The 2023 Idemitsu FIM Asia Road Racing Championship is the 28th season of the Asia Road Racing Championship. The season started on 24 March at Chang International Circuit in Thailand and ended on 3 December at Chang International Circuit.
Japanese motorcycle racer Haruki Noguchi was killed in the second ASB1000 race at Mandalika International Street Circuit when another racer crashed into him.
Calendar and results
Round Circuit Date ASB1000 Winners SS600 Winners AP250 Winners UB150 Winners TVS Asia Winners 1 Chang International Circuit 24–26 March R1: Haruki Noguchi R1: Khairul Idham Pawi R1: Rheza Danica Ahrens R1: Shafiq Rasol R1: Vorapong Malahuan R2: Haruki Noguchi R2: Nakarin Atiratphuvapat R2: Rheza Danica Ahrens R2: Hafiza Rofa R2: Vorapong Malahuan 2 Sepang International Circuit 12–14 May R1: Markus Reiterberger R1: Azroy Hakeem Anuar R1: Herjun Atna Firdaus R1: Wawan Wello R1: Muzakkir Mohamed R2: Markus Reiterberger R2: Khairul Idham Pawi R2: Veda Ega Pratama R2: Nazirul Izzat Bahauddin R2: Ramdan Rosli 3 Sportsland Sugo 23–25 June R1: Kasma Daniel Kasmayudin R1: Keito Abe R1: Rheza Danica Ahrens R1: Nazirul Izzat Bahauddin R1: Hiroki Ono R2: Markus Reiterberger R2: Khairul Idham Pawi R2: Herjun Atna Firdaus R2: John Emerson Inguito R2: Ramdan Rosli 4 Mandalika International Street Circuit 11–13 August R1: Markus Reiterberger R1: Helmi Azman R1: Herjun Atna Firdaus R1: Nazirul Izzat Bahauddin R1: Hiroki Ono R2: Race cancelled R2: Soichiro Minamimoto R2: Herjun Atna Firdaus R2: Arai Agaska Dibani Laksana R2: Hiroki Ono 5 Zhuhai International Circuit 3–5 November R1: Markus Reiterberger R1: Azroy Hakeem Anuar R1: Muklada Sarapuech R1: Akid Aziz R1: Hiroki Ono R2: Markus Reiterberger R2: Nakarin Atiratphuvapat R2: Veda Ega Pratama R2: Shafiq Rasol R2: Hiroki Ono 6 Chang International Circuit 1–3 December R1: Andi Farid Izdihar R1: Soichiro Minamimoto R1: Veda Ega Pratama R1: Murobbil Vittoni R1: Hiroki Ono R2: Markus Reiterberger R2: Apiwat Wongthananon R2: Jakkreephat Phuettisan R2: Shafiq Rasol R2: Hiroki Ono
Calendar changes Zhuhai International Circuit will host an ARRC round for the first time since 2019, after a failed attempt in 2022 due to COVID-19 restrictions in China.
On 12 January 2023, it was announced that Mandalika International Street Circuit will host the 4th round of the season, making it the first time the circuit will host an ARRC round.
