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| Born | February 13, 1967 (age 56) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
Okada 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 |
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| 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 |
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