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Van Eerde retains lead | Matsuyama takes Motegi double

Motorcycle News by Motorcycle News
October 22, 2018
in Japan / Asian Road Racing, Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Racing
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Takuma Matsuyama does the double at Motegi

Billy Van Eerde on the podium and retains lead


Asia Talent Cup Motegi R Race Start ZA
Asia Talent Cup 2018 – GP of Japan – Race 2 Start

Takuma Matsuyama made it a home race weekend to doubly delight in on Saturday, winning the second race in style once again – but this time in a photo finish. Heading title challenger Haruki Noguchi by just 0.003 seconds, Matsuyama’s last roll of the dice saw everything go down to the wire.

The fight for third, meanwhile, was also a photo finish – and it was by just four thousandths that Billy van Eerde completed the podium, while also retaining his championship lead of 12 points.

Asia Talent Cup Motegi R Takuma Matsuyama ZA
Asia Talent Cup 2018 – GP of Japan – Takuma Matsuyama

It was Buriram double winner Danial Sharil who got the fourth holeshot in a row in Race 2, slotting into the lead early and a similar big battle to Race 1 keeping the fight close at the front. But this time many would become a few less as they dueled and scrapped, with four riders able to then break away to fight for the podium in the last couple of laps. Drama hit well before that point, however, with Toshiki Senda one man to crash out – and Sharil sadly suffering the same fate as he was just clipped by van Eerde.

Asia Talent Cup Motegi R Danial Sharil ZA
Asia Talent Cup 2018 – GP of Japan – Danial Sharil

Another big incident also ripped through the top ten battle, with a crash for Afridza Munandar collecting Nitipong Saengsawan, Mario Aji and Sho Nishimura. Thankfully all riders are ok, and Nishimura at least was able to stay in the race and came home P11 for a handful of points.

Asia Talent Cup Motegi R Sho Nishimura ZA
Asia Talent Cup 2018 – GP of Japan – Sho Nishimura

So back at the front it was Matsuyama, Noguchi, van Eerde and another home hero in the form of Koji Hirama who fought it out for the podium by the final laps – and they finished in that order. Matusyama judged the drag to the line to perfection, and van Eerde did the same after Hirama had earlier picked his pocket on the final lap. Almost nothing in it, it was another showstopper of an Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup race.

Asia Talent Cup Motegi R Billy Van Eerde ZA
Asia Talent Cup 2018 – GP of Japan – Billy Van Eerde

Tachakorn Buarsi completed the top five after just fading off the front four, with Adenanta Putra taking sixth as he just beat Naoki Yamada to the line. A little further back came Agung Fachrul, with Troy Alberto of the Philippines and Senna Agius from Australia completing the top ten.

Asia Talent Cup Motegi R Senna Agius ZA
Asia Talent Cup 2018 – GP of Japan – Senna Agius

That’s it from the penultimate round and the standings have taken yet another shake up. Sharil’s DNF leaves him with a long but mathematical chance at the Cup in Sepang, but the fight is now largely a two-man affair: van Eerde leads Noguchi by 12 points and the season finale puts another 50 in play.

Asia Talent Cup Motegi R Haruki Noguchi ZA
Asia Talent Cup 2018 – GP of Japan – Haruki Noguchi

Tune in for the final round from Sepang in two weeks as another stunning season comes to a close – will we have a Japanese Champion? Or the first ever Cup winner from Australia?

Asia Talent Cup GP of Japan Race 2 Result

  1. Takuma MATSUYAMA JPN HONDA 31’12.576
  2. Haruki NOGUCHI JPN HONDA +0.003
  3. Billy VAN EERDE AUS HONDA +0.446
  4. Koji HIRAMA JPN HONDA +0.450
  5. Tachakorn BUARSI THA HONDA +4.013
  6. Adenanta PUTRA INA HONDA +14.738
  7. Naoki YAMADA JPN HONDA +14.805
  8. Agung FACHRUL INA HONDA +15.141
  9. Troy ALBERTO PHL HONDA +37.105
  10. Senna AGIUS AUS HONDA +58.784
  11. Sho NISHIMURA JPN HONDA +1’17.438
Asia Talent Cup Motegi Race Classification
Asia Talent Cup GP of Japan – Race 2 Result

Asia Talent Cup Championship Classification

  1. VAN EERDE Billy AUS 169
  2. NOGUCHI Haruki JPN 157
  3. SHARIL Danial MAL 127
  4. NISHIMURA Sho JPN 116
  5. AJI Mario INA 96
  6. BUARSI Tachakorn THA 79
  7. MATSUYAMA Takuma JPN 78
  8. FACHRUL Agung INA 63
  9. HENDRIANSYA Lucky INA 60
  10. MUNANDAR Afridza INA 59
  11. SAE-LIW Kopchai THA 54
  12. PUTRA Adenanta INA 53
  13. SENDA Toshiki JPN 46
  14. HIRAMA Koji JPN 43
  15. PAWI Ibrahim MAL 34
  16. YAMADA Naoki JPN 33
  17. THONGNOPPAKUN Warit THA 31
  18. AGIUS Senna AUS 30
  19. ALBERTO Troy PHL 20
  20. KIUCHI Shota JPN 15
  21. SAENGSAWANG Nitipong THA 15
  22. BAKER Benjamin AUS 8
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