Tohru Ukawa

Tohru Ukawa
Nationality	Japanese
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1994–2005 First race 1994 250cc Japanese Grand Prix Last race 2005 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix First win 1999 250cc French Grand Prix Last win 2002 MotoGP South African Grand Prix Team(s) Honda Championships 0 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. In 2003, he finished seventh overall for the Sito Pons Pramac team before returning to a factory testing role. 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

External links

• Tohru Ukawa at MotoGP.com