Sato, Takuma (J)
b 28/01/1977 (Tokyo)
Had previous success racing bicycles in Japan.
1996 - Started karting
1997 - Came top at Honda Racing School
1998 - F.Opel Winter Series (Diamond Racing). F.Vauxhall Junior (Diamond
Racing). EFDA Euroseries (Diamond Racing)
1999 - British F3 Scholarship Class (Diamond Racing Dallara-Mugen Honda
F398): 4th, 103 pts
2000 - British F3 (Carlin Motorsport Dallara-Mugen Honda F300): 3rd, 129 pts
Mar 26 Thruxton ret/6 laps/accident
Apr 9 Croft 5th, 30m27.856
May 1 Oulton Park ret/6 laps/accident
May 7 Donington Park ret/11 laps/damaged wing
May 7 Donington Park 9th, 30m36.230
May 21 Silverstone 1st, 25m46.228
Jun 4 Brands Hatch 2nd, 30m54.910
Jul 2 Donington Park 3rd, 30m12.640
Jul 2 Donington Park 9th, 30m38.134
Jul 23 Croft 1st, 31m13.030
Aug 20 Silverstone 1st, 30m59.030
Sep 3 Snetterton 6th, 30m22.416
Sep 24 Spa-Francorchamps 21st, -1 lap
Oct 8 Silverstone 1st, 31m11.567
8th in Korean Super Prix.
2001 - British F3 (Carlin Motorsport Dallara-Mugen Honda F301): Champion, 335 pts
Apr 1 Silverstone 12th, 21m07.652
Apr 1 Silverstone 4th, 20m50.931
Apr 15 Snetterton ret/9 laps/gearbox
Apr 15 Snetterton 2nd, 20m35.667
Apr 29 Donington Park 1st, 20m12.152
Apr 29 Donington Park ret/1 lap
May 7 Oulton Park 1st, 18m18.600
May 7 Oulton Park 1st, 25m34.365
May 28 Croft 4th, 24m45.978
May 28 Croft 1st, 15m13.885
Jun 10 Rockingham 1st, 20m55.935
Jun 10 Rockingham 1st, 25m31.204
Jun 24 Castle Combe 2nd, 20m24.555
Jun 24 Castle Combe 2nd, 25m21.623
Jul 8 Brands Hatch 9th, 28m05.212
Jul 8 Brands Hatch 1st, 19m48.659
Jul 22 Donington Park 12th, 23m01.920
Jul 22 Donington Park 1st, 22m22.570
Aug 19 Knockhill 1st, 22m13.781
Sep 1 Thruxton 1st, 16m57.075
Sep 2 Thruxton 2nd, 27m41.480
Sep 2 Thruxton 8th, 20m59.689
Sep 16 Brands Hatch Indy 2nd, 18m33.659
Sep 16 Brands Hatch Indy 1st, 18m32.534
Sep 29 Silverstone 18th, 31m09.514
Sep 29 Silverstone 1st, 25m34.541
F3 International Invitational Challenge (Silverstone): 1st, 25m56.587
Pau F3 International GP: ret/21 laps
Marlboro F3 Masters (Zandvoort): 1st, 39m58.870
Elf Masters of F3 (Spa-Francorchamps): 3rd, 37m25.068
Macau GP: 1st, 1h18m24.331
2002 - F1 (Jordan-Honda EJ12): J15th, 2 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
3/3 22 - Australia ret/12 laps/electrics
17/3 15 9 Malaysia -2 laps
31/3 19 9 Brazil -2 laps
14/4 14 - San Marino ret/5 laps/stuck in gear
28/4 19 - Spain ret/10 laps/spin
12/5 18 - Austria ret/26 laps/accident
26/5 17 - Monaco ret/22 laps/accident
9/6 15 10 Canada -1 lap
23/6 14 16 Europe -2 laps
7/7 14 - Britain ret/50 laps/engine
21/7 14 - France ret/23 laps/spin
28/7 12 8 Germany -1 lap
18/8 14 10 Hungary -1 lap
1/9 16 11 Belgium -1 lap
15/9 18 12 Italy -1 lap
29/9 15 11 America -1 lap
13/10 7 5 Japan 1h28m22.392
Monaco Historic GP (Lotus-Cosworth 49): crashed in practice (pre-1961
GP cars class)
2003 - F1 (BAR-Honda 005): 18th, 3 pts. Test Driver.
