2023 Asia Talent Cup

2023 Asia Talent Cup
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The 2023 Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup was the ninth running of the Asia Talent Cup, a motorcycle racing series organized by Dorna and sponsored by Idemitsu which is intended for young riders throughout Asia and Oceania. The season features six rounds at circuits in Asia, with all but the first round being held as support races for the MotoGP World Championship. The season commenced at Sepang on 18 August, and is scheduled to conclude at Losail on 19 November.

Indonesian rider Veda Ega Pratama dominated the championship in his second full season, winning nine of the season's twelve races and clinching the title with one round to go. ^[1] Fellow series returnee Amon Odaki finished in second, some 103 points adrift of Pratama, while Ryōta Ogiwara finished in third as the highest-placed rookie.

Entry list

The entry list of selected riders was released on 26 January 2023. ^[2] All riders compete on identical 250cc Honda NSF250R motorcycles.

No.	Rider	Rounds
2	Zen Mitani	All
3	Adi Putra	All
5	Chessy Meilandri	All
6	Levi Kwan Russo	All
7	Veda Ega Pratama	All
8	Farres Putra	1–5
9	Riichi Takahira	All
10	Burapa Wanmoon	1–4
11	Sarthak Chavan	1, 3–6
12	Marianos Nikolis	All
13	Jorge Raphael Gading	All
14	Amon Odaki	All
15	Reykat Yusuf Fadilah	1–4
16	Ryōta Ogiwara	All
17	Ahmad Darwisy	All
18	Hafizd Fahril Rasyadan	All
19	Farish Hafiy	All
20	Jakkreephat Phuettisan	All
21	Shinya Ezawa	All
22	Kakeru Okunuki	2
	Kiandra Ramadhipa	3
	Kitsada Tanachot	4
	Mohammed Binladin	6
23	Hamad Al-Sahouti	All
24	Decksa Almer Alfarezel	3
	Kiattisak Singhapong	4–6

Calendar and results

The season calendar was revealed on 14 November 2022, and features six rounds in five countries. ^[3]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver
1	1	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	19 August	Veda Ega Pratama	Amon Odaki	Riichi Takahira
	2		20 August		Veda Ega Pratama	Veda Ega Pratama
2	3	Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi	30 September	Amon Odaki	Veda Ega Pratama	Veda Ega Pratama
	4		1 October		Veda Ega Pratama	Veda Ega Pratama
3	5	Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok Regency	14 October	Veda Ega Pratama	Amon Odaki	Veda Ega Pratama
	6		15 October		Veda Ega Pratama	Veda Ega Pratama
4	7	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	28 October	Veda Ega Pratama	Jakkreephat Phuettisan	Jakkreephat Phuettisan
	8		29 October		Veda Ega Pratama	Veda Ega Pratama
5	9	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	11 November	Riichi Takahira	Shinya Ezawa	Amon Odaki
	10		12 November		Veda Ega Pratama	Veda Ega Pratama
6	11	Losail International Circuit, Losail	18 November	Veda Ega Pratama	Veda Ega Pratama	Veda Ega Pratama
	12		19 November		Veda Ega Pratama	Veda Ega Pratama

Championship standings

Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

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 MAL1 JPN IDN THA MAL2 QAT Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Veda Ega Pratama 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 Ret 1 1 1 256 2 Amon Odaki 4 Ret 3 Ret 2 3 3 2 1 5 Ret 3 153 3 Ryōta Ogiwara 6 4 4 6 Ret 4 7 4 4 3 2 2 150 4 Jakkreephat Phuettisan 7 5 7 3 5 6 1 3 3 7 7 9 148 5 Zen Mitani 3 3 2 Ret 3 2 4 Ret Ret 2 6 6 141 6 Riichi Takahira 1 2 6 Ret 9 8 6 5 Ret 4 5 4 128 7 Shinya Ezawa 5 2 Ret 5 2 Ret 2 Ret 3 5 109 8 Hamad Al-Sahouti 9 6 9 4 15 11 11 10 5 Ret 11 10 76 9 Farish Hafiy 12 9 Ret 5 4 7 Ret 6 Ret Ret 8 7 71 10 Marianos Nikolis DNS DNS Ret 11 7 9 8 7 Ret 8 4 8 67 11 Farres Putra 8 8 8 9 13 10 12 8 Ret DNS 52 12 Hafizd Fahril Rasyadan 11 7 Ret 8 18 Ret Ret 12 Ret 9 12 12 41 13 Chessy Meilandri 16 11 10 Ret 10 13 14 14 7 11 14 15 41 14 Reykat Yusuf Fadilah 5 Ret 12 Ret 6 Ret 10 9 38 15 Levi Kwan Russo 15 13 11 12 Ret 15 15 13 6 6 18 17 38 16 Kiattisak Singhapong 9 11 8 10 9 13 36 17 Ahmad Darwisy 10 10 15 10 14 14 13 16 Ret 13 15 Ret 30 18 Burapa Wanmoon 13 14 Ret 7 12 16 Ret DNS 18 19 Jorge Raphael Gading 17 12 13 13 16 Ret 16 19 Ret DNS 13 11 18 20 Sarthak Chavan 14 Ret 19 Ret Ret 18 9 12 16 16 13 21 Adi Putra 18 15 14 14 17 17 17 17 10 14 17 18 13 22 Kiandra Ramadhipa 11 12 9 23 Decksa Almer Alfarezel 8 Ret 8 24 Mohammed Binladin 10 14 8 25 Kitsada Tanachot 18 15 1 — Kakeru Okunuki Ret Ret 0 Pos. Rider R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts MAL1 JPN IDN THA MAL2 QAT References "Pratama is Indonesia's first Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup Champion!". MotoGP. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024. "2023 Entry List" (PDF). Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023. "2023 Provisional Calendar" (PDF). Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2023. External links Official website