Subsequent yr, a grid of 26 proficient and hopeful riders from 19 international locations will compete within the 2025 Pink Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, which would be the nineteenth consecutive race season for the spec sequence.
Amongst these 26 riders, American Kristian Daniel Jr. will compete for the second yr in a row. Daniel Jr., who turns 16 in February, completed simply exterior the highest 10 within the 2024 Pink Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, and his greatest consequence was a fifth-place end at Aragón.
Daniel Jr. additionally raced within the FIM JuniorGP European Expertise Cup at Aragón, notching his best-ever qualifying consequence. He was quickest in his qualifying group, which put him second on the grid for Sunday’s two races, and he finally completed seventh in Race 1 and eighth in Race 2.
Lastly, as a Moto3 wildcard entry within the Campionato Italiano Velocità (CIV) at Imola, Italy, on the finish of the season, Daniel Jr. scored a podium end together with his third-place lead to Race 2.
“My greatest race of 2024 was in Aragón,” Daniel Jr. stated. “I crashed out of working in P5, which was an enormous bummer however I ended up remounting in P17 and raced again as much as P5 in lower than 15 laps to get my first top-five consequence within the RBRC.
“My greatest second of 2024 was once I was referred to as again to point out my abilities as soon as extra within the RBRC and actually present (how a lot) I’ve improved this yr and put all my efforts into subsequent yr’s championship.”
Daniel Jr. was born in Los Angeles, California, and began using bikes at age 5. In 2018, at age 9, he and his household moved to Barcelona, Spain, the place he began racing 110cc, four-stroke MiniGP bikes. When he was 11, Daniel Jr. raced on his first MotoGP observe at Circuit Ricardo Tormo when he competed within the Cuna de Campeones Moto5 sequence.
Since its inception practically 20 years in the past, the Pink Bull Rookies Cup has been an necessary a part of Dorna’s Street to MotoGP™ program. How necessary?
Of the Pink Bull Rookies who’ve graduated from the Cup, greater than 50% have made a begin within the World Championship and of these, 30% have gained at the very least one GP race. Eleven former Pink Bull Rookies have gained 15 World Championships together with 2024 MotoGP World Champion Jorge Martín, who was a part of the Pink Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup class of 2014. Ai Ogura, Pink Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup class of 2017, gained this previous season’s Moto2 title, and David Alonso, Pink Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup class of 2021, gained the 2024 Moto3 World Championship. 5 of this previous season’s Pink Bull Rookies will race within the Moto3 World Championship led by 2024 champion Álvaro Carpe. He’s joined by Valentin Perrone, Màximo Quiles, Ruche Moodley, and Guido Pini.
2025 Pink Bull Rookies Cup Provisional Calendar
– TEST: March 26-27-28, Jerez, Spain
– Spherical 1: April 26-27, Jerez, Spain
– Spherical 2: Could 10-11, Le Mans, France
– Spherical 3: June 7-8, Aragon, Spain
– Spherical 4: June 21-22, Mugello, Italy
– Spherical 5: July 12-13, Sachsenring, Germany
– Spherical 6: August 16-17, Spielberg, Austria
– Spherical 7: September 13-14, Misano, Italy
