JD Beach seized the Cup lead with a great win at the German round of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup while arch rival Luis Salom fell twice and scored no points at the Sachsenring. The 16 year old American victor now has a 7 point advantage over the 16 year old Spaniard with just 2 races remaining. The first lap ended with Kartheininger leading from Hoyle and Beach with Hiura back in 10th. Beach had said after practice that he needed to learn a bit more about the track and hoped to do it in the race by following the other guys. He showed himself a quick learner by grabbing the lead on lap 3. "I usually go better in the race than I do in practice and it just felt right," said Beach who had both Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner cheering him on the podium.
1. JD BEACH (USA) 144 points
2. Luis SALOM (ESP) 129
3. Sturla FAGERHAUG (NOR) 97
4. Daijiro HIURA (JPN) 96
5. Nelson MAJOR (FRA) 79
6. Daniel RUIZ (ESP) 60
7. Miguel OLIVEIRA (POR) 58
8. Mathew SCHOLTZ (RSA) 52
9. Daniel KARTHEININGER (GER) 48
10. Jakub KORNFEIL (CZE) 47
