2018 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship explained

The 2018 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship was the seventh CEV Moto3 season and the fifth under the FIM banner.

The season was marred by the death of Andreas Pérez, who died after an accident at the second race of the Catalunya round.^[1]

Calendar

The following races were scheduled to take place in 2018.^[2]

Round	Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Winning constructor
1	25 March	Estoril	Manuel Pagliani	Jason Dupasquier	Manuel Pagliani	Honda
2	29 April	Valencia	Aleix Viu	Sergio García	Sergio García	Honda
2	29 April	Valencia	Aleix Viu	Raúl Fernández	Raúl Fernández	KTM
3	19 May	Le Mans	Aleix Viu	Ai Ogura	Aleix Viu	Honda
4	10 June	Catalunya	Manuel Pagliani	Stefano Nepa	Sergio García	Honda
4	10 June	Catalunya	Manuel Pagliani	Ai Ogura	Manuel Pagliani	Honda
5	29 July	Aragón	Barry Baltus	Makar Yurchenko	Raúl Fernández	KTM
6	30 September	Jerez	Sergio García	Ai Ogura	Yuki Kunii	Honda
6	30 September	Jerez	Sergio García	Manuel Pagliani	Sergio García	Honda
7	14 October	Albacete	Raúl Fernández	Somkiat Chantra	Raúl Fernández	KTM
8	25 November	Valencia	Yuki Kunii	Makar Yurchenko	Ai Ogura	Honda
8	25 November	Valencia	Yuki Kunii	Aleix Viu	Sergio García	Honda

Entry list

Team	Bike		Rider	Rounds
TM Racing Factory Team 3570 MTA 3570 MTA	TM	3	Kevin Zannoni^[3]	1-4, 6-8
		4	Anthony Groppi	1-3
		9	Matteo Ripamonti	2, 4
		74	Davide Pizzoli
	KTM	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	6-8
	KTM	60	Gianluca Sconza	2
Cuna de Campeones Czech Talent Team Cuna de Campeones	Mir KTM	5	Álex Toledo	All
	KTM	8	Ángel Lorente	2-7
		12	Filip Salač	All
		15	Iván Miralles	1-2, 4-8
Reale Avintia Academy	KTM	7	Barry Baltus^[4]	3-8
		29	Nicholas Spinelli	8
		48	Andrea Cavaliere	1-4
		63	Vicente Pérez	1-4
		66	Adrián Huertas	5
		77	Andreas Pérez	2-4
		83	Meikon Kawakami	8
		99	Carlos Tatay	4-8
Max Racing Team	KTM	10	Nicola Fabio Carraro
		41	Marc García^[5]	All
		74	Davide Pizzoli^[6]	1-4
		76	Makar Yurchenko	5
Leopard Junior Team	Honda	10	Nicola Fabio Carraro
		47	Aarón Polanco^[7]	1, 3, 6-8
		74	Davide Pizzoli	8
		96	Manuel Pagliani	1-7
Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	11	Sergio García	1-2, 4-8
		52	Jeremy Alcoba	All
		86	Charlie Nesbitt^[8]	1-5
Junior Team VR46 Riders Academy VR46 Mastercamp Team	KTM	13	Celestino Vietti	2-5, 7-8
		24	Apiwat Wongthananon	1, 3-8
		29	Daniel Valle	2
		38	Elia Bartolini	6
Ángel Nieto Team	KTM	16	Álex Ruiz	1-5
Ángel Nieto Team	KTM	23	Raúl Fernández	All
Lagemaat Racing	KTM	18	Ryan van de Lagemaat	All
Kiefer Racing DV1 Kiefer Racing	KTM	19	Sasha de Vits	1-5
	KTM	70	Tim Georgi	1-4
	Honda	44	Kevin Orgis^[9]	1-6, 8
	Honda	45	Leon Orgis	1-5, 8
AGR Team	KTM	20	José Julián García	All
		58	Iñigo Iglesias	7-8
		90	Brandon Paasch	8
Laglisse Academy	Husqvarna	20	José Julián García	All
		67	Gerard Riu	All
		71	Riccardo Rossi	All
		76	Makar Yurchenko	8
		83	Meikon Kawakami	1-5
STG Dutch Racing Team	Honda	28	Loran Faber	1-7
Astra Honda Racing Team AP Honda Racing Team	Honda	31	Gerry Salim	All
		35	Somkiat Chantra	1-7
		Tatchakorn Buasri	8
Asia Talent Team	Honda	32	Ai Ogura	All
Asia Talent Team	Honda	33	Yuki Kunii	All
British Talent Team	Honda	34	Tom Booth-Amos^[10]	1-3, 5-8
Petronas Sprinta SIC Junior Team	Honda	36	Izam Ikmal	2-8
		66	Danial Syahmi	4, 6-7
		78	Idil Fitri Bin Mahadi	1-3, 8
Swiss Innovative Investors Junior	KTM	37	Pedro Acosta	4-6
Team Jespersen	KTM	43	Simon Jespersen	1-3, 5-8
Carxpert-KTM-H43	KTM	50	Jason Dupasquier	1-2, 7-8
Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	53	Deniz Öncü	All
Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	61	Can Öncü^[11]	All
SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	55	Yari Montella	All
SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	88	Bruno Ieraci	All
KRP	KTM	73	Maximilian Kofler^[12]	All
Marinelli Sniper Team	Honda	81	Aleix Viu^[13]	All
NRT Junior Team	KTM	82	Stefano Nepa	2-4, 8
FAU55 Racing - El Señor del las Bolsas FAU55 Racing	KTM	87	Fau Cañero	6
FAU55 Racing - El Señor del las Bolsas FAU55 Racing	KTM	94	Finn De Bruin	8

