The 2026 Red Bull Rookies Cup was the twentieth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and fourteenth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes. It consisted of 14 races in seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar, beginning at Circuito de Jerez in Spain on 25 April and ending on 14 September at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. Spanish rider Beñat Fernández emerged as the champion, securing the title with a fifth-place finish in the final race of the season at Red Bull Ring.
Entry list 2026 entry list No. Rider Rounds 4 Sullivan Mounsey All 7 Beñat Fernández All 9 Luca Agostinelli All 10 Afonso Almeida All 11 David González 1–5, 7 17 Yaroslav Karpushin All 18 Archie Schmidt All 20 Fynn Kratochwil All 22 Alejandra Fernández 1–4, 6–7 23 Travis Borg All 24 Guillem Planques All 27 Mateo Marulanda 1–3, 5–7 31 Giulio Pugliese All 32 Kiandra Ramadhipa All 36 Jurrien van Crugten All 47 Tibor Varga 1–5 51 Alfonsi Daquigan All 57 Cristian Borrelli All 62 Ethan Sparks All 69 Fernando Bujosa All 70 Kristian Daniel Jr. All 71 Carlos Cano All 72 David Da Costa All 77 Kerman Tinez All 85 Kiattisak Singhapong All 97 Ryota Ogiwara All Source:
Calendar 2026 Calendar Round Date Circuit 1 R1 25 April Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera R2 26 April 2 R1 9 May Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans R2 10 May 3 R1 30 May Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero R2 31 May 4 R1 27 June TT Circuit Assen, Assen R2 28 June 5 R1 11 July Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal R2 12 July 6 R1 12 September Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico R2 13 September 7 R1 19 September Red Bull Ring, Spielberg R220 September 2026 Calendar
Results Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Race winner Sources 1 25 April Jerez Carlos Cano Beñat Fernández Beñat Fernández 26 April Cristian Borrelli Kiandra Ramadhipa 2 9 May Le Mans Beñat Fernández Travis Borg Beñat Fernández 10 May Beñat Fernández David González 3 30 May Mugello David González Fernando Bujosa Ryota Ogiwara 31 May David Da Costa Ryota Ogiwara 4 27 June Assen Guillem Planques Yaroslav Karpushin Carlos Cano 28 June Kiattisak Singhapong Beñat Fernández 5 11 July Sachsenring Fynn Kratochwil David Da Costa Ryota Ogiwara 12 July Tibor Varga Kiandra Ramadhipa 6 12 September Misano Guillem Planques Kiattisak Singhapong Fernando Bujosa 13 September Mateo Marulanda Carlos Cano 7 19 September Red Bull Ring Kristian Daniel Jr. Ryota Ogiwara Fernando Bujosa 20 September Guillem Planques David González
Riders' 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 LMS MUG ASS SCH MIS RBR Pts 1 Beñat Fernández 1 3 1 8 2 4 3 1 Ret Ret 12 14 6 5 175 2 Fernando Bujosa 2 5 4 2 Ret 11 5 6 9 Ret 1 4 1 6 170 3 Ryota Ogiwara 11 9 2 5 1 1 4 18 1 Ret 10 7 4 19 159 4 Kristian Daniel Jr. 6 10 8 9 12 7 2 Ret Ret 4 4 2 2 3 146 5 Fynn Kratochwil 8 12 Ret 12 3 2 17 Ret 4 3 5 3 3 2 144 6 David González 4 Ret Ret 1 22 16 7 2 2 7 7 1 130 7 Carlos Cano 18 14 Ret 15 14 5 1 4 8 6 3 1 Ret DNS 113 8 Kiattisak Singhapong 3 7 7 Ret 13 6 6 5 3 11 8 20 5 11 113 9 Kiandra Ramadhipa 7 1 10 6 10 Ret Ret 7 5 1 Ret 11 16 Ret 106 10 Guillem Planques 19 Ret 9 10 15 3 8 11 Ret 5 2 8 Ret 7 91 11 Yaroslav Karpushin 23 2 19 17 7 13 9 10 6 2 Ret 6 Ret 17 85 12 Travis Borg 10 Ret 5 4 8 8 Ret 3 10 Ret 11 13 18 Ret 76 13 Sullivan Mounsey 13 Ret 6 3 4 9 Ret 13 Ret 9 15 Ret 11 9 72 14 Mateo Marulanda Ret 4 3 11 9 19 11 Ret 9 10 8 12 71 15 Giulio Pugliese Ret 8 11 7 5 14 18 12 12 13 Ret 9 14 8 63 16 Ethan Sparks 12 18 12 14 11 17 10 19 14 10 7 5 Ret 4 62 17 David Da Costa 15 6 20 13 6 21 Ret 21 7 8 6 Ret Ret 20 51 18 Kerman Tinez 5 15 13 20 21 Ret 11 9 Ret 14 13 Ret 9 Ret 39 19 Alfonsi Daquigan 20 11 14 Ret 16 Ret 13 14 13 15 17 19 12 10 26 20 Cristian Borrelli 24 13 17 16 Ret 18 19 8 16 17 16 12 19 15 16 21 Luca Agostinelli 9 Ret 18 Ret Ret 12 15 16 Ret DNS 18 Ret 13 18 15 22 Jurrien van Crugten 17 20 16 22 18 22 12 15 15 18 20 18 10 14 14 23 Tibor Varga 22 16 Ret 18 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 12 10 24 Alejandra Fernández 21 19 15 21 20 20 DNS DNS 19 16 15 13 5 25 Afonso Almeida 14 17 Ret 19 17 Ret 16 17 18 16 14 15 17 16 5 26 Archie Schmidt 16 21 21 Ret 19 15 14 20 17 Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret 3 Pos. Rider JER LMS MUG ASS SCH MIS RBR PtsBold – Pole position Italic - Fastest Lap
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