American Christian Daniels Jr. returned to the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2025 and finished 11th in the points in the program’s first season (2024).
Red Bull Rookies chasing world championships in 2025 – entry list
26 of the world’s best young riders representing 19 different countries will compete in the 2025 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. Among the 13 new arrivals are Yaroslav Karpushin from Kyrgyzstan, Luca Agostini from Vietnam, Kerman Tinez from Venezuela and Gabriel Tessini. From San Marino. So in the 19th season of the Cup, the history of the Cup is 265 rookies representing 43 countries. Alejandra Garcia is the 4th woman to join the trophy.
More than 50% of the rookies who graduated from the Cup started in the World Championship, and about 30% of them won a GP. 11 former rookies have won 15 world championships, including this year’s MotoGP World Champion Jorge Martin, in the 2014 rookie class. Ai Ogura, Class of 2017, holds this season’s Moto2 title and David Alonso, Class of 2021, is the Moto3 World Champion.
Martin defends his MotoGP crown in 2025 while Alonso moves to Moto2, joining the main division at Ogura. Five of last year’s Rockies Cup graduates are set to compete in the Moto3 World Championship, led by our 2024 champion Alvaro Carpe. He is joined by Valentin Perrone, Maximo Quiles, Ruche Moodley and Guido Pini.
Provisional 2025 admission list
4 Sullivan Mounsey (Great Britain GBR)
5 Leo Rammerstorfer (Austria AUT)
7 Benat Fernandez (Spain SPA)
9 Luca Agostini (Vietnam VNM)
11 David Gonzalez (Spain SPA)
13 Danish judges (Malaysia Mal)
16 Joel Pons (Spain SPA)
17 Yaroslav Karpushin (Kyrgyzstan KGZ)
22 Alexandra Fernandez (Spain SPA)
24 Guillaume Planck (France FRA)
29 Lucas Browne (Great Britain GBR)
31 Giulio Pugliese (Italy ITA)
32 Kiandra Ramadipa (Indonesia INA)
34 Zen Mitani (JPN)
36 Jurien van Krugten (Netherlands NED)
40 Gabriel Tessini (San Marino SMR)
45 The Story of the Snake (South Africa RSA)
48 Lenox Fomara (Switzerland SUI)
50 Carter Thompson (Australia AUS)
51 Brian Uriart (Spain SPA)
54 Veda Pratama (Indonesia INA)
70 Christian Daniel Jr. (United States of America)
72 David Da Costa (France FRA)
77 Kerman Tinez (Venezuela VEN)
85 Kiatsak Singapore (Thailand TA)
95 Marco Morelli (Argentina ARG)
Temporary calendar
Test: March 26, 27 and 28 – Jerez (ESP)
Dr. 1: April 26-27 – Jerez (ESP)
RD 2: May 10-11 – Le Mans (FRA)
RD 3: June 7-8 – Aragon (ESP)
RD 4: June 21-22 – Mugello (ITA)
RD 5: July 12-13 – Sachsenring (GR)
RD 6: August 16-17 – Spielberg (AUT)
RD 7: September 13-14 – Five (ITA)
 in the program, in which he finished 11th in points. Red Bull Rookies chasing World Champions in 2025 – Entry List 26 of the world's best young riders representing 19 different nations will contest the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2025. Of the 13 newcomers, Yaroslav Karpushin adds Kyrgyzstan to the list of Cup nations, Luca Agostinelli represents Vietnam, Kerman Tinez Venezuela and Gabriel Tesini is from San Marino. So in the Cup's 19th season, the 265 Rookies that are the Cup's history represent 43 nations. Alejandra Garcia is the 4th female to join the Cup. Of the Rookies that have graduated from the Cup, more than 50% have made a start in the World Championship and of those, 30% have won a GP. 11 ex Rookies have won 15 World Championships including this year's MotoGP World Champion Jorge){kind=link}