The Honda British Talent Cup is a United Kingdom junior

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series. It was founded in 2018 for riders at ages 12 to 17 from the British Isles to apply. One rider will be given a chance to race full-time in the

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship FIM JuniorGP World Championship is a junior class race event organized by Dorna Sports under FIM regulations. It runs under Moto3 regulations and acts as an Moto3 World Championship feeder. This class is restricted to single-cylinder 250 cc fou ...

, while two drivers will race in the

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup is a motorcycle racing series contested by young, up-and-coming motorcycle riders, who have not had experience in a motorcycle grand prix previously. The class was founded in 2007, and since then a number of the rook ...

Honda is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a product ...

is the series' bike supplier, providing the riders with the Moto3 Honda NSF250R. In the inaugural 2018 season, Scottish rider

Rory Skinner Rory Skinner (born 27 September 2001) is a championship winning British motorcycle racer from Perth, Scotland, who also works as a motorcycle mechanic.

won the cup, 27 points ahead of

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Thomas Strudwick. In the second season, Scott Ogden clinched the victory, four points ahead of Cameron Horsman. In the

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-struck 2020 season, Franco Bourne and Casey O'Gorman vied for the title, with Bourne coming out on top. O'Gorman won the 2021 season, winning eight races. He finished ahead of Carter Brown, who missed by six points in the final round at

Donington Park Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The circuit business is now owned by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation, and the surrounding Donington Park Estate, still owned b ...

Winners

* 2018 –

Rory Skinner Rory Skinner (born 27 September 2001) is a championship winning British motorcycle racer from Perth, Scotland, who also works as a motorcycle mechanic.

moved to the

British Supersport Championship British Supersport Championship is a support series to the British Superbike Championship (BSB) for engine capacities smaller than Superbike. British Supersport runs one or two rounds per weekend at each BSB event. The BSS championship is seen as ...

in 2019, winning in 2020, then

British Superbike Championship The British Superbike Championship (BSB), currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, is the leading road racing superbike championship in the United Kingdom, and was once widely acknowledged as the p ...

from 2020 * 2019 –

Scott Ogden Scott Ogden (born 16 October 2003) is an English Grand Prix motorcycle racer, competing in his inaugural Moto3 World Championship for Michael Laverty's VisionTrack Racing Team during 2022. He won the Motostar Moto3 (Standard) British Champio ...

(together with 2018 BTC season competitor Josh Whatley) will race for VisionTrack Honda Racing Team in the 2022

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season, run by

Michael Laverty Michael Laverty (born 7 June 1981) is an occasional motorcycle racer from Toomebridge, Northern Ireland. After participating in the 2017 season in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1, and the 2018 season on a Tyco BMW, ...

* 2020 – Franco Bourne * 2021 – Casey O'Gorman will race in Red Bull Rookies during the 2022 Moto3 season * 2022 - Johnny Garness * 2023 - Evan Belford

References

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