Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup Calendar & Entry List
Senna Agius – Ben Baker – Billy Van Eerde in 2018 Asia Talent Cup
Asia Talent Cup have finalised the 2018 calendar and entry list which features three young Australians.
The two youngest in entire field to have made the cut are Aussie 12-year-olds Senna Agius and Ben Baker.
That duo, along with fellow Aussie Billy Van Eeerde (15), who will also contest the 2018 MotoGP Red Bull Rookies, will be taking on twelve Asia Talent Cup races across six weekends in 2018, racing alongside some incredible Championships.
Seven countries are represented, with competitors from Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Qatar, Australia, the Philippines and Malaysia lining up.
Testing begins in February at Sepang International Circuit before the rider’s head for Qatar for the season opener alongside MotoGP.
Following a race weekend alongside WorldSBK at Buriram and a trip to Sepang with the Malaysian Superbike Championship, the calendar then ends the year alongside MotoGP once more – at Buriram, Motegi and Sepang, with the curtain coming down in Malaysia for what has become the traditional final round of the year.
ASIA TALENT CUP: ENTRY LIST 2018 SEASON |
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| S/17 | N | RIDER NAME | NAT | AGE | D.O.B | CM | KG |
| S | 3 | SHO NISHIMURA | JPN | 16 | 15/11/2001 | 161 | 53 |
| S | 4 | AFRIDZA SYACH MUNANDAR INA | INA | 18 | 13/08/1999 | 158 | 52 |
| S | 5 | TACHAKORN BUARSI | THA | 17 | 26/03/2000 | 165 | 44 |
| S | 6 | YOUSEF MOHAMMED AA AL-DARWISH | QAT | 13 | 3/10/2004 | 147 | 40 |
| S | 7 | MARIO SURYO AJI | INA | 13 | 16/04/2004 | 158 | 53 |
| 2017 | 8 | KOJI HIRAMA | JAP | 16 | 1/12/2000 | 165 | 43 |
| 2017 | 9 | HARUKI NOGUCHI | JAP | 16 | 20/06/2001 | 167 | 51 |
| S | 10 | TOSHIKI SENDA | JAP | 14 | 17/08/2003 | 168 | 54 |
| S | 11 | TAKUMA MATSUYAMA | JAP | 13 | 9/11/2004 | 152 | 40 |
| S | 12 | SENNA DONALD AGIUS | AUS | 12 | 9/06/2005 | 148 | 42 |
| 2017 | 13 | LUCKY HENDRIANSYA | INA | 17 | 26/08/2000 | 165 | 48 |
| S | 14 | NAOKI YAMADA | JAP | 15 | 16/07/2002 | 167 | 49 |
| S | 15 | BENJAMIN DANIEL BAKER | AUS | 12 | 31/01/2005 | 153 | 45 |
| S | 16 | MOHAMMAD ADENANTA PUTRA | INA | 12 | 21/04/2004 | 163 | 40 |
| S | 17 | MASTER NITIPONG SAENGSAWANG | THA | 15 | 25/02/2002 | 170 | 52 |
| S | 18 | TROY JACOB ALBERTO | PHL | 16 | 6/03/2001 | 170 | 56 |
| S | 19 | BILL VAN EERDE | AUS | 15 | 2/04/2002 | 157 | 45 |
| S | 20 | MUHAMAD ANUAR IBRAHIM BIN PAWI | MAL | 17 | 17/10/2000 | 173 | 61 |
| S | 22 | MUHAMMAD AGUNG FACHRUL | INA | 14 | 26/04/2003 | 162 | 152 |
| S | 23 | KOPCHAI SAE-LIW | THA | 18 | 8/03/1999 | 165 | 46 |
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ASIA TALENT CUP: RESERVE RIDERS FOR 2018 SEASON |
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| N | RIDER NAME | NAT | AGE | D.O.B | CM | KG |
| 15 | DANIAL EL FAHIM BIN HARRIS EL HADI | MAL | 14 | 1/02/2003 | 153 | 42 |
| 49 | WARIT THONGNOPPAKUN | THA | 18 | 13/04/1999 | 174 | 52 |
| 61 | JADEN ALEXANDER GUNAWARDENA | LKA | 15 | 9/04/2002 | 172 | 56 |
| 74 | SHOTA KIUCHI | JAP | 14 | 5/04/2003 | 158 | 50 |
| 82 | KAZUKI OHORI | JAP | 17 | 15/05/2000 | 153 | 54 |
| CALENDAR 2018 | ||||
| DATE | ENTRY TYPE | COINCIDING EVENT | CIRCUIT | COUNTRY |
| FEBUARY 19th & 20th | TEST | SEPANG | MALAYSIA | |
| MARCH 15th –18th | RACES 1 & 2 | MotoGP Grand Prix of Qatar | LOSAIL | QUATAR |
| MARCH 23rd – 25th | RACES 3 & 4 | WorldSBK of Thailand | BURIRAM | THALAND |
| JULY 27th – 29th | RACES 5 & 6 | Malaysian Superbike Championship | SEPANG | MALAYSIA |
| OCTOBER 5th – 7th | RACES 7 & 8 | MotoGP Grand Prix of Thailand | BURIRAM | THAILAND |
| OCTOBER 19th – 21st | RACES 9 & 10 | MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan | MOTEGI | JAPAN |
| NOVEMBER 2nd – 4th | RACES 1 & 12 | MotoGP Grand Prix of Malaysia | SEPANG | MALAYSIA |
