The pressure was off Oncu, as he had nothing to lose by giving himself an early debut and also some crucial experience in the series, but the 15-year-old ended up marking himself out as a serious contender for next year.
He dominated the Red Bull Rookies Cup, sure, but the past three champions, Bo Bendsneyder, Ayumu Sasaki and Kazuki Masaki, didn't or so far haven't made much impact in Moto3, so Oncu’s success didn’t automatically make him a future star.īut the decision for the young Turk to make a wildcard appearance in the Moto3 season finale in Valencia, ahead of a full-time move to the series for 2019, certainly did. Red Bull Rookies Cup champion, Moto3 race winnerįor most of 2018, Oncu was nothing more than a promising young talent. There was some rigorous debate as to who should make the cut, but this is the list we finally settled on. Naturally, MotoGP and its support categories account for much of the list, but we have also considered the leading lights from World Superbike, World Supersport, Supersport 300, British Superbike, MotoAmerica, All-Japan Superbike, CEV Moto2, CEV Moto3 and Road Racing to compile this list. Part 1, featuring positions 20-11, is free to read, while Part 2, featuring 10-1, is exclusively for 's Prime subscribers.īefore we get underway in earnest, we should point out one thing - unlike the Autosport Top 50, which incorporates both race and rally drivers - we have decided not to include off-road racers from disciplines such as motocross, enduro and the Dakar Rally. As such, we've assembled our first-ever Top 20 countdown (should there be demand, we may expand that number in future, but for now we felt 20 was an appropriate number).
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