2018 European Talent Cup

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2018 European Talent Cup
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The 2018 European Talent Cup is the second season of the European Talent Cup.

Calendar

The following races were scheduled to take place in 2018.

Rnd	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	Circuito do Estoril	25 March	Barry Baltus	Julián Giral	Barry Baltus	Reale Avintia Academy
1	Circuito do Estoril	25 March	Barry Baltus	Julián Giral	Julián Giral	Talent Team Estrella Galicia 0,0
2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	29 April	Daniel Muñoz	José Antonio Rueda	Francisco Gómez	Larresport Bradol
2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	29 April	Daniel Muñoz	Daniel Muñoz	Matteo Patacca	Sic58 Squadra Corse
3	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	10 June	Matteo Patacca	Julián Giral	Matteo Patacca	Sic58 Squadra Corse
4	MotorLand Aragón	29 July	José Antonio Rueda	David Muñoz	José Antonio Rueda	Talent Team Estrella Galicia 0,0
4	MotorLand Aragón	29 July	José Antonio Rueda	Fermín Aldeguer	David Muñoz	Jerez Andalucia Motor Talent
5	Circuito de Jerez	30 September	David Salvador	David Muñoz	Matteo Bertelle	Sic58 Squadra Corse
5	Circuito de Jerez	30 September	David Salvador	José Antonio Rueda	Matteo Bertelle	Sic58 Squadra Corse
6	Circuito de Albacete	14 October	Álex Millán	Matteo Bertelle	Álex Millán	ARO Racing
7	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	25 November	José Antonio Rueda	Matteo Bertelle	Víctor Rodríguez	Laglisse Academy

Entry list

2018 entry list^[1]
Team	Bike	No.	Rider
HDRACING	Honda	3	Rick Dunnik
Marinelli Sniper Team	Honda	4	Kiko Maria
Marinelli Sniper Team	Honda	11	Mattia Molino
Ajo Motorsport	Honda	5	Lorenzo Fellon
Ajo Motorsport	Honda	31	Adrián Fernández
Intact Battery Power MAS-FMT Dynavolt Intact GP Junior Team	Honda	6	Dirk Geiger
Intact Battery Power MAS-FMT Dynavolt Intact GP Junior Team	Honda	35	Joshua Bauer
Jerez Andalucia Motor Talent	Honda	7	Daniel Muñoz
Jerez Andalucia Motor Talent	Honda	30	David Muñoz
H43 Team Nobby-Blumaq	Honda	8	Jake Hayes
		12	Peetu Paavilainen
		57	Kenny Koskinen
Larresport Bradol	Honda	9	Francisco Gómez
Larresport Bradol	Honda	24	Matthieu Gregorio
Grupo Machado-Came	Honda	10	Eduard Melgar
		34	Nicolás Hernández
		83	Aurel Nyul
Reale Avintia Academy Reale Avintia Blumaq HMA	Honda	13	Nicolas Czyba
		47	Barry Baltus
		61	Iker García
		66	Adrián Huertas
		99	Carlos Tatay
Equipo Punto Moto	Honda	14	Carlos Torrecillas
KRP	Honda	16	Jamie William Davis
KRP	Honda	19	Andreas Kofler
Ernst Dubbink Eveno Racing	Honda	17	Ruben Bijman
CIP Junior Team	Honda	18	Ángel Heredia
		22	Clément Rougé
		48	Gabin Planques
		58	Iñigo Iglesias
Laglisse Academy	Honda	21	Vincent Falcone
Laglisse Academy	Honda	91	Víctor Rodríguez
ARO Racing	Honda	23	Álex Millán
Dani Rivas Talent Team	Honda	25	Luis Miguel Verdugo
Honda Impala	Honda	27	Alejandro Díez
Honda Impala	Honda	43	Xavier Artigas
Sic58 Squadra Corse	Honda	28	Matteo Bertelle
		72	Mattia Falzone
		88	Matteo Patacca
Igax Team	Honda	33	Filip Řeháček
Igax Team	Honda	50	Ondřej Vostatek
Miguel Oliveira Fan Club Racing Team	Honda	37	Pedro Miguel Fragoso
Sport&Events Management Academy	Honda	42	Soma Görbe
Team Stratos-EMA Competicion	Honda	44	Guilherme Silva Brito
West Racing	Honda	45	Luca De Vleeschauwer
Cuna de Campeones	Honda	46	David Salvador
MRE Talent	Honda	51	David Delgado
		69	Unai Caldeiro
		89	Marcos Uriarte
Bester Capital Dubai Junior Team	Honda	54	Fermín Aldeguer
MK Racing Team	Honda	55	Matyáš Konečný
Nykos Racing	Honda	64	Colin Velthuizen
FAU55 Racing	Honda	70	Joshua Whatley
Talent Team Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	76	Julián Giral
		95	José Antonio Rueda
		96	Daniel Holgado
Bierreti	Honda	79	Salvo Ragusa
Prustel Blumaq HMA	Honda	94	Marvin Siebdrath

