2022 Asia Road Racing Championship Explained

The 2022 Idemitsu FIM Asia Road Racing Championship was the 27th season of the Asia Road Racing Championship. The season started on 25 March at Chang International Circuit in Thailand and ended on 20 November back at Chang International Circuit.^[1]

Calendar and results

^[2]

Round	Circuit	Date	ASB1000 Winners	SS600 Winners	AP250 Winners	UB150 Winners
1	Chang International Circuit	25–27 March	R1: Zaqhwan Zaidi	R1: Andi Farid Izdihar	R1: Rheza Danica Ahrens	R1: Izzat Zaidi Salehan
			R2: Apiwat Wongthananon	R2: Helmi Azman	R2: Andy Muhammad Fadly	R2: Ahmad Afif Amran
2	Sepang International Circuit	27–29 May	R1: Kasma Daniel Kasmayudin	R1: Ibrahim Norrodin	R1: Andy Muhammad Fadly	R1: Hafiza Rofa
			R2: Haruki Noguchi	R2: Helmi Azman	R2: Andy Muhammad Fadly	R2: Narizul Izzat Bahauddin
3	Sportsland Sugo	12–14 August	R1: Haruki Noguchi	R1: Kota Arakawa	R1: Takahide Tanaka	R1: Wahyu Aji Trilaksana
			R2: Haruki Noguchi	R2: Kota Arakawa	R2: Adenanta Putra	R2: Izzat Zaidi Salehan
4	Sepang International Circuit	6–9 October	R1: Anupab Sarmoon	R1: Andi Farid Izdihar	R1: Adenanta Putra	R1: Izzat Zaidi Salehan
			R2: Haruki Noguchi	R2: Azroy Hakeem Anuar	R2: Herjun Atna Firdaus	R2: Shafiq Rasol
5	Chang International Circuit	18–20 November	R1: Kasma Daniel Kasmayudin	R1: Andi Farid Izdihar	R1: Herjun Atna Firdaus	R1: April King Mascardo
			R2: Suhathai Chaemsup	R2: Andi Farid Izdihar	R2: Rheza Danica Ahrens	R2: Ahmad Fazli Sham

Calendar changes

• Prior to the start of the season, Round 3 was scheduled to be held between 1–3 July at a circuit that was to be announced later. However, it was announced on 28 May that the Round 4 stop at Sportsland Sugo scheduled for 12–14 August would act as the new Round 3.^[3]
• On 22 July, it was announced that the Round 4 stop at Zhuhai International Circuit was moved to Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia due to COVID-19 restrictions in China.^[4] The round 4 also to be run alongside the final round of Malaysia Superbike Championship (MSBK).

