2018 Asia Road Racing Championship

The 2018 Idemitsu FIM Asia Road Racing Championship was the 23rd season of the Asia Road Racing Championship. The Season started on 2 March at Chang International Circuit in Thailand and ended on December 2 also at Chang International Circuit in Thailand.

2018 Asia Road Racing Championship
Previous:	2017	Next:	2019

Calendar and results

The Calendar was released in December 2017.^[1]

Round	Circuit	Date	SS600 Winners	AP250 Winners	UB150 Winners
1	Chang International Circuit	2-4 March	R1: Thitipong Warokorn	R1: Anupab Sarmoon	R1: Izzat Zaidi
			R2: Anthony West	R2: Muklada Sarapuech	R2: Helmi Azman
2	The Bend Motorsport Park	19-22 April	R1: Race Cancelled[a]	R1: Rheza Danica Ahrens	R1: Izzat Zaidi
			R2: Yuki Ito	R2: Rheza Danica Ahrens	R2: Haziq Fairues
3	Suzuka Circuit	1-3 June	R1: Azlan Shah	R1: Rheza Danica Ahrens	R1: Helmi Azman
			R2: Anthony West	R2: Rheza Danica Ahrens	R2: Gupita Kresna
4	Madras International Circuit	3-5 August	R1: Anthony West	R1: Rheza Danica Ahrens	R1: Ahmad Fazli Sham
			R2: Anthony West	R2: Rafid Topan Sucipto	R2: Ahmad Fazli Sham
5	Sentul International Circuit	12-14 October	R1: Andi Farid Izdihar	R1: Rheza Danica Ahrens	R1: Agung Fachrul
			R2: Andi Farid Izdihar	R2: Awhin Sanjaya	R2: Haziq Fairues
6	Chang International Circuit	30 November-2 December	R1: Ratthapong Wilairot	R1: Rafid Topan Sucipto	R1: Wawan Wello
			R2: Ratthapong Wilairot	R2: Andy Muhammad Fadly	R2: Gupita Kresna

Footnotes;

1. Race 1 of Round 2, IDEMITSU FIM ASIA ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP at The Bend Motorsports Park is cancelled due to two separate incidents brought out the red flags twice in the duration of the race, no points were awarded.^[2]

Teams and riders

Supersport 600

SS600 Entry List Team Constructor No. Rider Rounds Astra Honda Racing Team Honda 16 Irfan Ardiansyah 1–2, 4–5 27 Andi Farid Izdihar All 31 Gerry Salim[3] 6 Musashi Boon Siew Honda 20 Azroy Anuar All 21 Zaqhwan Zaidi 1, 3–6 634 Tomoyoshi Koyama All Idemitsu Honda Racing India by T.Pro Ten10 23 Taiga Hada All Thai Honda Racing Club 45 Sittisak Aonchaweang 6 A.P. Honda Racing Thailand 73 Warit Thongnoppakun 6 88 Keisuke Kurihara All 123 Passawit Thitivararak All Manuel Tech KYT Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki 25 Azlan Shah All 33 Ahmad Yudhistira All Army Girl Team MF & Kawasaki 57 Kyosuke Okuda 3 ZK Racing Kawasaki 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin 5–6 66 Ibrahim Norrodin 1–4 Core Kawasaki Thailand Racing Team 100 Thitipong Warokorn 1 NextGen Motorsports Suzuki 39 Scott Nicholson 2 Yamaha 12 Broc Pearson 2 Webike IKAZUCHI Racing 13 Anthony West 1, 3–4 29 Patrick Li 1–4, 6 37 Liam Taylor MacDonald 5 40 Joseph Francis[4] 2 40 Joseph Francis[5] 3–4 86 Sheridan Morais 5–6 121 Randy Krummenacher[6] 6 Akeno Speed Yamaha 22 Soichiro Minamimoto 3 YAMAHA Thailand Racing Team 24 Decha Kraisart All 56 Ratthapong Wilairot All Team Hong Leong Yamaha Malaysia 32 Ramdan Rosli All 127 Kasma Daniel All Yamaha Racing Asean 64 Keminth Kubo All 76 Yuki Ito All ONEXOX TKKR Racing Team 80 Hafiq Azmi All 92 Muzakkir Mohamed 1–5

