Karel Hanika takes pole position for the Rookies Cup at Brno

The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup will hold its only event today at the Brno Circuit, but first we were able to witness the battle for pole position, with the cup’s championship leader, Karel Hanika, ultimately proving the fastest. You can tell the young rider is racing at home, in front of his people and on his own track.

Hanika set a lap time of 2’11.728 after 10 laps, making him the best and leaving second-placed Razgatlioglu 0.323s behind. The Czech was the only rider to lap in 2:11. The leader is therefore the big favorite for today’s race at Brno.

The front row of the grid is set with Bastianini, who finished more than six tenths behind Hanika, and the top 10 is completed by Jorge Martín in 4th, the first of our riders in qualifying, who will keep fighting to cut into the leader’s points advantage in the cup; Manuel Pagliani 5th, Stefano Manzi 6th, Diego Pérez 7th, Joe Roberts 8th, Yui Watanabe 9th and Bradley Ray 10th. The rest of our riders will start from 13th Marcos Ramírez and 17th Joan Mir.

Remember that the race will take place after the official practice sessions for all three categories at the Brno Circuit, specifically at 4:30 PM, so mark it down and don’t miss a thing from the young promises of international motorcycle racing.

The Rookies Cup is in its final stretch, so the decisive rounds are arriving, and the event in the Czech Republic is the first of them.

Source | Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup