2018 Asia Talent Cup

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "2018 Asia Talent Cup" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

The 2018 Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup was the fifth season of the Asia Talent Cup (ATC). The season featured 12 races held across six rounds, following the riders as they competed on identical Honda NSF250R machinery. Australian rider Billy Van Erde won the championship ahead of Japanese riders Haruki Noguchi and Sho Nishimura. He became the first ever Asia Talent Cup winner from Australia.

Entry list

No.	Rider	Rounds
2	Shota Kiuchi	1–2
3	Sho Nishimura	All
4	Afridza Munandar	All
5	Tatchakorn Buasri	All
6	Warit Thongnoppakun	2, 4, 6
7	Mario Aji	All
8	Koji Hirama	3–6
9	Haruki Noguchi	All
10	Toshiki Senda	All
11	Takuma Matsuyama	3–6
12	Lucky Hendriansya	All
13	Senna Agius	1–2, 4–6
14	Naoki Yamada	All
15	Benjamin Baker	1–2, 4–5
16	Adenanta Putra	All
17	Nitipong Saengsawang	All
18	Troy Alberto	All
19	Billy Van Eerde	All
20	Ibrahim Pawi	All
21	Danial Sharil	All
22	Agung Fachrul	All
23	Kopchai Sae Liw	1–5

Race calendar and results

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Winning rider
1	R1	Losail International Circuit	17 March	Agung Fachrul	Haruki Noguchi
	R2		18 March		Billy Van Eerde
2	R1	Chang International Circuit	24 March	Haruki Noguchi	Haruki Noguchi
	R2		25 March		Haruki Noguchi
3	R1	Sepang International Circuit	16 June	Danial Sharil	Mario Aji
	R2		17 June		Billy Van Eerde
4	R1	Chang International Circuit	29 July	Haruki Noguchi	Danial Sharil
	R2		30 July		Danial Sharil
5	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	14 October	Mario Aji	Takuma Matsuyama
	R2		15 October		Takuma Matsuyama
6	R1	Sepang International Circuit	28 October	Tatchakorn Buasri	Sho Nishimura
	R2		29 October		Billy Van Eerde

Championship standings

Source:

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Pos. Rider QAT THA1 MAL1 THA2 JPN MAL2 Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Billy Van Eerde 7 1 3 2 2 1 2 7 7 3 11 1 199 2 Haruki Noguchi 1 2 1P 1P Ret 3 3P 6P Ret 2 4 12 174 3 Sho Nishimura 3 7 10 Ret 5 2 7 2 2 11 1 7 150 4 Danial Sharil 9 10 4 7 3P 6P 1 1 3 Ret 2 Ret 147 5 Mario Aji 2 4 2 Ret 1 9 Ret 5 RetP RetP 3 5 123 6 Tatchakorn Buasri 10 9 9 Ret 6 10 13 3 4 5 7P 2P 108 7 Takuma Matsuyama 11 4 10 12 1 1 6 4 101 8 Lucky Hendriansya 17 16 13 12 4 11 4 4 5 Ret 5 3 87 9 Agung Fachrul 8P 8P Ret 6 8 12 12 11 8 8 9 11 75 10 Afridza Munandar 6 5 5 3 Ret Ret Ret 8 13 Ret Ret Ret 59 11 Adenanta Putra 5 12 7 Ret Ret DNS 5 10 Ret 6 Ret 10 59 12 Toshiki Senda 4 3 12 Ret Ret 7 Ret 13 15 Ret Ret 6 56 13 Kopchai Sae Liw 11 11 8 5 Ret 8 6 9 Ret DNS 54 14 Koji Hirama 9 5 Ret 14 6 4 Ret 8 51 15 Warit Thongnoppakun 6 4 8 Ret 8 13 42 16 Naoki Yamada 14 Ret 17 11 13 16 9 Ret 9 7 Ret 9 40 17 Senna Agius 13 6 Ret 9 16 18 12 10 10 14 38 18 Ibrahim Pawi 12 13 15 10 7 13 11 15 14 Ret Ret Ret 34 19 Troy Alberto 15 Ret 16 13 10 15 14 19 16 9 Ret 15 21 20 Shota Kiuchi 16 14 11 8 15 21 Nitipong Saengsawang Ret 15 Ret 14 12 14 Ret 16 10 Ret Ret DNS 15 22 Benjamin Baker Ret Ret 14 Ret 15 17 11 DNS 8 Pos. Rider R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts QAT THA1 MAL1 THA2 JPN MAL2

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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

References