Teams and riders

2022 ASB1000 entries
Team	Constructor		Rider	Rounds
ONEXOX BMW TKKR Team	BMW	25	Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman	All
		72	Adam Norrodin	All
Horizon Racing Team		83	Farid Badrul	4 *
Access Plus Racing	Ducati	77	TJ Alberto	1–2
		100	Thitipong Warokorn	1–2
Honda Asia-Dream Racing with SHOWA	Honda	21	Zaqhwan Zaidi	All
31		Gerry Salim	All
K.W. Racing		35	Kousuke Akiyoshi	3
SDG Motor Sports HARC-PRO Ph.		71	Ikuhiro Enokido	5
		73	Haruki Noguchi	1–4
EEST NJT Racing		82	Suhathai Chaemsup	5
Astemo SI Racing with Thai Honda		123	Passawit Thitivararak	All
ESRA Racing Team		88	Syukri Mat Zoki	4 *
	Kawasaki	555	Michael Luke Stone	4 *
Yamaha Thailand Racing Team	Yamaha	24	Apiwat Wongthananon	All
		500	Anupab Sarmoon	All
Dog Fight Racing		26	Otojiro Tanimoto	3
		67	Rei Toshima	3
Yamaha Racing Team ASEAN		27	Kasma Daniel Kasmayudin	All
		76	Yuki Ito	All
Team GYTR		75	Keisuke Maeda	3
Hirostech Team Tomy		85	Shinichi Nakatomi	3
Victor Racing Team		33	Yusuke Nakamura	5
		50	Hideyuki Okada	5
		99	Ahmad Daniel Haiqal	2
YAMAHA Andreani Nexzter Anucha Racing Team		109	Anucha Nakcharoensri	5
RACR Castrol Power 1 Ultimate		67	Rajini Krishnan	4 *
Savitar Racing Team Asia		14	Raja Nazeem Iskandar	4 *
		44	Osama Mareai	4 *
	Suzuki	16	Teo Yew Joe	4 *
Mobilub Suzuki Racing Team		7	Tee Wee Jin	4 *
		66	Khoo Chee Yen	4 *
		85	Takuya Tsuda	4 *
2022 SS600 entries
Team	Constructor		Rider	Rounds
Moto Bum Honda	Honda	15	Motoharu Itoh	3
		54	Kota Arakawa	3
ASTRA Honda Racing Team		16	Irfan Ardiansyah	All
		27	Andi Farid Izdihar	All
Boon Siew Honda Racing Team		20	Azroy Hakeem Anuar	All
		32	Helmi Azman	All
		89	Khairul Idham Pawi	All
Honda Racing Thailand		35	Kritchaporn Kaewsonthi	All
		41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	All
Astemo SI Racing with Thai Honda		44	Muklada Sarapuech	3
EEST NJT Racing		100	Kondanai Keardkaew	1–4
		align center	999	Chanon Inta	5
11 Racing	Yamaha	11	Chiang Chih Ying	4-5
Victor Racing Team		12	Sota Furuyama	4
Yamaha Hispeed Hung Modified Racing Team		19	Yanasorn Yanaphan	1
		90	Kanatat Jaiman	1, 5
ONEXOX TKKR Team		23	Ramdan Rosli	3–5
		24	Izam Ikmal	1–2
		51	Keito Abe	3–5
Webike Team Norick Yamaha		26	Maiki Abe	3
Yamaha Racing Indonesia		36	Faerozi Toreqottullah	All
		55	Galang Hendra Pratama	All
Yamaha Thailand Racing Team		56	Ratthapong Wilairot	All
SIC Racing		66	Ibrahim Norrodin	All
TNP Motorsports Team		98	Peerapong Boonlert	5
Yamaha HI Speed Team		168	Krittapat Keankum	5
2022 AP250 entries
Team	Constructor		Rider	Rounds
Honda Racing India	Honda	18	Senthil Chandrasekaran	All
		80	Sethu Rajiv	All
Idemitsu Boon Siew Honda Racing Team		19	Idlan Haqimi Raduan	All
		41	Irfan Haykal	4-5
		98	Firdaus Hamdan	2
ASTRA Honda Racing Team		21	Adenanta Putra	All
		46	Herjun Atna Firdaus	All
		123	Rheza Danica Ahrens	All
Team TEC2&YSS NTR. JP		26	Takahide Tanaka	3
HORIZON Racing Team		36	Sharul Ezwan	4
LFN HP969 Indonesia Racing Team		50	Rafid Topan Sucipto	All
		93	Fitriansyah Kete	All
Honda Racing Vietnam		65	Cao Viet Nam	1–3, 5
Endless Team Shanti		73	Ryunosuke Nakamura	3
Shin Riding Service		88	Yuito Nomura	3
Honda Racing Thailand		149	Jakkreephat Phuettisan	5
		188	Piyawat Patoomyos	All
Motul Sniper Manual Tech Racing Team	Kawasaki	37	Aiki Iyoshi	All
		108	Andy Muhammad Fadly	All
ONEXOX TKKR Racing Team	Yamaha	13	Akid Aziz	All
		92	Muzakkir Mohamed	All
		222	Reynaldo Ratukore	All
Victor Racing Team		15	Leong Nang Tse	4-5
Yamaha Racing Indonesia		57	Aldi Satya Mahendra	All
		96	Anggi Setiawan	All
2022 UB150 entries
Team	Constructor		Rider	Rounds
SCK Honda Racing Team	Honda	12	Afizad Supaat	4
		13	Asyraf Daniel Zamri	2
		212	Kiandra Ramadhipa	2, 4
Honda Yuzy Team		61	Syazras Shahrol Yuzy	2, 4
LFN HP969 Indonesia Racing Team		202	Dimas Juli Atmoko	All
		257	Muhammad Jordan Badaru	All
Honda Racing Vietnam		178	Nguyen Anh Tuan	All
		193	Nguyen Duc Thanh	All
Yamalube Gen Blu Ahm Motor Sports	Yamaha	11	Ahmad Fazrul Sham	2
Team One For All		14	Peerapong Luiboonpeng	All
		521	Aoi Uezu	1-4
		410	Passkon Sanluang	5
4S1M Yamaha Racing Team		22	John Emerson Inguito	All
		23	Gupita Kresna Wardhana	All
ONEXOX TKKR Racing Team		24	Hafiza Rofa	All
		46	Ahmad Fazli Sham	All
		60	Wahyu Aji Trilaksana	All
		122	Shafiq Rasol	4
Uma Racing Yamaha Maju Motor Asia Team		27	Mohammad Syafiq Rosli	All
		87	Nazirul Izzat Bahauddin	All
Pitsbike JRT OneWay		42	nowrap	Hafid Pratamaditya Nursandi	All
		98	Izzat Zaidi Salehan	All
UMA Racing MMR Yamaha Philippines		43	April King Mascardo	All
		124	Gian Carlo Mauricio	All
Cardinals Racing Team Malaysia		50	Ahmad Afif Amran	All
		55	Aiman Tahiruddin	1–4
		555	Thurakij Buapa	5
LFN HP969 Indonesia Racing Team		157	Murobbil Vittoni	All

