Wataru Yoshikawa

Wataru Yoshikawa (吉川 和多留, Yoshikawa Wataru, born September 26, 1968 in Tokyo) is a Japanese motorcycle rider.

Wataru Yoshikawa
Yoshikawa testing in 2011
Nationality	Japanese
Born	September 26, 1968 Tokyo, Japan
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2002, 2010 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 0 2010 championship position 22nd (1 pt) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 2 0 0 0 0 5

Yoshikawa won the All Japan Superbike Championship in 1994 and 1999. He also participated in the World Superbike Championship, finishing 9th in the 1996 season. In 2003 Yoshikawa finished second at the Suzuka 8 Hours, partnering Shinichi Nakatomi on a Yamaha YZF-R1.[1]

Yoshikawa is a test rider for the Yamaha factory, and helped to develop the Yamaha YZR-M1. On June 23, 2010 it was announced that Yoshikawa would replace the injured Valentino Rossi in the MotoGP Yamaha factory works team, until Rossi was again able to race.[2][3]

Yoshikawa was the team manager of Yamaha's All Japan Road Race Championship factory team at the 39th "Coca-Cola Zero" Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race held during July 28 to July 31, 2016 at the Suzuka Circuit in Ino, Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan.[4]

Career statistics

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		Pos	Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1992	Yamaha	SPA	SPA	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	BEL	BEL	SPA	SPA	AUT	AUT	ITA	ITA	MAL	MAL	JPN 25	JPN 14	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	AUS	AUS	NZL	NZL	65th	2
1994	Yamaha	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	SPA	SPA	AUT	AUT	INA	INA	JPN 5	JPN 4	NED	NED	SMR	SMR	EUR	EUR	AUS	AUS					27th	24
1995	Yamaha	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	SPA	SPA	AUT	AUT	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	JPN 7	JPN 5	NED	NED	INA	INA	AUS	AUS			25th	20
1996	Yamaha	SMR 9	SMR 11	GBR 9	GBR 12	GER DNS	GER DNS	ITA	ITA	CZE 9	CZE 11	USA 9	USA 8	EUR 10	EUR 6	INA 7	INA 7	JPN 3	JPN 8	NED 10	NED 7	SPA 6	SPA 5	AUS 6	AUS 7			9th	163
1997	Yamaha	AUS	AUS	SMR	SMR	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	AUT	AUT	NED	NED	SPA	SPA	JPN 5	JPN Ret	INA	INA			NC	0†
1998	Yamaha	AUS	AUS	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	SPA	SPA	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	RSA	RSA	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	AUT	AUT	NED	NED	JPN 9	JPN 7			24th	16
1999	Yamaha	RSA	RSA	AUS	AUS	GBR	GBR	SPA	SPA	ITA	ITA	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	AUT	AUT	NED	NED	GER	GER	JPN 5	JPN 6	26th	21
2000	Yamaha	RSA	RSA	AUS	AUS	JPN 8	JPN 2	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	NED	NED	GER 12	GER 9	GBR	GBR	24th	39
2001	Yamaha	SPA	SPA	RSA	RSA	AUS	AUS	JPN 10	JPN Ret	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	USA	USA	EUR	EUR	GER	GER	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	38th	6
2002	Yamaha	SPA	SPA	AUS	AUS	RSA	RSA	JPN 8	JPN 8	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	SMR	SMR	USA	USA	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	27th	16

^† Ineligible for championship points.

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Pts
2002	MotoGP	Yamaha	JPN	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC 12	MAL	AUS	VAL			25th	4
2010	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT	SPA	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT 15	GER	USA	CZE	IND	SMR	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL	22nd	1

References

1. "The 26th "Coca-Cola" Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance: 2003 FIM World Endurance Championship, Round 6". motoracing-japan.com. Moto Racing Japan. 2003-08-03. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
2. Beer, Matt (2010-06-23). "Test rider Yoshikawa to sub for Rossi". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
3. "Yoshikawa to replace Rossi in Spain". GPOne. Partita IVA. 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
4. "Pol Espargaró Headlines Yamaha Suzuka 8 Hour Defense". BeIN Sports. 2016-07-28.

External links

• Profile on motogp.com