Youichi Ui

Youichi Ui (宇井陽一, Ui Youichi, born November 27, 1972 in Chiba) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best seasons were in 2000, when he finished second in the 125cc world championship behind Roberto Locatelli and in 2001, when he finished second behind Manuel Poggiali. With his 6 Grand Prix victories in 2001, Ui tied a record set by Kenny Roberts in 1983 of most wins by a rider without winning a championship. He raced in Japan in 2007, winning the All Japan 250cc Road Race Championship.

Youichi Ui
Youichi Ui at 2009 MFJ Superbike Rd.1
Nationality	Japanese
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1995 - 2004 First race 1995 125cc Japanese Grand Prix Last race 2007 250cc Japanese Grand Prix First win 2000 125cc Japanese Grand Prix Last win 2001 125cc Brazilian Grand Prix Team(s) Yamaha, Derbi, Gilera, Harris WCM Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 133 11 22 17 9 886

By season

Seas	Class	Moto	Team	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
1995	125cc	Yamaha		1					1	31st
1996	125cc	Yamaha		13			1		36	18th
1997	125cc	Yamaha		15		1	2		77	12th
1998	125cc	Yamaha		13		1			76	11th
1999	125cc	Derbi		14		1			84	11th
2000	125cc	Derbi		16	5	10	6	3	217	2nd
2001	125cc	Derbi		16	6	8	7	5	232	2nd
2002	125cc	Derbi		16		1		1	65	13th
2003	125cc	Aprilia		10			1		76	13th
		Gilera		5
2004	125cc	Aprilia		9					19	22nd
	MotoGP	Harris WCM		3					1	28th
2006	250cc	Yamaha		1					-	-
2007	250cc	Yamaha		1					2	27th

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

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

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos.	Pts
1995	125cc	Yamaha	AUS	MAL	JPN 15	SPA	GER	ITA	NED	FRA	GBR	CZE	BRA	ARG	EUR					31st	1
1996	125cc	Yamaha	MAL Ret	INA	JPN Ret	SPA 17	ITA 18	FRA 15	NED 14	GER Ret	GBR 10	AUT 7	CZE Ret	IMO Ret	CAT 6	BRA 8	AUS DNS			18th	36
1997	125cc	Yamaha	MAL Ret	JPN Ret	SPA 22	ITA 10	AUT 7	FRA 4	NED 5	IMO 8	GER Ret	BRA 3	GBR Ret	CZE 10	CAT 18	INA 8	AUS Ret			12th	77
1998	125cc	Yamaha	JPN Ret	MAL Ret	SPA 7	ITA 5	FRA 11	MAD 7	NED 12	GBR 3	GER Ret	CZE Ret	IMO 6	CAT Ret	AUS 5	ARG 15				11th	76
1999	125cc	Derbi	MAL 13	JPN 4	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA	CAT Ret	NED 6	GBR 7	GER Ret	CZE 5	IMO 9	VAL Re	AUS 3	RSA 7	BRA 10	ARG DNS		11th	84
2000	125cc	Derbi	RSA Ret	MAL 2	JPN 1	SPA 21	FRA 1	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 1	GBR 1	GER 1	CZE 2	POR Ret	VAL 3	BRA 3	PAC Ret	AUS 2		2nd	217
2001	125cc	Derbi	JPN 2	RSA 1	SPA Ret	FRA 11	ITA 18	CAT 5	NED Ret	GBR 1	GER 19	CZE 4	POR 2	VAL 4	PAC 1	AUS 1	MAL 1	BRA 1		2nd	232
2002	125cc	Derbi	JPN Ret	RSA Ret	SPA 6	FRA Ret	ITA 2	CAT Ret	NED 8	GBR 8	GER 8	CZE 17	POR Ret	BRA Ret	PAC 12	MAL 12	AUS 13	VAL Ret		13th	65
2003	125cc	Aprilia	JPN 6	RSA 4	SPA 8	FRA 6	ITA 6	CAT Ret	NED 4	GBR Ret	GER Ret	CZE 9								13th	76
	Gilera											POR DNS	BRA 21	PAC 17	MAL 18	AUS 11	VAL Ret
2004	125cc	Aprilia	RSA 15	SPA 7	FRA Ret	ITA 22	CAT 18	NED Ret	BRA Ret	GER Ret	GBR 7	CZE	POR							22nd	19
	MotoGP	Harris WCM												JPN 15	QAT DNQ	MAL 19	AUS 21	VAL		28th	1
2006	250cc	Yamaha	SPA	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN 19	POR	VAL		NC	0
2007	250cc	Yamaha	QAT	SPA	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	CZE	RSM	POR	JPN 14	AUS	MAL	VAL	27th	2

External links

• Youichi Ui at MotoGP.com