# 2017 European Talent Cup

The 2017 European Talent Cup was the first season of the European Talent Cup. Participants born between 2000 and 2004 rode a Honda NSF250R.

## Calendar

The following races were scheduled to take place in 2017.
| Round | Date | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Race winner |
| 1 | 30 April | Albacete | Meikon Kawakami | Álex Toledo | Simon Jespersen |
| 1 | 30 April | Albacete | Meikon Kawakami | Manuel González | Andreas Pérez |
| 2 | 18 June | Catalunya | Manuel González | Francisco Gómez | Iker García |
| 3 | 9 July | Valencia | Francisco Gómez | Manuel González | Álex Toledo |
| 4 | 23 July | Estoril | Manuel González | Francisco Gómez | Eduard Melgar |
| 4 | 23 July | Estoril | Manuel González | Alejandro Díez | Manuel González |
| 5 | 17 September | Jerez | Andreas Pérez | Alejandro Díez | Andreas Pérez |
| 5 | 17 September | Jerez | Andreas Pérez | Joan Uviña | Francisco Gómez |
| 6 | 8 October | Aragón | Manuel González | Andreas Pérez | Alejandro Díez |
| 6 | 8 October | Aragón | Manuel González | Álex Toledo | Meikon Kawakami |
| 7 | 19 November | Valencia | Francisco Gómez | Francisco Gómez | Álex Toledo |

## Entry list

| Team | Bike | No. | Rider | Rounds |
| Hart Racing | Honda | 2 | Jack Hart | All |
| HMA Racing Blumaq HMA Racing | Honda | 4 | Kiko Martinho | 4 |
| HMA Racing Blumaq HMA Racing | Honda | 24 | Matthieu Grégorio | All |
| HMA Racing Blumaq HMA Racing | Honda | 26 | Miguel Parra | All |
| HMA Racing Blumaq HMA Racing | Honda | 53 | Petr Svoboda | 6 |
| HMA Racing Blumaq HMA Racing | Honda | 74 | Daijiro Sako | 2–3, 6–7 |
| HMA Racing Blumaq HMA Racing | Honda | 99 | Carlos Tatay | 5 |
| Grupo Machado Grupo Machado–Came | Honda | 4 | Kiko Martinho | 7 |
| Grupo Machado Grupo Machado–Came | Honda | 19 | Víctor Rodríguez | 7 |
| Grupo Machado Grupo Machado–Came | Honda | 23 | Joan Uviña | 5–7 |
| Grupo Machado Grupo Machado–Came | Honda | 25 | Eduard Melgar | 1–5 |
| Grupo Machado Grupo Machado–Came | Honda | 47 | Ferran Hernández | 2–6 |
| Reale Avintia Academy | Honda | 7 | Barry Baltus | 7 |
| Reale Avintia Academy | Honda | 40 | José Suárez | All |
| Reale Avintia Academy | Honda | 61 | Iker García | All |
| Reale Avintia Academy | Honda | 77 | Andreas Pérez | All |
| Halcourier Racing Halcourier MS Racing | Honda | 8 | Iker Vera | 6–7 |
| Halcourier Racing Halcourier MS Racing | Honda | 18 | Manuel González | All |
| Halcourier Racing Halcourier MS Racing | Honda | 71 | Faustino Cañero | 1, 3 |
| Team Larresport Larresport | Honda | 9 | Francisco Gómez | All |
| Team Larresport Larresport | Honda | 45 | Xavier Artigas | 7 |
| H43 Team Nobby | Honda | 12 | Peetu Paavilainen | 2–7 |
| H43 Team Nobby | Honda | 44 | Adrián Fernández | 6–7 |
| Team Stratos Stratos Racing Team | Honda | 14 | María Bellot | 3 |
| Team Stratos Stratos Racing Team | Honda | 15 | Luis Verdugo | 5–7 |
| Team Stratos Stratos Racing Team | Honda | 23 | Joan Uviña | 1–2, 4 |
| Team Stratos Stratos Racing Team | Honda | 36 | Beatriz Neila | 2–7 |
| Team Stratos Stratos Racing Team | Honda | 44 | Adrián Fernández | 4–5 |
| Team Stratos Stratos Racing Team | Honda | 81 | Ángel Heredia | 6–7 |
| FAU55 Racing | Honda | 16 | Jamie Davis | All |
| Samantha Johansson Racing | Honda | 20 | Samantha Johansson | 1 |
| TFC Racing | Honda | 21 | Vincent Falcone | All |
| Bierreti | Honda | 22 | Stefano Cristin | All |
| Team Honda Impala | Honda | 27 | Alejandro Díez | All |
| Team Honda Impala | Honda | 31 | Aurel Nyul-Verlaque | All |
| Wilson Racing | Honda | 30 | Max Cook | 7 |
| Wilson Racing | Honda | 56 | Charlie Atkins | 7 |
| Igax Team | Honda | 33 | Filip Řeháček | 2–7 |
| Cuna de Campeones | Honda | 34 | Pedro Acosta | 7 |
| Cuna de Campeones | Honda | 55 | Álex Toledo | All |
| HDRacing | Honda | 37 | Rick Dunnik | 2 |
| Team SPN Racing | Honda | 41 | Kevin Olmedo | 1 |
| Team Jespersen | Honda | 43 | Simon Jespersen | All |
| ETG Racing | Honda | 50 | Ondřej Vostatek | All |
| CJ Racing | Honda | 57 | Callum Blackwell | 1–4, 6 |
| 4Holland Racing | Honda | 64 | Colin Velthuizen | All |
| Lukasracing | Honda | 70 | Lukas Wendeborn | 3, 5–7 |
| JG Road Racing | Honda | 75 | Joaquim Galí | 6–7 |
| XTECH 42Motorsport | Honda | 80 | Víctor Alonso | All |
| PlayStation Laglisse Academy | Honda | 83 | Meikon Kawakami | All |

