As of round 17 Race · updated 10/13/2026, 07:18 PM (Japan time)

Riders

Makoto Tamada

Nationality: Japan
Number: 6
Team (2007 MotoGP): Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3
Bike: Yamaha
Born: November 4, 1976(age 49)
Birthplace: Ehime
Height / weight: 171 cm / 61 kg (official profile, fetched October 2026; weight and height change over time)

Photos (8)

2005
At this race · Oz · CC BY 2.0
2006
At this race · Tamas · CC BY 2.0
2006
At this race · Tamas from Melbourne, Australia · CC BY 2.0
2008
Smudge 9000 · CC BY 2.0
2011
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2018
Rikita · CC BY-SA 4.0
1vince · CC BY-SA 3.0

Freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for its source page (photographer, licence). The year is when it was taken.

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Suzuka in 1998.

In 250cc (1998): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In MotoGP (2003–2007): 78 starts, 1 wins, 4 podiums. Teams: JIR Konica Minolta Honda, Konica Minolta Honda, Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3.

First podium: Rio 2003 (MotoGP). First win: Motegi 2004 (MotoGP).

In all, 79 Grand Prix starts, 1 wins and 4 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Starts with no race result

The official records keep only the qualifying order and the starting grid for these races; the race result is missing (the official site has none either).

Year	Event	Class	Grid	Qualifying
2003	PACIFIC GRAND PRIX	MotoGP	2	1'47.804
2004	RIO GRAND PRIX	MotoGP	7	1'48.848

Note: these totals are incomplete. The official data has no result for 1 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 2004 MotoGP (RIO)

Season by season

250ccMotoGP ★ Champion

The strip shows each year's team (team colour). Tap for team and machine

Scope: official results DB, 1998–2007 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1998–1998

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P16.0

0 pts · Poles 0

MotoGP2003–2007

Win rate1.3%

Podium rate5.1%

Average finish (when classified)avg P10.1

462 pts · Poles 3

Includes 25 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1998–2007 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Strongest and weakest circuits

1.4 places better on slow tracks than on fast tracks

Strong

Motegi 3.7 places better than usual (4 finishes)
Catalunya 2.7 places better than usual (3 finishes)
Laguna Seca 2.3 places better than usual (3 finishes)

Weak

Lusail 3.3 places worse than usual (3 finishes)
Donington 2.4 places worse than usual (5 finishes)
Sepang 2.1 places worse than usual (5 finishes)

Each finish here compared with the rider's usual finish that season (average without this circuit): how many places better or worse on average. Same layout only; retirements counted separately

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1998. Of the 47 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Valentino Rossi 9 world titles
79 races together: ahead 13, behind 66, both out 0
Max Biaggi 4 world titles
43 races together: ahead 9, behind 33, both out 1
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
76 races together: ahead 21, behind 54, both out 1
Dani Pedrosa 3 world titles
35 races together: ahead 7, behind 28, both out 0

Greats: 2+ world titles or 30+ MotoGP / 500cc wins. Up to 4 who shared 10+ races, most titles first. A finisher counts as ahead of a non-finisher.

Results by condition (races)

All classes 79 races · 250cc / MotoGP

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Estoril (average P5.7, 4 races)

RioMotoGP 1avg P3.0

EstorilMotoGP 4avg P5.7

ShanghaiMotoGP 2avg P6.0

MotegiMotoGP 4avg P6.5

Le MansMotoGP 4avg P8.3

CatalunyaMotoGP 5avg P8.7

Laguna SecaMotoGP 3avg P8.7

MugelloMotoGP 4avg P9.0

JerezMotoGP 5avg P9.5

ValenciaMotoGP 5avg P10.2

Phillip IslandMotoGP 5avg P10.4

SachsenringMotoGP 5avg P10.5

BrnoMotoGP 5avg P10.6

IstanbulMotoGP 3avg P10.7

WelkomMotoGP 2avg P11.0

SepangMotoGP 5avg P11.8

DoningtonMotoGP 5avg P12.0

AssenMotoGP 5avg P13.2

LusailMotoGP 4avg P13.3

MisanoMotoGP 1avg P14.0

Suzuka250cc 1 · MotoGP 1avg P16.0

Average finish across classes (Moto3, Moto2, MotoGP and so on together). See each class below for class-only figures. Only circuits with 3+ races count as a best track.

MotoGP 78 races · 2003–2007

Dry / wet

Podium rate: 2.4% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry42 races0%(0 wins)

Wet5 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry42 races2%(1 podiums)

Wet5 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry42 racesavg P11.2

Wet5 racesavg P9.6

31 races without track-condition data are not included

By grid position

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 12.5 to an average finish of 9.9

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	1.5 → 4.5	1 wins / 4 races
Grid 4–6	4.9 → 7.8	0 wins / 7 races
Grid 7–9	8.5 → 8.0	0 wins / 11 races
Grid 10–15	12.5 → 9.9	0 wins / 34 races
Grid 16〜	17.3 → 12.8	0 wins / 21 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In MotoGP, best at Estoril (average P5.7, 4 races)

Rio1 racesavg P3.0

Estoril4 racesavg P5.7

Shanghai2 racesavg P6.0

Motegi4 racesavg P6.5

Le Mans4 racesavg P8.3

Catalunya5 racesavg P8.7

Laguna Seca3 racesavg P8.7

Mugello4 racesavg P9.0

Jerez5 racesavg P9.5

Valencia5 racesavg P10.2

Phillip Island5 racesavg P10.4

Sachsenring5 racesavg P10.5

Brno5 racesavg P10.6

Istanbul3 racesavg P10.7

Welkom2 racesavg P11.0

Sepang5 racesavg P11.8

Donington5 racesavg P12.0

Assen5 racesavg P13.2

Lusail4 racesavg P13.3

Misano1 racesavg P14.0

Suzuka1 races—

MotoGP: all in the Multiple suppliers era.

