Noriyuki Haga

Noriyuki Haga
Noriyuki Haga

Noriyuki Haga
Nationality Japanese
Born March 2, 1975 (1975-03-02) (age 36)
Nagoya, Japan
Current team PATA Racing Team Aprilia
Bike number 41
Website nki41.com

Noriyuki Haga (芳賀紀行) (born 2 March 1975 in Nagoya, Japan), is a Japanese professional motorcycle racer. Haga has been runner-up in the Superbike World Championship three times, and has finished 3rd in the series four times.
In 2009 and 2010, Noriyuki raced for Ducati Xerox Team alongside Michel Fabrizio on the new Ducati 1198 in the Superbike World Championship. For the 2011 Superbike World Championship Noriyuki Haga joined the PATA RACING TEAM APRILIA (Satellite Team) as a solo rider on the Aprillia RSV4 Factory bike He is also known as Nori-Chan, Nori, Nitro Nori, Iron Nori, and Haga-san.

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Career

Early Days

Haga started his racing career by competing in the Japanese Superbike Championship in 1993, riding a Ducati bike. He then moved to Yamaha in 1995, and won the championship with Yamaha in 1997. During his stint with Yamaha in Japanese Superbike, Haga was chosen to represent Yamaha in the 1996 Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race. He teamed up with Yamaha's World Superbike rider Colin Edwards and won the race.

World Superbike

Before Haga began racing full-time in World Superbike Championship in 1998, he already began racing occasionally in WSBK since 1994. In 1996, Haga received a wild card entry to race in Japanese round of WSBK at Sugo. He surprisingly finished on second place in Race 1, collecting his first ever podium in WSBK on his first attempt. However, he failed to finish in Race 2. In 1997, while still racing in his home championship, he was given another chance to race in WSBK. He was chosen to replace the injured Colin Edwards for the last two races of the season in Sugo, Japan and Sentul, Indonesia. He performed well on both rounds, collecting his first win in WSBK along with 2 more podiums.

In 1998, Haga began racing WSBK full-time. He also started adopting the number 41 that he has used ever since. Haga joined Yamaha's Superbike team, replacing Colin Edwards who has moved to Honda. He started the season brilliantly by winning 3 of the first 4 races. Unfortunately, his performance declined and he was subsequently out from championship contention. He won another two races in the season and finished 6th in the championship standing. During the year, Haga also received a wild-card entry to 500cc Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. Haga scored an unexpected third place podium in his 500cc debut. This podium went on to be his only podium in his brief 500cc/MotoGP career.

The following season, Haga finished 7th in championship standing. He only managed to 1 race win and 1 third-place finish on the new Yamaha YZF-R7. As a result, another Japanese rider, Akira Yanagawa finished 5th above Haga. This marks the only time Haga was not the highest placed Japanese Rider in every seasons he competed in WSBK.

Haga improved his performance to challenge for the title in 2000. However, his season was disrupted when he was tested positive for a banned substance. Haga was tested positive for the substance Ephedrine after the race in South Africa, which was later learned that Ephedrine occurs naturally in the herbs used in the Ma Huang supplement that he took during the off-season. He initially received a one-month ban beginning on June 5 and had his points from both South Africa race deducted.[1] However after series of appeals, the points from Race 1 in South Africa were reinstated and the ban was delayed and reduced to 2-week ban, resulting in Haga missing the final round in Brands Hatch, Great Britain. With Haga losing 25 points and sitting out a 2-race weekend, Colin Edwards comfortably won the 2000 championship.[2]

Brief stint in 500cc/MotoGP

After an eventful year, Haga left WSBK and joined 500cc World Championship for 2001 season. Haga initially did not want to join the 500cc Championship as he wanted another chance to challenge for WSBK crown. However, Yamaha already announced that they were withdrawing from WSBK and focus on the challenge to win the 500cc Championship.[3] Haga subsequently joined the factory-backed Red Bull Yamaha WCM team, riding the Yamaha YZR500. Haga failed to adapt with the new bike and had a disappointing season, having failed to reach podium all year. He finished fourteenth in the championships.

