The selection process to find the 22 lucky riders who will have the opportunity to participate in the 2017 edition of the Asia Talent Cup has reached a new and exciting phase
After the registration phase drew to a close on 21st August, with more than 600 applicants registered, and following a thorough analysis and review of the rider applications, the selection committee have compiled a shortlist of successful candidates who will take part in the Selection Event.
The selection committee, headed by Alberto Puig, have identified the 152 riders who will be invited to take part in the Selection Event, scheduled to take place at the Sepang International Circuit on Wednesday 26th October, before the last race of the current season of the Asia Talent Cup, which also takes place at the Malaysian venue.
This time the selection process will take place over the course of one day, although there are more selected candidates than in 2016. The experience of the selection team from previous editions means the selection process can now be carried more quickly and efficiently.
On that one day of riding the young applicants must demonstrate their qualities on a Honda bike at the Sepang Karting Circuit. Subsequently, the selection committee will meet again to analyse all the data and ultimately determine the final 22 names chosen to participate in the 2017 Asia Talent Cup.
Communication for the 2017 selection process began on 1st July and the registration period ran from 15th July to 21st August. During this period an intensive communications campaign also took place, with the collaboration of the main Asian circuits and federations, motorcycle riding schools and additional partners and companies.
Applications have been registered from riders in many countries across the region, including Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, South Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam.
The list of the 152 riders invited to the selection process in Sepang on Wednesday 26th October is:
ID – FIRST NAME – LAST NAME – AGE – NATIONALITY – GENDER
AUSTRALIA
160 Reid BATTYE 15 AUSTRALIA Male
53 Ben BRAMICH 15 AUSTRALIA Male
473 Chandler COOPER 16 AUSTRALIA Male
94 Jack COUSENS 13 AUSTRALIA Male
518 Damon ELMS 13 AUSTRALIA Male
162 Edward FAULKHEAD 14 AUSTRALIA Male
585 Jack HYDE 14 AUSTRALIA Male
379 Dennis KOOPMAN 19 AUSTRALIA Male
517 Jack MAHAFFY 15 AUSTRALIA Male
66 Scott NICHOLSON 15 AUSTRALIA Male
537 Mitchell SIMPSON 16 AUSTRALIA Male
120 Dallas SKEER 14 AUSTRALIA Male
555 Tom TOPARIS 16 AUSTRALIA Male
519 Scott TOPPING 15 AUSTRALIA Male
BANGLADESH
74 Rifat Mahmud TANIM 18 BANGLADESH Male
CHINA
81 Heng SU 19 CHINA Male
INDIA
522 Sachin CHAUDHARY 16 INDIA Male
344 Akash GULLA 16 INDIA Male
