2010 Red Bull Rookies Selection Gets Underway
With 2 local riders defending there are 26 nations represented at the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Selection Event at the Adria International Raceway in northern Italy next Tuesday October 6th. The build up to the 4th Rookies Cup season starts with 39 riders competing to be amongst the handful to invited to join the 2010 Cup alongside those retained from this year’s series.
The best teenage riders from around the globe strive to become part of the Rookies Cup and this year the Selection Process has been tougher than ever because the level of Cup competition has grown through its three seasons. The incredibly tight end of season battles this year showed how the entire field raised its game and the number of riders making the step from Rookies Cup to 125 GP has demonstrated how highly the Cup is regarded by the GP teams.
The level of competition demanded that this year’s successful applicants needed to have exhibited their abilities on high performance motorcycles before being invited to the single Selection Event. In previous years a broader election of Applicants were invited to take part in a two stage Selection Event process.
Shortly after the Adria Selection Event the complete provisional entry list for the 2010 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup will be announced.
First name | Last name | Country
Andres Gonzalez Argentina
Fausto Granton Argentina
Matthew Davies Australia
Brody Nolan Australia
Lukas Trautmann Austria
Deni Cudic Austria
Marco Nekvasil Austria
Antonio Chiari Brazil
Lucas Barros Brazil
Ben Young Canada
Kevin Fernandez Cuba
Tomas Vavrous Czech Republic
Felix Valentin Denmark
Joakim Niemi Finland
Eemeli Lahti Finland
Alan Techer France
Michael Ecklmaier Germany
Florian Alt Germany
Philipp Öttl Germany
Ahmad Yudhistira Indonesia
Andrew Reid Ireland
Darragh Murphy Ireland
Niccolo Antonelli Italy
Giuliano Stirpe Italy
Mohd Zaqhwan Zaidi Malaysia
Joshua Das Netherlands
Avalon Biddle New Zealand
Artur Wielebski Poland
Alexey Ivanov Russian Federation
Luca Agostinelli South Africa
Victoria Alcala Spain
Xavier Pinsach Spain
Dennis Wilje Sweden
Toprak Razgatlioglu Turkey
James Flitcroft United Kingdom
Jason Douglas United Kingdom
Cameron Gish United States of America
Ryan Matter United States of America
Jonathan Espinoza Venezuela