He then returned to WSBK in 2002. He joined a one-bike Aprilia team, riding an Aprilia RSV 1000 bike. He had several podium finishes but failed to record a race win. He finished 4th in overall standing, before moving back to MotoGP in the following season. He was joined by his former teammate Colin Edwards to spearhead Aprilia's MotoGP campaign, riding the newly-developed Aprilia RS3 Cube. Both Haga and Edwards endured another disappointing season with the RS Cube performed poorly. Haga once again finished fourteenth in the championships without any podiums.

Return to World Superbike

After another failed attempt in MotoGP, Haga returned to WSBK in 2004. He joined Renegade Ducati Koji team and was in contention for the championship until the final round, despite several reliability failures.

For 2005 Haga joined Yamaha Motor Italia, Yamaha's factory supported team. He finished third in the championship and became the first rider to win a dry weather race having failed to lap fast enough to qualify for 'Superpole'.

In 2006, he was again Yamaha's leading man. After 7 rounds he was 2nd in the championship to Troy Bayliss, without having won a race. At round 7 in Brno he took pole, but finished third and fourth in the two races, having been passed by Michel Fabrizio on the last lap of both. At round 8 in the UK, he took his first win of the year. At Round 9 at Lausitzring in Germany Nori picked up two second places after battling for the win in both races; the first race was won by his good friend Yukio Kagayama of Alstare Corona Suzuki and the second by Britain's James Toseland of Winston Ten Kate Honda, who had been his main rival for 2nd place in the year's championship. For the third season in a row, Haga came third.

Troy Corser joined the Yamaha team for 2007, and together they brought Yamaha the manufacturer's championship. Haga finished 2nd in the riders championship, 2 points behind Toseland after a double win in the final round at Magny-Cours was not quite enough.

He continued to ride for Yamaha in 2008. Haga won seven races during the season, with wins at Valencia, Monza and Magny-Cours, as well as doubles at the Nurburgring and Vallelunga. However this was only good enough for 3rd in the final standings behind (the winless) Corser and Xerox Ducati's title winner, Troy Bayliss.

In 2009, he joined factory-backed Ducati Xerox Team to replace the retiring Bayliss, winning his first race at Phillip Island, and taking an early championship lead. However, a severe high-side crash during Race 2 in Round 9 at Donington Park put his pursuit of the 2009 championship in doubt.[4] With Haga out of the second race of the round, Ben Spies took victory and reduced Haga's points lead to 14.

Career summary

  • Superbike career
    • 1996: 22nd in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha (2 race as wild-card, 1 podium)
    • 1997: 13th in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha (4 race as replacement rider, 1 win, 3 podiums, 72 points)
    • 1998: 6th in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha WSBK Team (5 wins, 7 podiums, 258 points)
    • 1999: 7th in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha WSBK Team (1 win, 2 podiums, 196 points)
    • 2000: 2nd in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha WSBK Team (4 wins, 11 podiums, 334 points)
    • 2002: 4th in World Superbike Championship with PlayStation 2-FGF Aprilia (7 podiums, 278 points)
    • 2004: 3rd in World Superbike Championship with Renegade Ducati Koji (6 wins, 9 podiums, 299 points)
    • 2005: 3rd in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha Motor Italia WSB (2 wins, 10 podiums, 271 points)
    • 2006: 3rd in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha Motor Italia WSB (1 win, 11 podiums, 326 points)
    • 2007: 2nd in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha Motor Italia WSB (6 wins, 15 podiums, 413 points)
    • 2008: 3rd in World Superbike Championship with Yamaha Motor Italia WSB (7 wins, 11 podiums, 327 points)
    • 2009: 2nd in World Superbike Championship with Ducati Xerox Team (8 wins, 19 podiums, 456 points)
    • 2010: 6th in World Superbike Championship with Ducati Xerox Team (2 wins, 6 podiums, 258 points)
Year Series Poles Races Podiums Wins 2nd place 3rd place Fast Laps Titles
All Time World Superbike (SBK) 7 286 110 43 38 29 55 0

