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The Road to MotoGP™ is MotoGP’ s talent promotion programme, designed to make sure young riders from all over the world have somewhere they can show their talent and start their careers, wherever they’ re from and whatever their background.
New programmes are added year-onyear as it continues to fulfill its mission statement, but nowhere has the Road to MotoGP shone more than the Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup in recent seasons!
The ATC started in 2014, mostly racing alongside MotoGP, and in the ten years since it’ s created a host of Grand Prix winners and successful riders from all across Asia and Oceania. Thai rider Somkiat Chantra, now joining the MotoGP grid in 2025, became the first ATC alumnus to win a GP race, and then Ai Ogura made more ATC history in 2024 as he became its first World Champion when he took the Moto2™ crown. He likewise moves up to MotoGP in 2025, proving the Road to MotoGP is aptly named.
Up and comers like Veda Pratama, from Indonesia, continue making waves on their way to the Grand Prix paddock, and those who’ ve already arrived, like Turkish Moto2™ star Deniz Öncü, remain ones to watch. That’ s all an incredible success. But what about the racing? Since it’ s about finding and fostering talent, all the bikes are the same Honda NSF250R Moto3 machines, with identical liveries, and Pirelli is the sole tyre supplier. That parity creates a fantastic opportunity for each rider on the grid to show what they’ ve got, as well as making an awesome show for fans around the world following their progress.
Each ATC round comprises two races, with the points system mirroring that of MotoGP, and the Cup races alongside the most exciting sport on earth at five Grands Prix. In 2025 the ATC also has a standalone round in Malaysia too, so the season runs from Thailand to Qatar with MotoGP, heads to Malaysia, and then comes back to the GP paddock in Japan and Indonesia before the finale back at Sepang alongside the Malaysian GP.
20 riders from 10 countries are set to contest the 2025 Cup, with Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, China, India, Australia, Vietnam, and the Philippines all represented on the grid. Make sure to follow their progress on the Road to MotoGP!
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