{"id":35479,"date":"2020-12-06T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/takuma-sato\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T23:52:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T23:52:51","slug":"takuma-sato","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/takuma-sato\/","title":{"rendered":"Takuma Sato"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"cobb-texas_3185\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/cobb-texas_3185-200x200.jpg\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"35479\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content user-content content-section toggle\">\n            <p>Takuma Sat\u014d\u2019s six year Formula 1 career was forever linked to the Honda Motor Company. He finished third in the 2004 United States GP and inspired the formation of an F1 team but his time as a Grand Prix driver ended when that Super Aguri concern folded in 2008. However, his subsequent career in the United States has included victory in that country&#8217;s most famous race.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early racing career\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unlike most Japanese drivers, he has hardly raced at home since winning the national karting title in 1997. The following season,\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0travelled to England to race in Vauxhall Junior for Diamond Racing. He graduated to Formula Opel in 1999 and won the opening race at\u00a0Donington\u00a0Park\u00a0before making his Formula\u00a03 debut in the national class mid-season.<\/p>\n<p>It was his move to Carlin Motorsport in 2000 that began to reveal\u00a0Sat\u014d\u2019s\u00a0potential. Third in the British series that year, he remained with the team in 2001 as Anthony Davidson\u2019s team-mate. They dominated proceedings with the Japanese driver taking the title and victories in the prestigious non-championship events at\u00a0Zandvoort\u00a0and Macau.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Formula 1 with Jordan and BAR\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That was enough for Honda to place him as Giancarlo\u00a0Fisichella\u2019s\u00a0Jordan Grand Prix team-mate in 2002. He crashed too often (most spectacularly in Austria) but his F1 rookie campaign ended with an emotional fifth position in his home race to score the first points of his career.<br \/>\nHe moved to BAR-Honda as test driver and replaced Jacques Villeneuve for the 2003 Japanese GP. Again\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0delighted his home crowd by finishing in the points \u2013 sixth after going wheel-to-wheel with Michael Schumacher. He continued to race for BAR for the next two seasons and was eighth in the 2004 World Championship. On the front row for the European GP and third\u00a0place in the United States proved to be\u00a0Sat\u014d\u2019s\u00a0F1 career bests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Formula 1 finale with Super\u00a0Aguri\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, he only scored a solitary point during a poor 2005 and the re-badged Honda team replaced\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0with Rubens Barrichello for the following season. Fearful of the public reaction in Japan, Honda helped form and fund the new Super\u00a0Aguri\u00a0F1 Team with\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0as its lead driver.<br \/>\nThe hastily created concern struggled gamely for just over two seasons. It impressed in 2007 by outperforming the works Honda team on occasion with\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0finishing sixth in the Canadian GP. Unfortunately the money ran out after the 2008 Spanish GP and the team folded leaving\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0without an immediate F1 future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Switch to\u00a0the IndyCar Series\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He tested for Scuderia Toro Rosso that winter but switched instead to\u00a0Indycars\u00a0and KV Racing\u00a0Technology in 2010. He crashed out of half the races during his debut season\u00a0although\u00a0pole positions\u00a0at Iowa and Edmonton during 2011\u00a0showed his raw pace.<\/p>\n<p>A move in 2012 to Rahal Letterman Lanigan\u2019s\u00a0Dallara\u00a0DW12-Honda included finishing third at S\u00e3o Paulo and second at Edmonton. That campaign could also have delivered a shock win at Indianapolis.\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0qualified 19th and worked his way through the field to lead for 31 laps. He was running second behind Dario\u00a0Franchitti\u00a0as they entered the last lap.\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0made an audacious move for the lead in Turn 1 but spun into the wall and was classified down in 17th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indycar\u00a0success for\u00a0A.J.Foyt\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The next four seasons were spent racing for the legendary\u00a0A.J.Foyt\u00a0in the IndyCar Series and success was almost immediate.\u00a0He\u00a0qualified on the front row for 2013&#8217;s opening race in St Petersburg and\u00a0won round\u00a0three at\u00a0Long Beach to become the\u00a0Indycar&#8217;s\u00a0first Japanese winner. That also\u00a0returned\u00a0the team to Victory Lane for the first time since 2002. Second next time out in\u00a0S\u00e3o Paulo\u00a0gave\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0the championship lead as the series entered the month of May. He qualified on pole in Houston but\u00a0only scored one more top 10 finish all year as he faded to 17th in the final points.<br \/>\nPole positions\u00a0at St Petersburg and for the second race on Detroit&#8217;s Belle Isle\u00a0were the highlight of his\u00a02014\u00a0campaign and\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0finished second\u00a0in the chaotic second\u00a0Detroit\u00a0race\u00a0a year later.\u00a0He was also the original development driver for the all-electric Formula E category and he raced in the inaugural event at Beijing, reunited with former F1 boss\u00a0Aguri\u00a0Suzuki.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indianapolis 500 winner\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Foyt\u00a0switched to Chevrolet engines in 2017 so the Honda-contracted\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0moved to Andretti Autosport instead. A more consistent campaign,\u00a0his crash\u00a0at Texas apart, included seven top 10 finishes as he finished\u00a0eighth in the final standings. He started the Indianapolis 500 from the inside of the second row and remained in the lead battle throughout.\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0then passed three-time winner\u00a0H\u00e9lio\u00a0Castroneves with five laps to go and held off his Penske rival to win by 0.2011 seconds and register the highest profile success of his career to date.<\/p>\n<p>A move to Rahal Letterman\u00a0Lanigan\u00a0Racing\u00a0In 2018\u00a0included a fortunate victory at Portland\u00a0and a third-place finish at Iowa\u00a0in what was an\u00a0otherwise inconsistent campaign.\u00a0That form continued during\u00a0in 2019.\u00a0He dominated from pole position\u00a0at Barber Motorsports Park, where RLLR adapted best to Firestone&#8217;s old, hard red\u00a0tyres, and\u00a0won\u00a0at St Louis.\u00a0Third in the Indianapolis 500,\u00a0having climbed through the field,\u00a0and\u00a0when\u00a0Detroit&#8217;s first race\u00a0was stopped,\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0lost the chance of victory in Texas when\u00a0penalised\u00a0due to a pitlane infraction.\u00a0He was involved\u00a0in the\u00a0frightening\u00a0five-car accident on the opening lap of the Pocono 500\u00a0that sent Felix\u00a0Rosenqvist\u00a0to hospital.\u00a0Sat\u014d\u00a0finished ninth in the final 2019 points.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Sato added a second Indy 500 win to his resume. The Japanese driver trailed leader Scott Dixon following the final stops with 30 laps to go but made a move stick on lap 172. Sato somehow resisted the pressure from Dixon for the remaining laps until a caution came out with four laps to go to recover Spencer Pigot&#8217;s car and repair the barriers by pit entry. The lengthy delay meant the race finished under caution. It was Sato&#8217;s only win of the season, ending the year 7th in the standings.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"championship-seasons\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-seasons-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"non-championship-races\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Non Championship Races\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" 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