RED BULL MOTOGP ROOKIES CUP: KRISTIAN DANIEL JR BRINGS THE USA A TOP 10 FINISH
Kristian Daniel Jr has a powerful Rookies Cup season opener in Jerez
Circuito de Jerez – The 18th season of the Purple Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup championship kicked off on the Circuito de Jerez, and 15-year-old American Kristian Daniel Jr (KDJR) made a powerful assertion in his first race weekend by securing a top-10 end.
In a championship that has promoted MotoGP riders like Pedro Acosta, Brad Binder, and Joan Mir, the competitors degree is extraordinarily excessive within the Rookies Cup. The seven-race collection is held alongside totally different MotoGP races all through Europe and sees 26 riders from over 15 totally different nations compete on spec KTM 250cc race machines. With the taking part in area being even, the rider makes the distinction and Kristian Daniel Jr confirmed some nice potential in his first race within the collection.
Friday, two 25-minute apply periods have been held and KDJR was already displaying indicators of excellent tempo, ending the periods eleventh and eighth, respectively. Friday afternoon, a 20-minute qualifying apply was held, which gave the riders about 12 laps to get their quickest laps in and safe their locations on the grid. The younger American was in a position to qualify eighth on the grid, which meant he’d begin the 2 Rookies Cup races from the center of the third row.
Race One kicked off Saturday afternoon on a drying Jerez race observe, making the race certainly one of attrition. KDJR received off the road nicely, making his method as much as sixth place by lap two. Whereas attempting to defend into the final nook, the younger Californian was nudged off line onto a moist patch, which resulted in an enormous highside crash. Thankfully, he walked away with nothing greater than a sore thumb and shoulder.
KDJR was decided to perform the objective he had set out in the beginning of the weekend, which was to complete within the prime 10! By the fourth nook of lap one, the American teenager was already up into fifth place and displaying sufficient tempo to problem for the rostrum. The race began at 8:45 AM, and it was fairly a bit colder than the day earlier than. With a barely anxious throttle hand, KDJR overused the drained by lap seven of 14 and ended up dropping again to tninh place. After an excellent battle between him and one other over the previous couple of laps, Daniel crossed the end line in tenth place, making it an amazing debut in his first season as a Purple Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup rider!
The subsequent spherical can be held the weekend of Could eleventh and twelfth in Le Mans with MotoGP!
