Hiroshi Aoyama

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template other Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a Japanese retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, and current team principal of Honda Team Asia. Aoyama is best known for winning the 2009 250cc World Championship title. He is the older brother of former 250cc and World Superbike rider, Shuhei Aoyama.

In his six seasons in the 250cc World Championship, he raced Honda and KTM machinery in an Aprilia-dominated class. He took nine victories and never finished lower than seventh overall. By winning the 2009 250cc World Championship, Aoyama become the last winner of this class before its replacement by the Moto2 class in 2010. In 2010 he moved up to the premier class with Interwetten Racing. He stopped competing in MotoGP after the 2014 season and took on the role of HRC test rider and advisor to riders in the Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup.

Career

Early career

Born in Ichihara, Chiba, Aoyama first raced in MiniMoto at the age of 4, racing against Yuki Takahashi, who he has raced against for most of his career. In 2008 he referred to Takahashi as a "respected rival".

He rode in the All-Japan Road Racing Championship until 2003, when he won the 250cc championship with Honda. He also rode a couple of events as wildcard rider in the Grand Prix World Championships, finishing 2nd in the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

125cc, 250cc & MotoGP World Championship

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Aoyama, riding a KTM, at the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix.

In 2004 he joined the 250cc World Championship full-time, still racing for Honda. His debut season gave him two third places and 6th place in the championship. In the following year he scored his maiden victory in his home race at Motegi and finished the championship in 4th place.

However, he was not able to stay on at Honda, so he moved to KTM for 2006 season. He brought them victories in Istanbul and Motegi, the first two for the manufacturer in the class. For the second year in row, he was 4th in overall standings.

Aoyama ended the 2007 season in sixth place in the 250 championship with victories in Germany and Malaysia. He remained with KTM for the 2008 season and finished the season in seventh place with two second-place finishes.

After KTM's withdrawal from 250cc class, Aoyama returned to Honda with Team Scot replacing his rival Yuki Takahashi who briefly moved up to MotoGP class. The 2009 season went well as he scored 4 wins, 3 second places and finished every other race in the points. At last race of the season Aoyama became the world champion.

Aoyama stepped up to MotoGP in 2010 on board the Emmi-Caffè Latte Team Honda RC212V. In initial testing the team (which is itself new to MotoGP) opted not to use the electronic rider aids, despite the bikes being designed around them. The team's technical director Tom Jojic explained that he wanted Aoyama to experience the bike's true nature, and believes that he is good enough to be competitive on it.^[1] His season was wrecked by a fractured vertebra sustained in a practice crash at Silverstone, eliminating him for much of the season.^[2]

Aoyama was a consistent race finisher in 2011, mainly finishing in the bottom end of the top ten, but finished fourth in the Spanish Grand Prix. Aoyama also replaced Dani Pedrosa on the factory-spec Repsol Honda bike for the Dutch TT in Assen, after Pedrosa's injury at the French Grand Prix. Aoyama moved to World Superbikes for the Template:SBK season, joining Jonathan Rea at Castrol Honda.

