The 2024 Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup was the tenth running of the Asia Talent Cup, a motorcycle racing series organized by Dorna and sponsored by Idemitsu which is intended for young riders throughout Asia and Oceania. The season featured six rounds at circuits in Asia, with all but the second round being held as support races for the MotoGP World Championship. The season commenced at Lusail on 8 March, and concluded at Sepang on 3 November.
Japanese rider Zen Mitani dominated the championship, winning seven and finishing on the podium in ten of the season's twelve races to claim the championship title at the penultimate round in Buriram. Mitani's compatriots Ryota Ogiwara and Riichi Takahira finished second and third in the points, with fourth-placed Kiandra Ramadhipa's two victories making him the only non-Japanese rider to win a race.
Entry list The entry list of selected riders was released on 4 December 2023. All riders competed on identical 250cc Honda NSF250R motorcycles. RiderRounds 2 Zen MitaniAll 3 Asyraff Zaquan2–6 5 Tanachat Pratumtong2–6 6 Levi RussoAll 7 Kiandra RamadhipaAll 8 Rakshith SrihariAll 9 Riichi TakahiraAll 10 Burapa Wanmoon1–2 11 Sarthak Chavan1–3, 5–6 12 Rikki HenryAll 13 Rama Putra Septiawan1–2 14 Seiryu IkegamiAll 15 Archie SchmidtAll 16 Ryota OgiwaraAll 17 Farhan Naqib All 18 Chiranth Vishwanath1–3, 5 19 Farish SezliAll 20 Kiattisak SinghapongAll 21 Rintarō TakemotoAll 22 Alfonsi DaquiganAll 23 Kitsada Tanachot1, 3–6 Zhang Xuhao2 24 Davino Britani3 25 Shingo Iidaka4 26 Noprutpong Bunprawes5–6 27 Pancharuch Chitwirulchat5 Hsieh Shao-en of Chinese Taipei was scheduled to compete in the championship, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.
Calendar and results The provisional season calendar was announced on 30 November 2023, with all six rounds held in support of the host nation's respective MotoGP World Championship Grand Prix. Following the postponement and eventual cancellation of the Grand Prix of India, the second round, which was originally scheduled to be held at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, was rescheduled to take place alongside the Malaysian Superbike Championship at Sepang. CircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning rider11 Lusail International Circuit, Lusail9 March Zen Mitani Zen Mitani Zen Mitani210 March Farish Hafiy Kiandra Ramadhipa23 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang17 August Zen Mitani Zen Mitani Zen Mitani418 August Kiattisak Singhapong Zen Mitani35 Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok Regency28 September Ryota Ogiwara Seiryu Ikegami Zen Mitani629 September Farish Hafiy Ryota Ogiwara47 Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi5 October Zen Mitani Zen Mitani Zen Mitani86 October Ryota Ogiwara Seiryu Ikegami59 Chang International Circuit, Buriram26 October Ryota Ogiwara Kiattisak Singhapong Kiandra Ramadhipa1027 October Archie Schmidt Ryota Ogiwara611 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang2 November Zen Mitani Riichi Takahira Zen Mitani123 November Zen Mitani Zen Mitani
Championship standings Scoring systemPoints 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. Rider QAT MAL1 INA JPN THA MAL2 PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 Zen Mitani121112125411259 2 Ryota OgiwaraRet162541233142179 3 Riichi Takahira233473542533177 4 Kiandra Ramadhipa4142617414165Ret142 5 Seiryu Ikegami317Ret6243191425140 6 Kiattisak Singhapong545755974386129 7 Farish Hafiy6Ret7336Ret6618Ret494 8 Rintarō Takemoto7Ret68896811991085 9 Alfonsi Daquigan1099119RetNC117106771 10 Archie Schmidt11101314141110101027Ret70 11 Levi Kwan Russo8710121088915Ret11870 12 Sarthak Chavan96813117138141160 13 Rikki Henry12517181512NC1781310Ret37 14 Tanachat PratumtongRet913101113DNS11121237 15 Kitsada Tanachot131212131212121515162816 Shingo Iidaka7520 17 Asyraff Zaquan161617141415181213919 18 Rama Putra Septiawan148111715 19 Noprutpong Bunprawes147171314 20 Burapa Wanmoon1511Ret1012 21 Farhan NaqibRet1415151815131617DNS16141022 Rakshith Dave171512Ret19Ret151819171815723 Chiranth Vishwanath16131419161620Ret5— Pancharuch Chitwirulchat16160— Zhang Xuhao18200— Davino Britani20Ret0Pos.RiderR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2Pts QAT MAL1 INA JPN THA MAL2
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