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
12/10 13 6 Japan 1h26m03.425
2004 - F1 (BAR-Honda 006): 8th, 34 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
7/3 7 9 Australia -1 lap
21/3 20 15 Malaysia ret/52 laps/engine
4/4 5 5 Bahrain 1h29m27.335
25/4 7 - San Marino ret/56 laps/engine
9/5 3 5 Spain 1h28m15.168
23/5 7 - Monaco ret/2 laps/engine
30/5 2 - Europe ret/47 laps/engine
13/6 17 - Canada ret/48 laps/engine
20/6 3 3 America 1h40m41.950
4/7 7 - France ret/15 laps/engine
11/7 9 11 Britain 1h25m16.436
25/7 8 8 Germany 1h24m41.690
15/8 3 6 Hungary -1 lap
29/8 15 - Belgium ret/0 laps/accident
12/9 5 4 Italy 1h15m33.818
26/9 19 6 China 1h30m07.211
10/10 4 4 Japan 1h24m58.766
24/10 6 6 Brazil 1h28m51.699
2005 - F1 (BAR-Honda 007): 23rd, 1 pt
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
6/3 19 14 Australia -2 laps
20/3 Malaysia Withdrew Saturday due to fever
3/4 13 - Bahrain ret/27 laps/transmission
24/4 6 DQ San Marino 1h28m16.704 (was 5th - underweight)
29/5 16 12 Europe -1 lap
12/6 6 - Canada ret/41 laps/seized rear
19/6 8 - America 0 laps/withdrew
3/7 4 11 France -1 lap
10/7 7 16 Britain -2 laps
24/7 8 12 Germany -1 lap
31/7 10 8 Hungary -1 lap
21/8 20 9 Turkey 1h26m24.441
4/9 4 16 Italy -1 lap
11/9 10 - Belgium ret/13 laps/accident
25/9 19 10 Brazil -1 lap
9/10 5 DQ Japan DSQ/avoidable contact/-1 lap
16/10 17 - China ret/34 laps/hydraulics
2006 - F1 (Super Aguri-Honda SA05): 23rd, 0 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
12/3 20 18 Bahrain -4 laps
19/3 17 14 Malaysia -3 laps
2/4 21 12 Australia -2 laps
23/4 21 - San Marino ret/44 laps/accident damage
7/5 20 - Europe ret/45 laps/hydraulics
14/5 19 17 Spain -4 laps
28/5 19 - Monaco ret/48 laps/electrical
11/6 20 17 Britain -3 laps
25/6 20 15 Canada -6 laps
2/7 18 - USA ret/6 laps/accident
16/7 21 - France ret/0 laps/transmission
(Super Aguri-Honda SA06)
30/7 17 - Germany ret/38 laps/gearbox
6/8 19 13 Hungary -5 laps
27/8 21 NC Turkey -17 laps
10/9 21 16 Italy -2 laps
1/10 21 DQ China -1 lap/contact (was 14th)
8/10 20 15 Japan -1 lap
22/10 19 10 Brazil -1 lap
2007 - F1 (Super Aguri-Honda SA07): 17th, 4 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
18/3 10 12 Australia -1 lap
8/4 14 13 Malaysia -1 lap
15/4 17 - Bahrain ret/34 laps/engine
13/5 13 8 Spain -1 lap
25/5 21 17 Monaco -2 laps
10/6 11 6 Canada 1h44m17.990
17/6 18 - USA ret/13 laps/spin
1/7 22 16 France -2 laps
8/7 21 14 Britain -2 laps
22/7 16 - Europe ret/19 laps/hydraulics
