Tadahiko Taira

Tadahiko Taira (born November 12, 1956) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan. He was a three-time winner of the All Japan 500cc championship. Taira began his Grand Prix career in 1984 with Yamaha. He enjoyed his best season in 1987 when he finished the season in sixth place overall in the 500cc world championship.^[1] His only Grand Prix victory came in 1986 at the 250cc San Marino Grand Prix. In 1990, he teamed with Eddie Lawson to win the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.^[2]

Grand Prix career statistics

Points system from 1969 to 1987:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Points system from 1988 to 1992:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

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

Year	Class	Team	Machine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Points	Rank	Wins
1984	500cc	Marlboro Yamaha	YZR500	RSA -	NAT -	ESP -	AUT -	GER -	FRA -	YUG -	NED 6	BEL 6	GBR -	SWE -	RSM -				10	16th	0
1985	500cc	Marlboro Yamaha	YZR500	RSA -	ESP -	GER -	NAT 15	AUT 9	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	FRA -	GBR -	SWE -	RSM -				2	21st	0
1986	250cc	Marlboro Yamaha	YZR250	ESP -	NAT 22	GER 9	AUT 8	YUG NC	NED 6	BEL 9	FRA 10	GBR NC	SWE 13	RSM 1					28	9th	1
1987	500cc	Marlboro Yamaha	YZR500	JPN 6	ESP 7	GER 4	NAT 6	AUT 9	YUG 7	NED 18	FRA -	GBR 8	SWE 13	CZE 3	RSM 4	POR NC	BRA 7	ARG 8	56	6th	0
1988	500cc	Yamaha Racing Team	YZR500	JPN 5	USA -	ESP -	EXP -	NAT 10	GER -	AUT -	NED -	BEL -	YUG -	FRA -	GBR 10	SWE 14	CZE 5	BRA -	36	15th	0
1989	500cc	Tech-21 Yamaha	YZR500	JPN 8	AUS 6	USA NC	ESP 8	NAT -	GER -	AUT -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	FRA -	GBR -	SWE 10	CZE 9	BRA -	39	14th	0
1990	500cc	Tech-21 Yamaha	YZR500	JPN 6	USA -	ESP -	NAT -	GER -	AUT -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	FRA -	GBR -	SWE -	CZE -	HUN -	AUS NC	10	23rd	0
1991	500cc	Y.R.T.R. Yamaha	YZR500	JPN NC	AUS -	USA -	ESP -	ITA -	GER -	AUT -	EUR -	NED -	FRA -	GBR -	RSM -	CZE -	VDM -	MAL -	0	-	0

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