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Asia Production 250

AP250 Entry List Team Constructor No. Rider Rounds Team HIRO Honda 14 Masaharu Ono 3 92 Akito Narita 3 Astra Honda Racing Team 16 Mario Aji All 123 Rheza Danica Ahrens All 198 Awhin Sanjaya All Team TEC2 20 Yuta Kasai 3 IDEA & Kurodaya 23 Kota Sunatomari 3 A.P. Honda Racing Thailand 35 Kritchaporn Kaewsonthi All 44 Muklada Sarapuech 1–3, 5–6 88 Piyawat Patoomyos 6 149 Tatchakorn Buasri 4 Ultra Speed Detail's Proliner Elmo 38 Nico Julian 5 Astra Motor Racing Team Jakarta 63 Sigit Purnomo Harjono 5 Yuzy Honda Vietnam Racing Team 65 Cao Viet Nam All Idemitsu Honda Racing India by T-Pro Ten10 80 Sethu Rajiv All 81 Anish Damodara Shetty All United Oil M-Mate Racing 185 Yossie Legisadewo 5 888 Chiou Ke-Lung All Trickstar Racing Kawasaki 11 Takehiro Yamamoto 3 SIC Junior ZK Racing 36 Izam Ikmal 1, 6 66 Danial Syahmi 2–4 78 Idil Fitri Mahadi 1–3, 5–6 Manual Tech KYT Kawasaki Racing 41 Kim Woo-Jung 6 108 Andy Muhammad Fadly All Yamaha Philippines Racing Team Yamaha 22 McKinley Kyle Paz 3 71 Masato Fernando 3 ONEXOX TKKR Racing Team 24 Hafiza Rofa 1–5 25 Adam Fiqrie Bobie Farid 1–2 56 Muzakkir Mohamed 6 72 Faiz Zekri Sabri 6 93 Khairul Ikhwan Ajis 1–5 222 Reynaldo Ratukore 3–6 CKJ Yamaha Racing Team 30 Hafiz Nor Azman All 50 Ahmad Afif Amran All Yamaha Thailand Racing Team 45 Peerapong Boonlert All 90 Kanatan Jaiman All 500 Anupab Sarmoon All Yamaha Racing Indonesia 55 Galang Hendra Pratama 6 179 Richard Taroreh All 901 M. Faerozi 1–5 Yamaha BAF Akai Jaya Racetech 57 Janoer Saputra 5 Pro Power Asia Dog Fight Racing 79 Karen Ogura 3 Puma RV's 87 Zachary Levy 2 Yamaha Yamalube KYT TJM WR Super Battery 96 Anggi Setiawan All 250 Rafid Topan Sucipto All Team YSS TDR Vrooam Furukawa WRX Puma Bali 125 Ricky Susanto 5 Team One For All 410 Suzuki Takashi All

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Underbone 150

UB150 Entry List Team Constructor No. Rider Rounds Yuzy Honda Vietnam Racing Team Honda 17 Le Khanh Loc 3–6 39 Aiman Azman All 63 Amirul Ariff Musa All 99 Nguyen Vu Thanh 1–2 SCK Rapido Hi Rev Honda Racing Team 31 Travis Hall 2–6 32 Helmi Azman All 56 Nattawit Sungkijsawad 1 65 Fakhrusy Syakirin Rostam All Orbit SND CNC Sporting 152 Agung Fachrul 5 UMA Racing Yamaha Maju Motor Asia Team Yamaha 13 Akid Aziz All 26 Haziq Fairues All 27 To Ha Dong Nghi 6 28 Huynh Minh Sang 1, 3 112 Elsan Efendi 5 123 McKinley Kyle Paz 2, 4, 6 Locky Taylor Racing 15 Locky Taylor 2 RCB Yamaha YY Pang Racing 18 Adib Rosley All 98 Izzat Zaidi All Yamaha Yamalube SND Factory 23 Gupita Kresna 1–3, 5–6 38 Wawan Wello 5–6 199 Syahrul Amin 1–3, 5–6 Team One For All 24 Peerapong Luiboonpeng 1, 3–6 36 Affendi Rosli All ONEXOX TKKR Racing Team 25 Adam Fiqrie Farid 3–4 46 Ahmad Fazli Sham All 47 Syafieq Aiman 3–6 71 Haiekal Akmal 1–2 Yamaha Cardinals Tune Boss Bird Phetkasem Thailand 29 Paitoon Nakthong 1 Yamaha Racing Indonesia 60 Wahyu Aji Trilaksana All 89 Wahyu Nugroho 5 Usaha Jaya Racetech Cargloss 75 Reza Fahlevi 5 United Oil M-Mate Racing 81 Miu Nakahara 3–6 Racing Boy TT Racing Thailand 86 Suttipat Patchareetron 1, 6 159 Akkarak Tesang 6 Yamaha Pradtipong Tunu Boss Bird Phetkasem 92 Chanacai Boonggnam 6 Yamalube TT Racing Boy Thailand 156 Sawapol Ninpong 6 Yamaha 549 Kaboci Sponzen Racing Team 157 Murobbil Vittoni 5 Yamaha Racingboy Motul DID Motobat Tatum Racing 200 Suttipaj Patchaeetron 1 NRT Marvin Putra TPK48 HT JRT Racetech 270 Rusman Fadhil 5

