A mass of hopefuls arrived from all over to the Italian circuit of Adria, near Venice, to show their talents in the joy of being invited to unite in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup for next season.

Only seven teenagers made it through and they can now join the 18 Rookies kept from the 2009 Cup. Three reserves were also chosen.

It was a filled day of testing in warm conditions, however the crisp circuit early in the morning caught out some of the youth although no serious injuries were incurred. The first 15 minute test to familiarise themselves was followed by two 20 minute tests with group bouts of seven competitors on the circuit together.

A very high level of ability was shown from as far as New Zealand, Poland, Argentina, the Russian Federation, the USA and Brazil. Judges Gustl Auinger, Harald Bartol, Raul Jara and Peter Clifford made their choices and results were confirmed to the competitors prior to leaving the track.

The lucky selections are:

Florian Alt (Germany)
Niccolo Antonelli (Italy)
Antonio Chiari (Brazil)
Deni Cudic (Austria)
Brody Nowlan (Australia)
Xavier Pinsach (Spain)
Alan Techer (France)

Philipp Öttl (Germany) Reserve 1
James Flitcroft (England) Reserve 2
Tomas Vavrous (Czech Republic) Reserve 3

Rookies selected to continue from the 2009 cup are:

Brad Binder (South Africa)
Kevin Calia (Italy)
Alessio Cappella (Nigeria)
Xavier Figueras (Spain)
Jake Gagne (USA)
Daijiro Hiura (Japan)
Joshua Hook (Australia)
Danny Kent (England)
Alex Kristiansson (Sweden)
Taylor Mackenzie (Scotland)
Florian Marino (France)
Alejandro Pardo (Italy)
Fraser Rogers (England)
Daniel Ruiz (Spain)
Mathew Scholtz (South Africa)
Arthur Sissis (Australia)
Benny Solis (USA)
Harry Stafford (England)