5/8 19 15 Hungary -1 lap
26/8 17 18 Turkey -1 lap
9/9 17 16 Italy -1 lap
16/9 18 15 Belgium -1 lap
30/9 21 15 Japan -2 laps
7/10 20 14 China -1 lap
21/10 18 12 Brazil -2 laps
2008 - F1 (Aguri Suzuki-Honda SA08): 21st, 0 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
16/3 20 - Australia ret/32 laps/transmission
23/3 19 16 Malaysia -2 laps
6/4 22 17 Bahrain -1 lap
27/4 22 13 Spain -1 lap
2010 – IRL (KV Racing Technology Dallara-Honda): 21st, 214 pts
Mar 14 Sao Paulo 22nd, 0 laps/accident
Mar 29 St Petersburg 22nd, 24 laps/accident
Apr 11 Barber MP 25th, -22 laps
Apr 18 Long Beach 18th, -1 lap
May 1 Kansas Speedway 24th, 186 laps/accident
May 30 Indy 500 20th, -2 laps
Jun 5 Texas MS 25th, 56 laps/suspension
Jun 20 Iowa Speedway 19th, 177 laps/accident
Jul 4 Watkins Glen 15th, 1h40m56.3165
Jul 18 Toronto 25th, 15 laps/accident
Jul 25 Edmonton 9th, 1h50m58.6431
Aug 8 Mid-Ohio 25th, 28 laps/accident
Aug 22 Sears Point 18th, -1 lap
Aug 29 Chicagoland 26th, 80 laps/accident damage
Sep 4 Kentucky Speedway 27th, 0 laps/accident
Sep 19 Motegi 12th, 2h04m20.5473
Oct 2 Homestead 18th, -1 lap
2011 – IndyCar (KV Racing Technology-Lotus Dallara-Honda):
Mar 27 St Petersburg 5th, 2:01:29.6321
Apr 10 Barber MP 16th, 2:15:55.1242
Apr 17 Long Beach 21st, -4 laps
May 1 Sao Paulo 8th, 2:04:28.3647
May 30 Indy 500 33rd, 20 laps/accident
Jun 11 Texas MS 5th, 54:48.6961
Jun 11 Texas MS 12th, -1 lap
Jun 19 Milwaukee 8th, 1:56:49.6888
Jun 25 Iowa Speedway 19th, 182 laps/accident
Jul 10 Toronto 20th, -6 laps
Jul 24 Edmonton 21st, -1 lap
Aug 7 Mid-Ohio 4th, 1:48:59.2571
Aug 14 New Hampshire 7th, 1:58:05.7017
Aug 28 Sears Point 18th, -1 lap
Sep 4 Baltimore 18th, -2 laps
Sep 18 Motegi 10th, 1:56:51.1294
Oct 2 Kentucky Speedway 15th, 1:42:04.8991
2012 – IndyCar (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing): 14th, 281 pts
Mar 25 St Petersburg 22nd, 73 laps/stuck in gear
Apr 1 Barber Motorsports Park 24th, 52 laps/engine
Apr 15 Long Beach 8th, -1 lap
Apr 29 Sao Paulo 3rd, 2h08m20.6721
May 27 Indy 500 17th, 199 laps/accident
Jun 3 Detroit 20th, 38 laps/accident
Jun 9 Texas MS 22nd, 63 laps/accident
Jun 16 Milwaukee 20th, 107 laps/accident
Jun 23 Iowa Speedway 12th, -3 laps
Jul 8 Toronto 9th, 1h33m33.0729
Jul 22 Edmonton 2nd, 1h38m51.7661
Aug 5 Mid-Ohio 13th, 1h40m20.9156
Aug 26 Sears Point 27th, 2 laps/engine
Sep 2 Baltimore 21st, 50 laps/fuel pressure
Sep 15 Fontana 7th, 249 laps/accident
F.Nippon (Team Mugen Swift-Honda):
Sep 23 Sugo 9th, 1h43m18.105
