Norick Abe

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Abe on a Yamaha at the 1996 Japanese Grand Prix
Abes 500cc Yamaha from 2002

Norifumi "Norick" Abe ( Japanese 阿 部 典 史 , Abe Norifumi ; born September 7, 1975 in Setagaya , Tokyo , † October 7, 2007 in Kawasaki , Kanagawa Prefecture ) was a Japanese motorcycle racer .

life and career

Abe competed in the Superbike World Championship for Yamaha until 2006 . His best results in this class were three fourth places (2005 in Brno in the second race and 2006 in Valencia in both races). Qualifying was seen as his big weakness, which is why he was mostly in the back seat at the start. He has been under contract with Yamaha since 1994. After the 2006 season, he resigned and returned to Japan to occasionally take part in various events. Abe also looked after his junior team (Team Norick jun.) And continued to work as an official test driver for Yamaha and also competed in the Japanese Superbike Championship in 2007. He drove a Yamaha YZF-R1 there .

He had a fatal accident in a traffic accident on the night of October 6th to 7th, 2007, when his private motorcycle hit a truck that was illegally turning on an expressway.

statistics

In the motorcycle world championship

season class team motorcycle run Victories Second Third Poles Nice Race laps Points position
1994 500 cc ( Wildcard )
Marlboro Team Roberts		 Honda NSR 500 /
Yamaha YZR 500		 3 - - - - - 20th 17th
1995 500 cc Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha YZR 500 13 - - 1 - - 81 9.
1996 500 cc Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha YZR 500 15th 1 - 3 - 1 148 5.
1997 500 cc Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha YZR 500 15th - - 1 - - 126 7th
1998 500 cc Team Rainey Yamaha Yamaha YZR 500 14th - 1 2 - - 128 6th
1999 500 cc Team Rainey Yamaha Yamaha YZR 500 16 1 - 3 - - 136 6th
2000 500 cc Antenna 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha YZR 500 16 1 2 - - - 147 8th.
2001 500 cc Antenna 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha YZR 500 16 - 1 - - - 137 7th
2002 MotoGP Antenna 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha YZR-M1 15th - - - - - 129 6th
2003 MotoGP Fortuna Yamaha Team /
Yamaha Racing Team 		Yamaha YZR-M1 5 - - - - - 31 16.
2004 MotoGP Fortuna Gauloises Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 16 - - - - - 74 13.
total 144 3 4th 10 - 1 1157

In the Superbike World Championship

season team motorcycle run Victories Second Third Poles Nice Race laps Points position
2005 Yamaha Motor France -Ipone Yamaha YZF-R1 23 - - - - - 123 13.
2006 Yamaha Motor France-Ipone Yamaha YZF-R1 24 - - - - - 112 13.
total 47 - - - - - 235

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personal data
SURNAME Abe, Norick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abe Norifumi; 阿 部 典 史 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH 7th September 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Setagaya , Tokyo
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 2007
Place of death Kawasaki