Footnotes
Teams and riders 2023 ASB1000 Entry ListTeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds Savitar Team Asia BMW BMW M1000RR 16 Teo Yew Joe1–4, 6 ONEXOX BMW TKKR Team 25 Azlan ShahAll 28 Markus ReiterbergerAll Evolution Sports Group 83 Lachlan EpisAll Honda Asia-Dream Racing with SHOWA Honda Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade 1 Zaqhwan ZaidiAll 23 Andi Farid IzdiharAll Murayama Unso. Honda Dream. K. W 12 Kousuke Akiyoshi3 MOTO BUM HONDA 54 Kohta Arakawa3 SDG MS HARC-PRO Honda Philippines 73 Haruki Noguchi1–4 EEST NJT Racing Team 91 Jakkrit SwangswatAll Astemo SI Racing with Thai Honda 95 Passawit Thitivararak1–2 TOHO Racing 104 Takuma Kunimine3 Victor Racing MLT Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 13 Anthony West1–3 44 Osama Mareai4-6 YAMAHA GEN BLU Racing Team ASEAN 27 Kasma DanielAll 76 Yuki Ito3-6 81 Keminth Kubo1–2 DOG FIGHT RACING 67 Rei Toshima3 Team GYTR 75 Keisuke Maeda3 Waveinn R 85 Shinichi Nakatomi3 2023 SS600 Entry ListTeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds Honda Racing Thailand Honda Honda CBR600RR 15 Pannasorn Kaewsonthi1–4 41 Nakarin Atiratphuvapat1–4Boon Siew Honda Racing Team 20 Azroy Anuar1–4 32 Helmi Azman1–4 89 Khairul Idham Pawi1–4 ASTRA Honda Racing Team 21 Adenanta Putra1–4 31 Gerry Salim1–3 93 Fadillah Arbi Aditama4 MOTO BUM HONDA 54 Motoharu Ito3 AKENO SPEED GREENCYCLE Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 17 Shota Ite3 YAMAHA GEN BLU Racing Team ASEAN 22 Soichiro Minamimoto1–4 50 Ahmad Afif Amran1–3 66 Ibrahim Norrodin4 ONEXOX TKKR Racing Team 51 Keito Abe1–4 57 Sho Nishimura3 TEAM KENKEN 55 Kengo Nagao3 Yamaha Thailand Racing Team 56 Ratthapong Wilairot1–3 AKENO SPEED MAVERICK 64 Yuta Date 3 Yamaha Racing Indonesia 49 Rei Matsuoka4 99 Galang Hendra Pratama1–4 108 Andy Muhammad Fadly1–4 Victor Racing MLT Yamaha 222 Sha Juntong1–4 2023 AP250 Entry ListTeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds Honda Racing Thailand Honda Honda CBR250RR 11 Thanat Laoongplio1–4 20 Jakkreephat Phuettisan1–3 44 Muklada Sarapuech1–4 149 Kiattisak Singhapong4 RIT Racing India Team 17 Mohsin Paramban1–2, 4 50 Kavin Quintal1–4Idemitsu Boon Siew Honda Racing Team 19 Idlan Haqimi1–4 41 Irfan Haykal1–4TEAM TEC2&24Service&YSS 24 Yoshihiro Toyohara 3 EEST NJT Racing Team 25 Watcharin Tubtimon1–4 55 Li Ruie Yun1–3 94 Warit Thongnoppakun1–4 144 Panchapol Jarungdtikul4 SDG MS HARC-PRO Honda Philippines 27 Chihiro Ishii1–4 79 Toshiki Senda1–3 ASTRA Honda Racing Team 46 Herjun Atna Firdaus1–4 54 Veda Ega Pratama1–3 123 Rheza Danica Ahrens1–4 212 Kiandra Ramadhipa4 Honda Racing Vietnam Team 65 Cao Viet Nam1–4 193 Nguyen