491 Amarnath Menon KAIPENCHERI 20 INDIA Male
25 Nithish PALANI SELVAN 20 INDIA Male
195 Antony PETER 20 INDIA Male
INDONESIA
170 Arya ADITYA 13 INDONESIA Male
541 Fahmi ADLAN 18 INDONESIA Male
513 Rheza Danica AHRENS 18 INDONESIA Male
422 Muhammad Sahrul AMIRUDDIN DO TAHER 17 INDONESIA Male
146 Bima Febrinda ARIFIN 16 INDONESIA Male
238 Muh. Rifli ASHARI 17 INDONESIA Male
108 Herjun ATNA FIRDAUS 13 INDONESIA Male
447 Hadi Faisal BASKARA 16 INDONESIA Male
407 Hefsan CHISCHO CHILY SIREGAR 15 INDONESIA Male
51 Muhammad DARIHAQ 16 INDONESIA Male
571 Yogha DIO SYACHPUTRA 17 INDONESIA Male
93 Sandi EKA PUTRA 19 INDONESIA Male
153 Eki EKI ALRIZAD ARMIDA 14 INDONESIA Male
348 Adam FADLURAHMAN 18 INDONESIA Male
509 Muhammad Erfin FIRMANSYAH 19 INDONESIA Male
572 Yaasiin GABRIEL SOMMA 15 INDONESIA Male
570 Adji GIMNAS 13 INDONESIA Male
558 Riefsa HAKIM 16 INDONESIA Male
512 Lucky HENDRIANSYA 16 INDONESIA Male
464 Muhamad HIKAM 13 INDONESIA Male
434 Aldiaz Aqsal ISMAYA 15 INDONESIA Male
178 Wildan Putra JAYA ANTARA 15 INDONESIA Male
177 Alif MAULANA 16 INDONESIA Male
76 Ahmad Saffah MUNAWWIR 14 INDONESIA Male
530 Faldhan NOVAYASER 16 INDONESIA Male
500 Shaldan OKTADANI 17 INDONESIA Male
149 Ryan PARINDRA 15 INDONESIA Male
152 Christopher PHANG 15 INDONESIA Male
543 Aditya PRAKOSO 14 INDONESIA Male
235 Wahyu PRATAMA 18 INDONESIA Male
382 Surya Narayana RENALDO SUROJO 14 INDONESIA Male
527 Gede RICKY KURNIAWAN 19 INDONESIA Male
553 Dewa ROSI 14 INDONESIA Male
431 Nur Alfath SAM AHMAD 20 INDONESIA Male
508 Ahwin SANJAYA 18 INDONESIA Male
511 Pradana Boby SUCIPTO 15 INDONESIA Male
151 Dilla SYARIFAH ALAWIYAH 18 INDONESIA Female
535 Decky TIARNO ALDY 16 INDONESIA Male
33 Imam TRI YUDA 16 INDONESIA Male
394 Dimas WICAKSONO 14 INDONESIA Male
405 Reyhan ZADA 16 INDONESIA Male
JAPAN
534 Hikaru ARITA 14 JAPAN Male
18 Yuichiro FUKUDA 17 JAPAN Male
248 Kotetsu HARA 19 JAPAN Male
559 Maxi HATTORI 16 JAPAN Male
366 Koji HIRAMA 15 JAPAN Male
414 Shoki IGARASHI 14 JAPAN Male
590 Souki MAKITA 13 JAPAN Male
191 Takane NAKAGAWA 16 JAPAN Male
397 Haruki NOGUCHI 15 JAPAN Male
540 Rei MATSUOKA 14 JAPAN Male
485 Kai SAITO 15 JAPAN Male
314 Yuki SUGIYAMA 17 JAPAN Male
583 Kouki SUZUKI 15 JAPAN Male
174 Takuto SUZUKI 13 JAPAN Male
416 Naoki TAKAHASHI 15 JAPAN Male
565 Ryoma TAKESHITA 16 JAPAN Male
387 Keijiro TANIMOTO 13 JAPAN Male
386 Otojiro TANIMOTO 16 JAPAN Male
MALAYSIA
305 Abdullah Qayyum ABDUL RAZAK 12 MALAYSIA Male
55 Eilliyah Fong ABDULLAH 12 MALAYSIA Female
330 Ahmad Daniel Haiqal AHMAD SHAMSUL NIZAM 17 MALAYSIA Male
130 Alim AKMAL 14 MALAYSIA Male
17 Luth Harith BIN ERWAN 14 MALAYSIA Male
605 Muhammad Haziq BIN MOHAMAD HAMDAN 15 MALAYSIA Male
604 Muhammad Hanafi BIN MOHD ISNAINI 17 MALAYSIA Male