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, provided the rider finished the race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos.	Rider	EST		VAL		CAT	ARA		JER		ALB	VAL	Pts
1	Xavier Artigas	4	7	Ret	7	2	2	5	2	3	5	5	140
2	Víctor Rodríguez	12	5	2	6	DNS	4	2	8	5	4	1	135
3	David Salvador	8	Ret	Ret	3	8	3^F	7	5^P	2^P	2	8	116
4	José Antonio Rueda	17	8	Ret^F	13	3	1^P	6^P	3	Ret^F	Ret	2^P	98
5	Matteo Bertelle	7	Ret	19	15	10	17	4	1	1	Ret^F	11^F	84
6	Adrián Fernández	11	10	4	5	Ret	6	Ret	4	Ret	6	3	84
7	Matteo Patacca	6	4	7	1	1^P			DNS	DNS	DNS	32	82
8	Julián Giral	2^F	1^F	Ret	Ret	4^F	10	12	Ret	Ret	8	DNS	76
9	Francisco Gómez	10	2	1	11	18	21	Ret	Ret	18	11	7	70
10	Fermín Aldeguer	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret^F	Ret	4	3	4	58
11	Daniel Holgado	Ret	12	3	DSQ	16	25	19	9	7	7	6	55
12	Barry Baltus	1^P	3^P	10	9								54
13	David Muñoz					17	8	1	6^F	6	Ret	19	53
14	Daniel Muñoz			26^P	4^PF		7	3	Ret	8	9	18	53
15	Ondřej Vostatek	18	9	8	18	19	9	9	11	10	18	9	47
16	Lorenzo Fellon	Ret	Ret	20	16	7	11	8	10	9	10	12	45
17	Peetu Paavilainen	Ret	6	Ret	2	15	Ret	10	Ret	DNS		33	37
18	Álex Millán	DNQ	DNQ	15	34	35	37	33	26	24	1^P	13	29
19	Carlos Torrecillas	9	14	Ret	8	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	23	28
20	Dirk Geiger	16	Ret	11	22	9	19	16	14	11	12	14	25
21	Alejandro Díez	19	19	Ret	14	6	12	Ret	12	12	25	DNS	24
22	Marcos Uriarte					13	16	14	7	13	Ret	10	23
23	Carlos Tatay	5	Ret	5	Ret								22
24	Luis Verdugo	22	18	6	Ret	14	Ret	13	19	20	23	16	15
25	Miguel Parra					5	13	17	Ret	16			14
26	Clément Rougé	13	17	21	12	11	20	23	22	14		Ret	14
27	Colin Velthuizen	20	11	22	10	24	38	Ret	Ret	36	Ret	26	11
28	Joshua Whatley	28	23	9	19	27	24	29			14	20	9
29	Iñigo Iglesias	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	11					6
30	Adrián Huertas	DNS	DNS	Ret	17	12			20	22	Ret	15	5
31	Luca de Vleeschauwer			12	25	29	Ret	32	21	23		22	4
32	Ruben Bijman	DNQ	DNQ	23	30	32	36	26	13	17	Ret	17	3
33	Rick Dunnik	Ret	Ret	13	28	22	23	25	23	28	21	28	3
34	Eduard Melgar						22	Ret	24	30	13		3
35	Nicolás Hernández	Ret	13	Ret	27								3
36	Gabin Planques	14	Ret	28	32	26	27	20	17	27	Ret	38	2
37	Ángel Heredia	26	27	18	26	21	14	Ret				DNS	2
38	Matthieu Grégorio	Ret	21	14	20	25							2
39	Filip Řeháček	32	28	25	29	28	28	22	Ret	15	15	30	2
40	Iker García	Ret	26	17	24	DNQ	18	15	18	19	16	DNQ	1
41	Andreas Kofler	24	20	24	Ret	DNQ	35	30	15	21	22	24	1
42	Vincent Falcone	15	Ret			Ret	31	27				25	1
43	Kenny Koskinen	Ret	15	Ret	33	33	32	Ret	30	32			1
Pos.	Rider	EST		VAL		CAT	ARA		JER		ALB	VAL	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

P – Pole position
F – Fastest lap
Source:^[2]

References

↑ "2018 European Talent Cup riders". fimcevrepsol.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
↑ "2018 – Championship Standing – European Talent Cup". fimcevrepsol.com. FIM CEV Repsol. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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[1] "2018 European Talent Cup riders". fimcevrepsol.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

[2] "2018 – Championship Standing – European Talent Cup". fimcevrepsol.com. FIM CEV Repsol. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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