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Database start - Driver search - Takuma Sato


 
Takuma 'Taku' Sato, Japan
1977-01-28		      
F1 Career: Australia 2002 - Spain 2008

  Races
Wins
Pole
Podiums
FastLaps
Points		 89
0
0
1
0
44		        
% Wins
% Poles
% Podiums
% FastLap
Points/Race		  
0,00%
0,00%
1,12%
0,00%
0,49p  
Sato won the Honda's Suzuka Racing School scholarship 1997 and won a fully paid All-Japan Formula 3 1998 but opted to turn it down and went to race in Europe instead.
Where in talks to drive for Toro Rosso 2009 but they hired S Bourdais instead.
In late 2009 he was close to drive for Lotus 2010 but they signed H Kovalainen.

Year Plac Points Nr / Team / Car Wins 2:nd 3:rd Poles FastL Races Ret Notes
2008 - 0 #18 Super Aguri SA08A 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Team folded after 4 races
2007 17 4 #22 Super Aguri SA07 0 0 0 0 0 17 4 -
2006 - 0 #22 Super Aguri SA05 & 06 0 0 0 0 0 18 8 -
2005 23 1 #4 BAR 007 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 2 dne, 1 dsq, 2 dns
2004 8 34 #12 BAR 006 0 0 1 0 0 18 6 -
2003 18 3 #16 BAR 005 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Repl J Villenueve
2002 15 2 #10 Jordan EJ-12 0 0 0 0 0 17 6 R

Non F1

Year Series Result Team/Car Notes
2023 IndyCar Series . Chip Ganassi Racing Ovals
. INDY 500 7th Chip Ganassi Racing .
2022 IndyCar Series 19th Dale Coyne Racing with RWR .
. INDY 500 25th Dale Coyne Racing with RWR .
2021 IndyCar Series 10th Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing .
. INDY 500 14th Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing .
2020 IndyCar Series 7th Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing .
. INDY 500 Winner Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing .
. Indycar iRacing Challenge 35th . e-sport
2019 IndyCar Series 9th Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing .
. INDY 500 3rd Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing .
. Barber, Alabama (Indy car) Winner Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing .
. Goodwood Festival of Speed . McLaren MP4/4, 1988 ex A Senna
. Formula 1 test . Honda RA 272, 1965 ex R Bucknum
. Podcast: Beyond the grid . . .
2018 IndyCar Series 12th Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing .
. INDY 500 ret Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing .
2017 IndyCar Series 8th Andretti Autosport-Honda .
. INDY 500 Winner Andretti Autosport-Honda .
. Formula 1 . Drivers' representative on the stewards' panel Japanese GP
2016 IndyCar Series 17th AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda .
. INDY 500 ret AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda .
2015 IndyCar Series 14th AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda .
. INDY 500 13th AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda .
2014-15 Formula E 24th Amlin Aguri 1 race and Development driver
2014 IndyCar Series 18th AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda .
. INDY 500 19th AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda .
. Super Formula tests . Honda test car Okayama, December
2013 IndyCar Series 17th AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda .
. INDY 500 13th AJ Foyt Enterprises .
. Japanese Super Formula 18th Team Mugen 4 races
. Japanese Super Formula Cup . Team Mugen .
2012 IndyCar Series 14th Dallara DW12-Honda, Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing .
. INDY 500 17th Dallara DW12-Honda, Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing .
. FIA WEC 80th Oak Racing 2 races
. Formula Nippon . Team Mugen 3 races
2011 IndyCar Series 13th KV Racing Technology .
. INDY 500 dnf KV Racing Technology .
. IndyCar manufacturer test . Honda Dec at Sebring
2010 IRL - IndyCar Series 21st KV Racing Technology .
. INDY 500 20th KV Racing Technology .
2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed . Benetton B188 (F1, 1988) ex A Nannini
. Goodwood Festival of Speed . March 707 (Can Am, 1970) ex Richard Dodkins
. F1 Tests . Toro Rosso .
2008 F1 Tests . Toro Rosso STR3 at Jerez and Catalunya
. F1 Tests . Super Aguri-Honda SA07B .
2004 F1 Tests . BAR-Honda at Jerez
2003 F1 Test driver . BAR .
2001 F1 Test driver . BAR 003 .
. British Formula 3 champion . 12 wins of 13 races
. Macau F3 GP winner Dallara F301-Mugen Honda .
. Marlboro Masters F3, Zandwoort winner Carlin Motorsport .
. Autosport Awards . National Driver of the Year .
2000 British Formula 3, Class A 3rd Carlin Motorsport 5 wins
. Formula 1 test . Jordan EJ10 at Jeres
. Formula 1 test . BAR 002 .
1999 Formula Opel Euroseries 6th . .
. British Formula 3, Class B 4th . .
. Macau GP, support race winner Meritus Team AF 2000 cars
1998 British Formula Vauxhall Junior . Dimond Racing .
. British Formula Vauxhall Winter Series . Dimond Racing .
. Formula Opel . Dimond Racing .
1997 Honda's Suzuka Racing School scholarship winner . .
1996 Karting . . .
1994 Bicycle Japanese champion . .