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Veda Ega Pratama managed to steal attention after becoming champion of the 2023 Asia Talent Cup / Photo: AHM
Veda Ega Pratama managed to steal attention after becoming champion of the 2023 Asia Talent Cup. This success had a positive impact on his career, because Dorna Sports chose the racer from Gunungkidul, DIY Yogyakarta for promotion to the 2024 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup.
Veda Ega Pratama succeeded in making history as the first Indonesian racer to win the Asia Talent Cup. He successfully collected 256 points in the final standings of the 2023 Asia Talent Cup and was 103 points ahead of Japanese racer, Amon Odaki in second place.
After successfully winning the 2023 Asia Talent Cup, Dorna Sports also announced Veda Ega Pratama to be promoted to the 2024 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup with Thai racer, Jakkreephat Phuettisan. Later, the two racers will compete with the 2022 Asia Talent Cup champion, Hakim Danish.
“Pramata and Phuettisan join the 2024 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup as Dorna Sports’ selected riders, where they will compete with 2022 Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup champion, Hakim Danish, in the next step on the Road to MotoGP,” read the official Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup statement quoted Wednesday (20/12/2023).
Meanwhile, in the 2024 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, Veda Ega Pratama and Jakkreephat Phuettisan will ride KTM motorbikes. Later, the 2024 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup will be held in seven series and take place in five countries, namely the Jerez Circuit (Spain), Le Mans Circuit (France), Mugello Circuit (Italy), Assen Circuit (Netherland), Spielberg Circuit (Austria) , Aragon Circuit (Spain) and Misano Circuit (Italy).
Appearing in the 2024 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup gives Veda Ega Pratama the opportunity to compete in MotoGP. Because, Johann Zarco, Brad Binder, Joan Mir, Enea Bastianini, Jorge Martin and Pedro Acosta are racers who have appeared in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup.
Meanwhile, Arbi Aditama is a young Indonesian racer who appeared in the 2023 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. However, he was only able to finish in 15th position in the standings after collecting 56 points.
Veda Ega Pratama will also start his journey in the 2024 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup by holding a test on April 11-12 at the Jerez Circuit, Spain. Then on April 27-28 the first series will take place at the Jerez Circuit.
The following is the schedule for the 2024 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup:
Test: April 11-12 at the Jerez Circuit
Series 1: 27-28 April at the Jerez Circuit
Series 2: 11-12 May at the Le Mans Circuit
Series 3: June 1-2 at Mugello Circuit
Series 4: 29-30 June at the Assen Circuit
Series 5: 17-18 August at the Spielberg Circuit
Series 6: 31 August-1 September at the Aragon Circuit
Series 7: 7-8 September at the Misano Circuit
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