Nov 18 Fuji Sprint Cup 13th, 32m43.935
FIA WEC (OAK Racing Oak-Pescarolo HPD LMP1): with B.Baguette, D.Kraihamer
Oct 14 Fuji 6 Hrs 16th, -23 laps
Oct 28 Shanghai 6 Hrs 14th, -17 laps
2013 – IndyCar (AJ Foyt Racing Dallara-Honda): 17th, 322 pts
Mar 24 St Petersburg 8th, 2h22m33.7380
Apr 7 Barber MP 14th, 1h53m07.6601
Apr 21 Long Beach 1st, 1h50m08.7155
May 5 Sao Paulo 2nd, 2h09m35.0846
May 26 Indy 500 13th, 2h40m13.6783
Jun 1 Detroit 19th, -2 laps
Jun 2 Detroit 23rd, 23 laps/accident
Jun 8 Texas MS 11th, -1 lap
Jun 15 Milwaukee 7th, 1h51m38.6790
Jun 23 Iowa Speedway 22nd, 162 laps/engine
Jul 7 Pocono 22nd, 61 laps/accident
Jul 13 Toronto 24th, 32 laps/mechanical
Jul 14 Toronto 20th, 83 laps/accident
Aug 4 Mid-Ohio 22nd, -1 lap
Aug 25 Sears Point 23rd, 67 laps/accident
Sep 1 Baltimore 24th, 4 laps/engine
Oct 5 Houston 17th, 82 laps/handling
Oct 6 Houston 14th, 1h51m41.0422
Oct 19 Fontana 17th, 144 laps/overheating
2014 – IndyCars (AJ Foyt Racing Dallara-Honda): 18th, 350 pts
Mar 30 St Petersburg 7th, 2h07m18.4849
Apr 13 Long Beach 22nd/55 laps/accident
Apr 27 Barber MP 13th, 1h40m53.0087
May 10 Indianapolis Road 9th, 2h04m44.9982
May 25 Indy 500 19th, 2h41m02.0255
May 31 Belle Isle 18th, -4 laps
Jun 1 Belle Isle 18th, -1 lap
Jun 7 Texas MS 18th/238 laps/engine
Jun 28 Houston ret/22 laps/accident
Jun 29 Houston ret/74 laps/accident
Jul 6 Pocono ret/25 laps/electrics
Jul 12 Iowa Speedway ret/47 laps/accident
Jul 20 Toronto ret/10 laps/accident
Jul 20 Toronto 5th, 1h20m42.1630
Aug 3 Mid-Ohio 18th, -1 lap
Aug 17 Milwaukee 15th, -2 laps
Aug 24 Sears Point 4th, 2h09m33.6174
Aug 31 Fontana 6th, 2h33m11.1546
Formula E (Amlin Aguri):
Sep 13 Beijing ret/21 laps/power fault
2015 - IndyCar (AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara-Chevrolet DW01): 14th, 323 pts
Mar 29 St Petersburg 13th, 2h17m50.3767
Apr 12 NOLA MP 22nd/39 laps/wiring loom
Apr 19 Long Beach 18th, 1h38m29.0396
Apr 26 Barber MP 17th, 1h56m43.9072
May 9 Indianapolis road 9th, 1h43m22.9207
May 24 Indy 500 13th, 3h06m02.6964
May 30 Detroit 11th, -1 lap
May 31 Detroit 2nd, 2h00m40.1944
Jun 6 Texas MS 16th, -5 laps
Jun 14 Toronto 10th, 1h39m18.9183
Jun 27 Fontana ret/241 laps/accident
Jul 12 Milwaukee 14th, 1h57m05.1448
Jul 18 Iowa Speedway ret/260 laps/suspension/accident
Aug 2 Mid-Ohio ret/60 laps/accident damage
Aug 23 Pocono 6th, 3h25m11.6262
Aug 30 Sears Point 8th, 2h09m30.3508
2016 – IndyCar (AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara-Honda): 17th, 320 pts
