Shinya Nakano

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Shinya Nakano
Shinya Nakano
Nationality	Japanese
Date of birth	October 8, 1977 (1977-10-08) (age 30)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Website	shinya56.com
MotoGP Record
Current team	San Carlo Honda Gresini
Bike number	56
World Championships	0
Race starts	150
Race Wins	6
Podium finishes	21
Pole positions	5
Fastest laps	9
Championship Points	1159
2008 Championship position	10th (35 pts) - In Progress

Shinya Nakano (born in Tokyo on October 8, 1977 and brought up in Chiba) is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is not related to the former Formula One racer Shinji Nakano. He has raced in the top class of motorcycle racing constantly since 2001, riding Yamaha, Kawasaki and Honda bikes.

He was All-Japan 250cc champion in 1998, the highlight of a long career in both 125cc and 250cc Japanese national championships. He moved to international competition in 1999, adjusting to 250cc Grand Prix racing quickly by finishing 4th overall with five podium finishes. In 2000 he and team-mate Olivier Jacque battled with Daijiro Kato for the title, which ultimately went to Jacque.

Contents 1 MotoGP 2 Career statistics 2.1 Races by year 3 External links

[edit] MotoGP

For 2001 the Tech 3 team moved up to the 500cc World Championship, which would eventually become MotoGP in 2002. Despite semi-works machinery Shinya managed to finish 5th in the championship. He started 2002 on a 500cc two-stroke machine, but the team got him upgraded to the newer 990cc four-stroke by the end of the season. 2003 was not a great success, and he moved to Kawasaki for 2004.

After a disastrous debut year with Garry McCoy and Andrew Pitt the team improved with Nakano on board. The team's first podium came at Motegi and two seasons of consistent results earned him a pair of 10th place championship finishes. 2006 was strong qualifying runs but less competitive races, a trait of the Bridgestone tyres, and two jump-start penalties have not helped his cause. At Phillip Island he started on the front row and lead the early laps, before switching to wet tyres too late and not being competitive on them.

For 2007 he joined Konica Minolta Honda. With Honda/Michelin having been the strongest package in 2006 he expected a competitive machine - he did not get one. Results have been thin in 2007, with only a handful of top 10 qualifying and race results. Some thought that he would go to a good team in the higly competitive World Superbike Championship. However, he ultimately joined Fausto Gresini's MotoGP team for 2008 [1], replacing Toni Elias. He brings strong experience of Bridgestone tyres and Honda bikes.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Yr	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final Pos	Pts
1998	250 cc	Yamaha	JPN 2	MAL	SPA	ITA	FRA	MAD	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	SMR	CAT	AUS 4	ARG					19th	33
1999	250 cc	Yamaha	MAL 3	JPN 1	SPA Ret	FRA 2	ITA 5	CAT 4	NED 5	GBR 3	GER 4	CZE 4	SMR 5	VAL 4	AUS 4	SAF 2	BRA 15	ARG 5			4th	207
2000	250 cc	Yamaha	SAF 1	MAL 1	JPN 3	SPA 15	FRA 2	ITA 1	CAT 3	NED 3	GBR 7	GER 3	CZE 1	POR Ret	VAL 1	BRA 4	PAC 2	AUS 2			2nd	272
2001	500 cc	Yamaha	JPN 5	SAF 4	SPA 4	FRA 11	ITA 8	CAT 4	NED 5	GBR 6	GER 3	CZE DNS	POR 9	VAL 7	PAC 6	AUS 7	MAL 4	BRA 9			5th	155
2002	MotoGP	Yamaha	JPN Ret	SAF 8	SPA 17	FRA 13	ITA 11	CAT Ret	NED 8	GBR 10	GER 5	CZE Ret	POR 12	BRA Ret	PAC 16	MAL 6	AUS 13	VAL 6			11th	68
2003	MotoGP	Yamaha	JPN 9	SAF 11	SPA 8	FRA 14	ITA 5	CAT 5	NED 13	GBR 9	GER 7	CZE 14	POR 12	BRA 8	PAC 9	MAL 8	AUS 7	VAL Ret			10th	101
2004	MotoGP	Kawasaki	SAF 12	SPA 9	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 7	NED Ret	BRA 9	GER 7	GBR 15	CZE 12	POR 11	JPN 3	QAT Ret	MAL 8	AUS 12	VAL 7			10th	83
2005	MotoGP	Kawasaki	SPA 5	POR 8	CHN Ret	FRA 8	ITA 10	CAT 9	NED 8	USA 9	GBR Ret	GER 6	CZE 12	JPN Ret	MAL Ret	QAT 7	AUS 7	TUR 10	VAL 11		10th	98
2006	MotoGP	Kawasaki	SPA 7	QAT 11	TUR 8	CHN 8	FRA 12	ITA 11	CAT DSQ	NED 2	GBR Ret	GER 6	USA Ret	CZE 8	MAL Ret	AUS 8	JPN Ret	POR Ret	VAL 7		14th	92
2007	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 10	SPA 10	CHN 13	TUR Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 13	CAT 15	GBR 14	NED 12	GER Ret	USA 12	CZE 14	SMR 10	POR 11	JPN 16	AUS 13	MAL 16	VAL 14	17th	47
2008	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 13	SPA 9	POR 10	CHN 10	FRA 10	ITA 9	CAT -	GBR -	NED -	GER -	USA -	CZE -	SMR -	IND -	JPN -	AUS -	MAL -	VAL -	-	-

[edit] External links

shinya56.com Official website

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