is a Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
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 teammate Rossi, with a win at Phakisa in South Africa.Tohru Ukawa career statistics at MotoGP.com In 2003, he finished seventh overall for the Sito Pons Pramac team before returning to a factory testing role. Ukawa won five Grand Prix races during his career and is a five-time winner of the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.
Career
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
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcdWCh 1994 250cc Honda NSR250 Honda 1 0 1 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 Team 16 2 9 0 1 239 4th – 2001 500cc Honda NSR500 Repsol Honda Team 16 0 1 1 1 107 10th – 2002 MotoGP Honda RC211V Repsol Honda Team 15 1 9 0 2 2093rd – MotoGP Honda RC211V Camel Pramac Pons 16 0 0 0 0 123 8th – MotoGP Honda RC211V HRC 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC – MotoGP Moriwaki MD211VFHonda RC211V Moriwaki RacingCamel Honda 2 0 0 0 0 1 27th – Total 144 5 39 1 5 1416 0
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 JPN3 SPA AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR 19th 16 1995 250cc Honda AUS MAL JPNRet SPA GER ITA NED FRA GBR CZE BRA ARG EUR NC 0 1996 250cc Honda MALRet INA7 JPN5 SPA5 ITADNS FRA4 NEDRet GER10 GBR5 AUT4 CZE4 IMO3 CAT4 BRA4 AUS4 5th 142 1997 250cc Honda MAL6 JPN2 SPARet ITARet AUT5 FRA5 NED4 IMO3 GER6 BRA3 GBR5 CZE5 CAT3 INA2 AUS8 5th 173 1998 250cc Honda JPNRet MAL2 SPA4 ITA7 FRARet MAD2 NED5 GBR4 GERRet CZE5 IMO4 CAT5 AUS5 ARG4 4th 145 1999 250cc Honda MAL2 JPN2 SPA2 FRA1 ITA3 CAT2 NED4 GBR4 GERRet CZE3 IMO12 VAL1 AUS3 RSA4 BRA2 ARG2 2nd 261 2000 250cc Honda RSA3 MALRet JPN2 SPA3 FRA1 ITA6 CAT2 NED1 GBR4 GER2 CZE2 PORRet VAL4 BRA2 PAC5 AUS6 4th 239 2001 500cc Honda JPNRet RSA3 SPA5 FRARet ITA7 CAT7 NED8 GBR16 GERRet CZE5 PORRet VAL6 PAC5 AUS5 MAL5 BRARet 10th 107 2002 MotoGP Honda JPNRet RSA1 SPA3 FRA2 ITA3 CAT2 NED5 GBRWD GER3 CZE3 POR3 BRARet PAC4 MAL4 AUS3 VAL5 3rd 209 2003 MotoGP Honda JPN20 RSA6 SPA4 FRA7 ITA6 CAT6 NED12 GBRRet GER6 CZE8 POR5 BRA7 PAC7 MAL7 AUS5 VALRet 8th 123 2004 MotoGP Honda RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED BRA GER GBR CZE POR JPNRet QAT MAL AUS VAL NC 0 2005 MotoGP Moriwaki SPA POR CHN15 FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE 27th 1 Honda JPNRet MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL
Suzuka 8 Hours results Year Team Co-Rider Bike Pos 1997 Hori-Pro Honda with HARC Shinichi Ito Tohru Ukawa Honda RC45 1st 1998 Lucky Strike Honda & Iwaki Shinichi Itoh Tohru Ukawa Honda RC45 1st 2000 Team Honda Daijiro Kato Tohru Ukawa Honda VTR1000SPW 1st 2004 Seven Stars Racing Hitoyasu Izutsu Tohru Ukawa Honda CBR1000RR 1st 2005 Seven Stars Racing Ryuichi Kiyonari Tohru Ukawa Honda CBR1000RR 1st
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