2011 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

The 2011 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season was the fifth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season began at Circuito de Jerez on 2 April and ended on 3 September at the Misano World Circuit after 14 races. The races, contested by the riders on equal KTM machinery, were held at eight meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar.

Calendar

The season saw an expanded calendar, from six meetings up to eight meetings, adding events at Estoril for the first time since 2008, and Silverstone for the first time.^[1] Of the eight meetings, six were double-headers, with single races at Mugello and Misano.

2011 calendar^[1]
Round	Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner
1	2 April	Jerez	Brad Binder	Philipp Öttl	Philipp Öttl
1	3 April	Jerez	Brad Binder	Philipp Öttl	Arthur Sissis
2	30 April	Estoril	Brad Binder	Brad Binder	Brad Binder
2	1 May	Estoril	Brad Binder	Aaron España	Arthur Sissis
3	11 June	Silverstone	Alan Techer	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Lukas Trautmann
3	12 June	Silverstone	Alan Techer	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Lorenzo Baldassarri
4	24 June	Assen	James Flitcroft	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Lorenzo Baldassarri
4	25 June	Assen	James Flitcroft	Florian Alt	Arthur Sissis
5	2 July	Mugello	Stefano Valtulini	Philipp Öttl	Arthur Sissis
6	16 July	Sachsenring	Philipp Öttl	Philipp Öttl	Philipp Öttl
6	17 July	Sachsenring	Philipp Öttl	Florian Alt	Alan Techer
7	13 August	Brno	Florian Alt	Scott Deroue	Joe Roberts
7	14 August	Brno	Florian Alt	Joe Roberts	Alan Techer
8	3 September	Misano	Florian Alt	Florian Alt	Florian Alt

Entry list

2011 entry list^[2]
No.	Rider	Rounds
5	Philipp Öttl	1, 3–8
7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	All
8	Hafiq Azmi	All
16	Andrea Migno	All
18	James Flitcroft	All
19	Kevin Arginò	All
22	Aaron España	All
25	Willi Albert	All
26	Deni Cudic	1–5
27	Joe Roberts	All
32	Max Enderlein	All
34	Xavier Pinsach	1–7
41	Brad Binder	All
43	Stefano Valtulini	All
47	Tomáš Vavrouš	All
50	Lukas Trautmann	All
61	Arthur Sissis	All
66	Florian Alt	1, 3–8
67	Joakim Niemi	All
69	Javier Orellana	All
75	Ivo Lopes	All
77	Kyle Ryde	All
89	Alan Techer	All
95	Scott Deroue	All
96	Josep García	1–3, 7–8

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers, 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		EST		SIL		ASS		MUG	SAC		BRN		MIS	Pts
1	Lorenzo Baldassarri	4	12	3	2	4	1	1	2	4	6	4	6	6	3	208
2	Arthur Sissis	6	1	2	1	9	7	2	1	1	18	Ret	2	Ret	4	199
3	Alan Techer	3	Ret	4	4	6	3	Ret	4	8	4	1	Ret	1	6	162
4	Philipp Öttl	1	2			17	Ret	7	9	5	1	6	9	9	2	141
5	Tomáš Vavrouš	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	12	10	16	6	2	5	5	3	2	5	114
6	Florian Alt	5	Ret			8	Ret	17	3	6	14	2	11	8	1	105
7	Brad Binder	2	Ret	1	17	15	Ret	10	20	10	2	9	12	10	Ret	95
8	Ivo Lopes	20	8	6	Ret	2	4	4	16	22	10	12	14	7	8	93
9	Xavier Pinsach	7	Ret	7	3	14	5	Ret	5	7	Ret	7	5	Ret		87
10	Lukas Trautmann	10	Ret	10	6	1	2	5	18	21	16	Ret	19	Ret	12	82
11	Stefano Valtulini	15	Ret	16	14	7	6	12	8	12	15	8	4	5	9	78
12	Joe Roberts	12	9	11	5	16	14	13	15	16	17	Ret	1	12	13	65
13	Aaron España	8	3	8	8	Ret	Ret	18	11	3	Ret	18	22	16	21	61
14	Kevin Arginò	17	4	14	10	3	Ret	6	13	20	13	Ret	10	14	16	61
15	Scott Deroue	23	11	17	Ret	19	15	9	7	14	3	16	16	3	20	56
16	Joakim Niemi	19	5	5	7	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	13	7	Ret	13	15	17	55
17	James Flitcroft	Ret	7	Ret	9	18	11	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	21	4	Ret	50
18	Hafiq Azmi	16	Ret	Ret	15	5	8	11	Ret	17	11	11	7	19	19	44
19	Kyle Ryde	13	6	12	12	23	Ret	20	14	18	12	14	20	11	7	43
20	Andrea Migno	11	Ret	9	Ret	21	16	19	10	15	8	10	15	13	14	39
21	Willi Albert	21	Ret	18	Ret	11	17	14	12	11	20	3	17	18	15	33
22	Max Enderlein	14	10	15	16	20	9	Ret	19	19	9	13	18	17	11	31
23	Javier Orellana	9	Ret	DNS	DNS	13	13	15	Ret	9	19	15	8	Ret	18	30
24	Josep García	22	13	13	13	10	Ret						Ret	20	10	21
25	Deni Cudic	18	Ret	DNS	DNS	22	12	21	17	Ret						4
Pos.	Rider	JER		EST		SIL		ASS		MUG	SAC		BRN		MIS	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (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
Italics – Fastest lap

References

^ ^a ^b "2011 Rookies Cup Calendar released". Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. Red Bull. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
^ "Monteblanco selection for 2011 Rookies Cup". Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. Red Bull. 15 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

External links

[RB-1] "2011 Rookies Cup Calendar released". Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. Red Bull. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

[2] "Monteblanco selection for 2011 Rookies Cup". Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. Red Bull. 15 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

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