Takuma Sato

Takuma Sato
佐藤 琢磨
Sato at the 2021 Grand Prix of Long Beach
Born	(1977-01-28) 28 January 1977 (age 47) Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Spouse	Chiharu ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	2
IndyCar Series career
221 races run over 15 years
Team(s)	No. 75 (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Best finish	7th (2020)
First race	2010 São Paulo Indy 300 (São Paulo)
Last race	2024 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
First win	2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach)
Last win	2020 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles 6 14 10
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Japanese
Active years	2002–2008
Teams	Jordan, BAR, Super Aguri
Engines	Honda
Entries	92 (90 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	44
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2002 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	2008 Spanish Grand Prix
Championship titles
2017, 2020 2001 2001 2001	Indianapolis 500 Macau Grand Prix Masters of Formula 3 British Formula Three

Takuma "Taku" Sato (Japanese: 佐藤 琢磨, Hepburn: Satō Takuma, born 28 January 1977) is a Japanese racing driver, who competes part-time in the IndyCar Series for RLL. Sato competed in Formula One from 2002 to 2008. In American open-wheel racing, Sato is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 2017 and 2020, remaining the only Asian driver to win the event.

Born and raised in Tokyo, Sato began his career in karting before moving to Europe in 1999 with support from Honda. Progressing directly to Formula Three, Sato finished third in the British Championship in 2000 before dominating the series in 2001 with Carlin. During the latter, he also won the Macau Grand Prix and the Masters of Formula 3. Sato signed for Jordan in 2002, making his Formula One debut at the Australian Grand Prix, under Honda power. He moved with Honda to join BAR in 2003 as a reserve driver, replacing Jacques Villeneuve at his home Grand Prix in Japan and returning as a full-time driver in 2004. Sato achieved his only podium finish at the United States Grand Prix as he finished a career-best eighth in the World Drivers' Championship. Following struggles at BAR in 2005, Sato moved to Super Aguri for his 2006 campaign onwards. Amidst financial troubles, Super Aguri withdrew from the sport after the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix, ending both Sato and teammate Anthony Davidson's driving careers in Formula One.

After a year hiatus, Sato returned to open-wheel racing in the IndyCar Series with KV in 2010. He took his maiden pole position at the Iowa Corn Indy 250 in 2011, and became the first Asian driver to win an IndyCar race at the Grand Prix of Long Beach in 2013 with Foyt. His one-off entry in Formula E at the 2014 Beijing ePrix marked the first—and to this date, only—time that Sato competed without a Honda power unit in his professional career, using a spec McLaren powertrain. Sato signed for Andretti in 2017, winning the Indianapolis 500 for the first time. He took several further wins across his 2018 and 2019 seasons with RLL, before again winning at Indianapolis in 2020. Sato competed for DCR in 2022, before moving into part-time roles from 2023 onwards.

Sato is a widely popular figure amongst fans and media worldwide, renowned for his aggressive driving style and motto "No Attack, No Chance".^[a]

Born in Tokyo,^[1] Sato began karting in Japan at the age of 19.^[2] After winning the national karting title in 1997, he moved to Europe with backing from Honda.^[3] He briefly raced in Vauxhall Junior and Formula Opel, before debuting in Class B of the British Formula 3 Championship mid-way through 1999 British Formula Three Championship with class wins at the British Grand Prix and Spa for Diamond Racing.^[3] He moved to the top class of the championship with Carlin Motorsport in 2000, taking four wins and third place in the championship. In 2001, he won 12 out of 26 races to take a dominant championship win, the first for a Japanese driver in the series.^[2] In 2001 he also won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix and Masters of Formula 3 non-championship F3 races.^[3]

In 2002 Sato graduated to Formula One with the Honda-powered Jordan team, and was paired with Giancarlo Fisichella. His low point was a tremendous crash in Austria, caused when Nick Heidfeld lost control of his Sauber under braking and hit the side of Sato's car, punching a hole in the side of the cockpit.^[4] Throughout he showed flashes of speed but also wild driving, nevertheless the team's faith in Sato was repaid by a fine drive to fifth at his home Grand Prix in Suzuka.

