American Kristian Daniel Jr. returns to the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2025, following his successful first season (2024) 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 Martín, Rookies class of 2014. Ai Ogura, Class of 2017, has this season’s Moto2 title and David Alonso, Class of 2021, is Moto3 World Champion.
While Martín defends his MotoGP crown in 2025 he is joined in the premier class by Ogura as Alonso moves up to Moto2. Five of last year’s Rookies Cup graduates are all set to race in the Moto3 World Championship led by our 2024 champion Álvaro Carpe. He is joined by Valentin Perrone, Màximo Quiles, Ruche Moodley and Guido Pini.
Provisional 2025 Entry List
4 Sullivan Mounsey (Great Britain GBR)
5 Leo Rammerstorfer (Austria AUT)
7 Beñat Fernandez (Spain SPA)
9 Luca Agostinelli (Vietnam VNM)
11 David González (Spain SPA)
13 Hakim Danish (Malaysia MAL)
16 Joel Pons (Spain SPA)
17 Yaroslav Karpushin (Kyrgyzstan KGZ)
22 Alejandra Fernández (Spain SPA)
24 Guillem Planques (France FRA)
29 Lucas Brown (Great Britain GBR)
31 Giulio Pugliese (Italy ITA)
32 Kiandra Ramadhipa (Indonesia INA)
34 Zen Mitani (Japan JPN)
36 Jurrien van Crugten (Netherlands NED)
40 Gabriel Tesini (San Marino SMR)
45 Kgopotso Mononyane (South Africa RSA)
48 Lenoxx Phommara (Switzerland SUI)
50 Carter Thompson (Australia AUS)
51 Brian Uriarte (Spain SPA)
54 Veda Pratama (Indonesia INA)
70 Kristian Daniel Jr. (United States USA)
72 David Da Costa (France FRA)
77 Kerman Tinez (Venezuela VEN)
85 Kiattisak Singhapong (Thailand THA)
95 Marco Morelli (Argentina ARG)
Provisional Calendar
TEST: March 26th 27th & 28th – Jerez (ESP)
RD 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 (GER)
RD 6: August 16-17 – Spielberg (AUT)
RD 7: September 13-14 – Misano (ITA)