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Championships standings

Points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Riders standings

Supersport 600

Pos. Rider Bike BUR BEN SUZ MAD SEN BUR Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Ratthapong Wilairot Yamaha 6 14 C 2 8 7 9 8 5 3 1 1 141 2 Anthony West Yamaha 2 1 3 1 1 1 136 3 Ahmad Yudhistira Kawasaki 5 Ret C 11 2 3 Ret 9 2 2 3 3 131 4 Azlan Shah Kawasaki 3 3 C 10 1 5 Ret 5 8 7 6 5 123 5 Andi Farid Izdihar Honda 10 6 C 6 Ret 6 4 Ret 1 1 7 7 117 6 Tomoyoshi Koyama Honda 7 5 C DNS 7 10 5 2 7 8 5 4 107 7 Decha Kraisart Yamaha Ret 2 C DNS 11 8 Ret 7 12 6 2 2 96 8 Zaqhwan Zaidi Honda 4 15 5 9 2 4 3 4 Ret DNS 94 9 Yuki Ito Yamaha 12 4 C 1 4 4 8 16 DNS DNS 14 8 86 10 Keminth Kubo Yamaha 9 7 C 5 6 2 Ret 10 Ret 9 4 Ret 83 11 Taiga Hada Honda 8 9 C 17 12 11 3 3 6 10 13 12 79 12 Keisuke Kurihara Honda 16 13 C 4 16 18 10 12 10 18 11 6 47 13 Azroy Anuar Honda 11 8 C 7 13 14 6 Ret 9 19 15 14 47 14 Kasma Daniel Yamaha 15 Ret C 8 14 13 7 6 Ret 13 12 Ret 40 15 Irfan Ardiansyah Honda 13 10 C DNS 14 14 4 5 37 16 Ramdan Rosli Yamaha 14 11 C 3 Ret 15 13 Ret Ret 11 Ret 15 33 17 Passawit Thitivararak Honda 18 12 C 16 15 16 12 11 11 17 10 10 31 18 Thitipong Warokorn Kawasaki 1 Ret 25 19 Sheridan Morais Yamaha 17 12 8 13 15 20 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Kawasaki 13 14 16 9 12 21 Randy Krummenacher Yamaha 9 11 12 22 Soichiro Minamimoto Yamaha 9 12 11 23 Hafiq Azmi Yamaha 17 16 C 15 18 17 11 13 15 15 19 16 11 24 Joseph Francis Yamaha C 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 25 Kyosuke Okuda Kawasaki 10 Ret 6 26 Ibrahim Noroddin Kawasaki 19 17 C 13 17 19 15 15 5 27 Muzakkir Mohamed Yamaha 20 18 C 12 Ret 20 16 Ret 16 16 4 28 Liam Taylor MacDonald Yamaha 14 Ret 2 29 Scott Nicholson Suzuki C 14 2 30 Patrick Li Yamaha Ret Ret C DNS 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 31 Sittisak Aonchaweang Honda 17 Ret 0 32 Warit Thongnoppakun Honda 20 Ret 0 33 Gerry Salim Honda 18 17 0 34 Broc Pearson Yamaha C DNS 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Asia Production 250