With Honda's focus shifting solely to British American Racing for 2003, Sato joined the Brackley-based outfit as a test driver. For the final round in Japan, Sato replaced Jacques Villeneuve and scored the second points finish of his career with sixth place, after a battle with Michael Schumacher. He was signed to race full-time in 2004. During the 2004 season, Sato qualified four times in the top-three, including a front row start and an overall lap record at the European Grand Prix.^[2] Sato's aggressive driving style paid dividends at the United States Grand Prix, where, after the team did not pit under safety car conditions, Sato fought back with some daring overtaking moves to score his first podium finish and the first for a Japanese driver since Aguri Suzuki at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix. Reliability issues caused him to retire six times, but he scored points in nine of the 11 races he completed to finish eighth in the championship with 34 points, the best-ever result for a Japanese driver in Formula One.^[5] His efforts helped BAR-Honda to finish second in the Constructors' Championship.

Sato was retained by BAR-Honda for the 2005 season, but the 2005 car was not as close to the front of the pack as the previous year's design. Sato missed the Malaysian Grand Prix with illness, and both drivers were disqualified from the San Marino Grand Prix and the entire team banned from the two subsequent races for using cars that were underweight when all fuel was removed. The Court did not find that this was deliberate. Sato's season never recovered from that point, and he ended the season with eighth-place at the Hungarian Grand Prix as his only points finish, despite qualifying seven times in the top ten.^[6] Sato was not re-signed for 2006, despite Honda taking full control of the team.

Sato joined the new Super Aguri F1 team for 2006, run by Japanese former driver Aguri Suzuki. The new outfit was in effect a Honda B-team but ran the first half of the season with a modified version of a 2002 Arrows A23 chassis. Nevertheless, Sato's reputation improved thanks to his professional attitude and competitive spirit. The team introduced a new car, the SA06 at the German Grand Prix and by the end of the season, Sato was outpacing the Midland cars. At the season finale in Brazil Sato finished tenth just two places short of a points finish and comfortably ahead of both Toro Rossos and the Spyker MF1s.

For 2007, Super Aguri ran a reworked version of the previous year's Honda RA106 chassis. Their performance improved drastically as Sato made it through to Q3 at the Australian Grand Prix. He then scored the first point for the team at the Spanish Grand Prix. At the Canadian Grand Prix, Sato finished sixth after having a race that had seen him move from the middle of the grid to a high of fifth, passing Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen before a pit-stop error dropped him back to eleventh. He moved up five places in the last 15 laps, passing Toyota's Ralf Schumacher and then on lap 67 the McLaren-Mercedes of Fernando Alonso; the latter pass was met with cheers around the track and received him the "Overtake of the Year" award from F1 Racing magazine.^[7][8]

Financial problems began to affect the team in the off-season and the squad only just made it to the opening round of the 2008 season in Australia. The team used a modified Honda RA107 chassis, which was launched just before the first Friday Practice session that weekend. A transmission issue in Australia ended an opportunity to score points in a race of attrition, and 13th in Spain turned out to be Sato's best result of the season. Due to the financial struggles, Super Aguri withdrew from Formula One after the Spanish Grand Prix, leaving Sato without a drive after four races in 2008.

In late 2008, Sato took part in tests at Jerez with Scuderia Toro Rosso, to become a candidate to fill the seat vacated by Sebastian Vettel. He was competing against former Toro Rosso driver Sébastien Bourdais and Red Bull Racing test and reserve driver Sébastien Buemi for one of the two race seats.^[9] He first drove on 18 September, more than four months since Super Aguri's withdrawal, and tested for the team again for two days in November, setting the fastest time on the 17th,^[10] 3 tenths ahead of Buemi, and proceeded by setting the second-fastest time on the 18th.^[11] The race seat was eventually given to Bourdais, and in March 2009 it was announced that Sato would not be the reserve driver for the Red Bull team.^[12]

Sato visited the Indianapolis 500 in May 2009. He signed with KV Racing Technology to drive in the 2010 IndyCar Series season^[13] finishing in 21st place. He signed for the same team for 2011 and improved his form, scoring three top-five finishes and two pole positions during the season to finish 13th.^[14]

At the 2012 Indianapolis 500, driving for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Sato chased Dario Franchitti to the finish making a move for the lead and the race win at the first turn of the last lap. While not successful, Sato was respected by Indianapolis 500 fans for "going for it" on the last lap.

