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Takuma Sato is a Japanese former F1 driver who last drove for Super Aguri-Honda in 2008.
He was born on January 28th 1977 in Tokyo. His first race was the 2002 Grand Prix of Australia where he drove for Jordan-Honda. Sato was active for 7 consecutive seasons between 2002 and 2008. In those years he scored 44 points in 91 races. During his career Sato wasn't able to win a race but finished 1 time on the podium. His last race was the the 2008 Grand Prix of Spain.
He was born on January 28th 1977 in Tokyo. His first race was the 2002 Grand Prix of Australia where he drove for Jordan-Honda. Sato was active for 7 consecutive seasons between 2002 and 2008. In those years he scored 44 points in 91 races. During his career Sato wasn't able to win a race but finished 1 time on the podium. His last race was the the 2008 Grand Prix of Spain.
| Name: | Takuma Sato |
| Nationality: |  Japanese |
| Birthday: | January 28th 1977 (35) |
| Birthplace: | Tokyo | Races: | 91 races |
| Total points: | 44 points |
| Wins: | 0 wins |
| Podiums: | 1 podium | Pole positions: | 0 poles |
| Retirements: | 27 retirements |
| First race: |  2002 Australia |
| Last race: |  2008 Spain |
Takuma Sato by year
| All years | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |
| 2003 | 2002 |
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Overall stats: Takuma Sato
| #1 | Best Finish | Takuma Sato |  | 3 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best Qualifying | Takuma Sato | | 2 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best FP1 | Takuma Sato | | 2 (2x) | |
| #1 | Best FP2 | Takuma Sato | | 1 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best FP3 | Takuma Sato | | 1 (3x) | |
| #1 | Best Friday | Takuma Sato | | 1 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best Saturday | Takuma Sato | | 1 (3x) |
Best finish
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2004 | 9 | Indianapolis | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | 3 |
Best qualifying
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Qualified |
| 2004 | 7 | Nurburgring | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | 2 |
Best practice 1
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2005 | 17 | Interlagos | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | 2 |
| 2004 | 6 | Monte Carlo | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | 2 |
Best practice 2
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2004 | 8 | Montreal | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | 1 |
Best practice 3
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2004 | 5 | Catalunya | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | 1 |
| 2004 | 17 | Suzuka | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | 1 |
| 2004 | 17 | Suzuka | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | 1 |
Best friday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2004 | 8 | Montreal | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | Friday practice 2 | 1 |
Best saturday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2004 | 5 | Catalunya | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | Saturday practice 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 17 | Suzuka | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | Saturday practice 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 17 | Suzuka | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | Saturday practice 2 | 1 |
| #1 | Worst Finish | Takuma Sato | | 18 (2x) | |
| #1 | Worst Qualifying | Takuma Sato | | 22 (5x) | |
| #1 | Worst FP1 | Takuma Sato | | 25 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst FP2 | Takuma Sato | | 29 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst FP3 | Takuma Sato | | 22 (5x) | |
| #1 | Worst Friday | Takuma Sato | | 29 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst Saturday | Takuma Sato | | 22 (10x) |
