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Takuma Sato (佐藤 琢磨 in Japanese; born January 28 1977)is a Japanese former Formula One driver who competed for Jordan, Super Aguri and BAR during his 7 year career. From 2002 and 2008, Sato started 90 races, scoring one podium and 44 World Championship Points. Sato embedded his name onto f1 as a very good qualifier in the Ferrari dominated 2004 season. Sato was given the nickname “kamikaze sato” as his straight line speeds and rpms reaching heights like a champion that he even struck shivers into the sector times and rev limits however..

Since leaving Formula One, Sato is currently competing in the IndyCar Series. He also competed in Formula E, but only entered for a single race.

Sato was the winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 2017 and 2020.

Formula One Career[]

Sato started his career in Formula One for Jordan in 2002. He scored his first points finish at his home race, which was the final round of the season.

He moved on to BAR for the 2003 season. When BAR driver Jacques Villeneuve was sacked before the end of the season, Sato filled the vacant seat for his home race, which he eventually finished 6th.

In 2004, Sato achieved his first and only podium finish at the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis, the first time a Japanese driver finished on the podium since 1990 by Aguri Suzuki, until it was succeeded by Kamui Kobayashi in 2012.

In 2005, Sato was retained by BAR for another season, but he struggled with the BAR 007, and scoring only a single point at the Hungarian Grand Prix. He was not retained for the 2006 season, despite BAR being sold to Honda.

Sato moved to the Super Aguri team in 2006. His best finish for the team was a 10th-place finish at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix. In 2007, he secured the first points finish for Super Aguri at the Spanish Grand Prix, and then finished 6th in the Canadian Grand Prix, passing McLaren's Fernando Alonso for 6th.

Sato only entered in 4 races in 2008, due to the financial issues for the Super Aguri team. After the team withdrew from the entire season, he took part in tests at Jerez with Toro Rosso. He was to be a candidate for the seat vacanted by Sebastian Vettel, but eventually Sébastien Bourdais won the seat, and Sato would not be the reserve driver for the Toro Rosso team for the following season.

Formula One Statistical Overview[]

Formula One Record[]

Year Entrant Team WDC Points WDC Pos. Report
2001 Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR-Honda

Test Driver

2002 DHL Jordan Honda Jordan-Honda 2 15th Report
2003 Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR-Honda Test Driver
3 18th Report
2004 Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR-Honda 34 8th Report
2005 Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR-Honda 1 23th Report
2006 Super Aguri F1 Team Super Aguri-Honda 0 23th Report
2007 Super Aguri F1 Team Super Aguri-Honda 4 17th Report
2008 Super Aguri F1 Team Super Aguri-Honda 0 21th Report
Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso-Ferrari Test Driver

Career Statistics[]

Entries 91
Starts 90
Pole Positions 0
Sprint Poles 0
Front Row Starts 1
Race Wins 0
Sprint Wins 0
Podiums 1
Sprint Podiums 0
Fastest Laps 0
Sprint Fastest Laps 0
Points 44
Laps Raced 4484
Distance Raced 22,166 km (13,773 mi)
Races Led 1
Laps Led 2
Distance Led 10 km (6.2 mi)

Career Results[]

