Tomoyoshi Koyama

Tomoyoshi Koyama

Koyama at the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix.
Nationality  Japanese
Born (1983-03-19) March 19, 1983
Kanagawa, Japan
Current team T. Pro Yuzy Honda NTS
Bike number 71
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2011–2012, 2014–2015
ManufacturersSuter, TSR 6, NTS
Championships0
2015 championship position26th (3 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
13 0 0 0 0 3
250cc World Championship
Active years2003
ManufacturersYamaha
Championships0
2003 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
2 0 0 0 0 0
125cc World Championship
Active years2000, 2004–2010
ManufacturersYamaha, Honda, Malaguti, KTM, Loncin, Aprilia
Championships0
2010 championship position8th (127 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
98 1 9 0 0 553

Tomoyoshi 'Tommy' Koyama (小山知良 Koyama Tomoyoshi, born March 19, 1983) is a professional motorcycle road racer who currently races in the Asia Road Race Championship SS600 class for T. Pro Yuzy Honda NTS riding a Honda CBR600RR.

Career

Koyama was born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. After competing in Grand Prix races as a wild card since 2000 – having been the champion of the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP125 Championship in 2000, and finished in the top five for three successive seasons in the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship – Koyama joined the series full-time in 2005, with Ajo Motorsport. His best result of the season was 2nd at Phillip Island, and he also was best rookie of the season. 2006 wasn't as good for him, but after he moved to KTM in 2007, he scored his first victory at the 2007 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix. 2008 was much less successful for both Koyama and KTM with a best place of 6th his only top 10 finish in the first 10 races. He ends the 2008 season with 7th at Valencia and 17th in the final standings, four places behind the most successful KTM rider (Marc Márquez) in an unsuccessful year for the Austrian concern. For 2009 Koyama joined the smaller Loncin team, alongside Alexis Masbou, and struggled to score points. In 2010 Koyama rode an RS Aprillia for Racing Team Germany. Koyama finished eighth in the championship, taking a best placing of second at the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.

After failing to find a full-time Grand Prix ride for the 2011 season, he competed in both the Spanish Moto2 championship (where he finished third), and in the MFJ All Japan Road Race J-GP2 Championship, finishing eighth. Koyama also competed in three Grand Prix Moto2 races towards the end of the season; he replaced the injured Kenan Sofuoğlu at Misano and Aragón, as well as a wild-card appearance at Motegi,[1] but failed to score points in any of the appearances. Koyama remained in the Spanish Moto2 championship in 2012, where he finished ninth overall. After Roberto Rolfo parted company with Technomag-CIP at Grand Prix level,[2] Koyama completed the season with the team; in six races, he finished outside the points in them all.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season Class Moto Races Win Podiums Pole Pts Position
2000 125 cc Yamaha 1 0 0 0 0 NC
2003 250 cc Yamaha 2 0 0 0 0 NC
2004 125 cc Yamaha 2 0 0 0 7 27th
2005 125 cc Honda 16 0 2 0 119 8th
2006 125 cc Malaguti 13 0 0 0 49 15th
2007 125 cc KTM 17 1 6 0 193 3rd
2008 125 cc KTM 16 0 0 0 41 17th
2009 125 cc Loncin 16 0 0 0 17 24th
2010 125 cc Aprilia 17 0 1 0 127 8th
2011 Moto2 Suter 3 0 0 0 0 NC
TSR 6
2012 Moto2 Suter 6 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 Moto2 NTS 3 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 Moto2 NTS 1 0 0 0 3 26th
Total 113 1 9 0 556

Races by year

(key)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts
2000 125cc Yamaha RSA MAL JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL BRA PAC
16		 AUS NC 0
2003 250cc Yamaha JPN
Ret		 RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR BRA PAC
Ret		 MAL AUS VAL NC 0
2004 125cc Yamaha RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED BRA GER GBR CZE
22		 POR JPN
9		 QAT MAL AUS VAL 27th 7
2005 125cc Honda SPA
Ret		 POR
6		 CHN
5		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
5		 CAT
5		 NED
7		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 CZE
Ret		 JPN
4		 MAL
10		 QAT
14		 AUS
2		 TUR
3		 VAL
6		 8th 119
2006 125cc Malaguti SPA
12		 QAT
15		 TUR
9		 CHN
9		 FRA
13		 ITA
15		 CAT
DNS		 NED GBR GER
15		 CZE
16		 MAL
Ret		 AUS
12		 JPN
7		 POR
6		 VAL
14		 15th 49
2007 125cc KTM QAT
6		 SPA
Ret		 TUR
3		 CHN
Ret		 FRA
10		 ITA
5		 CAT
1		 GBR
2		 NED
6		 GER
2		 CZE
5		 RSM
3		 POR
7		 JPN
14		 AUS
6		 MAL
2		 VAL
9		 3rd 193
2008 125cc KTM QAT
Ret		 SPA
13		 POR
16		 CHN
13		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
13		 GBR
6		 NED
13		 GER
Ret		 CZE
Ret		 RSM
18		 IND
19		 JPN
11		 AUS MAL
11		 VAL
7		 17th 41
2009 125cc Loncin QAT
27		 JPN
12		 SPA
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
17		 NED
Ret		 GER
10		 GBR
11		 CZE
21		 IND
14		 RSM
Ret		 POR
Ret		 AUS
21		 MAL
Ret		 VAL
20		 24th 17
2010 125cc Aprilia QAT
9		 SPA
5		 FRA
8		 ITA
8		 GBR
5		 NED
14		 CAT
6		 GER
2		 CZE
9		 IND
Ret		 RSM
8		 ARA
6		 JPN
6		 MAL
22		 AUS
9		 POR
Ret		 VAL
7		 8th 127
2011 Moto2 Suter QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER CZE IND RSM
20		 ARA
24		 NC 0
TSR 6 JPN
28		 AUS MAL VAL
2012 Moto2 Suter QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA IND CZE RSM
20		 ARA
23		 JPN
22		 MAL
16		 AUS
21		 VAL
18		 NC 0
2014 Moto2 NTS QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN
23		 AUS
24		 MAL
23		 VAL NC 0
2015 Moto2 NTS QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN
13		 AUS MAL VAL 26th 3

References

  1. ↑ "Moto2 thriller to continue in Japan". motogp.com (Dorna Sports). 26 September 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Koyama replaces Rolfo at Technomag-CIP". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 12 September 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

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