Mar 13 St Petersburg 6th, 2h13m54.5023
Apr 2 Phoenix 15th, -1 lap
Apr 17 Long Beach 5th, 1h34m06.7753
Apr 24 Barber MP 13th, 1h49m37.5456
May 14 Indianapolis GP 18th, 1h51m14.9212
May 29 Indy 500 26th, 163 laps/accident
Jun 4 Belle Isle 11th, 1h41m42.7905
Jun 5 Belle Isle 10th, 1h42m49.9777
Jun 26 Road America 17th, 1h39m45.6709
Jul 10 Iowa Speedway 11th, -2 laps
Jul 17 Toronto 5th, 1h42m42.7493
Jul 31 Mid-Ohio 9th, 1h50m17.7003
Aug 22 Pocono 22nd, 1 lap/accident
Aug 27 Texas MS 20th, 160 laps/mechanical
Sep 4 Watkins Glen 17th, 1h42m47.3529
Sep 17 Austin 14th, 2h01m05.5755
2017 – IndyCar (Andretti Autosport Dallara-Honda): 8th, 441 pts
Mar 17 St Petersburg 5th, 2h05m08.5828
Apr 9 Long Beach 18th. 78 laps/power loss
Apr 23 Barber MP 9th, 1h54m28.8840
Apr 29 Phoenix 16th, 135 laps/accident
May 13 Indianapolis road 12th, 1h43m53.8320
May 28 Indy 500 1st, 3h13m03.3584
Jun 3 Detroit 8th, 1h36m36.1724
Jun 4 Detroit 4th, 1h33m40.2304
Jun 10 Texas MS 10th/243 laps/accident
Jun 25 Road America 19th, -1 lap
Jul 9 Iowa Speedway 16th, -2 laps
Jul 16 Toronto 16th, 1h36m07.1979
Jul 30 Mid-Ohio 5th, 1h46m26.9081
Aug 20 Pocono 13th, 2h43m27.8393
Aug 26 Gateway Park 19th, 6 laps/accident
Sep 3 Watkins Glen 19th, -4 laps
Sep 16 Sears Point 20th, 62 laps/engine
2018 – Indycar (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Dallara-Honda): 12th, 351 pts
Mar 11 St Petersburg 12th, 2h17m55.8959
Apr 7 Phoenix 11th, 1h44m11.2995
Apr 15 Long Beach 21st, -11 laps
Apr 23 Barber MP 8th, 2h01m35.0012
May 12 Indianapolis Road 10th, 1h50m09.3072
May 27 Indianapolis 500 32nd, 46 laps/accident
Jun 2 Belle Isle 5th, 1h39m36.4946
Jun 3 Belle Isle 17th, -1 lap
Jun 9 Texas MS 7th, 2h01m01.5612
Jun 24 Road America 4th, 1h40m31.2937
Jul 8 Iowa Speedway 3rd, 1h47m35.7172
Jul 15 Toronto 22nd, 66 laps/accident
Jul 29 Mid-Ohio 17th, -1 lap
Aug 19 Pocono 21st, 6 laps/accident
Aug 25 Gateway Park 9th, -1 lap
Sep 2 Portland 1st, 2h00m09.7537
Sep 16 Sears Point 25th, 15 laps/electrical
2019 - IndyCar (Andretti Autosport Dallara-Honda): 9th, 415 pts
Mar 10 St Petersburg 19th, 75 laps/gearbox
Mar 24 Austin 7th, 2h00m24.2054
Apr 7 Barber MP 1st, 1h55m46.8076
Apr 13 Long Beach 8th, 1h42m09.8878
May 11 Indianapolis road 14th, 2h00m56.1511
May 26 Indy 500 3rd, 2h50m39.6210
Jun 1 Belle Isle 3rd, 1h15m42.0692
Jun 2 Belle Isle 13th, 1h52m33.4865
Jun 8 Texas MS 15th, -3 laps
Jun 23 Road America 10th, 1h40m39.3790
Jul 14 Toronto 22nd, 67 laps/engine
Jul 20 Iowa Speedway 20th, 216 laps/accident damage