Rider with asterisk is Malaysia Superbike Championship participants that ineligible to score any Asia Superbike 1000 points.

All teams use series-specified Dunlop tyres.

Championship standings

Asia Superbike 1000

Pos.	Rider	Bike	CHA		SEP		SUG		SEP		CHA		Pts
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Zaqhwan Zaidi	Honda	1	2	4	2	2	4	8	3	5	5	157
2	Haruki Noguchi	Honda	3	4	2	1	1	1	11	1			154
3	Kasma Daniel Kasmayudin	Yamaha	6	Ret	1	4	3	2	5	2	1	4	153
4	Anupab Sarmoon	Yamaha	2	3	5	6	4	7	1	5	2	6	145
5	Apiwat Wongthananon	Yamaha	4	1	3	5	DNS	5	2	Ret	3	Ret	112
6	Yuki Ito	Yamaha	10	10	Ret	9	7	3	6	4	8	7	84
7	Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman	BMW	Ret	6	Ret	7	9	9	4	6	6	3	82
8	Adam Norrodin	BMW	7	7	6	3	Ret	DNS	3	7	Ret	9	76
9	Passawit Thitivararak	Honda	5	5	10	8	10	12	9	Ret	4	10	72
10	Gerry Salim	Honda	8	9	7	10	8	11	10	8	7	11	71
11	Suhathai Chaemsup	Honda									9	1	32
12	Ikuhiro Enokido	Honda									10	2	26
13	Rei Toshima	Yamaha					6	6					20
14	Thitipong Warokorn	Ducati	9	8	DNS	DNS							15
15	TJ Alberto	Ducati	Ret	DNS	8	11							13
16	Anucha Nakcharoensri	Yamaha									12	8	12
17	Ahmad Daniel Haiqal	Yamaha			9	12							11
18	Keisuke Maeda	Yamaha					5	Ret					11
19	Yusuke Nakamura	Yamaha									11	12	9
20	Kousuke Akiyoshi	Honda					Ret	8					8
21	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha					DNS	10					6
22	Otojiro Tanimoto	Yamaha					DNS	DNS					0
23	Hideyuki Okada	Yamaha									Ret	Ret	0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	CHA		SEP		SUG		SEP		CHA		Pts

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap
† – Rider deceased

Supersports 600

Pos.	Rider	Bike	CHA		SEP		SUG		SEP		CHA		Pts
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Andi Farid Izdihar	Honda	1	12	5	2	2	14	1	15	1	1	158
2	Helmi Azman	Honda	2	1	4	1	11	3	3	2	9	5	158
3	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	Honda	7	2	6	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	137
4	Azroy Hakeem Anuar	Honda	DNS	DNS	3	8	5	2	2	1	3	17	116
5	Ibrahim Norrodin	Yamaha	3	3	1	6	DNS	DNS	5	3	6	9	111
6	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	5	5	2	3	12	9	8	5	8	15	97
7	Irfan Ardiansyah	Honda	4	4	7	9	6	10	9	6	7	Ret	84
8	Galang Hendra Pratama	Yamaha	6	8	8	5	7	7	7	7	12	11	82
9	Ratthapong Wilairot	Yamaha	Ret	6	9	11	8	8	6	Ret	5	2	79
10	Kritchaporn Kaewsonthi	Honda	Ret	7	Ret	7	14	12	10	8	4	3	67
11	Kota Arakawa	Honda					1	1					50
12	Keito Abe	Yamaha					3	Ret	Ret	9	11	8	36
13	Kondanai Keardkaew	Honda	10	11	11	10	15	15	11	12			33
14	Faerozi Toreqottullah	Yamaha	Ret	9	DNS	DNS	13	11	Ret	10	13	13	27
15	Kanatat Jaiman	Yamaha	8	10							Ret	12	18
16	Maiki Abe	Yamaha					9	6					17
17	Muklada Sarapuech	Honda					10	5					17
18	Krittapat Keankum	Yamaha									10	7	18
19	Izam Ikmal	Yamaha	9	Ret	10	Ret							13
20	Peerapong Boonlert	Yamaha									Ret	6	10
21	Ramdan Rosli	Yamaha					Ret	13	Ret	11	Ret	14	10
21	Chanon Inta	Honda									14	10	8
22	Yanasorn Yanaphan	Yamaha	11	Ret									5
23	Sota Furuyama	Yamaha							Ret	13			3
24	Chiang Chih Ying	Yamaha							Ret	14	15	16	3
25	Motoharu Itoh	Honda					Ret	DNS					0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	CHA		SEP		SUG		SEP		CHA		Pts

