Doha, November 08 (QNA) - Japan's Hayato Chishiki clinched the Idemitsu Asia Moto4 Cup title with a seventh-place finish in the second race of the championship's sixth and final round. The event took place alongside the 2026 MotoGP Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar, the 20th round of the 77th World Motorcycle Championship season.

Hayato finished atop the overall standings with 170 points, 18 ahead of his closest rival, Indonesian rider Bintang Pranata. Pranata placed sixth in today's race to finish runner-up in the championship with 152 points, while Japan's Waku Kunitate took third overall with 148.

Malaysia's Qabil Irfan topped the Qatar round standings with 45 points after winning the first race and finishing second in the second. Indonesia's Resky Yusuf placed second overall for the round with 33 points, having finished second and fourth in the two races, respectively. Japan's Kotaro Togashi took third with 30 points after following an 11th-place finish in the opener with victory in the second race.

Contested by 18 riders at Lusail International Circuit, the second race covered 64.56 kilometers over 12 laps. Togashi won in 26:16.039, finishing 1.032 seconds ahead of Irfan, who clocked 26:17.071.

Indonesia's Muhammad Badly finished third in 26:17.252, followed by compatriot Resky Yusuf in fourth at 26:17.294. Japan's Waku Kunitate rounded out the top five in 26:17.300.

In the opening race of the sixth and final round of the Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup (Moto4) in Qatar, Malaysia's Qabil Irfan claimed victory, completing the 48.42-kilometer, 10-lap race in 19:38.271. (QNA)