Duc Thanh1–4 Team Gordon Racing 96 Alief Adamsyah4 Motul Sniper Manual Tech Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja 250 16 Irfan Ardiansyah1–4 33 Liu Chun Mei1–4 37 Aiki Iyoshi1–4 96 Alief Adamsyah2 Yamaha Racing Indonesia Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R25 36 Faerozi Toreqottullah1–4 57 Aldy Satya Mahendra4 89 Wahyu Nugroho1–4 Victor Racing MLT Yamaha 15 Leong Nang Tse2–4 80 Rajiv Sethu1 95 Ni Tian2–4 REY Racing Speed 222 222 Reynaldo C. Ratukore4 306 Felix Putra Mulya 4 2023 UB150 Entry ListTeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds SCK Honda Racing Team Honda Honda Supra GTR150 32 Pacharagorn Thonggerdloung1–4 71 Izam Ikmal1–4 Estremo Yuzy Honda Team 61 Shahrol Syazras1–4 78 Haziq Hamdan1–4 Honda Racing Vietnam Honda Winner 150-R 111 Nguyen Huu Tri1–4 178 Nguyen Anh Tuan1–4 4S1M R59 Racing 12 Ilham Effendi 4 Pitsbike JRT Tech 2 OneWay Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha Y15ZR 11 Ahmad Fazrul Sham1–4 38 Wawan Wello1–4 Cardinals Factory Racing Team ARRC 13 Akid Aziz1–2, 4 73 Arash Tsunami Kamarudin3 98 Izzat Zaidi1–4 UMA Racing YAMAHA Maju Motor Asia Team 17 Haziq Fairues1–4 87 Nazirul Izzat Bahauddin1–4 JETRON YAMAHA YYPANG RACING TEAM Yamaha Sniper 150-R 18 Shafiq Ezzariq2 GIVI TEKHNE YAMAHA 21 Iqbal Amri2 4S1M EVO Yamaha Racing Team 22 John Emerson Inguito1–4 23 Gupita Kresna Wardhana1–4 ONEXOX TKKR Racing Team Yamaha MX King 150 24 Hafiza Rofa1–4 31 Norhakim Norhafizullah4 46 Ahmad Fazli Sham1–4 122 Shafiq Rasol1–4 UMA Racing MMR Yamaha Philippines 43 April King Mascardo1–4 124 Gian Carlo Mauricio1–4 One For All 14 Peerapong Luiboonpeng3 53 Passkon Sanluang1-4 54 Worapot Thongdonmaun4 Racetech Sixty Racing 60 Wahyu Aji Trilaksana1–4 177 Aditya Fauzi4 LFN H Putra 969 Indonesia Racing Team 157 Murobbil Vittoni1–4 171 Reynaldi Pradana1–2 202 Dimas Juli Atmoko1–4 222 Fahmi Basam3–4 338 Arai Agaska Dibani Laksana4 GG Galak Galak 69 Aldiaz Aqsal Ismaya4Ziear ARL Racing 143 Husni Zainul Fuadzy4 Wasaka BKW18 Kalsel Racing Team 293 Gilang Akbar Roland4Milanisty Waropen 549 Kaboci 65 Rio Andriyanto4 2023 TVS Asia One Make Championship Entry ListTeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds TVS AOM Racing TVS TVS Apache RR 310 1 Vorapong Malahuan1–4 2 Decky Tiarno Aldy1–4 3 Fugo Tanaka1–4 4 KY Ahmed1–4 5 Arsyad Rusydi1–4 6 Jagan Kumar1–4 7 Deepak Ravikumar1–2 8 Kerwin Eins Chang1–4 9 Louis Abelhard1–2, 4 10 Ramdan Rosli1–4 11 Muzakkir Mohamed1–4 12 Taiyo Sato1–2, 4 13 Piyawat Patoomyos1–4 14 Daranpod Thongyay1–4 15 Chiranth Vishwanath2–4 16 Hiroki Ono3–4 17 Miu Nakahara3 18 Rusman Fadhil4 All teams use series-specified Dunlop tyres.
