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The 2016 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship was the 21nd season of the Asia Road Racing Championship. The Season started on 1 April at Johor Circuit in Malaysia and ended on December 4 at Chang International Circuit in Thailand. this will also be the final year of Asian Dream Cup. The series will merge with Asia Talent Cup [1]
Round | Circuit | Date | SS600 Winners | AP250 Winners | UB150 Winners | Asia Dream Cup Winners | Suzuki Asian Challenge Winners |
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1 | Johor Circuit | 1–2 April | R1: Azlan Shah | R1: Apiwat Wongthananon | R1: Amirul Ariff Musa | R1: Hiroki Nakamura | R1: Jefri Tosema |
R2: Azlan Shah | R2: Apiwat Wongthananon | R2: Izzat Zaidi | R2: Hiroki Nakamura | R2: Rozaliman Zakaria | |||
2 | Chang International Circuit | 7–8 May | R1: Tomoyoshi Koyama | R1: Apiwat Wongthananon | R1: Wahyu Aji Trilaksana | R1: Muhammad Febriansyah | R1: Muhammad Sapril |
R2: Zaqhwan Zaidi | R2: Takehiro Yamamoto | R2: Ahmad Fazli Sham | R2: Hiroki Nakamura | R2: Rozaliman Zakaria | |||
3 | Suzuka Circuit | 4–5 June | R1: Decha Kraisart | R1: Apiwat Wongthananon | Did Not Participate | R1: Hiroki Nakamura | R1: Eane Jaye Sobretodo |
R2: Yuki Takahashi | R2: Apiwat Wongthananon | R2: Azhar Mohammad Noor Bui Duy Thong | R2: Muhammad Sapril | ||||
4 | Sentul International Circuit | 6–7 August | R1: Gerry Salim | R1: Takehiro Yamamoto | R1: Helmi Azman | R1: Muhammad Febriansyah | R1: Jefri Tosema |
R2: Gerry Salim | R2: Apiwat Wongthananon | R2: Wahyu Aji Trilaksana | R2: Hiroki Nakamura | R2: Rozaliman Zakaria | |||
5 | Buddh International Circuit | 1–2 October | R1: Anthony West | R1: Apiwat Wongthananon | R1: Ahmad Fazli Sham | R1: Hiroki Nakamura | Did Not Participate |
R2: Anthony West | R2: Apiwat Wongthananon | R2: Ahmad Fazli Sham | R2: Broc Pearson | ||||
6 | Chang International Circuit | 3–4 December | R1: Decha Kraisart | R1: Anupab Sarmoon | R1: Haziq Fairues | R1: Yassin Gabriel Somma | R1: Jefri Tosema |
R2: Decha Kraisart | R2: Apiwat Wongthananon | R2: Wahyu Aji Trilaksana | R2: Hiroki Nakamura | R2: Mario Borbon Jr | |||
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Points
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Pos. | Teams | No. | JOH | BUR | SUZ | SEN | MAD | BUR | Pts. | ||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
1 | MUSASHI Boon Siew Honda Racing | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 311 |
1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 8 | |||||
34 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||
2 | T.Pro Yuzy Honda NTS With WOW | 71 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 233 |
77 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 19 | 10 | |||
63 | DNS | DNS | 23 | DNS | 15 | 17 | DNS | DNS | |||||||
73 | 12 | 19 | |||||||||||||
3 | Astra Honda Racing Team | 20 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 224 | ||
31 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | Ret | |||||
27 | 21 | 11 | |||||||||||||
16 | 16 | 15 | |||||||||||||
4 | Yamaha Thailand Racing Team | 24 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 11 | 1 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 206 |
14 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 5 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |||
5 | BikeART Racing Kawasaki | 25 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | DNS | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 142 | ||
6 | Akeno Speed WJR Racing Team | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 126 |
7 | Manual Tech KYT Kawasaki Racing | 33 | 11 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 111 |
108 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 16 | Ret | 14 | 13 | 13 | Ret | Ret | |||
8 | AP Honda Racing Thailand | 59 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 86 | ||||
91 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 17 | Ret | |||||
46 | 8 | 16 | |||||||||||||
104 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||||||
9 | Team Kagayama Suzuki Asia | 41 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 71 |
98 | Ret | 19 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 11 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 13 | |||
10 | Team Yamaha Racing | 76 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | DNS | DNS | 9 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 67 |
12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | |||
11 | Honda Tingnote Racing | 100 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 6 | Ret | 11 | 12 | Ret | 17 | 43 |
12 | Finson Motorsports Australia | 78 | 17 | 15 | Ret | 15 | DNS | 15 | 18 | 18 | 3 | ||||
Pos. | Teams | No. | JOH | BUR | SUZ | SEN | MAD | BUR | Pts. | ||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
1 | Yamaha Thailand Racing Team | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 560 |
500 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||
14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||
2 | TRICKSTAR Racing | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 21 | 2 | 235 |
82 | Ret | 9 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 10 | |||
