#47 Yaroslav
Karpushin
Kyrgyzstan
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Red Bull Rookies Cup
Date of birth | 11 November 2009 |
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Place of birth | Moscow, Russia |
Age | 16 |
Nationality | Kyrgyzstan |
Career start | 2015 |
Discipline | Rookies Cup |
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About Me
"My family had no connection to motorsports. But when I was 3 years old, my parents bought me a balance bike, and ever since then, I can’t imagine my life without two wheels. I started participating in kids’ balance bike races and joined a sports club. My coach, Korney Krongauz, was a motorcycle racer with a dream of developing youth motorsport. He will be my assistant in RBRC 2025. When I turned 4, my friends and I transitioned to motorcycles. We trained on just about anything we could get our hands on: small electric motorcycles, Yamaha PW 50s, minimotos, two-stroke supermotos, and more."
"I am the only child in my family. My dad, Mikhail, works a lot and has projects in different countries. Because of this, he often travels, but he always tries to attend my races to support me, which means a lot to me. I especially enjoyed motocross and riding on ice during the winter. My mom, Kristina, is fully dedicated to managing my career and has been accompanying me to all my races and training sessions over the years. We have always travelled a lot so that I could participate in various championships. She is my biggest fan. My favourite subject in school has always been math/algebra. When I’m not racing I love to spend time playing sports like basketball, volleyball, chess, table tennis, snowboard… etc."
Close racing - Yaroslav Karpushin
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My and me - Yaroslav Karpushin
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Just us 3 - Yaroslav Karpushin
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My Dad and me - Yaroslav Karpushin
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"My racing hero is Jorge Martin because i like his mentality and that he never backs down in front of whatever challenge he faces. In 2016, I participated in a round of the Copa de Espana de Minivelocidad on minimoto for the first time. I finished near the back of the pack and realized that I needed a lot of training and experience to achieve good results. From that moment on, we focused on choosing the strongest championships for my age group, and with each year, I grew stronger. I currently live in Barcelona, where I train and study at an international school. My teachers and classmates support me, and some of them have even come to cheer for me when a race took place on a local track."
"I have already spent four seasons with the same team VHC, competing in different categories. I truly enjoy the challenge of mastering new motorcycles, collaborating with the team to fine-tune setups, and witnessing consistent progress from one round to the next. Being part of a supportive team is essential to me—it allows us to work together to identify mistakes, overcome challenges, and find effective solutions. This sense of teamwork and shared growth is what makes racing even more rewarding. My biggest mistake in racing was in 2021 when i was leading the race for my possible first ever ESBK win, but I crashed from the lead as i could not handle the pressure."
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2024 Season
"My best race was in Estoril during the Beon Junior Cup in 2024, where I was able to compete with very fast riders who were not only older than me but also already participating in Junior Moto3. Initially, my goal for this round was simply to gain experience and stay close to the leaders. However, by the end of the first race, I had figured things out, and in the second race, I was fighting alongside them and managed to get a podium. I love the most the tracks that have both high speed corners where you need to let the bike go and the very tight corners where a lot of overtakes are made.For me the best parts of racing are the competition, the felling when i am riding and that all can change in a pair of seconds, you can go from first position to last or from last to first in one corner."
For 2025 season i’m looking forward in gaining a lot of experience racing versus the best riders of the world for my age and i will do my best to adopt to new bike and tracks as fast as possible.
Yaroslav Karpushin - Rider Portrait Guadix 2024
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Yaroslav Karpushin setting good lap times in Guadix 2024
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Yaroslav Karpushin scratching the tarmac in Guadix 2024
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Yaroslav Karpushin will race in the 2025 Cup
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2025 Season
Yaroslav Karpushin finished his 2025 campaign by placing 12th overall in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup championship standings. He secured his season highlights at the Sachsenring round, where he took his first career Rookies Cup podium (3rd place) and Pole Position for the race weekend. Concurrently, Karpushin competed full-time in the highly competitive European Talent Cup with the Frando Racing VHC Team, where his best race finish was a 5th place at the final round in Valencia.
Top 3 Race 2 - KARPUSHIN | PRATAMA | MITANI - Sachsenring 2025
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Yaroslav Karpushin got 3rd at Race 2 - Sachsenring 2025
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Yaroslav Karpushin was the fastest at the QP at Sachsenring 2025
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Yaroslav Karpushin leading Race 2 at Sachsenring 2025
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- 2025
- 12th Red Bull Rookies Cup ChampionshipEurope
- 9th Red Bull Rookies Cup Misano - Race 2Italy
- 10th Red Bull Rookies Cup Spielberg - Race 1 & 2Austria
- 3rd Red Bull Rookies Cup Sachsenring - Race 2Germany
- 6th Red Bull Rookies Cup Mugello - Race 2Italy
- 10th Red Bull Rookies Cup Aragón - Race 2Spain
- 9th Red Bull Rookies Cup Aragón - Race 1Spain
- 2024
- 3rd ESBK Beon Junior CUP2x 2nd Estoril - Missed last 2 rounds
- Wildcard debut in ETCEuropeP8 in Jerez
- 7th ESBK PreMoto3Spain3rd in Barcelona
- 2022
- 3rd Moto4 ESBKSpain1 x 1st, 3 x 2nd
- 2021
- 6th Moto4 ESBKSpain1st Navarra
- 2019
- 9th Copa de España de Minivelocidad, MiniGP 110Spain3rd place in the final round Correcaminos
- 2018
- 3rd Dani Rivas Cup, MinimotoSpainP1 in Braga & Zuera
- 2017
- 5th Copa de Madrid, MinimotoSpain
- 2016
- Participated in 1 round of Copa de España de Minivelocidad, MinimotoSpain