250cc 1 races · 1998

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 16〜; one circuit only.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1998–2007 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 19,410 miles
0.8× around the Earth · 6,812 laps

Time on the bike: at least 194 hours (8.1 days)
Average 145.3 km/h, top 343.7 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2005–2007, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 249,800 miles
10.0× around the Earth · at least 22.5 days

From 1949. Every session in the seasons with the lap analysis documents, races only before. Tests not included. Laps × that year's lap length.A minimum, calculated from straight-line distances between circuits. Connections, tests and trips home are not included, so the real figures are longer.

Every race

94%Start rate (78/83)

3Longest run of absences (races)

48Longest run of starts (races)

38.7Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

2003 MotoGP P11 · 87 pts

2004 MotoGP P6 · 150 pts

2005 MotoGP P11 · 91 pts

2006 MotoGP P12 · 96 pts

2007 MotoGP P18 · 38 pts

Tap a cell for the event, qualifying, sprint and race results and points

? How the estimate is made

Estimate = average of the last 3 races before each absence

Seasons in which at least half of the races were started | Scope: official results DB, 1998–2007 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

2003	Suzuka	grid 5	DNF
2003	Welkom	grid 18	14 +2
2003	Jerez	grid 12	6 +10
2003	Le Mans		DNF
2003	Mugello	grid 10	4 +13
2003	Catalunya	grid 10	7 +9
2003	Assen	grid 18	16
2003	Donington	grid 16	13 +3
2003	Sachsenring	grid 19	13 +3
2003	Brno	grid 10	9 +7
2003	Estoril	grid 9	10 +6
2003	Rio	grid 9	3 +16
2003	Sepang	grid 3	10 +6
2003	Phillip Island	grid 17	10 +6
2003	Valencia	grid 13	10 +6
2004	Welkom	grid 12	8 +8
2004	Jerez	grid 5	DNF
2004	Le Mans	grid 8	9 +7
2004	Mugello		Did not start
2004	Catalunya	grid 9	DNF
2004	Assen	grid 8	12 +4
2004	Sachsenring	grid 13	6 +10
2004	Donington	grid 14	14 +2
2004	Brno	grid 16	4 +13
2004	Estoril	grid 1	2 +20
2004	Motegi	grid 1	1 +25
2004	Lusail	grid 11	10 +6
2004	Sepang	grid 5	5 +11
2004	Phillip Island	grid 5	8 +8
2004	Valencia	grid 1	5 +11
2005	Jerez	grid 7	8 +8
2005	Mugello	grid 10	8 +8
2005	Catalunya	grid 10	DNF
2005	Assen	grid 11	14 +2
2005	Laguna Seca	grid 9	7 +9
2005	Donington	grid 9	7 +9
2005	Sachsenring	grid 15	10 +6
2005	Brno	grid 12	10 +6
2005	Motegi	grid 4	3 +16
2005	Sepang	grid 15	12 +4
2005	Lusail	grid 10	DNF
2005	Phillip Island	grid 9	8 +8
2005	Istanbul	grid 7	8 +8
2005	Valencia	grid 10	9 +7
2006	Jerez	grid 16	10 +6
2006	Lusail	grid 16	14 +2
2006	Istanbul	grid 13	10 +6
2006	Shanghai	grid 11	6 +10
2006	Le Mans	grid 13	7 +9
2006	Mugello	grid 10	9 +7
2006	Catalunya	grid 15	7 +9
2006	Assen	grid 13	11 +5
2006	Donington	grid 14	11 +5
2006	Sachsenring	grid 9	DNF
2006	Laguna Seca	grid 14	11 +5
2006	Brno	grid 15	13 +3
2006	Sepang	grid 13	14 +2
2006	Phillip Island	grid 11	10 +6
2006	Motegi	grid 18	10 +6
2006	Estoril	grid 14	5 +11
2006	Valencia	grid 15	12 +4
2007	Lusail	grid 19	16
2007	Jerez	grid 17	14 +2
2007	Istanbul	grid 15	14 +2
2007	Shanghai	grid 18	DNF
2007	Le Mans	grid 16	9 +7
2007	Mugello	grid 20	15 +1
2007	Catalunya	grid 16	12 +4
2007	Donington	grid 18	15 +1
2007	Assen	grid 18	13 +3
2007	Sachsenring	grid 18	13 +3
2007	Laguna Seca	grid 11	8 +8
2007	Brno	grid 15	17
2007	Misano	grid 16	14 +2
2007	Estoril	grid 4	DNF
2007	Motegi	grid 16	12 +4
2007	Phillip Island	grid 15	16
2007	Sepang	grid 18	18
2007	Valencia	grid 6	15 +1