Lawson Walters will headline the Aussie contingent in Spain this week. Image: Andrew Gosling/TBG Sport.

Seven Australians will assemble at the Monteblanco Circuit in Spain this week, in the hope of joining the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup for 2014.

Newly-crowned national Moto3 champion Lawson Walters will head the Aussie assault, joined by Callum Alderson, Max Croker, Nic Liminton, Tayla Relph, Corey Turner and Jacob Whitehouse.

Just three days after ex-Rookie Luis Salom seized his seventh grand prix win of the season in Malaysia to extend his Moto3 World Championship lead, the next generation of stars will vie for a position on next year’s Rookies Cup grid.

Coming from 27 Nations the 102 teenagers represent the best developing talent. Anyone with high performance motorcycle experience can apply online, so it is not only the road racers with dreams that have a chance, but also motocrossers and speedway riders, to name a few.

The selection event is run over three days with the entry split into two groups, the first for Wednesday, 16 October, with the second group on track on Thursday.

The best from both are invited back for Friday and at the end of that third day, between 10 and 14 will be invited to join those remaining from the 2013 Rookies to make up the full grid for the eighth season of the Rookies Cup in 2014.

The list of invited riders from the selection event will be announced at the end of the week.