The 2018 Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup calendar has now been confirmed, and the entry list of riders who will be taking part has been released. The young riders will be taking on twelve races across six weekends in 2018, racing alongside some incredible Championships.

Seven countries are represented, with competitors from Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Qatar, Australia, the Philippines and Malaysia lining up.

Testing begins in February at Sepang International Circuit before the rider’s head for Qatar for the season opener alongside MotoGP™. Following a race weekend alongside WorldSBK at Buriram and a trip to Sepang with the Malaysian Superbike Championship, the calendar then ends the year alongside MotoGP once more – at Buriram, Motegi and Sepang, with the curtain coming down in Malaysia for what has become the traditional final round of the year.

2018 Asia Talent Cup Calendar

  • FEBUARY 19th & 20th TEST – None – SEPANG MALAYSIA
  • MARCH 15th –18th RACES 1 & 2 – MotoGP Grand Prix of Qatar – LOSAIL QATAR
  • MARCH 23rd – 25th RACES 3 & 4  – WorldSBK of Thailand – BURIRAM THAILAND
  • JULY 27th – 29th RACES 5 & 6 – Malaysian Superbike Championship – SEPANG MALAYSIA
  • OCTOBER 5th – 7th RACES 7 & 8 – MotoGP Grand Prix of Thailand – BURIRAM THAILAND
  • OCTOBER 19th – 21st RACES 9 & 10 – MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan – MOTEGI JAPAN
  • NOVEMBER 2nd – 4th RACES 11 & 12 – MotoGP Grand Prix of Malaysia – SEPANG MALAYSIA

2018 Asia Talent Cup

2018 Asia Talent Cup Entry List

  • 3 SHO NISHIMURA JPN
  • 4 AFRIDZA SYACH MUNANDAR INA
  • 5 TACHAKORN BUARSI THA
  • 6 YOUSEF MOHAMMED AA AL-DARWISH QAT
  • 7 MARIO SURYO AJI INA
  • 8 KOJI HIRAMA JPN
  • 9 HARUKI NOGUCHI JPN
  • 10 TOSHIKI SENDA JPN
  • 11 TAKUMA MATSUYAMA JPN
  • 12 SENNA DONALD AGIUS AUS
  • 13 LUCKY HENDRIANSYA INA
  • 14 NAOKI YAMADA JPN
  • 15 BENJAMIN DANIEL BAKER AUS
  • 16 MOHAMMAD ADENANTA PUTRA INA
  • 17 MASTER NITIPONG SAENGSAWANG THA
  • 18 TROY JACOB ALBERTO PHL
  • 19 BILL VAN EERDE AUS
  • 20 MUHAMAD ANUAR IBRAHIM BIN PAWI MAL
  • 22 MUHAMMAD AGUNG FACHRUL INA
  • 23 KOPCHAI SAE-LIW THA
  • 15 DANIAL EL FAHIM BIN HARRIS EL HADI MAL
  • 40 WARIT THONGNOPPAKUN THA
  • 61 JADEN ALEXANDER GUNAWARDENA LKA
  • 74 SHOTA KIUCHI JPN
  • 82 KAZUKI OHORI JPN
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