Tohru Ukawa

Tohru Ukawa
NationalityJapanese
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1994–2005
First race1994 250cc Japanese Grand Prix
Last race2005 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix
First win1999 250cc French Grand Prix
Last win2002 MotoGP South African Grand Prix
Team(s)Honda
Championships0
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
127 5 39 3 5 1416

Tohru Ukawa (宇川 徹, Ukawa Tōru) (born May 18, 1973) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan.

Ukawa began his Grand Prix career in 1994, racing in the 250cc world championships. He finished second to Valentino Rossi in the 1999 World Championship. In 2002, he moved up to the MotoGP class, riding for the factory Repsol Honda Grand Prix team, finishing third overall behind teammate Rossi, with a win at Phakisa in South Africa.[1] In 2003, he finished seventh overall for the Sito Pons Pramac team before returning to a factory testing role.[2] Ukawa won five Grand Prix races during his career and is a five-time winner of the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.

Career

Points system from 1993 onwards:

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd WCh
1994 250cc Honda NSR250 Honda 1 0 1 0 0 16 13th  –
1995 250cc Honda NSR250 Honda 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC  –
1996 250cc Honda NSR250 Honda 14 0 1 0 0 142 5th  –
1997 250cc Honda NSR250 Honda 15 0 5 0 0 173 5th  –
1998 250cc Honda NSR250 Benetton Honda 15 0 2 0 0 145 4th  –
1999 250cc Honda NSR250 Benetton Honda 16 2 11 0 1 261 2nd  –
2000 250cc Honda NSR250 Shell Advance Honda Team 16 2 9 0 1 239 4th  –
2001 500cc Honda NSR500 Repsol Honda Team 16 0 1 1 1 107 10th  –
2002 MotoGP Honda RC211V Repsol Honda Team 15 1 9 0 2 209 3rd  –
2003 MotoGP Honda RC211V Camel Pramac Pons 16 0 0 0 0 123 8th  –
2004 MotoGP Honda RC211V HRC 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC  –
2005 MotoGP Moriwaki MD211VF
Honda RC211V 		Moriwaki Racing
Camel Honda 		2 0 0 0 0 1 27th  –
Total 144 5 39 1 5 1416 0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Pts
1994 250cc Honda AUS MAL JPN
3 		SPA AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR 19th 16
1995 250cc Honda AUS MAL JPN
Ret 		SPA GER ITA NED FRA GBR CZE BRA ARG EUR NC 0
1996 250cc Honda MAL
Ret 		INA
7 		JPN
5 		SPA
5 		ITA
DNS 		FRA
4 		NED
Ret 		GER
10 		GBR
5 		AUT
4 		CZE
4 		IMO
3 		CAT
4 		BRA
4 		AUS
4 		5th 142
1997 250cc Honda MAL
6 		JPN
2 		SPA
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		AUT
5 		FRA
5 		NED
4 		IMO
3 		GER
6 		BRA
3 		GBR
5 		CZE
5 		CAT
3 		INA
2 		AUS
8 		5th 173
1998 250cc Honda JPN
Ret 		MAL
2 		SPA
4 		ITA
7 		FRA
Ret 		MAD
2 		NED
5 		GBR
4 		GER
Ret 		CZE
5 		IMO
4 		CAT
5 		AUS
5 		ARG
4 		4th 145
1999 250cc Honda MAL
2 		JPN
2 		SPA
2 		FRA
1 		ITA
3 		CAT
2 		NED
4 		GBR
4 		GER
Ret 		CZE
3 		IMO
12 		VAL
1 		AUS
3 		RSA
4 		BRA
2 		ARG
2 		2nd 261
2000 250cc Honda RSA
3 		MAL
Ret 		JPN
2 		SPA
3 		FRA
1 		ITA
6 		CAT
2 		NED
1 		GBR
4 		GER
2 		CZE
2 		POR
Ret 		VAL
4 		BRA
2 		PAC
5 		AUS
6 		4th 239
2001 500cc Honda JPN
Ret 		RSA
3 		SPA
5 		FRA
Ret 		ITA
7 		CAT
7 		NED
8 		GBR
16 		GER
Ret 		CZE
5 		POR
Ret 		VAL
6 		PAC
5 		AUS
5 		MAL
5 		BRA
Ret 		10th 107
2002 MotoGP Honda JPN
Ret 		RSA
1 		SPA
3 		FRA
2 		ITA
3 		CAT
2 		NED
5 		GBR
WD 		GER
3 		CZE
3 		POR
3 		BRA
Ret 		PAC
4 		MAL
4 		AUS
3 		VAL
5 		3rd 209
2003 MotoGP Honda JPN
20 		RSA
6 		SPA
4 		FRA
7 		ITA
6 		CAT
6 		NED
12 		GBR
Ret 		GER
6 		CZE
8 		POR
5 		BRA
7 		PAC
7 		MAL
7 		AUS
5 		VAL
Ret 		8th 123
2004 MotoGP Honda RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED BRA GER GBR CZE POR JPN
Ret 		QAT MAL AUS VAL NC 0
2005 MotoGP Moriwaki SPA POR CHN
15 		FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE 27th 1
Honda JPN
Ret 		MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL

References

  1. ^ Tohru Ukawa career statistics at MotoGP.com
  2. ^ "Ukawa: I'm retiring". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 3 November 2003. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
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