Tadayuki Okada
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| Nationality |  Japanese |
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| Grand Prix motorcycle racing career | |
| Active years | 1989 - 2000 |
| Teams | Honda |
| Grands Prix | 115 |
| Championships | None |
| Wins | 6 |
| Podium finishes | 36 |
| Career points | 1248 |
| Pole positions | 7 |
| Fastest laps | 8 |
| First Grand Prix | 1989 250cc Japanese Grand Prix |
| First win | 1994 250cc Japanese Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1999 500cc Australian Grand Prix |
| Last Grand Prix | 2008 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix |
Tadayuki 'Taddy' Okada (born February 13, 1967) is a Japanese professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was runner-up in the 1994 250cc and in the 1997 500cc World Championship.
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[edit] Early career
Okada won the 250cc All Japan Road Race Championship in 3 successive years from 1989 to 1991 for Honda, who took him to the 250cc World Championship in 1993. He was runner-up in the series in 1994, and fourth in 1995.
[edit] 500cc and beyond
Okada stepped up to 500cc in 1996, helping develop the V-twin Honda NSR500V and finished the season in 7th overall. In 1997, he had three wins 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[1]. 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 2001, without winning a race although taking three podium finishes and 8th overall,[2] choosing to retire at the end of the year. Okada made a one-off wildcard appearance at the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello in June 2008, finishing 14th, in the first race for the pneumatic valved Honda RC212V[3].
[edit] Grand Prix career statistics [1]
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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| 1989 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28th |
| 1990 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1991 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1992 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13th |
| 1993 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 8th |
| 1994 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 2nd |
| 1995 | 250cc | Honda NSR250 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 4th |
| 1996 | 500cc | Honda NSR500 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 7th |
| 1997 | 500cc | Honda NSR500 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 197 | 2nd |
| 1998 | 500cc | Honda NSR500 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 8th |
| 1999 | 500cc | Honda NSR500 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 211 | 3rd |
| 2000 | 500cc | Honda NSR500 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 11th |
| 2008 | MotoGP | Honda RC212V | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Total | 116 | 6 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 1248 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Rider Statistics - Tadayuki Okada", MotoGP.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ "Tadayuki Okada Career Statistics", WorldSBK.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ "Honda about to make engine decision", Autosport.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-1.
[edit] External links
- Tadayuki Okada profile at Crash.net
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