Complete Formula One Results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pts Pos
2002 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Brazil Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Austria Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of Great Britain Flag of France Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of the United States Flag of Japan 2 15th
Ret 9th 9th Ret Ret Ret Ret 10th 16th Ret Ret 8th 10th 11th 12th 11th 5th
2003 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Brazil Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Austria Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Italy Flag of the United States Flag of Japan 3 18th
6th
2004 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Europe Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of China Flag of Japan Flag of Brazil 34 8th
9th 15th 5th 16th 5th Ret Ret Ret 3rd Ret 11th 8th 6th Ret 4th 6th 4th 6th
2005 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Europe Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary link =2005 Turkish Grand Prix Flag of Italy Flag of Belgium Flag of Brazil Flag of Japan Flag of China 1 23rd
14th PO[1] Ret DSQ EXC EXC 12th Ret DNS 11th 16th 12th 8th 9th 16th Ret 10th DSQ Ret
2006 Flag of Bahrain Flag of Malaysia Flag of Australia Flag of San Marino Flag of Europe Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Great Britain Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Turkey Flag of Italy Flag of China Flag of Japan Flag of Brazil 0 23rd
18th 14th 12th Ret Ret 17th Ret 17th 15th Ret Ret Ret 13th NC 16th DSQ 15th 10th
2007 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Europe Flag of Hungary Flag of Turkey Flag of Italy Flag of Belgium Flag of Japan Flag of China Flag of Brazil 4 17th
12th 13th Ret 8th 17th 6th Ret 16th 14th Ret 15th 18th 16th 15th 15th 14th 12th
2008 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of Spain Flag of Turkey Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Europe Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Japan Flag of China Flag of Brazil 0 21st
Ret 16th 17th 13th
Key
Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning
1st Winner Ret Retired
2nd Podium finish DSQ Disqualified
3rd DNQ Did not qualify
5th Points finish DNPQ Did not pre-qualify
14th Non-points finish TD Test driver
Italics Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap DNS Did not start
18th Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) NC Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP Qualified for pole position [+] More Symbols

Notes[]