Worst finish
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2007 | 12 | Istanbul | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | 18 |
| 2006 | 1 | Bahrain | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | 18 |
Worst qualifying
Worst practice 1
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2006 | 7 | Monte Carlo | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | 25 |
Worst practice 2
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2006 | 16 | Shanghai | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | 29 |
Worst practice 3
Worst friday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2006 | 16 | Shanghai | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | Friday practice 2 | 29 |
Worst saturday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2008 | 3 | Bahrain | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | Saturday practice | 22 |
| 2008 | 3 | Bahrain | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | Qualifying | 22 |
| 2008 | 4 | Catalunya | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | Qualifying | 22 |
| 2006 | 5 | Nurburgring | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | Saturday practice | 22 |
| 2006 | 11 | Magny-Cours | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | Saturday practice | 22 |
| 2006 | 11 | Magny-Cours | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | Qualifying | 22 |
| 2006 | 14 | Istanbul | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | Saturday practice | 22 |
| 2006 | 14 | Istanbul | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | Qualifying | 22 |
| 2006 | 17 | Suzuka | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | Saturday practice | 22 |
| 2002 | 1 | Melbourne | Takuma Sato | Jordan-Honda | Qualifying | 22 |
Highs and lows of
| Driven for | 2008 Super Aguri F1 2007 Super Aguri F1 2006 Super Aguri F1 Team 2005 Lucky Strike BAR Honda 2004 Lucky Strike BAR Honda 2003 Lucky Strike BAR Honda 2002 DHL Jordan Honda | |
| How did he retire | ||
| Qualifying Q2 | Achieved Q2:5 Didn't Q2:34 | |
| Qualifying Q3 | Achieved Q3:1 Didn't Q3:38 |
Ranking: Takuma Sato
| #36 | Average practice result | Takuma Sato |  | 14.07 place | |
| #48 | Average qualifying result | Takuma Sato | | 14.58 place | |
| #203 | Average race points | Takuma Sato | | 0.73 points | |
| #80 | Most points finishes | Takuma Sato | | 14 finishes | |
| #155 | Average race result | Takuma Sato | | 11.62 place | |
| #103 | Ratio avoidable retirements | Takuma Sato | | 0.33 retirements | |
| #73 | Most avoidable retirements | Takuma Sato | | 9 retirements | |
| #70 | Most races | Takuma Sato | | 91 races | |
| #62 | Most race laps | Takuma Sato | | 4484 laps | |
| #456 | Oldest driver | Takuma Sato | | 31 years, 2 months, 30 days | |
| #178 | Youngest driver | Takuma Sato | | 25 years, 1 month, 3 days | |
| #111 | Start from P1 | Takuma Sato | | 0 starts | |
| #277 | Biggest gain in race | Takuma Sato | | 12 places gained | |
| #96 | Most points | Takuma Sato | | 44 points | |
| #99 | Most retirements | Takuma Sato | | 27 retirements | |
| #134 | Most podiums | Takuma Sato | | 1 podiums | |
| #122 | Most wins | Takuma Sato | | 0 wins |
| Driver | Place | |
| 34 | Romain Grosjean | 13.62 |
| 35 | Ryan Briscoe | 13.67 |
| 36 | Takuma Sato | 14.07 |
| 37 | Jacques Villeneuve | 14.11 |
| 38 | Sebastien Bourdais | 14.2 |
| Driver | Place | |
| 46 | Thierry Boutsen | 14.23 |
| 47 | Kamui Kobayashi | 14.54 |
| 48 | Takuma Sato | 14.58 |
| 49 | Ivan Capelli | 14.59 |
| 50 | Karl Wendlinger | 14.71 |
| Driver | Points | |
| 198 | Paco Godia | 0.75 |
| 198 | Toulo de Graffenried | 0.75 |
| 203 | Takuma Sato | 0.73 |
| 204 | Antonio Pizzonia | 0.73 |
| 205 | Louis Rosier | 0.72 |
| Driver | Finishes | |
| 77 | Carlos Pace | 16 |
| 79 | Timo Glock | 14 |
| 79 | Takuma Sato | 14 |
