Shin'ya Nakano
Shin'ya Nakano ( Japanese 中 野 真 矢 , Nakano Shin'ya ; born October 10, 1977 in Tokyo , Japan ) is a former Japanese motorcycle racer .
Career
Nakano started his career in the Japanese motorcycle championship . In 1998 he became Japanese champion in the 250 cc class on a Yamaha .
His first Grand Prix as part of the motorcycle world championship he contested on Yamaha as a wildcard rider in the 250 cc class at the Japanese Grand Prix in the 1998 season , where he immediately took second place. For the 1999 season, Nakano then moved permanently to the 250 World Cup and started for the Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3 team. He won the Japanese Grand Prix and was fourth overall with a total of five podium finishes and 207 points.
In the 2000 season Shin'ya Nakano fought with his teammate, the French Olivier Jacque , and his compatriot Daijirō Katō for the world championship in the 250 cc class. The title decision was very close. Nakano turned into the final round of last season's run in Phillip Iceland as the leader on the home straight one, in his slipstream followed Olivier Jacque. Shortly before the finish line, the Frenchman swerved, managed to overtake Nakano and won the race by 0.014 seconds. So Nakano had to admit defeat with 272 to 279 points and became vice world champion.
For the 2001 season, the Tech 3 team switched to the 500 cc class of the motorcycle world championship and started again on Yamaha. The highlight this year was a third place at the Grand Prix of Germany at the Sachsenring . With 155 points, Nakano was fifth in the overall classification.
MotoGP class
In the following season , the half-liter became the MotoGP class, in which four-stroke engines were allowed to start from now on . Initially Nakano started on a 500 cc two-stroke , later he got a 990 cc four-stroke Yamaha, which was inferior to the competition from Honda . Nakano was unable to achieve a podium and at the end of the season was only eleventh overall with 68 points.
The Japanese competed in the 2003 season on a Yamaha in Luis d'Antin's D'Antin MotoGP team . Again without a podium, Nakano reached tenth place in the overall World Championship with 101 points.
For the 2004 season , Shin'ya Nakano decided to switch to Kawasaki , who were in dire need of new drivers after a disastrous debut year with Garry McCoy and Andrew Pitt . At the Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi he was able to achieve the first podium for Kawasaki with a third place. With 83 points, Nakano was tenth overall this year.
In the following two years, however, Kawasaki did not show the hoped-for development, in 2005 the Japanese again finished tenth in the world championship, in 2006 he only managed 14th overall. Therefore, Shin'ya Nakano decided to accept the Konica Minolta team's offer for the 2007 season , where he drove a Honda that was at least as good as the world champion Nicky Hayden's at the start of the season . Nevertheless, he only achieved 47 points in 18 races, which earned him 17th place in the World Championship and was never better than tenth place.
In the 2008 season Shin'ya Nakano drove a Honda in the team of ex-world champion Fausto Gresini , but this time on Bridgestone tires. His teammate was Alex De Angelis from San Marino , who had moved up from the 250 cc class. Nakano was consistently placed in the midfield and only failed to reach the points once. His best result of the season was fourth place at the Czech Grand Prix in Brno . The Japanese finished ninth overall with 126 points.
Superbike World Championship
For the 2009 season , Shin'ya Nakano signed a contract as Aprilia factory rider in the Superbike World Championship . His teammate at the resurrection from Noale became the four-time 250 cm³ world champion Max Biaggi . Already in the third race with the completely new Aprilia RSV4 , at the first race in Losail ( Qatar ), the Japanese finished fourth. After that, however, the season was only characterized by midfield positions and frequent injuries. In the overall standings, Nakano took 14th place with 86 points and thus remained far behind the performance of Biaggi, who was fourth in the World Cup and scored almost four times as many points.
On October 28, 2009, Shin'ya Nakono announced his retirement from active racing. The reason he named problems with the ligaments in the neck area, which he had been struggling with since an accident at the Nürburgring .
statistics
title
- Japanese 250cc champion : 1998
- 250 cc vice world champion: 2000
- 6 Grand Prix victories
In the motorcycle world championship
| season | class | team | motorcycle | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | Nice Race laps | Points | position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 250 cc | BP Yamaha Racing Team | Yamaha YZR 250 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 33 | 19th |
| 1999 | 250 cc | Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha YZR 250 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 207 | 4th |
| 2000 | 250 cc | Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha YZR 250 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4th | 3 | 7th | 272 | 2. |
| 2001 | 500 cc | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha YZR 500 | 15th | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 155 | 5. |
| 2002 | MotoGP | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha YZR 500 / Yamaha YZR-M1 |
16 | - | - | - | - | - | 68 | 11. |
| 2003 | MotoGP | D'Antin Yamaha team | Yamaha YZR-M1 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 101 | 10. |
| 2004 | MotoGP | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR | 16 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 83 | 10. |
| 2005 | MotoGP | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | 98 | 10. |
| 2006 | MotoGP | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR | 17th | - | 1 | - | - | - | 92 | 14th |
| 2007 | MotoGP | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda RC212V | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | 17th |
| 2008 | MotoGP | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda RC212V | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | 126 | 9. |
| total | 167 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 5 | 9 | 1282 | ||||
In the Superbike World Championship
| season | team | motorcycle | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | Nice Race laps | Points | position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RSV4 | 19th | - | - | - | - | - | 86 | 14th |
| total | 19th | - | - | - | - | - | 86 | |||
References
Web links
- Shin'ya Nakano on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).
- Shin'ya Nakano on the Superbike and Supersport World Championship official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Officially: Nakano changes to Aprilia. www.motorsport-total.com, October 30, 2008, accessed November 8, 2008 .
- ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Dominant victory for Spies in the first run. www.motorsport-total.com, March 14, 2009, accessed on February 10, 2010 .
- ↑ Johannes Orasche: Officially: Nakano stops! www.motorsport-total.com, October 28, 2009, accessed on October 28, 2009 .
- ↑ Roman Witt Meier: Nakano completed the active career. www.motorsport-total.com, October 29, 2009, accessed on February 10, 2010 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nakano, Shin'ya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 中 野 真 矢 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese motorcycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo |