Daijiro Kato (加藤 大治郎, Katō Daijirō, 7 April 1976 – 20 April 2003) was a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, the 2001 250cc world champion, and the 2000 and 2002 Suzuka 8 Hours winner.[1] He died as a result of injuries sustained after a crash during the 2003 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit, Japan.
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DaijiroKato (加藤 大治郎, KatōDaijirō, 7 April 1976 – 20 April 2003) was a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, the 2001 250cc world champion, and the...
before dropping down to the 250cc class in 1999. In 2001, Gresini's rider DaijiroKato won the 250cc title. The following season, the team stepped up to the...
Next 2002 2001 World Champions 500cc – Valentino Rossi (Honda) 250cc – DaijiroKato (Honda) 125cc – Manuel Poggiali (Gilera) The 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle...
season in Japan, but the race was marred by the death of Japanese rider DaijiroKato who crashed at the 130R and hit the barrier at high speed in the ensuing...
Ukawa Satellite riders (in the latter part of the season): Alex Barros, DaijiroKato Among other changes in 2003, power was increased from about 200 to 240 bhp...
principal until his death. His team has won three world championships: DaijiroKato in the 2001 250cc world championship, Toni Elías in the 2010 Moto2 world...
Bianchi. Deaths at the track have included that of Honda RC211V racer DaijiroKato on April 20, 2003, after the Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix race. He...
champion as previous year's champion DaijiroKato and 1993 champion Tetsuya Harada, who finished second to Kato last year, both moved up to the MotoGP...
Janeiro Simone Sanna DaijiroKato Valentino Rossi Report 15 15 October Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix Motegi Roberto Locatelli DaijiroKato Kenny Roberts Jr...
and dangerous trackside barriers, causing the death of Japanese rider DaijiroKato and the injuries of Marco Melandri and Alex Barros at the 2003 Japanese...
made slightly faster and closer to the 130R. Following the death of DaijiroKato at the 2003 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, Suzuka reconfigured the motorcycle...
The team has won 4 motorcycle world championships: one in 250cc with DaijiroKato, one in Moto 2 with Toni Elías, one in Moto 3 with Jorge Martín and the...
more times: in 2001 with Valentino Rossi, and in 2002 with the late DaijiroKato, both times with Honda. Edwards has twice represented the United States...
as well as champions who had died young such as Jarno Saarinen and DaijiroKato. The latest inductee is Hans-Georg Anscheidt. Out of the 38 racers who...
Jeremy Burgess with him to be his crew chief. The season was marred by DaijiroKato being killed at the first round at Suzuka. He lost control of his motorcycle...
makes its Grand Prix debut in the new four-stroke MotoGP class. 2003: DaijiroKato is killed during his home Japanese Grand Prix in the MotoGP class on...
Biaggi Yamaha YZR500 2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix 250cc 1:41.473 DaijiroKato Honda NSR250 2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix Formula Renault 2.0 1:43...
Okada, Max Biaggi and Olivier Jacque. Record shared with Shinya Nakano, DaijiroKato, Marco Melandri, Manuel Poggiali and Dani Pedrosa. Record shared with...
amongst others, a small collection of racing motorcycles, including a DaijiroKato Honda and a Barry Sheene Heron Texaco Suzuki and a number of collections...
4–6 April 2003 at Suzuka. The meeting was overshadowed by the death of DaijiroKato in the MotoGP race, after he crashed at 130R and hit the barrier at high...
sportscaster 1974 – Adrian Griffin, American basketball player and coach 1976 – DaijiroKato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003) 1976 – Yevgeniya Medvedeva, Russian...
bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) DaijiroKato Nicky Hayden Motorcycle sport "Doohan, Michael Sydney". It's an Honour...
won the race. But the race was marred by the death of Japanese rider DaijiroKato who crashed at the 130R and hit the barrier at high speed in the ensuing...
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