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

References

^ Tohru Ukawa career statistics at MotoGP.com
^ "Ukawa: I'm retiring". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 3 November 2003. http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/73524/1/ukawa_im_retiring.html. Retrieved 2 December 2011.

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