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

Riders

Tadayuki Okada

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Nationality: Japan
Number: 8
Team (2008 MotoGP): Repsol Honda Team
Bike: Honda
Born: February 13, 1967(age 59)
Birthplace: Ibaragi

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Suzuka in 1990.

In 250cc (1990–1995): 27 starts, 1 wins, 9 podiums. In 500cc (1996–2000): 62 starts, 4 wins, 20 podiums. In MotoGP (2008): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Repsol Honda Team.

First podium: Shah Alam 1993 (250cc). First win: Suzuka 1994 (250cc).

In all, 90 Grand Prix starts, 5 wins and 29 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
1998	Italian GP	500cc	24	2'16.553

Season by season

250cc500ccMotoGP ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1989–2008 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

250cc1989–1995

Win rate4.5%

Podium rate34.1%

Average finish (when classified)avg P4.7

495 pts · Poles 0

17 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

500cc1996–2000

Win rate5.6%

Podium rate29.6%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.9

753 pts · Poles 7

9 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

MotoGP2008–2008

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P14.0

2 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1989–2008 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1989. Of the 72 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Valentino Rossi 9 world titles
17 races together: ahead 4, behind 12, both out 1
Mick Doohan 5 world titles
41 races together: ahead 6, behind 35, both out 0
Max Biaggi 4 world titles
82 races together: ahead 25, behind 54, both out 3
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
60 races together: ahead 28, behind 30, both out 2

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 116 races · 250cc / 500cc / MotoGP

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Suzuka (average P2.9, 11 races)

Sentul500cc 2avg P1.0

Suzuka250cc 7 · 500cc 4avg P2.9

Buenos Aires250cc 2 · 500cc 2avg P3.3

Eastern Creek250cc 3 · 500cc 1avg P3.7

Nürburgring250cc 1 · 500cc 2avg P4.0

Welkom500cc 2avg P4.0

Salzburgring250cc 2avg P4.0

Shah Alam250cc 3 · 500cc 2avg P4.5

Donington250cc 3 · 500cc 4avg P4.7

Imola500cc 4avg P4.8

Sachsenring500cc 2avg P5.0

Hockenheim250cc 1avg P5.0

Jerez250cc 3 · 500cc 5avg P5.4

Catalunya250cc 3 · 500cc 5avg P5.4

Sepang500cc 2avg P5.5

Phillip Island500cc 4avg P5.8

Rio250cc 1 · 500cc 4avg P5.8

Paul Ricard500cc 3avg P6.0

Brno250cc 3 · 500cc 5avg P6.4

Red Bull Ring500cc 2avg P6.5

Valencia500cc 2avg P6.5

Laguna Seca250cc 2avg P6.5

Misano250cc 1avg P7.0

Estoril500cc 1avg P7.0

Mugello250cc 3 · 500cc 4 · MotoGP 1avg P7.1

Assen250cc 3 · 500cc 5avg P7.1

Le Mans250cc 2 · 500cc 1avg P8.7

Motegi500cc 2avg P12.5

Johor500cc 1—

Jarama250cc 1—

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 1 races · 2008

MotoGP: all in the Multiple suppliers era; Dry races only; always on the grid Grid 10–15; one circuit only.

500cc 71 races · 1996–2000

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 11.6 to an average finish of 7.4

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	1.9 → 3.2	2 wins / 17 races
Grid 4–6	5.1 → 6.2	1 wins / 20 races
Grid 7–9	7.8 → 6.7	1 wins / 18 races
Grid 10–15	11.6 → 7.4	0 wins / 14 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Suzuka (average P3.0, 4 races)