332 Muhamad Syahmi Ramadan BIN MOHD IZHAM 16 MALAYSIA Male
602 Muhamad Shahrul Naim BIN RAZALI 16 MALAYSIA Male
135 Khairi Haziq BIN ROSLAN 13 MALAYSIA Male
603 Muhammad Haikal Syafik BIN SHUHAIMI 15 MALAYSIA Male
606 Syarul Yuslie BIN SUHAIMI 16 MALAYSIA Male
439 Fais DANIEL 15 MALAYSIA Male
208 Atif DURRANI 13 MALAYSIA Male
408 Kabileesh GOVINDARAJOO 14 MALAYSIA Male
54 Shakir HAKIM BIN ALI SHAHDAN 14 MALAYSIA Male
92 Arfyq HILLMAN 16 MALAYSIA Male
395 Muhammad Shafiq KAMARUZZAMAN 18 MALAYSIA Male
354 Nurul Shafiqa MAULAT YAHYA 17 MALAYSIA Female
340 Mohamad Khairul Afif MOHAMAD GHAZALI 19 MALAYSIA Male
557 Muhamad Syafiq MOHD AZHAR 18 MALAYSIA Male
372 Muhammad Adwa Afieq MUHD YAZID 16 MALAYSIA Male
271 Muhamad Soffian OTHMAN 16 MALAYSIA Male
57 Muhammad Hilmi ROSLI 16 MALAYSIA Male
48 Muhammad Hazim ROSMAZA 13 MALAYSIA Male
50 Muhammad Haziq ROSMAZA 13 MALAYSIA Male
72 Aliff Afnan SAH HARUDDIN 16 MALAYSIA Male
362 Muhammad Afiff SHAFRIZAL 14 MALAYSIA Male
398 Sean SHAHIDD 12 MALAYSIA Male
197 Liz SYAKIR 14 MALAYSIA Male
296 Izzat SYAMIR 14 MALAYSIA Male
291 Muhammad Syahmi WAFIQ 14 MALAYSIA Male
545 Wan Iskandar WAN HASAN 17 MALAYSIA Male
64 Khairulamirin YAHAYA 14 MALAYSIA Male
19 Muhammad ZULHILMI 18 MALAYSIA Male
96 Ikhwan Hadi ZULKIFLI 13 MALAYSIA Male
NEPAL
2 Aman Kumar CHAUDHARY 17 NEPAL Male
9 Dikshya SHRESTHA 20 NEPAL Female
NEW ZEALAND
359 Tristin IRELAND 17 NEW ZEALAND Male
573 Keegan PICKERING 17 NEW ZEALAND Female
293 Jacob STROUD 17 NEW ZEALAND Male
PAKISTAN
326 Muhammad TAYYAB 16 PAKISTAN Male
PHILIPPINES
421 Troy ALBERTO 15 PHILIPPINES Male
300 Mark Djereck ONDILLO 19 PHILIPPINES Male
448 McKinley Kyle PAZ 15 PHILIPPINES Male
REP. OF KOREA
24 In Wook KIM 14 REP. OF KOREA Male
SINGAPORE
147 Muhammad Irsyad ZAINI 16 SINGAPORE Male
SRI LANKA
515 Jaden GUNAWARDENA 14 SRI LANKA Male
TAIWAN
444 Ji Wei TAN 20 TAIWAN Male
THAILAND
598 Palawat ARAYASATJAPONG 18 THAILAND Male
516 Mr. Mesa JAIDEE 18 THAILAND Male
44 Pantakan JANMUEN 17 THAILAND Male
597 Kritchaporn KAEWSONTHI 20 THAILAND Male
520 Phomsap NA SUWAN 15 THAILAND Male
600 Sittipon SRIMOONTREE 16 THAILAND Male
529 Mrs. Ketmanee SRINIM 15 THAILAND Female
419 Mahannop SURANNA 18 THAILAND Male
599 Passawit THITIVARARAK 20 THAILAND Male
601 Warit THONGNOPPAKUN 17 THAILAND Male
TURKEY
595 Harun ÇABUK 19 TURKEY Male
396 Yiğit Fazli ERÇELIK 12 TURKEY Male
21 Semih GURUPLAR 16 TURKEY Male
450 Okan KARANLIK 20 TURKEY Male
184 Asrin Rodi PAK 16 TURKEY Male
429 Emircan SENKALAYCI 15 TURKEY Male
175 Mustafa Samet SONMEZ 16 TURKEY Male
251 Berkay SÖZEN 17 TURKEY Male
269 Muhammet Emim UYGUN 17 TURKEY Male
449 Mehmet Sabri YILMAZ 16 TURKEY Male
VIETNAM
608 Đỗ Đại KHƯƠNG 16 VIETNAM Male
607 Nguyễn MINH THÂN 16 VIETNAM Male
596 Nguyễn VŨ THANH 16 VIETNAM Male
