NORIYUKI HAGA

Class: MotoGP
Number: 41
Team: Alice Aprilia Racing
Bike: Aprilia
Date of birth: 2/3/1975
Place of birth: Aichi
Age: 28
Residence: Ninyoushi-cho
Nationality: JAPAN
Weight: 65 kg.
Height: 168
Noriyuki Haga began racing when his father brought him home a pocket-bike from a local discount store, and the Japanese star has never looked back, In 1992 he finished 2nd in the 250cc Kanto Road Race Championship and contested the next 6 seasons in the All Japan Road Racing Championship, with the highlight of his career so far coming in 1997 with victory in the Suzuka 8-hour. In 1998 he moved to WSB and finished 6th with five victories, and in 2000 he missed out on the chance to win the series after losing points in a controversial drug abuse decision. Nori switched to MotoGP in 2001 with Red Bull Yamaha but struggled to adapt to the two-stroke, despite having shone in previous wildcard appearances, and went back to WSB with Aprilia. In 2003 he returns to MotoGP with the Italian factory and their thunderous RS Cube.