Nobuatsu Aoki
Nobuatsu Aoki is a former Grand Prix [motorcycle racing|Grand Prix] motorcycle road racer. Aoki began his Grand Prix career in 1990 [Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1990] and won his first and only Grand Prix at the 250cc Malaysian Grand Prix. His best season was in 1997 [Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|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 FIM World Championship|endurance race]. He is the oldest of three Aoki brothers who have competed in motorcycle Grand Prix races.
Grand Prix career results
Source: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 |
| 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 Grand Prix [motorcycle racing season|1990] | 250cc | Cup Noodle-Honda | NSR250 | JPN 8 | 1990 [United States motorcycle Grand Prix|USA] - | ESP - | NAT - | GER - | 1990 [Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix|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 - | 1991 [San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix|RSM] - | CZE - | 1991 Vitesse du [Mans motorcycle Grand Prix|VDM] - | MAL - | 11 | 23rd | 0 | |||
| 1992 | 250cc | Cup Noodle-Honda | NSR250 | JPN 3 | AUS - | MAL - | ESP - | ITA - | EUR - | GER - | NED - | HUN - | FRA - | GBR - | BRA - | 1992 [South African motorcycle Grand Prix|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 | 1993 San [Marino motorcycle Grand Prix|RSM] 9 | GBR Ret | 1993 [Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix|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 | 1996 [City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix|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 | 1999 [Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix|VAL] 12 | AUS 8 | 1999 [South African motorcycle Grand Prix|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 | 2000 Valencian [Community motorcycle Grand Prix|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 | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | MotoGP | Proton-Team KR | 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 | 19 | 21st | 0 | ||||||
| 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 - | 2008 [Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix|INP] - | JPN - | AUS - | MAL 17 | VAL - | 0 | - | 0 |