2026 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

2026 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
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The 2026 Red Bull Rookies Cup is 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 is the first season that a world champion (Beñat Fernández) is driving in the Red Bull Rookies Cup.

Entry list

2026 entry list^[1]
No.	Rider	Rounds
4	Sullivan Mounsey	1–5
7	Beñat Fernández	1–5
9	Luca Agostinelli	1–5
10	Afonso Almeida	1–5
11	David González	1–5
17	Yaroslav Karpushin	1–5
18	Archie Schmidt^[2]	1–5
20	Fynn Kratochwil	1–5
22	Alejandra Fernández	1–4
23	Travis Borg	1–5
24	Guillem Planques	1–5
27	Mateo Marulanda	1–3, 5
31	Giulio Pugliese	1–5
32	Kiandra Ramadhipa	1–5
36	Jurrien van Crugten	1–5
47	Tibor Varga	1–5
51	Alfonsi Daquigan^[3]	1–5
57	Christian Borrelli	1–5
62	Ethan Sparks	1–5
69	Fernando Bujosa	1–5
70	Kristian Daniel Jr.^[4]	1–5
71	Carlos Cano	1–5
72	David Da Costa	1–5
77	Kerman Tinez	1–5
85	Kiattisak Singhapong	1–5
97	Ryota Ogiwara^[3]	1–5
Source:^[5]

Calendar

2026 Calendar^[6]
Round		Date	Circuit
1	R1	25 April	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
1	R2	26 April	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
2	R1	9 May	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
2	R2	10 May	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
3	R1	30 May	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero
3	R2	31 May	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero
4	R1	27 June	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
4	R2	28 June	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
5	R1	11 July	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
5	R2	12 July	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
6	R1	12 September	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
6	R2	13 September	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
7	R1	19 September	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
7	R2	20 September	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
2026 Provisional Calendar^[6]

Results

Round	Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner
1	25 April	Jerez	Carlos Cano	Beñat Fernández	Beñat Fernández
1	26 April	Jerez	Carlos Cano	Christian Borrelli	Kiandra Ramadhipa
2	9 May	Le Mans	Beñat Fernández	Travis Borg	Beñat Fernández
2	10 May	Le Mans	Beñat Fernández	Beñat Fernández	David González
3	30 May	Mugello	David González	Fernando Bujosa	Ryota Ogiwara
3	31 May	Mugello	David González	David Da Costa	Ryota Ogiwara
4	27 June	Assen	Guillem Planques	Yaroslav Karpushin	Carlos Cano
4	28 June	Assen	Guillem Planques	Kiattisak Singhapong	Beñat Fernández
5	11 July	Sachsenring	Fynn Kratochwil	David Da Costa	Ryota Ogiwara
5	12 July	Sachsenring	Fynn Kratochwil	Tibor Varga	Kiandra Ramadhipa
6	12 September	Misano
6	13 September	Misano
7	19 September	Red Bull Ring
7	20 September	Red Bull Ring

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			148
2	Ryota Ogiwara	11	9	2	5	1	1	4	18	1	Ret			131
3	Kiandra Ramadhipa	7	1	10	6	10	Ret	Ret	7	5	1			101
4	Fernando Bujosa	2	5	4	2	Ret	11	5	6	9	Ret			97
5	David González	4	Ret	Ret	1	22	16	7	2	2	7			96
6	Kiattisak Singhapong	3	7	7	Ret	13	6	6	5	3	11			89
7	Fynn Kratochwil	8	12	Ret	12	3	2	17	Ret	4	3			81
8	Kristian Daniel Jr.	6	10	8	9	12	7	2	Ret	Ret	4			77
9	Yaroslav Karpushin	23	2	19	17	7	13	9	10	6	2			75
10	Carlos Cano	18	14	Ret	15	14	5	1	4	8	6			72
11	Travis Borg	10	Ret	5	4	8	8	Ret	3	10	Ret			68
12	Sullivan Mounsey	13	Ret	6	3	4	9	Ret	13	Ret	9			59
13	Guillem Planques	19	Ret	9	10	15	3	8	11	Ret	5			54
14	Mateo Marulanda	Ret	4	3	11	9	19			11	Ret			46
15	Giulio Pugliese	Ret	8	11	7	5	14	18	12	12	13			46
16	David Da Costa	15	6	20	13	6	21	Ret	21	7	8			41
17	Kerman Tinez	5	15	13	20	21	Ret	11	9	Ret	14			29
18	Ethan Sparks	12	18	12	14	11	17	10	19	14	10			29
19	Alfonsi Daquigan	20	11	14	Ret	16	Ret	13	14	13	15			16
20	Luca Agostinelli	9	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	12	15	16	Ret	DNS			12
21	Christian Borrelli	24	13	17	16	Ret	18	19	8	16	17			11
22	Tibor Varga	22	16	Ret	18	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	12			10
23	Jurrien van Crugten	17	20	16	22	18	22	12	15	15	18			6
24	Archie Schmidt	16	21	21	Ret	19	15	14	20	17	Ret			3
25	Afonso Almeida	14	17	Ret	19	17	Ret	16	17	18	16			2
26	Alejandra Fernández	21	19	15	21	20	20	DNS	DNS					1
Pos.	Rider	JER		LMS		MUG		ASS		SCH		MIS	RBR	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italic - Fastest Lap

References

↑ "Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Riders". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
↑ "Archie Schmidt made the cut! A Red Bull Rookie in 2026". www.mcnews.co.au. 9 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
1 2 "Ogiwara and Daquigan promoted to the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup". motogp.com. 26 January 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
↑ "American Daniel Jr.made will race for third season in Red Bull Rookes cup". 19 September 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
↑ @redbullrookiescup; (10 October 2025). "Introducing the newly selected riders for 2026 season". Retrieved 10 October 2025 – via Instagram.
1 2 @redbullrookiescup; (14 October 2025). "Save the dates: The provisional calendar for 2026 Red Bull Rookies cup is here as we gear up for 20th season". Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via Instagram.

External links

Official website

[1] "Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Riders". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 2025-12-16.

[2] "Archie Schmidt made the cut! A Red Bull Rookie in 2026". www.mcnews.co.au. 9 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.

[Asia-3] 1 2 "Ogiwara and Daquigan promoted to the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup". motogp.com. 26 January 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.

[4] "American Daniel Jr.made will race for third season in Red Bull Rookes cup". 19 September 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.

[5] @redbullrookiescup; (10 October 2025). "Introducing the newly selected riders for 2026 season". Retrieved 10 October 2025 – via Instagram.

[rookie-6] 1 2 @redbullrookiescup; (14 October 2025). "Save the dates: The provisional calendar for 2026 Red Bull Rookies cup is here as we gear up for 20th season". Retrieved 14 October 2025 – via Instagram.

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