Makoto Tamada

Makoto Tamada (Japanese玉田 诚, Makoto Tamada; * November 4, 1976 in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese motorcycle racer.

He's been one of the few riders who were able to celebrate both the motorcycle World Championship and the Superbike World Championship victories.

Since the 2008 season, is the 1.71 m wide Tamada in the Superbike World Championship at the start, in 2010 he enters on Honda CBR1000RR in the Team Pro Ride SBK.

Career

After he had already started at a young age on minibikes with the Motorcycling, Makoto Tamada won in 1994 a regional 250 cc championship. From 1995 to 1998 he raced in the Japanese 250 cc Championship, which he completed last year on a privately entered Honda in fourth.

In 1999, Tamada in the Japanese Superbike Championship and reached over the next four years, always finishes in the top five in the overall standings. During this time he was also the first time international attention. In the 2001 season he won as a wildcard rider for Honda both runs of the Japanese round of the World Superbike Championship at Sugo, beating the world's elite. 2002 won Tamada on the same occasion another victory.

MotoGP class

His strong performances earned Makoto Tamada in 2003 as a place secures its place in the MotoGP class of the Motorcycle World Championship in. He started for the team Pramac Honda on a superior at this time RC211V four-stroke engine and celebrated his first podium at the Grand Prix of Rio de Janeiro with rank three. With 87 points, he finished eleventh overall.

For the following season Tamada moved to the Camel Honda team of Sito Pons and spent his most successful year in the MotoGP class. He started as the only Honda rider on Bridgestone tires and was thus able to celebrate victories in Rio and at his home Grand Prix in Motegi, as the Japanese tires were superior on these routes to competition from Michelin. With 150 points Makoto Tamada finished sixth overall in this season.

2005 and 2006 Tamada went for Konica Minolta Honda on Michelin tires at the start, but could not build on the achievements of 2004. 2005 prevented a broken wrist a World Cup place in the top ten. 2006 results met Makoto's also not up to expectations. In Tamada's best race, the Germany Grand Prix at the Sachsenring, he was " shot down " lying by Kenny Roberts Jr. in a promising position. At the end of the season was only the twelfth World Cup ranking to book.

For season 2007, the Japanese switched to Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3, where he first started to Yamaha and the defeated in the Vorsaisons Dunlop tires. Although Tamada reached regularly scoring points and was observed in 16 of 18 races to the finish, but was clearly trumps in the overall standings of his young team-mate Sylvain Guintoli of France.

Superbike World Championship

Since he could not find a starting place in the MotoGP class for 2008, Makoto Tamada decided to change in the 2008 Superbike World Championship and go for the Kawasaki factory team PSG -1 Corse at the start. Teammate was the vice-champion of the 2004 season, Régis Laconi from France. However, the Kawasaki ZX -10R proved to be inferior and the Japanese moved throughout the season only in the back of the midfield, best finish was eighth place in the first round at Assen, Netherlands. In the second half of the season Tamada even reached often not even the points. In the overall classification, he finished with 41 points to 20th place.

Kawasaki decided then, the Sammarinese PSG -1 troops to withdraw the status of the factory teams and those to be transferred to the British Paul Bird, who led a successful privateer team in the British Championship and the World Cup for years. Since Tamada has a contract directly with the manufacturer, he moved with this team. His team-mate Broc Parkes is the Australians.

Statistics

  • Kyushu Road Race Championship gp 250 & SP250: Master
  • Japanese 250 cc Championship: 11
  • Japanese 250 cc Championship: 14
  • Japanese 250 cc Championship: 6
  • Japanese 250 cc Championship: 4
  • 8- hour race at Suzuka: 10
  • Superbike World Championship, Kotake RSC, 37, 12 points
  • Japanese Superbike Championship: 5
  • 8- hour race at Suzuka 8
  • Superbike World Championship, Kotake RSC, 37, 9 points
  • Japanese Superbike Championship: 3
  • 8- hour race at Suzuka: 43
  • Superbike World Championship, Honda Cabin, 15, 50 points (2 wins, 2 podiums, 1 pole position, 2 Fastest laps )
  • Japanese Superbike Championship: 2
  • 8- hour race at Suzuka: 4
  • Superbike World Championship, Honda Cabin, 18, 45 points (1 win, 2 podiums, 1 fastest lap )
  • Japanese Superbike Championship, 4th
  • 8- hour race at Suzuka, 2
  • MotoGP, Pramac Honda, 11, 87 points (1 podium )
  • MotoGP, Camel Honda, 6th, 150 points (2 wins, 3 podiums, 3 pole positions, two fastest laps )
  • MotoGP Konica Minolta Honda, 11, 91 points (1 podium )
  • MotoGP Konica Minolta Honda, 12, 96 points
  • 8- hour race at Suzuka, 5
  • MotoGP, Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3, 18, 38 points
  • World Superbike Championship, Kawasaki PSG -1 Corse, 20, 41 points
  • World Superbike Championship, Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team, 27, 12 points
  • Superbike World Championship, Pro Ride SBK Team BMW riding car, 29, 0 points
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