Tadayuki 'Taddy' Okada (born February 13, 1967) is a Japanese former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was runner-up in the 1994 250cc and in the 1997 500cc World Championship.[1][2]
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 Tadayuki Okada on the Honda NSR500V | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 13, 1967 (age 57) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early career
editOkada won the 250cc All Japan Road Race Championship in three successive years from 1989 to 1991 for Honda.[3] Honda then entered him into the 250cc World Championship in 1993.[2] He was runner-up in the series in 1994, and fourth in 1995.[1][2]
500cc and beyond
editOkada stepped up to 500cc in 1996, helping develop the V-twin Honda NSR500V and finished the season in 7th overall. In 1997, he claimed his first 500cc win in Indonesia and finished second to Mick Doohan.[1][2] 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.[4] Okada chose to retire at the end of the year. He made a one-off wildcard appearance at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix at Mugello in June, finishing 14th, in the first race for the pneumatic valved Honda RC212V.[5]
Points system from 1988 to 1992:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Class | Team | Machine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Points | Rank | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 250cc | Cabin-Honda | NSR250 | JPN 6 |
AUS - |
USA - |
ESP - |
NAT - |
GER - |
AUT - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
CZE - |
BRA - |
10 | 28th | 0 | |||
| 1990 | 250cc | Honda | NSR250 | JPN RET |
USA - |
ESP - |
NAT - |
GER - |
AUT - |
YUG - |
NED - |
BEL - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
SWE - |
CZE - |
HUN - |
AUS - |
0 | - | 0 | |||
| 1991 | 250cc | Honda | NSR250 | JPN RET |
AUS - |
USA - |
ESP - |
ITA - |
GER - |
AUT - |
EUR - |
NED - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
RSM - |
CZE - |
VDM - |
MAL - |
0 | - | 0 | |||
| 1992 | 250cc | HRC-Honda | NSR250 | JPN 2 |
AUS - |
MAL - |
ESP - |
ITA - |
EUR - |
GER - |
NED - |
HUN - |
FRA - |
GBR - |
BRA - |
RSA - |
15 | 13th | 0 | |||||
| 1993 | 250cc | Rothmans-Honda | NSR250 | AUS 4 |
MAL 3 |
JPN 2 |
ESP 7 |
AUT RET |
GER INJ |
NED RET |
EUR 2 |
RSM 6 |
GBR 5 |
CZE 11 |
ITA 7 |
USA 9 |
FIM RET |
120 | 8th | 0 | ||||
| 1994 | 250cc | Kanemoto-Honda | NSR250 | AUS 5 |
MAL 2 |
JPN 1 |
ESP 3 |
AUT 4 |
GER 5 |
NED 2 |
ITA 7 |
FRA 9 |
GBR 2 |
CZE 5 |
USA 4 |
ARG 1 |
EUR 4 |
214 | 2nd | 2 | ||||
| 1995 | 250cc | HRC-Honda | NSR250 | AUS RET |
MAL 3 |
JPN RET |
ESP 6 |
GER 3 |
ITA 5 |
NED 3 |
FRA 3 |
GBR 8 |
CZE 7 |
BRA 3 |
ARG 7 |
EUR 7 |
136 | 4th | 0 | |||||
| 1996 | 500cc | Repsol Honda | NSR500V | MAL RET |
INA RET |
JPN 4 |
ESP 3 |
ITA 7 |
FRA RET |
NED 13 |
GER 7 |
GBR 4 |
AUT 11 |
CZE 7 |
IMO 3 |
CAT 5 |
BRA 8 |
AUS 2 |
132 | 7th | 0 | |||
| 1997 | 500cc | Repsol Honda | NSR500 | MAL 10 |
JPN 3 |
ESP 3 |
ITA RET |
AUT 2 |
FRA 3 |
NED 12 |
IMO 5 |
GER 2 |
BRA 2 |
GBR 2 |
CZE RET |
CAT 6 |
INA 1 |
AUS 4 |
197 | 2nd | 1 | |||
| 1998 | 500cc | Repsol Honda | NSR500 | JPN 2 |
MAL RET |
ESP 7 |
ITA INJ |
FRA INJ |
MAD INJ |
NED 8 |
GBR INJ |
GER INJ |
CZE 4 |
IMO 7 |
CAT 2 |
AUS 9 |
ARG 2 |
106 | 8th | 0 | ||||
| 1999 | 500cc | Repsol Honda | NSR500 | MAL 5 |
JPN 15 |
ESP 4 |
FRA 9 |
ITA 3 |
CAT 2 |
NED 1 |
GBR 2 |
GER RET |
CZE 1 |
IMO 4 |
VAL 4 |
AUS 1 |
RSA 4 |
BRA 7 |
ARG RET |
211 | 3rd | 3 | ||
| 2000 | 500cc | Repsol-Honda | NSR500 | RSA RET |
MAL 6 |
JPN 3 |
ESP 10 |
FRA 14 |
ITA 8 |
CAT 15 |
NED 11 |
GBR 10 |
GER 5 |
CZE 10 |
POR 7 |
VAL 9 |
BRA 9 |
PAC 10 |
AUS 9 |
107 | 11th | 0 | ||
| 2008 | MotoGP | Repsol-Honda | RC212V | QAT - |
ESP - |
POR - |
CHN - |
FRA - |
ITA 14 |
CAT - |
GBR - |
NED - |
GER - |
USA - |
CZE - |
RSM - |
INP - |
JPN - |
AUS - |
MAL - |
VAL - |
2 | 21st | 0 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Tadayuki OKADA". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ a b c d Tadayuki Okada profile at crash.net
- ^ "All Japan Road Race Champions". motoracing-japan.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ^ "Tadayuki Okada WSBK statistics". worldsbk.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
- ^ "Honda about to make engine decision". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
External links
edit- Tadayuki Okada at MotoGP.com
- Tadayuki Okada at WorldSBK.com
- Tadayuki Okada profile at Crash.net