## Championship standings

| Pos. | Rider | Bike | ALB | ALB | CAT | VAL | EST | EST | JER | JER | ARA | ARA | VAL | Pts |
| 1 | Manuel González | Honda | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 150 |
| 2 | Álex Toledo | Honda | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 1 | 128 |
| 3 | Meikon Kawakami | Honda | 4 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 127 |
| 4 | Andreas Pérez | Honda | Ret | 1 | 2 | 5 | DNS | Ret | 1 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 3 | 126 |
| 5 | Simon Jespersen | Honda | 1 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | DNS | 6 | 6 | 118 |
| 6 | Alejandro Díez | Honda | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 1 | 8 | Ret | 104 |
| 7 | Miguel Parra | Honda | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 103 |
| 8 | Francisco Gómez | Honda | 6 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 17 | 99 |
| 9 | Eduard Melgar | Honda | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | | | | 86 |
| 10 | Joan Uviña | Honda | 5 | 3 | Ret | | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 84 |
| 11 | Peetu Paavilainen | Honda | | | 4 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 65 |
| 12 | Ondřej Vostatek | Honda | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 13 | DNS | 7 | 10 | 46 |
| 13 | Matthieu Grégorio | Honda | 8 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 45 |
| 14 | Jamie Davis | Honda | 11 | 11 | 13 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 18 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 42 |
| 15 | Iker García | Honda | 15 | 17 | 1 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | 16 | 34 |
| 16 | Vincent Falcone | Honda | 16 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 14 | 11 | 34 |
| 17 | Adrián Fernández | Honda | | | | | 17 | 13 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 18 | Ferran Hernández | Honda | | | 14 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 9 | Ret | | 27 |
| 19 | Víctor Rodríguez | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 20 |
| 20 | Carlos Tatay | Honda | | | | | | | Ret | 3 | | | | 16 |
| 21 | Beatriz Neila | Honda | | | 20 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 18 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 12 |
| 22 | Stefano Cristin | Honda | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 18 | Ret | 18 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 12 |
| 23 | Max Cook | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 7 |
| 24 | Aurel Nyul-Verlaque | Honda | 18 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 5 |
| 25 | Víctor Alonso | Honda | 21 | 21 | Ret | 15 | DNS | DNS | 20 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 5 |
| 26 | Faustino Cañero | Honda | Ret | 12 | | DNS | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 27 | Colin Velthuizen | Honda | 12 | 16 | DNS | DNS | 21 | 17 | Ret | 21 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 4 |
| 28 | Xavier Artigas | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 3 |
| 29 | Callum Blackwell | Honda | 19 | 20 | 17 | 13 | DNS | DNS | | | Ret | 26 | | 3 |
| 30 | Barry Baltus | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 2 |
| 31 | Luis Verdugo | Honda | | | | | | | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 1 |
| | Jack Hart | Honda | 20 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 22 | Ret | 24 | Ret | 21 | Ret | 26 | 0 |
| | José Suárez | Honda | 17 | 19 | Ret | 17 | DNS | 18 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 0 |
| | Ángel Heredia | Honda | | | | | | | | | 17 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| | Lukas Wendeborn | Honda | | | | Ret | | | 21 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 0 |
| | Petr Svoboda | Honda | | | | | | | | | DNS | 18 | | 0 |
| | Rick Dunnik | Honda | | | 18 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Kiko Martinho | Honda | | | | | 23 | 19 | | | | | 31 | 0 |
| | Samantha Johansson | Honda | 22 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Filip Řeháček | Honda | | | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | 25 | 24 | 22 | Ret | 29 | 0 |
| | Iker Vera | Honda | | | | | | | | | 23 | 24 | 30 | 0 |
| | Joaquim Galí | Honda | | | | | | | | | 24 | 27 | DNQ | 0 |
| | Charlie Atkins | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | 0 |
| | Daijiro Sako | Honda | | | Ret | Ret | | | | | Ret | Ret | 27 | 0 |
| | Kevin Olmedo | Honda | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Pedro Acosta | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | María Bellot | Honda | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | ALB | ALB | CAT | VAL | EST | EST | JER | JER | ARA | ARA | VAL | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |