Tohru Ukawa

Nationality

Japanese

Motorcycle racing career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Active years

1994 - 2005

First race

1994 250cc Japanese Grand Prix

Last race

2005 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix

First win

1999 250cc French Grand Prix

Last win

2002 MotoGP South African Grand Prix

Team(s)

Honda

Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points
127	5	39	3	5	1416

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 team-mate Rossi, with a win at Phakisa in South Africa. In 2003, he finished seventh overall for the Sito Pons Pramac team before returning to a factory testing role. Ukawa won five Grand Prix races during his career and is a five-time winner of the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.

Points system from 1993 onwards:

() (Races in bold indicate pole position)

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