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Asia Production 250

Pos.	Rider	Bike	CHA		SEP		SUG		SEP		CHA		Pts
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Andy Muhammad Fadly	Kawasaki	3	1	1	1	12	10	6	6	12	8	133
2	Rheza Danica Ahrens	Honda	1	3	2	3	14	Ret	4	16	3	1	133
3	Herjun Atna Firdaus	Honda	10	7	Ret	6	Ret	3	3	1	1	4	120
4	Adenanta Putra	Honda	Ret	Ret	4	5	Ret	1	1	2	2	Ret	114
5	Aldi Satya Mahendra	Yamaha	12	4	6	4	Ret	2	2	3	5	13	110
6	Piyawat Patoomyos	Honda	2	Ret	7	7	3	7	Ret	5	4	2	107
7	Reynaldo Ratukore	Yamaha	5	5	15	11	4	5	5	10	7	9	82
8	Aiki Iyoshi	Kawasaki	7	6	3	2	13	Ret	Ret	18	10	3	80
9	Rafid Topan Sucipto	Honda	4	2	10	9	7	6	7	17	11	Ret	79
10	Anggi Setiawan	Yamaha	6	9	5	Ret	DNS	11	5	4	6	Ret	67
11	Akid Aziz	Yamaha	Ret	12	11	8	6	8	9	8	15	Ret	51
12	Muzakkir Mohamed	Yamaha	Ret	DNS	8	10	9	12	10	15	8	5	51
13	Fitriansyah Kete	Honda	8	10	14	14	Ret	9	12	Ret	16	7	38
14	Cao Viet Nam	Honda	9	8	9	12	11	13			13	Ret	37
15	Sethu Rajiv	Honda	13	11	12	15	5	17	14	11	17	10	37
16	Idlan Haqimi Raduan	Honda	11	Ret	Ret	13	10	14	11	7	14	12	36
17	Ryunosuke Nakamura	Honda					2	4					33
18	Takahide Tanaka	Honda					1	Ret					25
19	Jakkreephat Phuettisan	Honda									9	6	17
20	Senthil Chandrasekaran	Honda	Ret	13	13	16	Ret	15	15	13	19	14	13
21	Yuito Nomura	Honda					8	16					8
22	Sharul Ezwan	Honda							Ret	9			7
23	Irfan Haykal Amid	Honda							13	12	18	Ret	7
24	Leong Nang Tse	Yamaha							16	14	20	11	7
25	Firdaus Hamdan	Honda			16	17							0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	CHA		SEP		SUG		SEP		CHA		Pts

