 8 Ret 19 16 22 23 16 22 19 15 19 9 22 Sean Kelly 18 16 Ret 15 18 14 20 17 13 19 17 16 16 6 23 16 18 Ret 11 16 18 23 21 Ret 23 22 Ret 21 5 24 Sander Kroeze DNS DNS Ret 14 20 17 24 22 17 21 20 19 18 2 Pos. Rider JER ASS SAC RBR BRN MIS ARA PtsBold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lapSource:
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