Championship standings
Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider had to finish the race to earn points. 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
Riders' standing
Asia Superbike 1000
Pos. Rider Bike CHA SEP SUG MAN ZHU CHA PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R21 Markus ReiterbergerBMW 4 6 1 1 2 1 1 C 1 1 2 1 2282 Andi Farid IzdiharHonda 5 4 5 4 4 2 2 C 4 4 1 21723 Zaqhwan ZaidiHonda 3 2 3 5 11 3 3 C 2 2 3 3 1724 Azlan Shah KamaruzamanBMW 2 3 2 3 Ret 11 5 C 3 3 4 4 1465 Kasma Daniel KasmayudinYamaha 8 7 6 7 1 Ret 6 C 8 7 7 7 1066 Haruki Noguchi†Honda 1 1 4 2 7 Ret 4 C† 1057 Jakkrit SwangswatHonda 7 11 11 9 13 12 9 C 6 6 9 8758 Yuki ItoYamaha 5 6 8 C 5 5 8 9669 Lachlan EpisBMW Ret 9 7 DNS 12 DNS 7 C 9 Ret Ret 104210 Passawit ThitivararakHonda 6 5 10 6 3711 Keminth KuboYamaha 9 8 9 8 3012 Teo Yew JoeBMW 11 10 12 Ret 15 Ret 11 C DNS DNS 10 Ret 2713 Anthony WestYamaha 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 2314 Keisuke MaedaYamaha 3 10 2215 Kohta ArakawaHonda 8 4 21 16 Kosuke SakumotoHonda Ret Ret 6 5 21 17 Yuki KuniiHonda 5 6 2118 Rei ToshimaYamaha 10 5 1719 Chen Hong YanYamaha 7 8 17 20 Osama MareaiYamaha 10 C DNS DNS 11 11 1621 Kousuke AkiyoshiHonda 9 9 1422 Takuma KunimineHonda 6 Ret 1023 Shinichi NakatomiYamaha 14 8 1024 Chiang Chih YingYamaha Ret 124 Pos. Rider Bike CHA SEP SUG MAN ZHU CHA Pts
Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap
Supersports 600
Pos. Rider Bike CHA SEP SUG MAN ZHU CHA PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 Soichiro MinamimotoYamaha 6 3 5 7 2 4 3 1 3 2 1 2 201 2 Khairul Idham PawiHonda 1 2 2 1 13 1 2 8 4 12 3 10 185 3 Nakarin AtiratphuvapatHonda 2 1 4 3 3DSQ 6 2 5 1 4 4 182 4 Helmi AzmanHonda 3 9 3 2 4 31 Ret 23 9 12 160 5 Keito AbeYamaha 4 4 7 5 1 2 4 5 DNS 6 7 5 145 6 Azroy Hakeem AnuarHonda Ret 5 1 Ret 5 Ret 13 4 1 Ret 5 3 115 7 Adenanta PutraHonda 8 8 6 12 Ret 11 7 3 8 5 6 Ret 89 8 Ratthapong Wilairot Yamaha 7 7 8 4 10 12 12 Ret 9 Ret 8 6 78 9 Pannasorn KaewsonthiHonda Ret 6 9 6 9 10 9 Ret 10 4 Ret 7 75 10 Galang Hendra Pratama Yamaha 9 Ret Ret 9 8 9 8 Ret 7 7 Ret 8 63 11 Apiwath Wongthananon Yamaha 2 1 45 12 Andy Muhammad FadlyYamaha Ret 10 10 11 12 Ret 14 9 11 9 42 13 Ibrahim NorrodinYamaha 10 7 6 8 33 14 Fadillah Arbi AditamaHonda 5 6 Ret 9 28 15 Gerry SalimHonda 5 13 11 10 Ret DNS 25 16 Ahmad Afif AmranYamaha Ret 11 13 8 11 13 24 17 Sha JuntongYamaha 10 12 12 13 Ret DNS 15 10 24 18 Yuta DateYamaha 7 7 18 19 Kengo NagaoYamaha Ret 5 11 20 Chanon IntaHonda 10 11 11 21 Motoharu ItoHonda 6 Ret 10 22 Sho NishimuraYamaha Ret 6 10 23 Lin ZhifeiKawasaki 12 10 10 24 Shota IteYamaha Ret 8 8 25 Zhou Feng LongKawasaki 13 13 6 26 Rei MatsuokaYamaha 11 Ret 5 27 Jia Yi FengKawasaki DNS 11 5 Pos. Rider Bike CHA SEP SUG MAN ZHU CHA Pts
Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap
Asia Production 250