3 | AP Honda Racing Thailand | 18 | 9 | 10 | 3 | Ret | 22 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 228 |
46 | 14 | 19 | Ret | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||
91 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 16 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 2 | Ret | 8 | |||
4 | Akeno Speed WJR Racing Team | 33 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 152 |
22 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 7 | Ret | 18 | 18 | |||
5 | Yamaha Racing Indonesia | 99 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 142 |
222 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 8 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 12 | 8 | 27 | |||
6 | Yamaha Traxx-D TJM Bien Racing | 96 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 86 |
21 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 22 | DNS | DNS | 19 | 19 | DNS | 14 | 19 | 26 | |||
7 | Yamaha Finson Racing | 127 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 9 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 54 |
76 | 15 | 21 | |||||||||||||
37 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 24 | |||||
8 | BKMS JDS Racing Team | 61 | 21 | Ret | 20 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 9 | DNS | DNS | 9 | 20 | 41 |
27 | 25 | 26 | DNS | Ret | 14 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 21 | 20 | 10 | 25 | |||
9 | BikeART Racing Kawasaki | 92 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 15 | Ret | 20 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 35 |
10 | YSS NJT Honda Racing | 124 | 6 | 5 | 16 | Ret | 34 | ||||||||
199 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 12 | |||||||||||
11 | Hong Leong Yamaha | 50 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 26 |
12 | Team One For All | 750 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 18 | Ret | 22 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 17 |
39 | 20 | 11 | |||||||||||||
36 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 13 | |||||
13 | Manual Tech KYT Kawasaki Racing | 23 | 18 | 16 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 11 | 15 | 12 |
14 | T.Pro Yuzy Honda NTS With WOW | 65 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 11 | ||||||
20 | 27 | 27 | Ret | 19 | 21 | 27 | |||||||||
15 | FELDA PB Racing | 66 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 1 | ||||||
98 | 16 | 24 | |||||||||||||
16 | RCB Kage Motobatt Yamaha YYPang | 198 | 20 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||
118 | 23 | 23 | 21 | Ret | Ret | 25 | 24 | 22 | 22 | Ret | |||||
Pos. | Teams | No. | JOH | BUR | SEN | MAD | BUR | Pts. | |||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
1 | UMA Racing Yamaha Maju Motor | 46 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 11 | 206 |
26 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||
2 | T.Pro Yuzy Honda NTS | 63 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 205 |
20 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||
22 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | |||||||
96 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 12 | Ret | 10 | |||||||
95 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||||||||
3 | RCB KAGE Motobatt Yamaha YYPang | 98 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 182 |
18 | DNS | 4 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | |||
4 | Harian Metro YTEQ SCK Honda Racing | 19 | 6 | 2 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 173 |
93 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 8 | |||
5 | TPK48 BKMS Indonesia | 60 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 149 |
6 | FELDA PB Racing | 33 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 117 |
11 | 9 | 3 | 10 | Ret | |||||||||
38 | 10 | Ret | |||||||||||
65 | 13 | DNS | |||||||||||
7 | Malioboro City Jogjakarta BKMS | 92 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 2 | 105 |
8 | IUGB AFB Tech Racing | 99 | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 92 | ||
56 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 9 | 6 | Ret | |||||||
65 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||||
66 | 11 | Ret | |||||||||||
55 | 12 | Ret | |||||||||||
Pos. | Manufacturer | JOH | BUR | SUZ | SEN | MAD | BUR | Pts. | ||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
1 | Honda | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 230 |
2 | Yamaha | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 200 |
3 | Kawasaki | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 176 |
4 | Suzuki | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 57 |
Pos. | Manufacturer | JOH | BUR | SUZ | SEN | MAD | BUR | Pts. | ||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
1 | Yamaha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 283 |
2 | Kawasaki | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 189 |
3 | Honda | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 145 |
Pos. | Manufacturer | JOH | BUR | SEN | MAD | BUR | Pts. | |||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
1 | Yamaha | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 245 |
2 | Honda | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 155 |
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