Tadayuki Okada

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]

Early career

Okada 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

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.^[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]

Grand Prix career statistics^[1]

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				124	8th	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 -	IND -	JPN -	AUS -	MAL -	VAL -	2	21st	0

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Tadayuki OKADA". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
1 2 3 4 Tadayuki Okada profile at crash.net
↑ "All Japan Road Race Champions". motoracing-japan.com. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
↑ "Tadayuki Okada WSBK statistics". worldsbk.com. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
↑ "Honda about to make engine decision". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2008-06-01.

External links

Tadayuki Okada profile at Crash.net

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