Pos. Rider Bike BUR BEN SUZ MAD SEN BUR Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Rheza Danica Ahrens Honda 3 9 1 1 1 1 1 17 1 2 4 2 226 2 Anupab Sarmoon Yamaha 1 5 4 4 2 6 Ret 3 7 7 3 3 158 3 Rafid Topan Sucipto Yamaha 5 2 8 9 DNS DNS 4 1 3 4 1 4 151 4 Awhin Sanjaya Honda 11 6 Ret 3 4 8 5 7 2 1 2 6 147 5 Andy Muhammad Fadly Kawasaki 10 7 3 5 30 3 Ret 2 5 3 Ret 1 130 6 Mario Aji Honda 2 10 2 2 3 2 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 128 7 Muklada Sarapuech Honda 10 1 5 7 5 Ret 4 5 DSQ DNS 86 8 Peerapong Boonlert Yamaha 4 4 14 10 9 7 Ret 5 11 13 8 11 82 9 Reynaldo Ratukore Yamaha 6 9 3 4 15 9 10 12 64 10 Anggi Setiawan Yamaha Ret 11 7 6 10 12 9 8 9 8 DNS Ret 64 11 Kritchaporn Kaewsonthi Honda 6 12 6 11 8 Ret Ret 10 14 14 18 8 55 12 Kanatan Jaiman Yamaha 9 3 12 14 15 13 Ret Ret 21 17 6 7 52 13 Ahmad Afif Amran Yamaha 13 16 10 8 7 4 18 Ret 13 16 9 Ret 49 14 M. Faerozi Yamaha 12 13 9 Ret 13 10 10 Ret 6 11 44 15 Richard Taroreh Yamaha 8 8 19 13 28 Ret 8 9 10 Ret Ret Ret 40 16 Hafiz nor Azman Yamaha 14 14 11 12 16 16 7 Ret 17 15 11 16 28 17 Galang Hendra Pratama Yamaha 7 5 20 18 Tatchakorn Buasri Honda 6 6 20 19 Sigit Purno Harjono Honda 8 6 18 20 Piyawat Patoomyos Honda 5 9 18 21 Akito Narita Honda 11 5 16 22 Hafiza Rofa Yamaha 16 15 13 Ret 18 15 12 13 20 18 12 23 Khairul Ikhwan Ajis Yamaha 15 17 17 Ret 14 14 11 14 19 19 12 24 Cao Viet Nam Honda 17 Ret 20 19 22 20 15 11 16 20 12 14 12 25 Yossie Legisadewo Honda 12 10 10 26 Takehiro Yamamoto Kawasaki 12 11 9 27 Sethu Rajiv Honda 18 18 DNS DNS 25 24 13 16 23 21 13 15 7 28 Danial Syahmi Kawasaki 21 16 26 21 14 12 6 29 Izam Ikmal Kawasaki 19 Ret 14 13 5 30 Nico Julian Honda 18 12 4 31 Anish Damodara Shetty Honda Ret 20 15 15 24 25 Ret 19 25 24 22 20 2 32 Suzuki Takashi Yamaha 22 19 16 17 21 Ret 16 15 24 23 16 Ret 1 33 Muzakkir Mohamed Yamaha 15 17 0 34 Masato Fernando Yamaha 17 Ret 0 35 Kota Sunatomari Honda Ret 17 0 36 Chiou Ke-Lung Kawasaki 20 21 18 18 20 22 17 18 22 22 19 19 0 37 Idil Fitri Mahadi Kawasaki 21 22 DNS 20 31 26 27 25 17 18 0 38 Karen Ogura Yamaha 19 18 0 39 Masaharu Ono Honda 23 19 0 40 Faiz Zekri Sabri Yamaha 20 21 0 41 Kim Woo-Jung Kawasaki 21 22 0 42 McKinley Kyle Paz Yamaha 27 23 0 43 Yuta Kasai Honda 29 27 0 44 Adam Fiqrie Farid Yamaha Ret Ret WD WD 0 45 Janoer Saputra Yamaha Ret Ret 0 46 Ricky Susanto Honda Ret Ret 0 47 Zachary Levy Yamaha DNS DNS 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Underbone 150

