The fourth race in the 2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup will be contested at the Le Mans Bugatti circuit on Saturday May 17th with double Jerez winner Luis Salom defending a 3 point championship lead over American JD Beach. When 16 year old Salom won at his home Grand Prix in Spain he completely dominated the two race weekend but with only a fourth place at the Portuguese round a month ago he allowed 16 year old Beach to close the gap with a string of three second places.
The excitement created by the double header opening weekend in Jerez continues on Saturday in Estoril, Portugal. Race 3 of the 10 that make up this year's Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup will see everyone else out to revenge Luis Salom's double victory in Spain.
Luis Salom snatched a convincing pole position for the first round of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. Lining up beside the 16 year old Spaniard on the grid on Saturday for the first race are American 16 year old JD Beach, Cristian Trabalon and Dylan Mavin.