Tohru Ukawa (宇川 徹, Ukawa Tōru) (born May 18, 1973) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan.
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.[1] In 2003, he finished seventh overall for the Sito Pons Pramac team before returning to a factory testing role.[2] Ukawa won five Grand Prix races during his career and is a five-time winner of the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.
^Tohru Ukawa career statistics at MotoGP.com
^"Ukawa: I'm retiring". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 3 November 2003. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
TohruUkawa (宇川 徹, Ukawa Tōru) (born May 18, 1973) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan. Ukawa began his Grand Prix career in 1994...
joined by TohruUkawa. The season was not much better than 2000 as Crivillé could only manage two podiums and finished the season eighth, while Ukawa finished...
for different needs during a race. Factory riders: Valentino Rossi, TohruUkawa Satellite riders (in the latter part of the season): Alex Barros, Daijiro...
Carlos Checa completed the all four-stroke podium. Rossi's teammate, TohruUkawa, won the second race before Rossi went on to dominate the championship...
Max Biaggi joined the team from factory Yamaha team, while HRC moved TohruUkawa from Repsol Honda. Both riders rode the customer-spec RC211V. Biaggi...
Rookie-of-the-Year prize in the GP250 class. Kato, teaming with fellow Japanese rider TohruUkawa, won the Suzuka 8 Hours in Japan. 2001 Grand Prix World Championship:...
Jr. Report 5 14 May French motorcycle Grand Prix Le Mans Youichi Ui TohruUkawa Àlex Crivillé Report 6 28 May Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Mugello Roberto...
Toyota Racing Lotus F1 Team MotoGP Casey Stoner Daijiro Kato Alex Hofmann TohruUkawa Carlos Checa Troy Bayliss Kenny Roberts Jr. Kurtis Roberts John Hopkins...
five races. Rossi finished second in South Africa, where his teammate TohruUkawa took his first and only victory in the MotoGP class. He then scored victories...
4 23 May French motorcycle Grand Prix Paul Ricard Roberto Locatelli TohruUkawa Àlex Crivillé Report 5 6 June Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Mugello Roberto...
rounds, leading the title hunt with 195 points. In second is his teammate TohruUkawa with 108 points and third is Max Biaggi with 89 points. On Saturday,...
Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda NSR500 11 TohruUkawa All 28 Àlex Crivillé All West Honda Pons 4 Alex Barros All 65 Loris Capirossi...
1995 125cc Malaysian Grand Prix 2000 500cc Valencian Grand Prix JPN TohruUkawa 5 1994–2005 1999 250cc Catalan Grand Prix 2002 MotoGP South African Grand...
slightly wide at the Honda curve, dropping him behind Marco Melandri, TohruUkawa, Sete Gibernau and Carlos Checa. He fought his way back and finished...
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