Championship standings

Scoring systemPoints are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn 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' championship

Pos.	Rider	Bike	EST	VAL		FRA	CAT		ARA	JER		ALB	VAL		Pts
1	Raúl Fernández	KTM	2	4	1	2	8	4	1	2	5	1	3	4	209
2	Sergio García	Honda	Ret	1	DNS		1	5	6	Ret	1	Ret	5	1	132
3	Manuel Pagliani	Honda	1	13	2	6	4	1	Ret	5	3	8			131
4	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	Ret	3	12	9	2	3	2	4	Ret	11	2	6	131
5	Ai Ogura	Honda	Ret	Ret	3	3	7	23	4	Ret	2	7	1	2	128
6	Yuki Kunii	Honda	4	5	4	5	Ret	9	11	1	4	3	Ret	5	125
7	Can Öncü	KTM	15	10	17	28	10	12	3	6	10	2	6	3	95
8	Aleix Viu	Honda	12	2	Ret	1	Ret	13	8	3	Ret	12	4	32	93
9	Somkiat Chantra	Honda	9	6	5	4	12	14	Ret	12	Ret	6			61
10	Celestino Vietti	KTM		Ret	Ret	Ret	13	2	5			29	7	7	52
11	Filip Salač	KTM	8	9	Ret	18	22	16	9	9	8	10	8	15	52
12	Apiwat Wongthananon	KTM	Ret			12	3	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	12	11	50
13	Marc García	KTM	5	Ret	11	20	6	6	14	13	12	13	18	14	50
14	Deniz Öncü	KTM	24	Ret	14	14	9	Ret	7	7	6	32	24	26	39
15	Riccardo Rossi	Husqvarna	10	7	7	8	Ret	22	Ret	Ret	13	31	13	16	38
16	Vicente Pérez	KTM	3	Ret	8	7	Ret	15							34
17	Yari Montella	Honda	6	11	33	10	15	10	10	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	34
18	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM								8	9	Ret	9	8	30
19	Gerard Riu	Husqvarna	Ret	8	9	Ret	16	DNS	Ret	11	21	14	11	13	30
20	Bruno Ieraci	Honda	Ret	Ret	Ret	22	11	Ret	12	10	11	Ret	14	10	28
21	Stefano Nepa	KTM		26	28	23	5	7					23	Ret	20
22	Tom Booth-Amos	Honda	Ret	DNS	DNS	40			26	14	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	13
23	Davide Pizzoli	KTM	13	24	6	17	19	28							13
23	Honda											Ret	DNS		13
24	Carlos Tatay	KTM					14	DNS	20	Ret	7	16	Ret	Ret	11
25	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	27	21	19	16	23	31	15	Ret	17	18	10	12	11
26	Charlie Nesbitt	Honda	Ret	14	10	13	18	DNS	19						11
27	Kevin Zannoni		Ret	12	16	19	Ret	11		15	15	34	28	22	11
28	Ángel Lorente	KTM		Ret	13	11	Ret	20	Ret	19	14	24			10
29	Jason Dupasquier	KTM	7	Ret	DNS							17	22	Ret	9
30	Makar Yurchenko	KTM							Ret						7
30	Husqvarna											Ret	9		7
31	Barry Baltus	KTM				Ret	17	19	Ret	18	18	9	17	18	7
