Noriyuki Haga

Noriyuki Haga
Noriyuki Haga at Assen in 2007
Nationality	Japanese
Current team	Team Kagayama Suzuki ASIA
Bike number	41
Website	nki41.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1998, 2001, 2003 First race 1998 500cc Japanese Grand Prix Last race 2003 MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix Team(s) Yamaha, Aprilia Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 32 0 1 0 1 122 Superbike World Championship Active years 1994 - 2000, 2002, 2004 - 2011 Manufacturers Yamaha, Aprilia, Ducati 2011 championship position 8th Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 312 43 116 7 59 3691 British Superbike Championship Active years 2012 Manufacturers Yamaha, Kawasaki Championships 0 2012 championship position 8th Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 26 0 1 0 0 171

Noriyuki Haga (芳賀紀行) (born 2 March 1975 in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Japan), is a Japanese professional motorcycle racer. Haga was a top contender in the Superbike World Championship, finishing as runner-up three times, and has finished third in the championship series four times. He currently competes in the Asia Road Race SS600 Championship for Team Kagayama Suzuki ASIA aboard a Suzuki GSX-R600.

Haga started his racing career by competing in the Japanese Superbike Championship in 1993, riding a Ducati bike. He then moved to Yamaha in 1995, and won the championship with Yamaha in 1997. During his stint with Yamaha in Japanese Superbike, Haga was chosen to represent Yamaha in the 1996 Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race. He teamed up with Yamaha's World Superbike rider Colin Edwards and won the race.

Before Haga began racing full-time in the World Superbike Championship in 1998, he had already been racing occasionally in WSBK since 1994. In 1996, Haga received a wild card entry to race in the Japanese round of WSBK at Sugo. He surprisingly finished second in Race 1, collecting his first podium in WSBK at his first attempt. However, he failed to finish in Race 2. In 1997, while still racing in his home championship, he was given another chance to race in WSBK. He was chosen to replace the injured Colin Edwards for the last two races of the season in Sugo, Japan, and Sentul, Indonesia. He performed well in both rounds, collecting his first win in WSBK along with 2 more podiums.