Pos. Rider Bike BUR BEN SUZ MAD SEN BUR Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Helmi Azman Honda 5 1 2 Ret 1 4 2 2 2 6 2 4 197 2 Izzat Zaidi Yamaha 1 8 1 7 6 3 8 6 5 DNS 14 10 130 3 Ahmad Fazli Sham Yamaha 7 6 10 Ret 10 9 1 1 8 17 4 8 117 4 Gupita Kresna Yamaha Ret 10 Ret 5 3 1 3 Ret 5 1 110 5 Akid Aziz Yamaha 4 15 5 3 2 6 Ret Ret Ret 3 8 Ret 95 6 Amirul Ariff Musa Honda 6 3 11 11 Ret 12 Ret 8 4 8 7 7 87 7 Affendi Rosli Yamaha 2 4 12 6 Ret 8 9 Ret 11 12 1 Ret 84 8 Wahyu Aji Trilaksana Yamaha 3 9 3 13 4 3 Ret 7 Ret 14 Ret DNS 83 9 Syahrun Amin Yamaha 8 2 Ret 4 Ret 5 6 11 10 6 83 10 Haziq Fairues Yamaha Ret Ret Ret 1 7 Ret 5 12 17 1 13 Ret 77 11 Aiman Azman Honda 12 12 4 12 Ret 14 11 5 13 Ret 9 2 73 12 Adib Rosley Yamaha 13 EXC 8 9 9 11 6 4 16 7 11 Ret 67 13 Wawan Wello Yamaha 7 4 1 5 58 14 Travis Hall Honda 9 10 11 13 7 3 18 Ret 12 Ret 50 15 Fakhrusy Syakirin Rostam Honda Ret 5 Ret 8 5 Ret 4 Ret 15 13 15 Ret 48 16 McKinley Kyle Paz Yamaha 6 2 Ret Ret Ret 3 46 17 Agung Fachrul Honda 1 2 45 18 Peerapong Luiboonpeng Yamaha DNS DNS 8 7 3 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 37 19 Haeikal Akmal Yamaha 9 7 7 Ret 22 Ret 16 12 29 20 Reza Fahlevi Yamaha 19 5 6 9 28 21 Syafieq Aiman Yamaha 14 10 Ret 9 20 Ret 19 13 18 22 Miu Nakahara Yamaha 13 15 10 10 Ret 15 Ret 15 18 23 Huynh Minh Sang Yamaha 10 DNS 12 Ret 10 24 Wahyu Nugroho Yamaha 14 9 9 25 Nguyen Vu Thanh Honda 11 13 DNS DNS 8 26 Le Khanh Loc Honda 15 16 Ret 11 21 16 17 14 8 27 Rusman Fadhil Yamaha 9 Ret 7 28 Murobbil Vittoni Yamaha 10 Ret 6 29 Elsan Efendi Yamaha Ret 10 6 30 Suttipat Patchareetron Yamaha 16 11 18 Ret 5 31 Sawapol Ninpong Yamaha 21 11 5 32 Nattawut Sungkijsawad Honda 15 14 3 33 Suttipaj Patchareetron Yamaha 14 Ret 2 34 Adam Fiqrie Yamaha 16 17 Ret Ret 0 35 Chanacai Boonggnam Yamaha 20 16 0 36 Akkarak Tesang Yamaha 22 17 0 37 To Ha Dong Nghi Yamaha 23 18 0 38 Paitoon Nakthong Yamaha Ret Ret 0 39 Locky Taylor Yamaha DNS DNS 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Teams championship

Supersport 600

Pos. Teams Bike No. BUR BEN SUZ MAD SEN BUR Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Manual Tech KYT Kawasaki Racing 33 5 Ret C 11 2 3 Ret 9 2 2 3 3 254 25 3 3 C 10 1 5 Ret 5 8 7 6 5 2 Musashi Boon Siew Honda 634 7 5 C DNS 7 10 5 2 7 8 5 4 248 21 4 15 5 9 2 4 3 4 Ret DNS 20 11 8 C 7 13 14 6 Ret 9 19 15 14 3 YAMAHA Thailand Racing Team 56 6 14 C 2 8 7 9 8 5 3 1 1 237 24 Ret 2 C DNS 11 8 Ret 7 12 6 2 2 4 Webike IKAZUCHI Racing 13 2 1 3 1 1 1 172 86 17 12 8 13 121 9 11 40 C 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 37 14 Ret 29 Ret Ret C DNS 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 Yamaha Racing ASEAN 76 12 4 C 1 4 4 8 16 DNS DNS 14 8 169 64 9 7 C 5 6 2 Ret 10 Ret 9 4 Ret 6 Astra Honda Racing Team 27 10 6 C 6 Ret 6 4 Ret 1 1 7 7 154 16 13 10 C DNS 14 14 4 5 31 18 17 7 Idemitsu Honda Racing India by T.Pro Ten10 23 8 9 C 17 12 11 3 3 6 10 13 12 79 8 A.P. Honda Racing Thailand 88 16 13 C 4 16 18 10 12 10 18 11 6 78 123 18 12 C 16 15 16 12 11 11 17 10 10 73 20 Ret 9 Team Hong Leong Yamaha Malaysia 127 15 Ret C 8 14 13 7 6 Ret 13 12 Ret 73 32 14 11 C 3 Ret 15 13 Ret Ret 11 Ret 15 10 ZK Racing Kawasaki 63 13 14 16 9 17 66 19 17 C 13 17 19 15 15 11 ONEXOX TKKR Racing Team 80 17 16 C 15 18 17 11 13 15 15 19 16 15 92 20 18 C 12 Ret 20 16 Ret 16 16

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap