is a Japanese former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was runner-up in the 1994 250cc and in the 1997 500cc World Championship.Tadayuki Okada profile at crash.net
Early career Okada won the 250cc All Japan Road Race Championship in three successive years from 1989 to 1991 for Honda. Honda then entered him into the 250cc World Championship in 1993. He was runner-up in the series in 1994, and fourth in 1995.
500cc and beyond Okada stepped up to 500cc in 1996, helping develop the V-twin Honda NSR500V and finished the season in seventh overall. In 1997, he claimed his first 500cc win in Indonesia and finished second to Mick Doohan. He missed several races in 1998 due to a wrist injury but bounced back in 1999 to finish third in the championship, with wins at Assen, Brno and Phillip Island. Going into the final round of the season, he was second in points, but lost out to final-race winner Kenny Roberts Jr. After a largely unsuccessful 2000, he switched to the Superbike World Championship for , without winning a race although taking three podium finishes and eighth overall. Okada chose to retire at the end of the year. He made a one-off wildcard appearance at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix at Mugello in June, finishing 14th, in the first race for the pneumatic valved Honda RC212V.
Grand Prix career statistics Source:
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 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 Team Machine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points Rank Wins 1989 250cc Cabin-Honda NSR250 JPN 6 AUS - USA - ESP - NAT - GER - AUT - YUG - NED - BEL - FRA - GBR - SWE - CZE - BRA - 10 28th 0 1990 250cc Honda NSR250 JPN RET USA - ESP - NAT - GER - AUT - YUG - NED - BEL - FRA - GBR - SWE - CZE - HUN - AUS - 0 - 0 1991 250cc Honda NSR250 JPN RET AUS - USA - ESP - ITA - GER - AUT - EUR - NED - FRA - GBR - RSM - CZE - VDM - MAL - 0 - 0 1992 250cc HRC-Honda NSR250 JPN 2 AUS - MAL - ESP - ITA - EUR - GER - NED - HUN - FRA - GBR - BRA - RSA - 15 13th 0 1993 250cc Rothmans-Honda NSR250 AUS 4 MAL 3 JPN 2 ESP 7 AUT RET GER INJ NED RET EUR 2 RSM 6 GBR 5 CZE 11 ITA 7 USA 9 FIM RET 120 8th 0 1994 250cc Kanemoto-Honda NSR250 AUS 5 MAL 2 JPN 1 ESP 3 AUT 4 GER 5 NED 2 ITA 7 FRA 9 GBR 2 CZE 5 USA 4 ARG 1 EUR 4 214 2nd 2 1995 250cc HRC-Honda NSR250 AUS RET MAL 3 JPN RET ESP 6 GER 3 ITA 5 NED 3 FRA 3 GBR 8 CZE 7 BRA 3 ARG 7 EUR 7 136 4th 0 1996 500cc Repsol Honda NSR500V MAL RET INA RET JPN 4 ESP 3 ITA 7 FRA RET NED 13 GER 7 GBR 4 AUT 11 CZE 7 IMO 3 CAT 5 BRA 8 AUS 2 132 7th 0 1997 500cc Repsol Honda NSR500 MAL 10 JPN 3 ESP 3 ITA RET AUT 2 FRA 3 NED 12 IMO 5 GER 2 BRA 2 GBR 2 CZE RET CAT 6 INA 1 AUS 4 197 2nd 1 1998 500cc Repsol Honda NSR500 JPN 2 MAL RET ESP 7 ITA INJ FRA INJ MAD INJ NED 8 GBR INJ GER INJ CZE 4 IMO 7 CAT 2 AUS 9 ARG 2 106 8th 0 1999 500cc Repsol Honda NSR500 MAL 5 JPN 15 ESP 4 FRA 9 ITA 3 CAT 2 NED 1 GBR 2 GER RET CZE 1 IMO 4 VAL 4 AUS 1 RSA 4 BRA 7 ARG RET 211 3rd 3 2000 500cc Repsol-Honda NSR500 RSA RET MAL 6 JPN 3 ESP 10 FRA 14 ITA 8 CAT 15 NED 11 GBR 10 GER 5 CZE 10 POR 7 VAL 9 BRA 9 PAC 10 AUS 9 107 11th 0 2008 MotoGP Repsol-Honda RC212V QAT - ESP - POR - CHN - FRA - ITA 14 CAT - GBR - NED - GER - USA - CZE - RSM - INP - JPN - AUS - MAL - VAL - 2 21st 0
Suzuka 8 Hours results Year Team Co-Rider Bike Pos 1995 Team HRC Aaron Slight Tadayuki Okada Honda RVF750 RC45 1st 1999 Lucky Strike Honda Tadayuki Okada Alex Barros Honda RVF750 RC45 1st
References
External links
Tadayuki Okada profile at Crash.net