Asia Talent Cup

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IDEMITSU Asia Talent Cup
Category Motorcycle sport
Inaugural season 2014
Tyre suppliers Dunlop
Official website Asia Talent Cup
Motorsport current event.svg Current season

Asia Talent Cup is a motorcycle road racing competition intended for young participants in Asia and Oceania. This competition is organized by Dorna, [1] which also controls Grand Prix motorcycle racing and Superbike World Championship. The Asia Talent Cup was founded in 2013 and had its inaugural season in 2014. After three seasons under contract with Shell Advance, starting from the 2017 season, Idemitsu will be the main sponsor of the Asia Talent Cup. [2]

Contents

Alberto Puig was appointed as Director of the Asia Talent Cup from 2014. [3]

Motorcycle specifications

The series uses the One Make Bike system so that all racers will use the same motorcycle, namely the Honda NSF250R.

Honda NSF250R Technical Data [4]
Dimensionlength 1,809 mm x width 560 mm x height 1,307 mm
Wheelbase1,219 mm
Ground clearance107 mm
Seat height729 mm
Tank capacity11 liters
Frame typeAluminum, twin tube
Machine typeLiquid cooled 4-stroke engine
Lubricant typeSemi dry sump, forced pressure and wet sump
Transmission6 speed
Clutch typeWet multi-plate
Fuel supply systemPGM-FI
SuspensionFrontBehind
Inverted type telescopicSwinger, Pro-link
BrakeFrontBehind
Single disc 296 mm, with 4-piston caliperSingle disc 186 mm, with single piston caliper
Tire sizeFrontBehind
90/580 R17120/600 R17

Winners by season

YearRidersPts
2014 Flag of Japan.svg Kaito Toba 155
2015 Flag of Japan.svg Ayumu Sasaki 203
2016 Flag of Thailand.svg Somkiat Chantra 178
2017 Flag of Turkey.svg Deniz Öncü 156
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill van Eerde199
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Sho Nishimura177
2020Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Flag of Japan.svg Taiyo Furusato 175
2022 Flag of Malaysia.svg Hakim Danish187
2023 Flag of Indonesia.svg Veda Ega Pratama256

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References

  1. "Shell Advance to Host Asia Talent Cup in 2014 Season". TMCblog. 28 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. "Idemitsu to be new main sponsor of the Asia Talent Cup". Asia Talent Cup. 10 February 2017. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. "Alberto Puig Didaulat Jadi Supervisor di Asia Talent Cup Mulai 2014" (in Indonesian). Motor Online. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  4. "Honda NSF250R Technical Data". Asia Talent Cup. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.