The 2015 Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup was the second season of the Asia Talent Cup, a motorcycle racing series organized by Dorna and sponsored by Shell Advance which is intended for young riders throughout Asia and Oceania. The season featured six rounds held at circuits in Asia, with three rounds held in support of the MotoGP World Championship and two rounds in support of the Superbike World Championship. The season commenced at Chang on 20 March, and concluded at Sepang on 23 October.
Japanese rider Ayumu Sasaki won the championship in his second season in the series ahead of compatriots Takuma Kunimine and Kazuki Masaki. This season also featured the debut of Ai Ogura, who would go on to become the first Asia Talent Cup graduate to win a Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Championship upon winning the 2024 Moto2 World Championship.
Entry list RiderRounds2 Kazuki MasakiAll3 Shafiq RasolAll4 Gerry SalimAll5 Mckinley Kyle Paz1–2 Luth Harith Erwan3–46 Yūta DateAll7 Sittipon SrimoontreeAll8 Tom Edwards1–2 Idham Khairuddin3–69 Ai OguraAll10 Adam NorrodinAll11 Muhammad Helmi AzmanAll12 Ryūsei YamanakaAll13 Nakarin AtiratphuvapatAll14 Zhou Shengjunjie4–616 Chen Pengyuan1–315 Kite FuseAll16 Lachlan Taylor1, 3 Yūto Fukushima5–617 Fakhrusy Syakirin RostamAll18 Somkiat Chantra1–2 Matt Barton619 Chen YuanhangAll20 Azroy Hakeem AnuarAll21 Takuma KunimineAll22 Ayumu SasakiAll23 Andi Farid IzdiharAll
Results and standings CircuitDatePole positionWinning rider11 Chang International Circuit, Buriram21 March Muhammad Helmi Azman Somkiat Chantra222 March Nakarin Atiratphuvapat23 Losail International Circuit, Losail28 March Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Takuma Kunimine429 March Andi Farid Izdihar35 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang1 August Ayumu Sasaki Ayumu Sasaki62 August Nakarin Atiratphuvapat47 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai19 September Adam Norrodin Ayumu Sasaki820 September Ai Ogura59 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi10 October Ayumu Sasaki Ayumu Sasaki1011 October Kazuki Masaki611 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang24 October Takuma Kunimine Takuma Kunimine1225 October Kazuki Masaki
Riders' championship Scoring System
Points 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.RiderTHAQATMAL1CHNJPNMAL2PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R21 Ayumu Sasaki22321Ret1612472032 Takuma Kunimine751Ret42436Ret121623 Kazuki Masaki4347312Ret2181611524 Nakarin Atiratphuvapat5163519Ret5111041245 Yūta Date1211711124311113351106 Gerry Salim371188575389Ret1097 Ai Ogura10Ret12146Ret2124Ret101078 Adam Norrodin6141362Ret114413731059 Andi Farid IzdiharRet45111Ret5127102Ret10410 Muhammad Helmi Azman86Ret51378810121188211 Fakhrusy Syakirin RostamRet9Ret9731010865Ret8112 Somkiat Chantra1Ret24 6113 Shafiq Rasol98810106DNSWD17151266114 Azroy Hakeem Anuar141291314RetRet995895915 Ryūsei YamanakaRet1515169Ret67Ret913114416 Kite Fuse1110101215Ret1213Ret715Ret4017 Idham Khairuddin 1991316141814131718 Sittipon Srimoontree15171617178151516Ret17121519 Chen Yuanhang1313141516RetRet17151618141320 Zhou Shengjunjie 1414131416151021 Lachlan Taylor17Ret 2110 622 Luth Harith Erwan 20111618 2016523 Yūto Fukushima 121719174— Chen Pengyuan1616Ret1818Ret 0— Tom Edwards18181719 0— Matt Barton21180— Mckinley Kyle PazRet19RetRet 0Pos.RiderR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2PtsTHAQATMAL1CHNJPNMAL2
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