Sentul2 racesavg P1.0

Buenos Aires2 racesavg P2.0

Eastern Creek1 racesavg P2.0

Suzuka4 racesavg P3.0

Welkom2 racesavg P4.0

Donington4 racesavg P4.5

Nürburgring2 racesavg P4.5

Imola4 racesavg P4.8

Sachsenring2 racesavg P5.0

Jerez5 racesavg P5.4

Brno5 racesavg P5.5

Sepang2 racesavg P5.5

Phillip Island4 racesavg P5.8

Catalunya5 racesavg P6.0

Mugello4 racesavg P6.0

Paul Ricard3 racesavg P6.0

Rio4 racesavg P6.5

Red Bull Ring2 racesavg P6.5

Valencia2 racesavg P6.5

Estoril1 racesavg P7.0

Assen5 racesavg P9.0

Shah Alam2 racesavg P10.0

Motegi2 racesavg P12.5

Le Mans1 racesavg P14.0

Johor1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records.

250cc 44 races · 1989–1995

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 7–9, they move up from an average grid of 8.1 to an average finish of 5.5

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.7 → 3.2	1 wins / 7 races
Grid 4–6	5.0 → 4.2	0 wins / 18 races
Grid 7–9	8.1 → 5.5	0 wins / 12 races
Grid 10–15	13.0 → 8.0	0 wins / 2 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Assen (average P2.5, 3 races)

Assen3 racesavg P2.5

Shah Alam3 racesavg P2.7

Suzuka7 racesavg P2.8

Rio1 racesavg P3.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P3.0

Salzburgring2 racesavg P4.0

Buenos Aires2 racesavg P4.0

Catalunya3 racesavg P4.3

Eastern Creek3 racesavg P4.5

Donington3 racesavg P5.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P5.0

Jerez3 racesavg P5.3

Mugello3 racesavg P6.0

Le Mans2 racesavg P6.0

Laguna Seca2 racesavg P6.5

Misano1 racesavg P7.0

Brno3 racesavg P7.7

Jarama1 races—

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1989–2008 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)73 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 7,716 miles
0.3× around the Earth · 2,667 laps

Time on the bike: at least 3 hours (0.1 days)
Average 136.9 km/h, top 325.2 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2008–2008, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 261,939 miles
10.5× around the Earth · at least 23.6 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

94.9%Start rate (111/117)

3Longest run of absences (races)

68Longest run of starts (races)

50Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1993 250cc P8 · 120 pts

1994 250cc P2 · 214 pts

1995 250cc P4 · 136 pts

1996 500cc P7 · 132 pts

1997 500cc P2 · 197 pts

1998 500cc P8 · 106 pts

1999 500cc P3 · 211 pts

2000 500cc P11 · 107 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, 1989–2008 (the rider's racing years)

1989	Suzuka	grid 3	6 +10
1990	Suzuka	grid 7	DNF
1991	Suzuka	grid 5	DNF
1992	Suzuka	grid 6	2 +15
1993	Eastern Creek	grid 9	4 +13
1993	Shah Alam	grid 6	3 +16
1993	Suzuka	grid 2	2 +20
1993	Jerez	grid 8	7 +9
1993	Salzburgring	grid 5	DNF
1993	Assen	grid 5	DNF
1993	Catalunya		2 +20
1993	Mugello	grid 7	6 +10
1993	Donington	grid 8	5 +11
1993	Brno		11 +5
1993	Misano	grid 6	7 +9
1993	Laguna Seca	grid 13	9 +7
1993	Jarama	grid 6	DNF
1994	Eastern Creek		5 +11
1994	Shah Alam	grid 4	2 +20
1994	Suzuka	grid 3	1 +25
1994	Jerez	grid 3	3 +16
1994	Salzburgring	grid 3	4 +13
1994	Hockenheim	grid 4	5 +11
1994	Assen	grid 4	2 +20
1994	Mugello	grid 8	7 +9
1994	Le Mans	grid 9	9 +7
1994	Donington	grid 5	2 +20
1994	Brno	grid 9	5 +11
1994	Laguna Seca	grid 4	4 +13
1994	Buenos Aires		1 +25
1994	Catalunya	grid 9	4 +13
1995	Eastern Creek		DNF
1995	Shah Alam	grid 4	3 +16
1995	Suzuka	grid 3	DNF
1995	Jerez	grid 5	6 +10
1995	Nürburgring	grid 5	3 +16
1995	Mugello	grid 5	5 +11
1995	Assen	grid 2	3 +16
1995	Le Mans	grid 7	3 +16
1995	Donington	grid 5	8 +8
1995	Brno	grid 8	7 +9
1995	Rio	grid 8	3 +16
1995	Buenos Aires	grid 6	7 +9
1995	Catalunya	grid 13	7 +9