  1. Withdrew from 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix due to a fever


V T E Teams and Drivers
2001 Teams and Drivers
Teams FerrariMcLarenWilliamsBenettonBARJordanArrowsSauberJaguarMinardiProst
Engines AcerAsiatechBMWCosworthEuropeanFerrariHondaMercedesPetronasRenault
Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Häkkinen • 4 Coulthard • 5 R. Schumacher • 6 Montoya • 7 Fisichella • 8 Button • 9 Panis • 10 Villeneuve • 11 Frentzen • 11 Zonta • 11/12 Trulli • 12 Alesi • 14 Verstappen • 15 Bernoldi • 16 Heidfeld • 17 Räikkönen • 18 Irvine • 19 Burti • 19 de la Rosa • 20 Marques • 20 Yoong • 21 Alonso • 22 Alesi • 22 Frentzen • 23 Mazzacane • 23 Burti • 23 Enge
2002 Teams and Drivers
Teams FerrariMcLarenWilliamsSauberJordanBARRenaultJaguarArrowsMinardiToyota
Engines FerrariMercedesBMWPetronasHondaRenaultCosworthAsiatechToyota
Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Coulthard • 4 Räikkönen • 5 R. Schumacher • 6 Montoya • 7 Heidfeld • 8 Massa • 8 Frentzen • 9 Fisichella • 10 Sato • 11 Villeneuve • 12 Panis • 14 Trulli • 15 Button • 16 Irvine • 17 de la Rosa • 20 Frentzen • 21 Bernoldi • 22 Yoong • 22 Davidson • 23 Webber • 24 Salo • 25 McNish
2003 Teams and Drivers
Teams FerrariWilliamsMcLarenRenaultSauberJordanJaguarBARMinardiToyota
Engines BMWCosworthFerrariFordHondaMercedesPetronasRenaultToyota
Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Montoya • 4 R. Schumacher • 4 Gené • 5 Coulthard • 6 Räikkönen • 7 Trulli • 8 Alonso • 9 Heidfeld • 10 Frentzen • 11 Fisichella • 12 Firman • 12 Baumgartner • 14 Webber • 15 Pizzonia • 15 Wilson • 16 Villeneuve • 16 Sato • 17 Button • 18 Wilson • 18 Kiesa • 19 Verstappen • 20 Panis • 21 Da Matta
Other Drivers BadoerBerettaBruniDavidsonDe la RosaLottererMassaMcNishMontagnyPaffettWurzZonta
2004 Teams and Drivers
Teams Ferrari • Williams • McLaren • Renault • BAR • Sauber • Jaguar • Toyota • Jordan • Minardi
Engines BMW • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Honda • Mercedes • Petronas • Toyota
Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Montoya • 4 R. Schumacher • 4 Gené • 4 Pizzonia • 5 Coulthard • 6 Räikkönen • 7/16 Trulli • 7 Villeneuve • 8 Alonso • 9 Button • 10 Sato • 11 Fisichella • 12 Massa • 14 Webber • 15 Klien • 16 da Matta • 16/17 Zonta • 17 Panis • 18 Heidfeld • 19 Pantano • 19 Glock • 20 Bruni • 21 Baumgartner
Other Drivers Albers • Badoer • Bell • Beretta • Bernoldi • Bertolini • Briscoe • Burti • Carroll • Congfu • Davidson • Davison • Del Monte • Dixon • Doornbos • Firman • Green • Hamilton
2005 Teams and Drivers
Teams FerrariBARRenaultWilliamsMcLarenSauberRed BullToyotaJordanMinardi
Engines BMWCosworthFerrariHondaMercedesPetronasRenaultToyota
Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Button • 4 Sato • 4 Davidson • 5 Alonso • 6 Fisichella • 7 Webber • 8 Heidfeld • 8 Pizzonia • 9 Räikkönen • 10 Montoya • 10 De la Rosa • 10 Wurz • 11 Villeneuve • 12 Massa • 14 Coulthard • 15 Klien • 15 Liuzzi • 16 Trulli • 17 R. Schumacher • 17 Zonta • 18 Monteiro • 19 Karthikeyan • 20 Friesacher • 20 Doornbos • 21 Albers
Other Drivers BadoerBernoldiGenéKiesaKovalainenMontagnyPanisRosbergSpeedYamamoto
2006 Teams and Drivers
Teams RenaultMcLarenFerrariToyotaWilliamsHondaRed BullBMW SauberMidlandToro RossoSuper Aguri
Engines BMWCosworthFerrariHondaMercedesRenaultToyota
Drivers 1 Alonso • 2 Fisichella • 3 Räikkönen • 4 Montoya • 4 De la Rosa • 5 M. Schumacher • 6 Massa • 7 R. Schumacher • 8 Trulli • 9 Webber • 10 Rosberg • 11 Barrichello • 12 Button • 14 Coulthard • 15 Klien • 15 Doornbos • 16 Heidfeld • 17 Villeneuve • 17 Kubica • 18 Monteiro • 19 Albers • 20 Liuzzi • 21 Speed • 22 Sato • 23 Ide • 23 Montagny • 23 Yamamoto
Other Drivers BadoerDavidsonHamiltonKovalainenPiquetSutilVettelWurz
2007 Teams and Drivers
Teams McLarenRenaultFerrariHondaBMW SauberToyotaRed BullWilliamsToro RossoSpykerSuper Aguri
Engines BMWFerrariHondaMercedesRenaultToyota
Drivers 1 Alonso • 2 Hamilton • 3 Fisichella • 4 Kovalainen • 5 Massa • 6 Räikkönen • 7 Button • 8 Barrichello • 9 Heidfeld • 10 Kubica/Vettel • 11 R. Schumacher • 12 Trulli • 14 Coulthard • 15 Webber • 16 Rosberg • 17 Wurz/Nakajima • 18 Liuzzi • 19 Speed/Vettel • 20 Sutil • 21 Albers/Winkelhock/Yamamoto • 22 Sato • 23 Davidson
Other Drivers AlbuquerqueAmmermüllerAndrettiAsmerBadoerBirdBourdaisBuemiChandhokChandhok
2008 Teams and Drivers
Teams FerrariBMW SauberRenaultWilliamsRed BullToyotaToro RossoHondaSuper AguriForce IndiaMcLaren
Engines MercedesRenaultFerrariBMWToyotaHonda
Race Drivers Räikkönen • 2 Massa • 3 Heidfeld • 4 Kubica • 5 Alonso • 6 Piquet, Jr • 7 Rosberg • 8 Nakajima • 9 Coulthard • 10 Webber • 11 Trulli • 12 Glock • 14 Bourdais • 15 Vettel • 16 Button • 17 Barrichello • 18 Sato • 19 Davidson • 20 Sutil • 21 Fisichella • 22 Hamilton • 23 Kovalainen
Other Drivers Badoer • Gené • Schumacher • Klien • Asmer • di Grassi • Grosjean • Yamamoto • Hülkenberg • Buemi • Kobayashi • Hartley • Wurz • Conway • Filippi • Liuzzi • Paffett • de la Rosa

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Personnel
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Drivers
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