For 2013, Sato joined A. J. Foyt's team, driving the No. 14 car vacated by Mike Conway. In the third race of the season at Long Beach, Sato scored his first IndyCar win, in his 52nd start in the series, making him the first Japanese driver to win an IndyCar race.^[15] He then scored six top-five finishes, including two podiums and two pole positions, until he left the team at the end of 2016.

Sato joined Andretti Autosport for the 2017 season. He went on to become the first Asian driver to win the Indianapolis 500.^[16] After the 500 win, he went on to win a pole at the Dual in Detroit on Belle Isle. He also ended up winning another pole at Pocono Raceway in August.

On 26 August 2017, it was reported that in 2018, Sato would rejoin RLL to drive the 30 car with Graham Rahal as his teammate as Andretti Autosport considered a move to Chevrolet in 2018. That move by Andretti subsequently did not happen. After numerous weeks of bad luck including crashing early in the Indianapolis 500 and wrecking early at Pocono and a failed pit strategy at Gateway, Sato played the strategy right and held off Ryan Hunter-Reay in the IndyCar return to Portland, winning his third career race and his first on a permanent road course, doing so from 20th starting position. Sato started his 2019 season with a win in the third race at Barber Motorsports Park; he started the race from pole position and ran away to the finish. Sato won later in the season at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

On 23 August 2020, after qualifying on the outside of the front row for the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500, Sato won the race for a second time.^[17]

On 5 October 2021, it was announced that Sato would not return to the team for the 2022 IndyCar season. His spot in the team was taken over by Danish driver, Christian Lundgaard.

On 9 December 2021, it was announced that Sato had signed with Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing for the 2022 season, replacing Romain Grosjean, who had signed with Andretti Autosport.^[18] He finished 25th at the Indianapolis 500.

Chip Ganassi Racing signed Sato to run in the oval rounds for the 2023 season, making it the first time the Japanese driver does not have a full-time IndyCar seat since 2010.^[19]

On March 18th, 2024, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) announced that Sato would attempt to win his third Indianapolis 500 victory in the 108th running of the race on May 26. It was Sato's only scheduled IndyCar race for the 2024 season.^[20] He finished fourteenth.

On 14 June 2012, Team Mugen announced that Sato would race with the team in the last three rounds of the 2012 Formula Nippon season.^[21] He also raced with Team Mugen in the opening round of the renamed 2013 Super Formula season, and later in the year returned to the team to compete in the last three races of the season; he scored his first points with an eighth-place finish in the season finale.

In November 2013, Sato became a test and development driver for the FIA Formula E Championship.^[22] In September 2014, Sato joined his former Formula One team Amlin Aguri to race in the first-ever Formula E race, the 2014 Beijing ePrix, replacing the team's regular driver Antonio Félix da Costa as he could not participate due to other commitments.^[23] Sato scored two points after he set the fastest lap of the race with a time of 1:45.101, but had to retire from the race with mechanical issues. As it was Sato's only Formula E race, he became the only driver in the series' history with a 100% fastest lap record.^[24]

Sato is a widely popular figure amongst fans and media, renowned for his aggressive driving style and motto "No Attack, No Chance".^[25][26][27]

In 2024, Sato became the first Japanese-born driver to be inducted into the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame.^[28]