Career statistics

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Aoyama at the 2010 British Grand Prix.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
2000	250cc	Honda NSR250	Team Harc-Pro	1	0	0	0	0	8	28th	–
2001	250cc	Honda NSR250	Team Harc-Pro	2	0	0	0	0	3	28th	–
2002	250cc	Honda NSR250	Team Harc-Pro	2	0	0	0	0	9	27th	–
2003	250cc	Honda NSR250	Team Harc-Pro	2	0	1	1	1	31	15th	–
2004	250cc	Honda RS250RW	Telefónica Movistar Honda 250cc	16	0	2	0	0	128	6th	–
2005	250cc	Honda RS250RW	Telefónica Movistar Honda 250cc	16	1	4	2	0	180	4th	–
2006	250cc	KTM 250 FRR	Red Bull KTM 250	16	2	7	1	4	193	4th	–
2007	250cc	KTM 250 FRR	Red Bull KTM 250	17	2	4	1	2	160	6th	–
2008	250cc	KTM 250 FRR	Red Bull KTM 250	16	0	2	1	0	139	7th	–
2009	250cc	Honda RS250RW	Scot Racing Team 250cc	16	4	7	2	4	261	1st	1
2010	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	12	0	0	0	0	53	15th	–
2011	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	San Carlo Honda Gresini	17	0	0	0	0	98	10th	–
2011	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	Repsol Honda Team	17	0	0	0	0	98	10th	–
Template:MGP	MotoGP	BQR	Avintia Blusens	1	0	0	0	0	3	25th	–
Template:MGP	MotoGP	FTR MGP13	Avintia Blusens	16	0	0	0	0	13	20th	–
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Honda RCV1000R	Drive M7 Aspar	18	0	0	0	0	68	14th	–
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Repsol Honda Team	4	0	0	0	0	5	25th	–
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Honda RC213V-RS	AB Motoracing	4	0	0	0	0	5	25th	–
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Repsol Honda Team	2	0	0	0	0	1	25th	–
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	1	0	0	0	0	0	30th	–
Total				175	9	27	8	11	1353		1

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
250cc	2000–2009	2000 Pacific	2003 Japan	2005 Japan	104	9	27	8	11	1112	1
MotoGP	2010–2017	2010 Qatar			71	0	0	0	0	241	0
Total	2000–2017				175	9	27	8	11	1353	1

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	18	Pos	Pts
2000	250cc	Honda	RSA	MAL	JPN	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	BRA	PAC 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS			28th	8
2001	250cc	Honda	JPN 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS	MAL	BRA			28th	3
2002	250cc	Honda	JPN 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAL	AUS	VAL			27th	9
2003	250cc	Honda	JPN 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	BRA	PAC 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAL	AUS	VAL			15th	31
2004	250cc	Honda	RSA 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CZE 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JPN 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	QAT 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			6th	128
2005	250cc	Honda	SPA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHN 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CZE 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JPN 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAL 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	QAT 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TUR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			4th	180
2006	250cc	KTM	SPA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	QAT 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TUR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHN 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CZE 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JPN 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			4th	193
2007	250cc	KTM	QAT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	TUR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHN 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CZE 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSM 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JPN 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		6th	160
2008	250cc	KTM	QAT 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHN 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CZE 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSM RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INP CScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JPN 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAL 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		7th	139
2009	250cc	Honda	QAT 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JPN 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CZE 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INP 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSM 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			1st	261
2010	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED	CAT	GER	USA	CZE	INP 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSM 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ARA 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JPN 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	15th	53
2011	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	USA 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CZE 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INP 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSM 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ARA 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JPN 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAL CScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	10th	98
Template:MGP	MotoGP	BQR	QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	INP	CZE	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	25th	3
Template:MGP	MotoGP	FTR	QAT 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AME 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT WDScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED	GER 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	USA 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INP 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CZE 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSM 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ARA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAL 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JPN 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	20th	13
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AME 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ARG 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INP 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CZE 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSM 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ARA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	JPN 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MAL 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	14th	68
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Honda	QAT	AME 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ARG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	INP	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	25th	5
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Honda	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS	MAL 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL	25th	1
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Honda	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS	MAL	VAL	30th	0

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
Template:SBK	Honda CBR1000RR	Honda World Superbike Team	27	0	0	0	0	61.5	18th
Total			27	0	0	0	0	61.5

Races by year

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

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		Pos	Pts
Year	Bike	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pos	Pts
2012	Honda	AUS 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA CScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EUR 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EUR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	USA 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	USA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SMR 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SMR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CZE RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CZE RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RUS 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RUS RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	18th	61.5

References

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External links

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Contents

Career

Early career

125cc, 250cc & MotoGP World Championship

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

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Races by year

Superbike World Championship

By season

Races by year

References

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Hiroshi Aoyama

Career

Early career

125cc, 250cc & MotoGP World Championship

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

Superbike World Championship

By season

Races by year

References

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