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Marc Garcia rode a superb 8 laps of Motorland Aragon to win the shortened penultimate Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup race of 2015. Marc Garcia rode a superb 8 laps, the 15-year-old ran wheel to wheel with fellow Spaniard, 14-year-old Raúl Fernández, as they caught pole man Rory Skinner starting the final lap. Blasting out of Skinner’s slipstream into the first left hander the Spaniards fought it out between them with Garcia just taking the verdict and Skinner claiming third. “It is so great to finally get my first win,”…

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Bo Bendsneyder clinched the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup with a superb victory at Misano. His season long and only championship rival Fabio Di Giannantonio had to finish in front of the 16-year-old Dutchman to keep his title hopes alive but the Italian 16-year-old slid off on lap 11 of 17 while battling intensely with Bendsneyder. “It was such a tough race,” admitted Bendsneyder. “Fabio made it a really great battle as I thought he would and I was pushing so hard to try and get away from him. Then…

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In the fifth round of the Spanish Open at the track of Albacete, Bo took a good sixth. He rode a smart race and was pleased with his result. “ We didn’t have as many tracktime as we wanted this weekend. Most of the riders had a test here last week. For me it was almost two month ago I rode the Honda. Looking at that I think we should be very happy with this result.” Despite crashing twice in practice and in qualifying, Bo was eighth on the grid.…

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Dutch 16-year-old Bo Bendsneyder reeled off 14 perfect laps to win the first Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup race of the Silverstone weekend. Five competitors were determined to chase him all the way but though arch rival Fabio Di Giannantonio was second ahead of Ayumu Sasaki, the 16-year-old Italian and the 14-year-old Japanese were well astern at the finish. Bendsneyder seized the lead early from pole but the others had his slipstream and hounded him hard. Firstly it was the two Spaniards who he had shared the front row with,…

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Fabio Di Giannantonio won a remarkable cat and mouse game with Bo Bendsneyder to take race 7 of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in Brno. In a sweltering Czech summer, the 16-year-old Italian stole the advantage through the final ‘S’ and headed the 16-year-old Dutchman across the line. Their last two laps were so tactical that they lost almost four seconds to the pursuing pack. Spanish 14-year-old Raúl Fernández picked up his first podium, stealing third brilliantly from fellow countrymen, 15-year-old Marc Garcia and 16-year-old Oscar Gutierrez also at…

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The fifth win in a row for Bo Bendsneyder but, he had to fight all the way for the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Race 1 at the Sachsenring. 14-year-old Ayumu Sasaki from Japan almost snatched victory at the last corner but took second ahead of 15-year-old Spaniard Marc Garcia. 19 dramatic laps where any of six riders could have taken the 25 points yet in the end it was the Dutch national anthem again. “It is beautiful to hear it,” smiled Bendsneyder. “Not an easy race at all, I…

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In the two races at Aragon Bo took a twelfth and an eighth place. The youngster from Rotterdam wasn’t completely satisfied with the results. “ We lack some power at the straights, that’s why I was not able to close any gap anymore. These were the best we could do.” Polesetter Joan Mir was in the first in a class of his own, right after the start he got away and his competitors weren’t able to close in on him anymore. A thirteen rider group was chasing him, Bo in…

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Race 1 Bo Bendsneyder got the best of a wheel-to-wheel battle with Fabio Di Giannantonio to win Race 1 at Assen by 8 hundredths of a second. The 16-year-old Dutchman went into the race as firm favourite having won both races in Jerez and set off from Pole in determined style but his 16-year-old Italian rival raced him all the way. Third placed Oscar Gutierrez was nearly 12 seconds adrift but that was because the leading pack was split up on lap 4 when Olly Simpson highsided dramatically, accelerating onto…

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In the all important qualifying the 16-year-old Dutchman set an early time 1 second quicker than anyone. Thursday’s practice and qualifying sessions at Assen were all about chasing Bo Bendsneyder. The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup leader was quickest in all three sessions and in the all important qualifying the 16-year-old Dutchman set an early time 1 second quicker than anyone. Australian 17-year-old Olly Simpson eventually cut that advantage to under half a second with Italian 16-year-old Fabio di Giannantonio just over a tenth slower and completing the front row.…

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Bo took eigth in qualifying and had to work hard in both races held on Sunday. “I think we got the maximum result at this track. We thought top five would be possible . Looking back I’m quit pleased with both races. We had to give it all this weekend.” After losing some spots at the start of the first race Bo knew he had to fight to get back closer to the front. After a few laps he found himself in a chasing group of six. The two leaders…

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