The 2016 Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup was the third season of the Asia Talent Cup. 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 started at Chang in Thailand on 11 March, and finished at Sepang in Malaysia on 28 October.
Thai rider Somkiat Chantra won the title after beating closest rival and future Honda Team Asia teammate Ai Ogura.
Race calendar and results The calendar was announced in December 2015. CircuitDatePole positionWinning rider 1 R1 Chang International Circuit 12 March Andi Farid Izdihar Ai Ogura R2 13 March Somkiat Chantra 2 R1 Losail International Circuit 19 March Somkiat Chantra Gerry Salim R2 20 March Andi Farid Izdihar 3 R1 Sepang International Circuit 14 May Kazuki Masaki Andi Farid Izdihar R2 15 May Somkiat Chantra 4 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit 17 September Gerry Salim Ai Ogura R2 18 September Yuki Kunii 5 R1 Twin Ring Motegi 15 October Yuki Kunii Yuki Kunii R2 16 October Ai Ogura 6 R1 Sepang International Circuit 29 October Andi Farid Izdihar Andi Farid Izdihar R2 30 October Somkiat Chantra
Entry list The entry list was announced in November 2015. RiderRounds 2 Kazuki Masaki All 3 Can Öncü All 4 Gerry Salim All 5 Yuki Kunii All 6 Irfan Ardiansyah 1–3, 5–6 7 Deniz Öncü All8 Tom Edwards1–3, 5–69 Ai OguraAll10 Dwiki Suparta1–2, 4–6 11 Izam IkmalAll12 Ryusei YamanakaAll13 Idham KhairuddinAll14 Bahattin SofuoğluAll15 Shogo KawasakiAll16 Hiroki Nakamura5–6 17 Alif Utama1–4, 618 Somkiat ChantraAll19 Riku SugawaraAll20 Chun Kit Law1–421 Waraphod NiamsakhonsakulAll22 Ahamed Yanseen1–423 Andi Farid IzdiharAll
Championship standings Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points. Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos.RiderTHAQATMAL1CHNJPNMAL2PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 Somkiat Chantra 4 1 6P 2P 4 1 3 8 6 4 Ret 1 1782 Ai Ogura14275Ret13314Ret1733 Andi Farid IzdiharRetP3P511327571PRetP1674 Ryusei Yamanaka324522Ret542641675 Gerry Salim26133Ret4P2P1061671456 Yuki Kunii688674511PRetP391427 Kazuki Masaki55346P12PRet4232Ret1348 Shogo Kawasaki7778117Ret985112779 Can Öncü913131610Ret79851527510 Deniz Öncü1191215Ret1466Ret10537211 Riku Sugawara13121010859Ret99Ret136212 Idham Khairuddin121414139681112Ret786213 Irfan Ardiansyah8Ret99Ret8Ret131055014 Tom Edwards1010Ret11Ret913118104615 Waraphod Niamsakhonsakul111112151110RetRet 1513123416 Bahattin SofuoğluRet171517Ret1312121412Ret62817 Izam Ikmal181816201210RetRet1514Ret111818 Alif Utama15161714RetRet111314Ret1319 Hiroki Nakamura11Ret9Ret1220 Dwiki Suparta1415181915Ret16Ret12Ret821 Ahamed Yanseen1619191813151414822 Chun Kit Law17202021141613Ret5Pos.RiderR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2PtsTHAQATMAL1CHNJPNMAL2PPole position
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