| 79 | Alexander Wurz | 14 |
| 79 | Jean Pierre Jarier | 14 |
| Driver | Place | |
| 153 | Ralph Firman | 11.75 |
| 154 | Toranosuke Takagi | 11.67 |
| 155 | Takuma Sato | 11.62 |
| 156 | Luca Badoer | 11.6 |
| 156 | Michel Leclere | 11.6 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 101 | Martin Brundle | 0.34 |
| 102 | Fernando Alonso | 0.33 |
| 102 | Takuma Sato | 0.33 |
| 102 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 0.33 |
| 102 | Gianmaria Bruni | 0.33 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 65 | Carlos Pace | 10 |
| 72 | Nelsinho Piquet | 9 |
| 72 | Takuma Sato | 9 |
| 72 | Alessandro Nannini | 9 |
| 72 | Tom Pryce | 9 |
| Driver | Races | |
| 68 | Nico Rosberg | 92 |
| 68 | James Hunt | 92 |
| 70 | Takuma Sato | 91 |
| 71 | Pedro de la Rosa | 86 |
| 72 | Jean Pierre Beltoise | 85 |
| Driver | Laps | |
| 60 | Jo Siffert | 4505 |
| 61 | Jos Verstappen | 4498 |
| 62 | Takuma Sato | 4484 |
| 63 | Philippe Alliot | 4249 |
| 64 | Robert Kubica | 4203 |
| Driver | Age | |
| 454 | Yuji Ide | 31 years, 3 months, 2 days |
| 454 | Jorge Daponte | 31 years, 3 months |
| 456 | Takuma Sato | 31 years, 2 months, 30 days |
| 457 | Jenson Button | 31 years, 2 months, 29 days |
| 458 | Alessandro Nannini | 31 years, 2 months, 23 days |
| Driver | Age | |
| 176 | Mike Sparken | 25 years, 1 month |
| 177 | Giorgio Pantano | 25 years, 1 month, 3 days |
| 178 | Takuma Sato | 25 years, 1 month, 3 days |
| 179 | Richard Attwood | 25 years, 1 month, 26 days |
| 180 | Jean Pierre Jarier | 25 years, 1 month, 26 days |
| Driver | Starts | |
| 92 | Nelsinho Piquet | 0 |
| 92 | Sebastien Bourdais | 0 |
| 92 | Takuma Sato | 0 |
| 92 | Anthony Davidson | 0 |
| 92 | Alexander Wurz | 0 |
| Driver | Gain | |
| 222 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | 13 |
| 276 | Nick Heidfeld | 12 |
| 276 | Takuma Sato | 12 |
| 276 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 12 |
| 276 | Allan McNish | 12 |
| Driver | Points | |
| 94 | Alexander Wurz | 45 |
| 95 | Vitaly Petrov | 44 |
| 95 | Takuma Sato | 44 |
| 97 | Kamui Kobayashi | 42 |
| 98 | Piero Taruffi | 41 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 96 | Harry Schell | 28 |
| 96 | Jean Behra | 28 |
| 99 | Takuma Sato | 27 |
| 99 | Erik Comas | 27 |
| 101 | Adrian Sutil | 26 |
| Driver | Podiums | |
| 131 | Pedro de la Rosa | 1 |
| 131 | Nelsinho Piquet | 1 |
| 131 | Takuma Sato | 1 |
| 131 | Tiago Monteiro | 1 |
| 131 | Nicola Larini | 1 |
| Driver | Wins | |
| 101 | Nelsinho Piquet | 0 |
| 101 | Sebastien Bourdais | 0 |
| 101 | Takuma Sato | 0 |
| 101 | Anthony Davidson | 0 |
| 101 | Alexander Wurz | 0 |
| #42 | Average qualifying result | Takuma Sato | | 19.03 place | |
| #50 | Average practice result | Takuma Sato | | 18.31 place | |
| #35 | Average race points | Takuma Sato | | 0.15 points | |
| #39 | Average race result | Takuma Sato | | 14.22 place | |
| #34 | Most points finishes | Takuma Sato | | 2 finishes | |
| #29 | Most avoidable retirements | Takuma Sato | | 3 retirements | |
| #35 | Ratio avoidable retirements | Takuma Sato | | 0.3 retirements | |
| #20 | Most race laps | Takuma Sato | | 1987 laps | |
| #21 | Most races | Takuma Sato | | 39 races | |
| #38 | Youngest driver | Takuma Sato | | 29 years, 1 month, 12 days | |
| #15 | Oldest driver | Takuma Sato | | 31 years, 2 months, 30 days | |
| #35 | Biggest gain in race | Takuma Sato | | 9 places gained | |
| #34 | Start from P1 | Takuma Sato | | 0 starts | |
| #1 | Youngest win | Sebastian Vettel | | 21 years, 2 months, 11 days | |
| #1 | Oldest win | Michael Schumacher | | 37 years, 8 months, 28 days | |
| #21 | Most retirements | Takuma Sato | | 10 retirements | |
| #33 | Most points | Takuma Sato | | 4 points | |
| #34 | Most wins | Takuma Sato | | 0 wins | |
| #37 | Most podiums | Takuma Sato | | 0 podiums |
| Driver | Place | |
| 40 | Scott Speed | 17.32 |
| 41 | Tiago Monteiro | 18.94 |
| 42 | Takuma Sato | 19.03 |
| 43 | Christijan Albers | 19.26 |
| 44 | Luca Badoer | 20 |
| Driver | Place | |
| 48 | Markus Winkelhock | 17.64 |
| 49 | Luca Badoer | 17.67 |
| 50 | Takuma Sato | 18.31 |
| 51 | Christijan Albers | 18.54 |
| 52 | Franck Montagny | 18.58 |
| Driver | Points | |
| 33 | Jaime Alguersuari | 0.23 |
| 34 | Christian Klien | 0.2 |
| 35 | Takuma Sato | 0.15 |
| 36 | Lucas di Grassi | 0 |
| 36 | Bruno Senna | 0 |
| Driver | Place | |
| 37 | Adrian Sutil | 13.17 |
| 38 | Christijan Albers | 14.07 |
| 39 | Takuma Sato | 14.22 |
| 40 | Anthony Davidson | 14.29 |
| 41 | Tiago Monteiro | 14.45 |
| Driver | Finishes | |
| 31 | Alexander Wurz | 3 |
| 33 | Paul di Resta | 2 |
| 33 | Takuma Sato | 2 |
| 33 | Christian Klien | 2 |
| 36 | Lucas di Grassi |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 26 | Vitaly Petrov | 3 |
| 26 | Nick Heidfeld | 3 |
| 26 | Takuma Sato | 3 |
| 26 | Anthony Davidson | 3 |
| 26 | Alexander Wurz | 3 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 33 | Robert Kubica | 0.36 |
| 34 | Rubens Barrichello | 0.36 |
| 35 | Takuma Sato | 0.3 |
| 36 | Jarno Trulli | 0.28 |
| 37 | Jaime Alguersuari | 0.25 |
| Driver | Laps | |
| 18 | David Coulthard | 2578 |
| 19 | Michael Schumacher | 2246 |
| 20 | Takuma Sato | 1987 |
| 21 | Kazuki Nakajima | 1971 |
| 22 | Sebastien Buemi | 1836 |
| Driver | Races | |
| 19 | Michael Schumacher | 40 |
| 20 | Sebastien Buemi | 39 |
| 20 | Takuma Sato | 39 |
| 22 | Kazuki Nakajima | 36 |
| 23 | Ralf Schumacher | 35 |
| Driver | Age | |
| 36 | Nick Heidfeld | 28 years, 10 months, 2 days |
| 37 | Sebastien Bourdais | 29 years, 17 days |
| 38 | Takuma Sato | 29 years, 1 month, 12 days |
| 39 | Mark Webber | 29 years, 6 months, 13 days |
| 40 | Tiago Monteiro | 29 years, 7 months, 16 days |
| Driver | Age | |
| 13 | Ralf Schumacher | 32 years, 3 months, 21 days |
| 14 | Yuji Ide | 31 years, 3 months, 2 days |
| 15 | Takuma Sato | 31 years, 2 months, 30 days |
| 16 | Jenson Button | 31 years, 2 months, 29 days |
| 17 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 30 years, 9 months, 12 days |
| Driver | Gain | |
| 31 | Kazuki Nakajima | 9 |
| 31 | Giancarlo Fisichella | 9 |
| 31 | Takuma Sato | 9 |
| 31 | Scott Speed | 9 |
| 31 | Yuji Ide | 9 |
| Driver | Starts | |
| 15 | Sebastien Bourdais | 0 |
| 15 | David Coulthard | 0 |
| 15 | Takuma Sato | 0 |
| 15 | Anthony Davidson | 0 |
| 15 | Alexander Wurz | 0 |
| Driver | Age | |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 21 years, 2 months, 11 days |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | 22 years, 5 months, 3 days |
| 3 | Robert Kubica | 23 years, 6 months, 1 day |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | 24 years, 7 months, 11 days |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | 25 years, 4 months, 2 days |
| Driver | Age | |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | 37 years, 8 months, 28 days |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | 37 years, 3 months, 21 days |
| 3 | Mark Webber | 33 years, 11 months, 5 days |
| 4 | Giancarlo Fisichella | 33 years, 2 months, 5 days |
| 5 | David Coulthard |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 19 | Fernando Alonso | 10 |
| 19 | Sebastien Buemi | 10 |
| 19 | Takuma Sato | 10 |
| 22 | Bruno Senna | 9 |
| 23 | Felipe Massa | 8 |
| Driver | Points | |
| 31 | Sebastien Bourdais | 6 |
| 32 | Jaime Alguersuari | 5 |
| 33 | Takuma Sato | 4 |
| 34 | Paul di Resta | 2 |
| 34 | Christian Klien | 2 |
| Driver | Wins | |
| 13 | Sebastien Bourdais | 0 |
| 13 | David Coulthard | 0 |
| 13 | Takuma Sato | 0 |
| 13 | Anthony Davidson | 0 |
| 13 | Alexander Wurz | 0 |
| Driver | Podiums | |
| 24 | Kazuki Nakajima | 0 |
| 24 | Sebastien Bourdais | 0 |
| 24 | Takuma Sato | 0 |
| 24 | Anthony Davidson | 0 |
| 24 | Christijan Albers | 0 |
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