The 2017 Asia Talent Cup was the fourth season of the Asia Talent Cup (ATC), an international motorcycle racing series for young riders from Asia and Oceania. The season marked a significant transition for the championship, as Idemitsu replaced Shell as the title sponsor, officially renaming the competition the Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup.
Season Summary The 2017 championship consisted of twelve races held across six rounds. The first race of second round at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar was cancelled due to hazardous track conditions caused by heavy rain and a storm that occurred overnight. The season won by Turkish rider Deniz Öncü who secured the title following a season-long rivalry with his twin brother, Can Öncü, and Japanese rider Haruki Noguchi.
Entry list RiderRounds2 Takuto SuzukiAll3 Can ÖncüAll4 Gerry SalimAll5 Yuki KuniiAll6 Irfan Ardiansyah1–2, 5–67 Deniz ÖncüAll8 Koji HiramaAll9 Haruki NoguchiAll10 Kai SaitoAll11 Haziq HamdanAll12 Ryusei YamanakaAll13 Lucky HendriansyaAll14 Bima Febrinda Arfin1–2, 415 Kritchaporn KaewsonthiAll16 Reid Terrence Battye1–417 Maxi Hattori1–318 Kohki SuzukiAll19 Syairul SuhaimiAll20 Azroy AnuarAll21 Surya Surojo122 Riefsa Firdaus Hakim1–223 Koko Masaharu Tadachi1–4, 624 Erfin Firmansyah1–5
Race calendar and results CircuitDatePole positionWinning rider1R1 Chang International Circuit11 March Yuki Kunii Deniz ÖncüR212 March Deniz Öncü2R1 Losail International Circuit25 March Yuki KuniiRace CancelledR226 March Yuki Kunii3R1 Suzuka Circuit3 June Ryusei Yamanaka Haruki NoguchiR24 June Yuki Kunii4R1 Sepang International Circuit29 July Can Öncü Can ÖncüR230 July Can Öncü5R1 Twin Ring Motegi14 October Yuki Kunii Ryusei YamanakaR215 October Yuki Kunii6R1 Sepang International Circuit28 October Azroy Anuar Can ÖncüR229 October Can Öncü
Championship standings
Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points. Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15thPoints252016131110987654321 Pos.RiderTHAQATSUZMAL1JPNMAL2PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R21 Deniz Öncü11 C5Ret56233741562 Haruki Noguchi63 C31245Ret4521553 Can Öncü74 C45151P1PRetRet111474 Ryusei Yamanaka32 C24P14P531Ret661435 Yuki Kunii8P5P C1P31RetRetRetP1P331426 Azroy Anuar2Ret C626242Ret4P9P1337 Gerry Salim56 C8RetRet36Ret528948 Genki Nakajima CRet738Ret5287819 Koji HiramaRet7 C10647RetRetRet956510 Lucky Hendriansya119 C71410107Ret6Ret155511 Kritchaporn Kaewsonthi410 CRet8RetRet9Ret810105412 Takuto Suzuki1013 CRet131191171013115213 Kohki SuzukiRet12 C111171210Ret711125114 Erfin Firmansyah1411 C12109118Ret9 4415 Kai Saito1616 C159813Ret61312133916 Irfan Ardiansyah98 C94Ret17163517 Syairul Suhaimi CRet1717Ret1481115171618 Haziq Hamdan15Ret C1815131412Ret1216Ret1519 Maxi Hattori12RetCRet1212 1220 Reid Terrence Battye1714 C13Ret16Ret13 821 Koko Masaharu Tadachi1817 C17161816151414522 Thitivarak Passawit1315 423 Riefsa Firdaus Hakim1918 C14224 Bima Febrinda Arfin2019 C1615Ret125 Surya Surojo21200Pos.RiderR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2PtsTHAQATSUZMAL1JPNMAL2PPole position
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