Hayato Chishiki is an Idemitsu Moto4 Asia Cup winner after the Japanese star beat compatriot Waku Kunitate by 0.017s as the duo went head-to-head at the final corner on the final lap in Thailand. Third place went to Bintang Pranata, with the Indonesian coming out on top in a brilliant battle for the podium.

Chishiki was able to break away with just under a third of the race remaining, but Kunitate did well to reel in his countryman to set up a last lap fight for the win. Kunitate left it until Turn 12, the last corner, to make a move. And it nearly worked, but Chishiki managed to power back past on the cutback to clinch the first 25 points of the season.

Pranata finished 2.6s off the win in P3, with Pacharagorn Thonggerdloung and polesitter Haruki Matsuyama narrowly missing out on a rostrum in P4 and P5 in the 2026 curtain-raiser.

Make sure you tune into Race 2 from Buriram on Sunday morning at 09:45 local time!