1996	Shah Alam	grid 1	DNF
1996	Sentul	grid 3	DNF
1996	Suzuka	grid 8	4 +13
1996	Jerez	grid 3	3 +16
1996	Mugello	grid 11	7 +9
1996	Paul Ricard	grid 9	DNF
1996	Assen	grid 5	13 +3
1996	Nürburgring	grid 12	7 +9
1996	Donington	grid 9	4 +13
1996	Red Bull Ring	grid 4	11 +5
1996	Brno	grid 10	7 +9
1996	Imola	grid 7	3 +16
1996	Catalunya	grid 11	5 +11
1996	Rio	grid 6	8 +8
1996	Eastern Creek	grid 6	2 +20
1997	Shah Alam	grid 1	10 +6
1997	Suzuka	grid 1	3 +16
1997	Jerez	grid 1	3 +16
1997	Mugello	grid 3	DNF
1997	Red Bull Ring	grid 3	2 +20
1997	Paul Ricard	grid 4	3 +16
1997	Assen	grid 5	12 +4
1997	Imola	grid 5	5 +11
1997	Nürburgring	grid 3	2 +20
1997	Rio	grid 4	2 +20
1997	Donington	grid 4	2 +20
1997	Brno	grid 16	DNF
1997	Catalunya	grid 5	6 +10
1997	Sentul	grid 2	1 +25
1997	Phillip Island	grid 4	4 +13
1998	Suzuka	grid 3	2 +20
1998	Johor	grid 6	DNF
1998	Jerez	grid 2	7 +9
1998	Assen	grid 11	8 +8
1998	Brno	grid 7	4 +13
1998	Imola	grid 9	7 +9
1998	Catalunya	grid 6	2 +20
1998	Phillip Island	grid 6	9 +7
1998	Buenos Aires	grid 2	2 +20
1999	Sepang	grid 12	5 +11
1999	Motegi	grid 8	15 +1
1999	Jerez	grid 14	4 +13
1999	Paul Ricard	grid 8	9 +7
1999	Mugello	grid 7	3 +16
1999	Catalunya	grid 8	2 +20
1999	Assen	grid 1	1 +25
1999	Donington	grid 1	2 +20
1999	Sachsenring	grid 11	DNF
1999	Brno	grid 6	1 +25
1999	Imola	grid 5	4 +13
1999	Valencia	grid 4	4 +13
1999	Phillip Island	grid 7	1 +25
1999	Welkom	grid 1	4 +13
1999	Rio	grid 5	7 +9
1999	Buenos Aires	grid 2	DNF
2000	Welkom		DNF
2000	Sepang	grid 12	6 +10
2000	Suzuka	grid 7	3 +16
2000	Jerez	grid 7	10 +6
2000	Le Mans	grid 11	14 +2
2000	Mugello	grid 7	8 +8
2000	Catalunya	grid 6	15 +1
2000	Assen	grid 7	11 +5
2000	Donington	grid 9	10 +6
2000	Sachsenring	grid 10	5 +11
2000	Brno	grid 13	10 +6
2000	Estoril	grid 6	7 +9
2000	Valencia	grid 14	9 +7
2000	Rio	grid 8	9 +7
2000	Motegi	grid 9	10 +6
2000	Phillip Island	grid 10	9 +7