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 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 team-mate 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.

Motorcycle Grand Prix career results

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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

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 -					-	0
1996	250cc	Honda	MAL Ret	INA 7	JPN 5	SPA 5	ITA Inj	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 Inj	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 -		-	0
2005	MotoGP	Honda	SPA -	POR -	CHN 15	FRA -	ITA -	CAT -	NED -	USA -	GBR -	GER -	CZE -	JPN Ret	MAL -	QAT -	AUS -	TUR -	VAL -	27th	1

By season

Season	Class	Moto	Team	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
1994	250cc	Honda NSR250	Honda	1	0	0	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	16	2	9	0	0	239	4th	–
2001	500cc	NSR500	Repsol Honda	16	0	1	0	0	107	10th	–
2002	MotoGP	RC211V	Repsol Honda	15	1	9	0	2	209	3rd	–
2003	MotoGP	RC211V	Camel Pramac Pons	16	0	0	0	0	123	8th	–
2004	MotoGP	RC211V	HRC	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC	–
2005	MotoGP	Moriwaki	Moriwaki	2	0	0	0	0	1	27th	–
Total				144	5	38	0	3	1416		0

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.