Nobuatsu Aoki

Nobuatsu Aoki (青木 宣篤, Aoki Nobuatsu, born August 31, 1971 in Sumaga) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Aoki began his Grand Prix career in 1990 and won his first and only Grand Prix at the 250cc Malaysian Grand Prix. His best season was in 1997, when he finished third in the 500cc world championship behind Mick Doohan and Tadayuki Okada. In 2009, he teamed with Daisaku Sakai and Kazuki Tokudome on a Suzuki GSX-R1000 to win the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race. He is the oldest of three Aoki brothers who have competed in motorcycle Grand Prix races.

Nobuatsu Aoki
Nationality	Japanese
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1990 - 2008 First race 1990 250cc Japanese Grand Prix Last race 2008 MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix First win 1993 250cc Malaysian Grand Prix Last win 1993 250cc Malaysian Grand Prix Team(s) Honda, Suzuki, Proton Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 167 1 7 1 1 1005

Grand Prix career results

Points system from 1988 to 1992:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Points system from 1993 onwards:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

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

Year	Class	Team	Machine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Points	Rank	Wins
1990	250cc	Cup Noodle-Honda	NSR250	JPN 8	USA -	ESP -	NAT -	GER -	AUT -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	FRA -	GBR -	SWE -	CZE -	HUN -	AUS -				8	29th	0
1991	250cc	Cup Noodle-Honda	NSR250	JPN 5	AUS -	USA -	ESP -	ITA -	GER -	AUT -	EUR -	NED -	FRA -	GBR -	RSM -	CZE -	VDM -	MAL -				11	23rd	0
1992	250cc	Cup Noodle-Honda	NSR250	JPN 3	AUS -	MAL -	ESP -	ITA -	EUR -	GER -	NED -	HUN -	FRA -	GBR -	BRA -	RSA -						12	14th	0
1993	250cc	Kanemoto-Honda	NSR250	AUS 5	MAL 1	JPN 4	ESP Ret	AUT Ret	GER DNS	NED 10	EUR 4	RSM 9	GBR Ret	CZE 10	ITA 6	USA 7	FIM Ret					100	11th	1
1994	250cc	Blumex Rheos-Honda	NSR250	AUS 6	MAL Ret	JPN 8	ESP 5	AUT Ret	GER 4	NED 5	ITA Inj	FRA 6	GBR 8	CZE 4	USA 5	ARG 21	EUR Ret					95	10th	0
1995	250cc	Blumex Rheos-Honda	NSR250	AUS 5	MAL 7	JPN 2	ESP 8	GER 8	ITA 7	NED 7	FRA Ret	GBR 10	CZE 9	BRA 8	ARG Ret	EUR 6						105	6th	0
1996	250cc	Blumex Rheos-Honda	NSR250	MAL 6	INA 5	JPN 6	ESP Ret	ITA 8	FRA 5	NED 7	GER 11	GBR 8	AUT 6	CZE 11	IMO Ret	CAT 7	BRA Ret	AUS 7				105	7th	0
1997	500cc	Rheos Elf-Honda	NSR500	MAL 3	JPN 5	ESP 5	ITA 3	AUT 4	FRA Ret	NED 4	IMO 2	GER 4	BRA 4	GBR 4	CZE 3	CAT 5	INA 4	AUS Ret				179	3rd	0
1998	500cc	Suzuki Grand Prix	RGV500	JPN 6	MAL Ret	ESP 8	ITA 8	FRA 8	MAD 4	NED 7	GBR 7	GER 10	CZE 12	IMO 9	CAT 11	AUS 6	ARG 12					101	9th	0
1999	500cc	Suzuki Grand Prix	RGV500	MAL 9	JPN 10	ESP Ret	FRA Inj	ITA Inj	CAT 11	NED 4	GBR Ret	GER Ret	CZE 6	IMO 7	VAL 12	AUS 8	RSA 7	BRA 9	ARG Ret			78	13th	0
2000	500cc	Suzuki Grand Prix	RGV500	RSA 8	MAL 5	JPN 4	ESP 7	FRA 11	ITA 4	CAT 4	NED 13	GBR 16	GER 13	CZE 8	POR Ret	VAL 4	BRA 12	PAC 9	AUS 10			116	10th	0
2002	MotoGP	Proton-Team KR	Proton KR3	JPN 7	RSA Ret	ESP 7	FRA 6	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GBR 9	GER 8	CZE Ret	POR Ret	BRA 12	PAC 9	MAL Ret	AUS 7	VAL Ret			63	12th	0
2003	MotoGP	Proton-Team KR	Proton KR3	JPN Ret	RSA 12	ESP 9	FRA Ret															19	21st	0
			Proton KR5					ITA Ret	CAT 16	NED Ret	GBR 15	GER 11	CZE Ret	POR 20	BRA Ret	PAC 14	MAL 18	AUS 18	VAL 17
2004	MotoGP	Proton-Team KR	Proton KR5	RSA 17	ESP 14	FRA 17	ITA 13	CAT 15	NED Ret	BRA 18	GER Ret	GBR 18	CZE 15	POR 15	JPN 14	QAT Ret	MAL 17	AUS 19	VAL 18			10	21st	0
2005	MotoGP	Suzuki MotoGP	GSV-R	ESP -	POR -	CHN -	FRA -	ITA -	CAT -	NED -	USA -	GBR -	GER -	CZE 16	JPN -	MAL -	QAT -	AUS -	TUR -	VAL Ret		0	-	0
2007	MotoGP	Suzuki MotoGP	GSV-R	QAT -	ESP -	TUR -	CHN -	FRA -	ITA -	CAT -	GBR -	NED -	GER -	USA -	CZE -	RSM -	POR -	JPN -	AUS -	MAL 13	VAL -	3	25th	0
2008	MotoGP	Suzuki MotoGP	GSV-R	QAT -	ESP -	POR -	CHN -	FRA -	ITA -	CAT -	GBR -	NED -	GER -	USA -	CZE -	RSM -	INP -	JPN -	AUS -	MAL 17	VAL -	0	-	0

External links

• Nobuatsu Aoki at MotoGP.com