32	José Julián García	KTM	11	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	23	19	19	6
33	Pedro Acosta	KTM					Ret	DNS	13	27	19				3
34	Sasha de Vits	KTM	14	18	20	30	Ret	17	Ret						2
35	Gerry Salim	Honda	Ret	25	27	25	25	21	16	17	16	15	20	Ret	1
36	Kevin Orgis	Honda	26	Ret	Ret	29	21	18	Ret	16	Ret		15	DNS	1
37	Álex Ruiz	KTM	21	19	15	31	20	30	Ret						1
38	Meikon Kawakami	Husqvarna	Ret	29	26	15	33	26	Ret						1
38	KTM											27	20		1
	Loran Faber	Honda	16	16	18	21	26	24	21	23	22	19			0
	Aarón Polanco	Honda	DNS			36				22	20	22	16	17	0
	Ryan van de Lagemaat	KTM	17	27	29	26	28	27	25	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	24	0
	Álex Toledo	Mir KTM	23	23	22	27	24	DNS	17	25	27	25	25	23	0
	Daniel Valle	KTM		17	Ret										0
	Tim Georgi	KTM	18	Ret	23	32	DNQ	DNQ							0
	Adrián Huertas	KTM							18						0
	Simon Jespersen	KTM	19	Ret	21	33			22	26	28	35	26	27	0
	Nicola Carraro	Honda		20	25		Ret	29							0
	KTM								21	24	33				0
	Leon Orgis	Honda	20	Ret	Ret	37	31	34	24				29	28	0
	Nicholas Spinelli	KTM											21	21	0
	Iván Miralles	KTM	25	22	24		Ret	32	23	28	26	26	Ret	Ret	0
	Anthony Groppi		22	30	31	39									0
	Elia Bartolini	KTM								23	24				0
	Andreas Pérez	KTM		Ret	DNS	24	29	DNS							0
	Izam Ikmal	Honda		Ret	32	38	27	25	DNS	Ret	Ret	27	31	29	0
	Iñigo Iglesias	KTM										28	Ret	25	0
	Fau Cañero	KTM								Ret	25				0
	Andrea Cavaliere	KTM	Ret	28	30	34	30	33							0
	Daniel Syahmi	Honda					32	35		29	29	30			0
	Idil Fitri Bin Mahadi	Honda	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret							Ret	30	0
	Tatchakorn Buasri	Honda											30	Ret	0
	Finn de Bruin	Honda											32	31	0
	Brandon Paasch	KTM											Ret	Ret	0
	Matteo Ripamonti			DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ							0
	Gianluca Sconza	KTM		DNQ	DNQ										0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	EST	VAL		FRA	CAT		ARA	JER		ALB	VAL		Pts

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Constructors' championship

	Constructor	EST	VAL		FRA	CAT		ARA	JER		ALB	VAL		Points
1	Honda	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	281
2	KTM	2	4	1	2	3	2	1	2	5	1	3	3	227
3	Husqvarna	10	7	7	8	16	22	Ret	11	13	14	11	9	54
4	TM Racing	Ret	12	16	19	Ret	11		15	15	34	28	22	11

References

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