(1975-09-07)7 September 1975 Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Died
7 October 2007(2007-10-07) (aged 32) Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years
1994 – 2004
First race
1994 500cc Japanese Grand Prix
Last race
2004 MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix
First win
1996 500cc Japanese Grand Prix
Last win
2000 500cc Japanese Grand Prix
Team(s)
Yamaha
Championships
0
Starts
Wins
Podiums
Poles
F. laps
Points
144
3
17
0
1
1157
Norifumi "Norick" Abe (阿部典史, Abe Norifumi, September 7, 1975 – October 7, 2007),[1][2] or Norick Abe (ノリック・アベ) was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer who was previously a 500 cc/MotoGP rider.[3] He died in a road traffic crash in October 2007.
^"'Legendary rider' Norick Abe dies in motorbike, truck collision". Japan News Review. Archived from the original on 2013-08-25. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
^"FIM Release On Norick Abe". SuperbikePlanet.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
Norifumi "Norick" Abe (阿部典史, AbeNorifumi, September 7, 1975 – October 7, 2007), or Norick Abe (ノリック・アベ) was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer...
Look up Norifumi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Norifumi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: NorifumiAbe (阿部 典史...
Team Yamaha YZR-M1 M 7 Carlos Checa All 33 Marco Melandri 1, 3–15 17 NorifumiAbe 1–2, 16 Yamaha Racing Team 4, 9 Gauloises Yamaha Team 4 Alex Barros All...
125 champion for Honda. Newcomers winning their first Grands Prix were NorifumiAbe in the 500 class, Olivier Jacque in the 250 class and Valentino Rossi...
The Abe clan (安倍氏, Abe-shi) was one of the oldest of the major Japanese clans (uji); and the clan retained its prominence during the Sengoku period and...
Tech 3 pair Olivier Jacque and Shinya Nakano. Another Yamaha rider, NorifumiAbe, raced the fifth YZR-M1 on the grid for the last two races of the season...
model of the Lagenda series. Launched by a Japanese motorcycle racer NorifumiAbe, it was built as the successor of the SRX 100. The new model is equipped...
"Rossifumi" because he was a big fan of Japanese riders, most notably NorifumiAbe, who made a spectacular debut in the 500cc class as a wildcard rider...
3 Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 2 Luca Cadalora All 17 NorifumiAbe All Team Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 4 Daryl Beattie All...
Grand Prix. The Marlboro Yamaha YZR500, ridden by NorifumiAbe in the 1995 season on display. NorifumiAbe, riding his Marlboro Yamaha YZR500 at the 1996...
Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 7 Carlos Checa All 46 Valentino Rossi All Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 17 NorifumiAbe All 33 Marco Melandri All Source:...
(OWK6) 4 Max Biaggi All 7 Carlos Checa All Red Bull Yamaha WCM 24 Garry McCoy All 55 Régis Laconi All Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin 6 NorifumiAbe All Source:...
Yamaha WCM 5 Garry McCoy 1–4, 6–7, 9–16 24 Jason Vincent 8 41 Noriyuki Haga All Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin 6 NorifumiAbe All 10 José Luis Cardoso All Source:...
season the team ran in the 500 cc class with Japanese rider NorifumiAbe aboard a Yamaha YZR500. Abe took a win in 2000 at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka...
previous home of the Pacific Grand Prix. After the Friday timed sessions NorifumiAbe, who was already competing in the event as a wild card entry, was designated...
The son of late former 500cc/MotoGP and World Superbike rider NorifumiAbe, Maiki Abe joins VFT Racing. Long-time Asia Road Racing Championship stalwart...
On Norick Abe's Death". SuperbikePlanet.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-10-08. "'Legendary rider' Norick Abe dies in motorbike...
three-cylinder Modenas. Wayne Rainey's team was left with the inconsistent NorifumiAbe and Sete Gibernau, a rookie. Daryl Beattie wasn't able to come back from...
Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix Rio de Janeiro Noboru Ueda Valentino Rossi NorifumiAbe Report 16 31 October Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix Buenos Aires Marco...
a podium place in the form of third place, after fighting hard with NorifumiAbe and fellow Spaniard Carlos Checa, who went on to win the race. After...
VAL Ret 12th 71 2004 MotoGP Fortuna Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1 17 NorifumiAbe RSA 9 ESP 11 FRA Ret ITA 7 CAT 9 NED 11 RIO 8 GER Ret GBR Ret CZE 8 POR...
Norick Abe's Death". SuperbikePlanet.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2013. "'Legendary rider' Norick Abe dies...
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