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The 2015 season concluded last Sunday with a victory for Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Miguel Oliveira. This week, preparations for 2016 got underway for the team. The new lineup of Brad Binder and Bo Bendsneyder were on track for two days of intensive and productive work at Jerez Circuit, concluding on Friday. Binder is readying himself for his second season with the team, whilst the winner of the 2015 Red Bull Rookies Cup will debut in the World Championship next year. Bendsneyder had his first opportunity to get onboard…

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With a fourth in race one and a ninth in race two, Bo had a nice farewell weekend with his Dutch Racing Team at the Spanish Open. “We had a good setup and were in the top of the field all weekend. Qualifying went really well (P5) and fast laptimes were coming in quit smoothly. I really like the Jerez circuit, it fits my style. Off course I wanted to be up a little further in the second race, but overall we had a good weekend. I want to say…

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Bo took thirteenth at the Navarra circuit, after starting sixteenth from the grid. “ I hadn’t set any goals for this race. Qualifying should have been better, maybe a top ten would have been possible. “ After the start Bo lost some spots and was twentyfirst. He had to make up some places to get into the points again. Halfway through he was fighting with two riders for thirteenth. His laptimes were as quick as the group in front, but the gap was already too big. Bo stayed in thirteenth…

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Red Bull KTM Ajo will compete in the 2016 Moto3 season with two riders, retaining current rider Brad Binder and highly-rated rookie, Bo Bendsneyder. The 16 year-old from Rotterdam in the Netherlands is the 2015 Red Bull Rookies Cup champion, and will debut in Grand Prix racing in 2016 in the Moto3 class with the three times World Championship winning team in the lower cylinder category (2008, 2010 and 2012). Binder has renewed his contract for another year with the team, and will have his sights set on the Moto3…

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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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