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 RiderRounds2 Shota Kiuchi1–23 Sho NishimuraAll4 Afridza MunandarAll5 Tatchakorn BuasriAll6 Warit Thongnoppakun2, 4, 67 Mario AjiAll8 Koji Hirama3–69 Haruki NoguchiAll10 Toshiki SendaAll11 Takuma Matsuyama3–612 Lucky HendriansyaAll13 Senna Agius1–2, 4–614 Naoki YamadaAll15 Benjamin Baker1–2, 4–516 Adenanta PutraAll17 Nitipong SaengsawangAll18 Troy AlbertoAll19 Billy Van EerdeAll20 Ibrahim PawiAll21 Danial SharilAll22 Agung FachrulAll23 Kopchai Sae Liw1–5
Race calendar and results CircuitDatePole positionWinning rider1R1 Losail International Circuit17 March Agung Fachrul Haruki NoguchiR218 March Billy Van Eerde2R1 Chang International Circuit24 March Haruki Noguchi Haruki NoguchiR225 March Haruki Noguchi3R1 Sepang International Circuit16 June Danial Sharil Mario AjiR217 June Billy Van Eerde4R1 Chang International Circuit29 July Haruki Noguchi Danial SharilR230 July Danial Sharil5R1 Twin Ring Motegi14 October Mario Aji Takuma MatsuyamaR215 October Takuma Matsuyama6R1 Sepang International Circuit28 October Tatchakorn Buasri Sho NishimuraR229 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. Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15thPoints252016131110987654321 Pos.RiderQATTHA1MAL1THA2JPNMAL2PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R21 Billy Van Eerde71322127731111992 Haruki Noguchi121P1PRet33P6PRet24121743 Sho Nishimura3710Ret5272211171504 Danial Sharil910473P6P113Ret2Ret1475 Mario Aji242Ret19Ret5RetPRetP351236 Tatchakorn Buasri1099Ret610133457P2P1087 Takuma Matsuyama114101211641018 Lucky Hendriansya17161312411445Ret53879 Agung Fachrul8P8PRet68121211889117510 Afridza Munandar6553RetRetRet813RetRetRet5911 Adenanta Putra5127RetRetDNS510Ret6Ret105912 Toshiki Senda4312RetRet7Ret1315RetRet65613 Kopchai Sae Liw111185Ret869RetDNS5414 Koji Hirama95Ret1464Ret85115 Warit Thongnoppakun648Ret8134216 Naoki Yamada14Ret171113169Ret97Ret94017 Senna Agius136Ret91618121010143818 Ibrahim Pawi12131510713111514RetRetRet3419 Troy Alberto15Ret161310151419169Ret152120 Shota Kiuchi16141181521 Nitipong SaengsawangRet15Ret141214Ret1610RetRetDNS1522 Benjamin BakerRetRet14Ret151711DNS8Pos.RiderR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2PtsQATTHA1MAL1THA2JPNMAL2PPole position
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