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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 Ryōta 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.

No.	Rider	Rounds
2	Zen Mitani	All
3	Asyraff Zaquan	2–6
5	Tanachat Pratumtong	2–6
6	Levi Kwan Russo	All
7	Kiandra Ramadhipa	All
8	Rakshith Srihari Dave	All
9	Riichi Takahira	All
10	Burapa Wanmoon	1–2
11	Sarthak Chavan	1–3, 5–6
12	Rikki Henry	All
13	Rama Putra Septiawan	1–2
14	Seiryū Ikegami	All
15	Archie Schmidt	All
16	Ryōta Ogiwara	All
17	Farhan Naqib Mohd Faiz	All
18	Chiranth Vishwanath	1–3, 5
19	Farish Hafiy Farid Sezli	All
20	Kiattisak Singhapong	All
21	Rintarō Takemoto	All
22	Alfonsi Rei Santos Daquigan	All
23	Kitsada Tanachot	1, 3–6
	Zhang Xuhao	2
24	Davino Britani	3
25	Shingo Iidaka	4
26	Noprutpong Bunprawes	5–6
27	Pancharuch Chitwirulchat	5

• 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.

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning rider
1	1	Lusail International Circuit, Lusail	9 March	Zen Mitani	Zen Mitani	Zen Mitani
	2		10 March		Farish Hafiy	Kiandra Ramadhipa
2	3	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	17 August	Zen Mitani	Zen Mitani	Zen Mitani
	4		18 August		Kiattisak Singhapong	Zen Mitani
3	5	Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok Regency	28 September	Ryōta Ogiwara	Seiryū Ikegami	Zen Mitani
	6		29 September		Farish Hafiy	Ryōta Ogiwara
4	7	Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi	5 October	Zen Mitani	Zen Mitani	Zen Mitani
	8		6 October		Ryōta Ogiwara	Seiryū Ikegami
5	9	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	26 October	Ryōta Ogiwara	Kiattisak Singhapong	Kiandra Ramadhipa
	10		27 October		Archie Schmidt	Ryōta Ogiwara
6	11	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	2 November	Zen Mitani	Riichi Takahira	Zen Mitani
	12		3 November		Zen Mitani	Zen Mitani

Championship standings

Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Pos. Rider QAT MAL1 INA JPN THA MAL2 Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Zen Mitani 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 5 4 1 1 259 2 Ryōta Ogiwara Ret 16 2 5 4 1 2 3 3 1 4 2 179 3 Riichi Takahira 2 3 3 4 7 3 5 4 2 5 3 3 177 4 Kiandra Ramadhipa 4 1 4 2 6 17 4 14 1 6 5 Ret 142 5 Seiryū Ikegami 3 17 Ret 6 2 4 3 1 9 14 2 5 140 6 Kiattisak Singhapong 5 4 5 7 5 5 9 7 4 3 8 6 129 7 Farish Hafiy 6 Ret 7 3 3 6 Ret 6 6 18 Ret 4 94 8 Rintarō Takemoto 7 Ret 6 8 8 9 6 8 11 9 9 10 85 9 Alfonsi Daquigan 10 9 9 11 9 Ret NC 11 7 10 6 7 71 10 Archie Schmidt 11 10 13 14 14 11 10 10 10 2 7 Ret 70 11 Levi Kwan Russo 8 7 10 12 10 8 8 9 15 Ret 11 8 70 12 Sarthak Chavan 9 6 8 13 11 7 13 8 14 11 60 13 Rikki Henry 12 5 17 18 15 12 NC 17 8 13 10 Ret 37 14 Tanachat Pratumtong Ret 9 13 10 11 13 DNS 11 12 12 37 15 Kitsada Tanachot 13 12 12 13 12 12 12 15 15 16 28 16 Shingo Iidaka 7 5 20 17 Asyraff Zaquan 16 16 17 14 14 15 18 12 13 9 19 18 Rama Putra Septiawan 14 8 11 17 15 19 Noprutpong Bunprawes 14 7 17 13 14 20 Burapa Wanmoon 15 11 Ret 10 12 21 Farhan Naqib Ret 14 15 15 18 15 13 16 17 DNS 16 14 10 22 Rakshith Dave 17 15 12 Ret 19 Ret 15 18 19 17 18 15 7 23 Chiranth Vishwanath 16 13 14 19 16 16 20 Ret 5 — Pancharuch Chitwirulchat 16 16 0 — Zhang Xuhao 18 20 0 — Davino Britani 20 Ret 0 Pos. Rider R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts QAT MAL1 INA JPN THA MAL2 References "Mitani clinches ATC crown as Ramadhipa and Ogiwara take race wins". MotoGP.com. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2024. "荻原、シュミットを抑えて優勝、三谷が2024年王座を獲得" [Ogiwara holds off Schmidt for victory, Mitani claims the 2024 championship]. Honda Racing Corporation (in Japanese). 26 October 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2024. "2024 Entry List" (PDF). Mailchimp. Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2024. "Provisional 2024 Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup calendar announced". Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2024. "Updated: 2024 Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup calendar". MotoGP.com. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2024. References External links Official website

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