VOL. 51 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 21, 2014 P31
HERNANDEZ CHOSEN
FOR ROOKIES CUP
A
fter three days of action at
the Selection Event held at
Guadix near Granada in Spain,
12 teenagers have now been in-
vited to join the 2015 Red Bull
MotoGP Rookies Cup. And one
of them is an American - Gabriel
Hernandez.
One hundred and nine teenag-
ers from 30 nations assembled
for the event and though the first
day was marred by cold and rain,
the second and third days were
held in sunshine. Just 42 riders
made it through to the final day
and each had two sessions in
which to show their skills. There
was not a single faller on day
three, according to Red Bull.
The provisional entry list for
the 2015 Cup, including those
invited back from this season
will be published in the coming
weeks along with the calendar.
The riders from the Selection
Event invited to join the Cup for
2015 are as follows:
Emanuel Aguilar – Argentina
Martin Vugrinec – Croatia
Patrik Pulkkinen – Finland
Omar Bonoli – Italy
Mattia Casadei – Italy
Walid Soppe – Netherlands
Raul Fernandez – Spain
Rufino Florido – Spain
Aleix Viu – Spain
Mykyta Kalinin – Ukraine
Rory Skinner – United
Kingdom
Gabriel Hernandez – United
States.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
DAVID
REYGONDEAU
The Red Bull
Rookies selec-
tion event was
held last week in
Spain.
Gabriel Hernandez was the lone
American to make it through the Red
Bull Rookies selection event in Spain.
