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. Fellow series returnee Amon Odaki finished in second, some 103 points adrift of Pratama, while Ryota Ogiwara finished in third as the highest-placed rookie.
Entry list The entry list of selected riders was released on 26 January 2023. All riders compete on identical 250cc Honda NSF250R motorcycles. RiderRounds2 Zen MitaniAll3 Adi PutraAll5 Chessy MeilandriAll6 Levi Kwan RussoAll7 Veda Ega PratamaAll8 Farres Putra1–59 Riichi TakahiraAll10 Burapa Wanmoon1–411 Sarthak Chavan1, 3–612 Marianos NikolisAll13 Jorge Raphael GadingAll14 Amon OdakiAll15 Reykat Yusuf Fadilah1–416 Ryota OgiwaraAll17 Ahmad DarwisyAll18 Hafizd Fahril RasyadanAll19 Farish HafiyAll20 Jakkreephat PhuettisanAll21 Shinya EzawaAll22 Kakeru Okunuki2 Kiandra Ramadhipa3 Kitsada Tanachot4 Mohammed Binladin623 Hamad Al-SahoutiAll24 Decksa Almer Alfarezel3 Kiattisak Singhapong4–6
Calendar and results The season calendar was revealed on 14 November 2022, and features six rounds in five countries. CircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driver11 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang19 August Veda Ega Pratama Amon Odaki Riichi Takahira220 August Veda Ega Pratama Veda Ega Pratama23 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi30 September Amon Odaki Veda Ega Pratama Veda Ega Pratama41 October Veda Ega Pratama Veda Ega Pratama35 Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok Regency14 October Veda Ega Pratama Amon Odaki Veda Ega Pratama615 October Veda Ega Pratama Veda Ega Pratama47 Chang International Circuit, Buriram28 October Veda Ega Pratama Jakkreephat Phuettisan Jakkreephat Phuettisan829 October Veda Ega Pratama Veda Ega Pratama59 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang11 November Riichi Takahira Shinya Ezawa Amon Odaki1012 November Veda Ega Pratama Veda Ega Pratama611 Losail International Circuit, Losail18 November Veda Ega Pratama Veda Ega Pratama Veda Ega Pratama1219 November Veda Ega Pratama Veda Ega Pratama
Championship standings Scoring systemPoints 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 Points252016131110987654321
Pos. Rider MAL1 JPN IDN THA MAL2 QAT PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 Veda Ega Pratama21111151Ret111 256 2 Amon Odaki4Ret3Ret233215Ret3 153 3 Ryota Ogiwara6446Ret4744322 150 4 Jakkreephat Phuettisan757356133779 148 5 Zen Mitani332Ret324RetRet266 141 6 Riichi Takahira126Ret9865Ret454 128 7 Shinya Ezawa52Ret52Ret2Ret35 109 8 Hamad Al-Sahouti9694151111105Ret1110 76 9 Farish Hafiy129Ret547Ret6RetRet87 71 10 Marianos NikolisDNSDNSRet117987Ret848 67 11 Farres Putra88891310128RetDNS 52 12 Hafizd Fahril Rasyadan117Ret818RetRet12Ret91212 41 13 Chessy Meilandri161110Ret101314147111415 41 14 Reykat Yusuf Fadilah5Ret12Ret6Ret109 38 15 Levi Kwan Russo15131112Ret151513661817 3816 Kiattisak Singhapong91181091336 17 Ahmad Darwisy1010151014141316Ret1315Ret 30 18 Burapa Wanmoon1314Ret71216RetDNS 18 19 Jorge Raphael Gading1712131316Ret1619RetDNS1311 18 20 Sarthak Chavan14Ret19RetRet189121616 13 21 Adi Putra181514141717171710141718 1322 Kiandra Ramadhipa1112923 Decksa Almer Alfarezel8Ret824 Mohammed Binladin1014825 Kitsada Tanachot18151— Kakeru OkunukiRetRet0Pos.RiderR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2Pts MAL1 JPN IDN THA MAL2 QAT
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