Jul 28 Mid-Ohio 19th, -1 lap
Aug 18 Pocono 21st, 0 laps/accident
Aug 24 Gateway 1st, 2h15m53.4687
Sep 1 Portland 15th, -2 laps
Sep 22 Laguna Seca 21st, -1 lap
2020 – Indycar (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Dallara-Honda DW12): 7th, 348 pts
Jun 6 Texas MS 24th/0 laps/DNS – qualifying crash
Jul 4 Indianapolis GP 10th, 1h42m44.2145
Jul 11 Road America 9th, 1h54m24.8743
Jul 12 Road America 8th, 1h52m09.9823
Jul 17 Iowa Speedway 10th, -1 lap
Jul 18 Iowa Speedway 21st. -3 laps
Aug 23 Indy 500 1st, 3h10m05.0880
Aug 29 Gateway Park 2nd, 1h44m30.9348
Aug 30 Gateway Park 9th, 1h32m26.0561
Sep 12 Mid-Ohio 17th, 1h29m54.7510
Sep 13 Mid-Ohio 18th, 1h35m23.1665
Oct 2 Indianapolis GP 18th, -1 lap
Oct 3 Indianapolis GP 14th, 1h33m01.5135
Oct 25 St Petersburg 10th, 2h06m29.3696
2021 – IndyCar (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Dallara-Honda): 11th, 324 pts
Apr 18 Barber MP 13th, 1h53m58.6248
Apr 25 St Petersburg 6th, 1h52m03.0917
May 1 Texas MS 9th, 1h46m01.4074
May 2 Texas MS 14th, -1 lap
May 15 Indianapolis Road 16th, 1h47m53.5744
May 30 Indy 500 14th, 2h37m42.0767
Jun 12 Belle Isle 4th, 1h45m41.2811
Jun 13 Belle Isle 12th, 1h41m42.4575
Jun 20 Road America 8th, 1h51m02.9679
Jul 4 Mid-Ohio 10th, 1h40m49.1867
Aug 8 Nashville Street 25th, 19 laps/accident
Aug 14 Indianapolis Road 10th, 1h49m46.0260
Aug 21 Gateway Park 6th, 2h24m19.2022
Sep 12 Portland 12th, 2h07m22.8817
Sep 19 Laguna Seca 27th, 83 laps/accident damage
Sep 26 Long Beach 9th, 1h49m20.9703
2022 – IndyCar (Dale Coyne Racing Dallara-Honda): 19th, 258 pts
Feb 27 St Petersburg 10th, 1h51m50.6209
Mar 20 Texas MS 20th 140 laps/accident damage
Apr 10 Long Beach 17th, -2 laps
May 1 Barber MP 13th, 1h49m14.3508
May 14 Indianapolis GP 7th, 2h02m07.8377
May 29 Indy 500 25th, -1 lap
Jun 5 Belle Isle 13th, 1h33m01.0345
Jun 12 Road America 15th, 1h53m17.8946
Jul 3 Mid-Ohio 14th, 1h47m13.0778
Jul 17 Toronto 25th, 0 laps/accident damage
Jul 23 Iowa Speedway 21st, -5 laps
Jul 24 Iowa Speedway 10th, 1h54m43.9422
Jul 30 Indianapolis GP 15th, 1h49m36.2894
Aug 7 Nashville 21st, 32 laps/accident
Aug 20 Gateway Park 6th, 2h10m45.7192
Sep 4 Portland 18th, 1h56m49.7778
Sep 11 Laguna Seca 23rd, -1 lap
2023 – Indycar (Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara-Honda): 29th, 70 pts
Apr 2 Texas MS 28th, 46 laps/accident
May 28 Indy 500 7th, 2h58m23.5381
Jul 22 Iowa Speedway 9th, -1 lap
Jul 23 Iowa Speedway 25th, -13 laps
Aug 27 Gateway Park 26th, 119 laps/accident