World Superbike Championship

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

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts Ref
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
2000 Yamaha RSA
2
RSA
DSQ
AUS
10
AUS
2
JPN
2
JPN
4
GBR
4
GBR
4
ITA
Ret
ITA
5
GER
3
GER
1
SMR
7
SMR
Ret
SPA
3
SPA
1
USA
1
USA
2
GBR
5
GBR
4
NED
3
NED
1
GER
9
GER
5
GBR
GBR
2nd 335
2002 Aprilia SPA
2
SPA
2
AUS
Ret
AUS
6
RSA
Ret
RSA
6
JPN
3
JPN
5
ITA
Ret
ITA
3
GBR
2
GBR
10
GER
4
GER
5
SMR
4
SMR
3
USA
Ret
USA
Ret
GBR
4
GBR
5
GER
7
GER
4
NED
3
NED
6
ITA
5
ITA
4
4th 278
2004 Ducati SPA
Ret
SPA
1
AUS
8
AUS
6
SMR
4
SMR
4
ITA
Ret
ITA
Ret
GER
1
GER
Ret
GBR
1
GBR
2
USA
6
USA
4
GBR
1
GBR
1
NED
4
NED
3
ITA
4
ITA
Ret
FRA
2
FRA
1
3rd 299
2005 Yamaha QAT
5
QAT
11
AUS
Ret
AUS
Ret
SPA
5
SPA
4
ITA
11
ITA
9
EUR
Ret
EUR
3
SMR
6
SMR
6
CZE
7
CZE
1
GBR
2
GBR
1
NED
3
NED
2
GER
2
GER
3
ITA
3
ITA
C
FRA
Ret
FRA
3
3rd 271
2006 Yamaha QAT
Ret
QAT
3
AUS
4
AUS
4
SPA
5
SPA
5
ITA
4
ITA
3
EUR
2
EUR
2
SMR
5
SMR
3
CZE
4
CZE
3
GBR
3
GBR
1
NED
Ret
NED
Ret
GER
2
GER
2
ITA
4
ITA
6
FRA
2
FRA
4
3rd 326
2007 Yamaha QAT
8
QAT
4
AUS
4
AUS
3
EUR
4
EUR
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
NED
2
NED
Ret
ITA
1
ITA
1
GBR
2
GBR
C
SMR
Ret
SMR
2
CZE
4
CZE
4
GBR
7
GBR
2
GER
1
GER
2
ITA
4
ITA
3
FRA
1
FRA
1
2nd 413
2008 Yamaha QAT
14
QAT
13
AUS
8
AUS
7
SPA
Ret
SPA
1
NED
Ret
NED
2
ITA
2
ITA
1
USA
Ret
USA
6
GER
1
GER
1
SMR
10
SMR
4
CZE
6
CZE
7
GBR
19
GBR
2
EUR
Ret
EUR
DSQ
ITA
1
ITA
1
FRA
1
FRA
2
POR
Ret
POR
14
3rd 327
2009 Ducati AUS
1
AUS
2
QAT
2
QAT
2
SPA
1
SPA
1
NED
2
NED
1
ITA
2
ITA
Ret
RSA
1
RSA
1
USA
9
USA
8
SMR
5
SMR
3
GBR
3
GBR
Ret
CZE
8
CZE
6
GER
2
GER
Ret
ITA
1
ITA
2
FRA
2
FRA
1
POR
Ret
POR
2
2nd 456
2010 Ducati AUS
3
AUS
5
POR
8
POR
8
SPA
5
SPA
1
NED
10
NED
Ret
ITA
11
ITA
6
RSA
17
RSA
10
USA
3
USA
4
SMR
7
SMR
9
CZE
6
CZE
5
GBR
14
GBR
13
GER
Ret
GER
1
ITA
3
ITA
2
FRA
7
FRA
5
6th 258
2011 Aprilia AUS
9
AUS
7
EUR
6
EUR
17
NED
Ret
NED
8
ITA
16
ITA
4
USA
9
USA
Ret
SMR
Ret
SMR
3
SPA
6
SPA
7
CZE
12
CZE
10
GBR
Ret
GBR
Ret
GER
3
GER
Ret
ITA
2
ITA
2
FRA
7
FRA
10
POR
15
POR
11
8th 176

References

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Preceded by
Aaron Slight (1993–95)
Tadayuki Okada (1995)
Suzuka 8 Hours Winner
1996 (with Colin Edwards)
Succeeded by
Tohru Ukawa (1997–98)
Shinichi Itoh (1997–98)

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