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7.Alice Powell
8.Richie Stanaway
9.Rio Haryanto
10.James Peace
11.Beitske Visser
12.Carlos Sainz Jr.
13.Ronan McKenzie
14.Mitchell Evans
15.Marc Hynes
16.Sage Karam
17.Jody Fannin
18.Márk Királykúti
19.Michael Schumacher
20.Cyrus Engineer
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Takuma Sato

Date of birth:January 28, 1977 (35 y/o)
Place of birth:Tokyo
Races entered:183
Wins:22
Podiums:33
Pole positions:16
Fastest laps:23
Race win percentage:11.48%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

The racing career of Takuma Sato — in detail

2012
IZOD IndyCar Series
Position: 8 (87 points)
4 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 1 podium. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Rahal Letterman Lanigan
Car: Dallara DW12 (Honda)
   
2011
IZOD IndyCar Series
Position: 13 (297 points)
17 races. 0 wins. 2 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: KV Racing Technology - Lotus
Car: Dallara IR4 (Honda)
Race photo
   
2010
IZOD IndyCar Series
Position: 21 (214 points)
17 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: KV Racing Technology
Car: Dallara IR4 (Honda)
   
2008
FIA Formula 1 World Championship
Position: 21
4 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Super Aguri F1 Team
Car: Super Aguri SA08A (Honda)
 
Formula 1 - Test driver
Team: Scuderia Toro Rosso
   
2007
FIA Formula 1 World Championship
Position: 17 (4 points)
17 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Super Aguri F1
Car: Super Aguri SA07 (Honda)
Race photo
   
2006
FIA Formula 1 World Championship
Position: no position
18 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Super Aguri
Car: Super Aguri SA05 (Honda)
Car: Super Aguri SA06 (Honda)
   
2005
FIA Formula 1 World Championship
Position: 23 (1 points)
16 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Lucky Strike BAR Honda
Car: BAR 007 (Honda 3.0 V10)
Race photo
   
2004
FIA Formula 1 World Championship
Position: 8 (34 points)
18 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 1 podium. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Lucky Strike BAR Honda
Car: BAR 006 - Honda
   
2003
FIA Formula 1 World Championship
Position: 18 (3 points)
1 race. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Lucky Strike BAR Honda
Car: BAR 005 - Honda
 
Formula 1 - Test driver
Team: Lucky Strike BAR Honda
   
2002
FIA Formula 1 World Championship
Position: 15 (2 points)
17 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: DHL Jordan Honda
Car: Jordan EJ12 - Honda
   
2001
Formula 3 Britain
Position: 1 (345 points)
25 races. 12 wins. 6 pole positions. 17 podiums. 15 fastest laps.
Team: Carlin Motorsport
Car: Dallara F301 (Mugen Honda)
 
Formula 3 European Cup
Race position: no position.
Team: Carlin Motorsport
Car: Dallara F301 (Mugen Honda)
 
Formula 3 Macau GP
Race position: 1.
Team: Carlin Motorsport
Car: Dallara 301 (Mugen Honda)
 
Masters of Formula 3
Race position: 1. Started from pole position. Fastest lap.
Team: Carlin Motorsport
Car: Dallara F301 (Mugen Honda)
 
Formula 1 - Test driver
Team: Lucky Strike BAR Honda, B&H Jordan Honda
   
2000
Green Flag British F3 Championship
Position: 3 (129 points)
12 races. 4 wins. 6 pole positions. 6 podiums. 4 fastest laps.
Team: Carlin Motorsport
Car: Dallara F300 (Mugen Honda)
 
Formula 3 France
Position: no position
2 races. 1 win. 0 pole positions. 1 podium. 2 fastest laps.
Team: Carlin Motorsport
Car: Dallara F300 (Mugen Honda)
 
Formula 3 European Cup
Race position: no position.
Team: Carlin Motorsport
Car: Dallara F300 (Mugen Honda)
 
Formula 3 Korea Super Prix
Race position: 8.
Team: Carlin Motorsport
Car: Dallara F300 (Mugen Honda)
 
Formula 3 Macau GP
Race position: 14.
Team: Carlin Motorsport
 
Masters of Formula 3
Race position: 28.
   
1999
Formula 3 Britain National Class
Position: 4 (103 points)
7 races. 2 wins. 1 pole position. 5 podiums. 1 fastest lap.
Team: Diamond Racing
Car: Dallara 398 (Mugen Honda)
 
Europa Cup Britain
Position: 2 (48 points)
? races. ? wins. ? pole positions. ? podiums. ? fastest laps.
Complete results needed.
 
EFDA Euroseries
Position: 6 (115 points)
? races. 1 win. ? pole positions. ? podiums. ? fastest laps.
Complete results needed.
   
1998
Formula 3 Japan
Position: no position
1 race. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Dome Project
Car: Dallara 398 (Mugen Honda)




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This profile page was last modified 2012-05-20 10:41:00 by Mark Alan Jones
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