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Underbone 150

Pos.	Rider	Bike	CHA		SEP		SUG		SEP		CHA		Pts
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Wahyu Aji Trilaksana	Yamaha	3	2	2	7	1	Ret	3	2	13	5	140
2	Izzat Zaidi Salehan	Yamaha	1	10	6	5	4	1	1	Ret	2	12	139
3	April King Mascardo	Yamaha	9	5	10	8	13	2	6	Ret	1	15	91
4	Hafiza Rofa	Yamaha	DNS	DNS	1	9	5	9	12	5	8	3	89
5	Ahmad Afif Amran	Yamaha	7	1	5	Ret	6	5	Ret	6	4	16	89
6	Mohammad Syafiq Rosli	Yamaha	Ret	12	8	DNS	8	11	5	4	3	2	85
7	John Emerson Inguito	Yamaha	11	9	Ret	3	3	10	4	16	6	8	81
8	Nazirul Izzat Bahauddin	Yamaha	DNS	6	14	1	17	3	2	Ret	14	10	81
9	Ahmad Fazli Sham	Yamaha	DNS	DNS	7	Ret	9	Ret	8	3	9	1	72
10	Murobbil Vittoni	Yamaha	Ret	3	15	6	11	4	15	7	DSQ	4	68
11	Muhammad Jordan Badaru	Honda	2	8	16	10	16	12	Ret	11	12	6	57
12	Dimas Juli Atmoko	Honda	4	4	11	Ret	15	6	Ret	13	11	Ret	50
13	Gupita Kresna Wardhana	Yamaha	Ret	7	3	13	7	DNS	13	Ret	DNS	7	49
14	Peerapong Luiboonpeng	Yamaha	Ret	14	13	4	2	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	9	45
15	Kiandra Ramadhipa	Honda			9	2			Ret	10			33
16	Shafiq Rasol	Yamaha							10	1			31
17	Aoi Uezu	Yamaha	6	11	12	Ret	12	8	Ret				31
18	Hafid Pratamaditya Nursandi	Yamaha	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	13	14	8	10	14	27
19	Aiman Tahiruddin	Yamaha	5	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	Ret			25
20	Nguyen Anh Tuan	Honda	8	13	18	11	19	14	17	15	15	Ret	20
21	Nguyen Duc Thanh	Honda	10	15	DNS	12	18	Ret	18	12	Ret	13	18
22	Ahmad Fazrul Sham	Yamaha			4	14							15
23	Syazras Shahrol Yuzy	Honda			Ret	Ret			9	9			14
24	Passkon Sanluang	Yamaha									7	11	14
25	Gian Carlo Mauricio	Yamaha	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	7	14	Ret	Ret	13
26	Thurakij Buapa	Yamaha									5	Ret	11
27	Asyraf Daniel Zamri	Honda			17	Ret							0
28	Afizad Supaat	Honda							Ret	Ret			0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	CHA		SEP		SUG		SEP		CHA		Pts

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

TVS Asia One-Make Championship

Pos.	Rider	Bike	SEP		SUG		SEP		CHA		Pts
R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Vorapong Malahuan	TVS Apache RR310	1	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	176
2	Watcharin Tubtimon	TVS Apache RR310	10	4	4	7	1	4	2	3	115
3	Decky Tiarno Aldy	TVS Apache RR310	2	2	13	4	4	1	14	5	107
4	Fugo Tanaka	TVS Apache RR310	DNP	DNP	3	3	7	3	3	2	93
5	Agung Septian	TVS Apache RR310	11	5	5	5	3	5	10	8	79
6	Ky Ahmed	TVS Apache RR310	8	6	10	10	6	7	5	6	70
7	Arsyad Rusydi	TVS Apache RR310	14	11	8	12	5	6	4	7	62
8	Hayato Kobayashi	TVS Apache RR310	12	9	6	8	8	Ret	6	4	60
9	James Frederic Jacobs	TVS Apache RR310	7	8	7	6	9	13	Ret	Ret	46
10	Hiroki Ono	TVS Apache RR310	DNP	DNP	1	2					45
11	Varis Felix Fleming	TVS Apache RR310	3	DNS	DNP	DNP	12	8	9	9	42
12	Jagan Kumar	TVS Apache RR310	9	7	14	14	10	9	8	Ret	41
13	Natthaphon Kaewmun	TVS Apache RR310	6	Ret	12	11	11	12	12	11	37
14	Muhammad Fitri Ashraf	TVS Apache RR310	5	1	DNP	DNP					36
15	Miu Nakahara	TVS Apache RR310	15	12	9	9	13	10	13	Ret	31
16	Deepak Ravikumar	TVS Apache RR310	Ret	DNS	11	13	14	11	11	10	26
17	Kevin Eins Golbert G. Chang	TVS Apache RR310	4	10	DNP	DNP					19
18	Muhammad Alief Adamsyah	TVS Apache RR310							7	12	13
19	Md Harith Farhan Bahrain	TVS Apache RR310	13	DNP	DNP	DNP					3

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship Provisional Schedule. Asia Road Racing Championship . 15 December 2021 . 8 April 2022.
2. News: Calendar 2022. Asia Road Racing Championship. 8 April 2022.
3. News: Round 3 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship To Be Held in Sugo. Asia Road Racing Championship. 1 June 2022.
4. News: Round 4 of FIM Asia Road Racing Championship To Be Held at Sepang International Circuit. Asia Road Racing Championship. 1 September 2022.