Somkiat Chantra Thailand Rider Biography, Age, Moto2 World Championship Career, Team, Stats, Net Worth

Somkiat Chantra Thailand Rider Biography, Age, Moto2 World Championship Career, Team, Stats, Net Worth

Somkiat Chantra (born 15 December 1998) is a Thai motorcycle racer who currently competes for Honda Team Asia in the Moto2 World Championship, know his age and biography

Chantra rose through the ranks of the Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup to become the champion in 2016.

Somkiat Chantra Thailand Rider Biography, Age, Moto2 World Championship Career

Quick Facts

Somkiat Chantra
NationalityThai
Born15 December 1998 (age 23)
Chonburi, Thailand
Current teamIdemitsu Honda Team Asia
Bike number35

In the 2017 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, he qualified on pole position for the season opening, but crashed out. He would finish eighth in Le Mans, thirteenth in Jerez, seventh in Aragon, and tenth in Valencia, putting him in 20th place overall with 26 points. He continued in the 2018 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship and was a consistent finisher in the top points scoring positions, but he failed to achieve a podium, which would have been his best result of the season. He ended the year 9th in the standings, with 61 total points.

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Net-Worth

Somkiat Chantra’s net worth is estimated to be $100,000.

Podium Finishes, Career And Stats

StartsWinsPodiumsPolesF. lapsPoints
50110295
Moto3 World Championship
Active years2018
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2018 championship position33rd (7 pts)
StartsWinsPodiumsPolesF. lapsPoints
100007

Moto2 World Championship

(2019–present) Idemitsu Honda Team Asia

Chantra got 23 points as a rookie for the newly founded Honda Asia Team in 2019, which was created expressly to offer Asian riders a shot in Moto2 and Moto3, whereas his colleagues Dimas Ekky Pratama, Andi Farid Izdihar, Teppei Nagoe, and Gerry Salim scored none.

Chantra returned to Honda Asia Team full-time in 2020, but he struggled to repeat his success from the previous season, collecting points in only two races and finishing the season with ten points.

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The Honda Asia Team, like Chantra, had a successful 2021 season. Chantra finished the year with 37 points, his best performance coming in Austria, where rookie teammate Ai Ogura finished second.

Stats Year Wise

By season
SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd
2018Moto3HondaAP Honda Racing Thailand10000733rd
2019Moto2KalexIdemitsu Honda Team Asia1600002321st
2020Moto2KalexIdemitsu Honda Team Asia1500001025th
2021Moto2KalexIdemitsu Honda Team Asia1800013718th
2022Moto2KalexIdemitsu Honda Team Asia1110125*4th*
Total511102102

Chantra Makes History By Becoming Thailand’s First Grand Prix Winner

The Thai star produced a dominant display in Mandalika to create history. Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) becomes the first Thai rider to win a Grand Prix race after an outstanding performance at the Moto2 World Championship 2022 Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia. Chantra led from the first turn to the finish line, finally winning by 3.2 seconds over World Champion Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team), with third-place Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) taking his second podium of the season.

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