Next year, 26 talented and promising riders from 19 countries will compete in the 2025 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, marking the 19th consecutive season for the exclusive series.
Among those 26 riders, American Christian Daniels Jr. will compete for the second year in a row. Daniel Jr., who turned 16 in February, finished outside the top 10 in the 2024 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, his best result being fifth at Aragon.
Daniel Junior also competed in the FIM JuniorGP European Talent Cup in Aragon and achieved his best ever result. He was fastest in qualifying for two races on Sunday, finishing seventh in Race 1 and eighth in Race 2.
Finally, at the end of the season at the Moto3 Wild Card Campionato Italiano Velocita (CIV) in Imola, Italy, Daniel Jr. scored a 3rd place finish in Race 2.
“My best race of 2024 was at Aragon,” said Daniel Jr. “I dropped out of the race in P5, which was tough but I ended up re-pinning in P17 and sprinted to P5 with less than 15 laps to go to get my first top-five result in the RBRC.
“My best time in 2024 is called upon again to show my ability in the RBRC and of course (how much) I’ve improved this year and put my effort into next year’s championship.”
Daniel Jr. was born in Los Angeles, California, and began riding motorcycles at the age of five. In the year In 2018, at the age of 9, he and his family moved to Barcelona, Spain, where he began racing 110cc, four-stroke MiniGP bikes. 11-year-old Daniel Jr. raced on his first MotoGP track at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, competing in the Cuna de Campeones Moto5 series.
Since its inception 20 years ago, the Red Bull Rookies Cup has been an important part of Dorna’s Road to MotoGP™ program. How important is it?
More than 50% of Red Bull rookies who graduated from the Cup went on to start in the World Championship, and 30% of them won at least one GP race. Eleven former Red Bull rookies have won 15 world championships, including 2024 MotoGP World Champion Jorge Martin, who was part of the 2014 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup class. Ai Ogura, Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup of 2017, won the Moto2 title this past season. , and David Alonso, won the 2021 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup class and the 2024 Moto3 World Championship. Five of Red Bull’s rookies from last season will compete in the Moto3 World Championship, led by 2024 champion Alvaro Carpe. He is joined by Valentin Peron, Maximo Quiles, Ruche Moodley and Guido Pini.
2025 Red Bull Rookies Cup provisional calendar
– Challenge: March 26-27-28, Jerez, Spain
– 1st round: April 26-27, Jerez, Spain.
– 2nd round: May 10-11, Le Mans, France
– 3rd Round: June 7-8, Aragon, Spain.
– Round 4: June 21-22, Mugello, Italy
– Round 5: July 12-13, Sachsenring, Germany
– Round 6: August 16-17, Spielberg, Austria
– Round 7: September 13-14, Misano, Italy
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