Sato is married to Chiharu Sato, with whom he has two children.^[29] The eldest, Rintaro Sato, made his racing debut in 2024 F4 Japanese Championship.^[30] He lives in Carmel, Indiana with his manager, Steve Fusek, during the racing season, and spends the offseason in Japan.^[31] Sato was a national cycling champion in high school, and still uses cycling as part of his physical training for his racing career.^[8]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Points	Position
1998	All-Japan Formula Three Championship	Dome Project	1	0	0	0	NC
1999	British Formula 3 Championship - National Class	Diamond Racing	7	2	2	103	4th
	Europa Cup Britain		?	1	?	48	2nd
	Formula Opel European Union Series		?	1	?	115	6th
2000	British Formula 3 Championship	Carlin Motorsport	12	4	6	129	3rd
	European Formula 3 Cup		1	0	0	N/A	NC
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	N/A	14th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	N/A	28th
	Korea Super Prix		1	0	0	N/A	8th
2001	British Formula 3 Championship	Carlin Motorsport	25	12	6	345	1st
	European Formula 3 Cup		1	0	0	N/A	NC
	Macau Grand Prix		1	1	0	N/A	1st
	Masters of Formula 3		1	1	1	N/A	1st
	Formula One	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	Test driver
2002	Formula One	DHL Jordan Honda	17	0	0	2	15th
2003	Formula One	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	1	0	0	3	18th
2004	Formula One	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	18	0	0	34	8th
2005	Formula One	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	16	0	0	1	23rd
2006	Formula One	Super Aguri F1 Team	18	0	0	0	23rd
2007	Formula One	Super Aguri F1 Team	17	0	0	4	17th
2008	Formula One	Super Aguri F1 Team	4	0	0	0	21st
		Scuderia Toro Rosso	Test driver
2010	IndyCar Series	KV Racing Technology	17	0	0	214	21st
2011	IndyCar Series	KV Racing Technology - Lotus	17	0	2	282	13th
2012	IndyCar Series	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	15	0	0	281	14th
	Formula Nippon	Team Mugen	3	0	0	0	15th
2013	IndyCar Series	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	19	1	2	322	17th
	Super Formula	Team Mugen	4	0	0	0.5	18th
2014	IndyCar Series	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	18	0	2	350	18th
2014–15	Formula E	Amlin Aguri	1	0	0	2	24th
2015	IndyCar Series	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	16	0	0	323	14th
2016	IndyCar Series	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	16	0	0	320	17th
2017	IndyCar Series	Andretti Autosport	17	1	2	441	8th
2018	IndyCar Series	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	17	1	0	351	12th
2019	IndyCar Series	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	17	2	2	415	9th
2020	IndyCar Series	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	14	1	1	348	7th
2021	IndyCar Series	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	16	0	0	324	11th
2022	IndyCar Series	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	17	0	0	258	19th
2023	IndyCar Series	Chip Ganassi Racing	5	0	0	70	29th
2024	IndyCar Series	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	1	0	0	19	37th*

* Season still in progress.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	WDC	Points
2002	DHL Jordan Honda	Jordan EJ12	Honda RA002E 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL 9	BRA 9	SMR Ret	ESP Ret	AUT Ret	MON Ret	CAN 10	EUR 16	GBR Ret	FRA Ret	GER 8	HUN 10	BEL 11	ITA 12	USA 11	JPN 5			15th	2
2003	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR 005	Honda RA003E 3.0 V10	AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ITA	USA	JPN 6				18th	3
2004	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR 006	Honda RA004E 3.0 V10	AUS 9	MAL 15†	BHR 5	SMR 16†	ESP 5	MON Ret	EUR Ret	CAN Ret	USA 3	FRA Ret	GBR 11	GER 8	HUN 6	BEL Ret	ITA 4	CHN 6	JPN 4	BRA 6		8th	34
2005	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR 007	Honda RA005E 3.0 V10	AUS 14	MAL PO	BHR Ret	SMR DSQ	ESP	MON	EUR 12	CAN Ret	USA DNS	FRA 11	GBR 16	GER 12	HUN 8	TUR 9	ITA 16	BEL Ret	BRA 10	JPN DSQ	CHN Ret	23rd	1
2006	Super Aguri F1 Team	Super Aguri SA05	Honda RA806E 2.4 V8	BHR 18	MAL 14	AUS 12	SMR Ret	EUR Ret	ESP 17	MON Ret	GBR 17	CAN 15†	USA Ret	FRA Ret									23rd	0
		Super Aguri SA06													GER Ret	HUN 13	TUR NC	ITA 16	CHN DSQ	JPN 15	BRA 10
2007	Super Aguri F1 Team	Super Aguri SA07	Honda RA807E 2.4 V8	AUS 12	MAL 13	BHR Ret	ESP 8	MON 17	CAN 6	USA Ret	FRA 16	GBR 14	EUR Ret	HUN 15	TUR 18	ITA 16	BEL 15	JPN 15†	CHN 14	BRA 12			17th	4
2008	Super Aguri F1 Team	Super Aguri SA08	Honda RA808E 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL 16	BHR 17	ESP 13	TUR	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	EUR	BEL	ITA	SIN	CHN	JPN	BRA		21st	0

^† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points	Ref
2010	KV Racing Technology	Dallara IR-05	5	Honda	SAO 22	STP 22	ALA 25	LBH 18	KAN 24	INDY 20	TXS 25	IOW 19	WGL 15	TOR 25	EDM 9	MDO 25	SNM 18	CHI 26	KTY 27	MOT 12	HMS 18			21st	214	[32]
2011	KV Racing Technology – Lotus				STP 5	ALA 17	LBH 21	SAO 8	INDY 33	TXS 5	TXS 12	MIL 8	IOW 19	TOR 20	EDM 21	MDO 4	NHM 7	SNM 18	BAL 18	MOT 10	KTY 15	LVS1 C		13th	282	[33]
2012	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara DW12	15		STP 22	ALA 24	LBH 8	SAO 3	INDY 17	DET 20	TXS 22	MIL 20	IOW 12	TOR 9	EDM 2	MDO 13	SNM 27	BAL 21	FON 7					14th	281	[34]
2013	A. J. Foyt Enterprises		14		STP 8	ALA 14	LBH 1	SAO 2	INDY 13	DET 19	DET 23	TXS 11	MIL 7	IOW 23	POC 22	TOR 24	TOR 20	MDO 22	SNM 23	BAL 24	HOU 17	HOU 14	FON 17	17th	322	[35]
2014					STP 7	LBH 22	ALA 13	IMS 9	INDY 19	DET 18	DET 18	TXS 18	HOU 22	HOU 19	POC 21	IOW 22	TOR 23	TOR 5	MDO 18	MIL 15	SNM 4	FON 6		18th	350	[36]
2015					STP 13	NLA 22	LBH 18	ALA 17	IMS 9	INDY 13	DET 11	DET 2	TXS 16	TOR 10	FON 18	MIL 14	IOW 19	MDO 24	POC 6	SNM 8				14th	323	[37]
2016					STP 6	PHX 15	LBH 5	ALA 13	IMS 18	INDY 26	DET 11	DET 10	RDA 17	IOW 11	TOR 5	MDO 9	POC 22	TXS 20	WGL 17	SNM 14				17th	320	[38]
2017	Andretti Autosport		26		STP 5	LBH 18	ALA 9	PHX 16	IMS 12	INDY 1	DET 8	DET 4	TXS 10	RDA 19	IOW 16	TOR 16	MDO 5	POC 13	GTW 19	WGL 19	SNM 20			8th	441	[39]
2018	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing		30		STP 12	PHX 11	LBH 21	ALA 8	IMS 10	INDY 32	DET 5	DET 17	TXS 7	RDA 4	IOW 3	TOR 22	MDO 17	POC 21	GTW 9	POR 1	SNM 25			12th	351	[40]
2019					STP 19	COA 7	ALA 1	LBH 8	IMS 14	INDY 3	DET 3	DET 13	TXS 15	RDA 10	TOR 22	IOW 20	MDO 19	POC 21	GTW 1	POR 15	LAG 21			9th	415	[41]
2020					TXS DNS	IMS 10	ROA 9	ROA 8	IOW 10	IOW 21	INDY 1	GTW 2	GTW 9	MDO 17	MDO 18	IMS 18	IMS 14	STP 10						7th	348	[42]
2021					ALA 13	STP 6	TXS 9	TXS 14	IMS 16	INDY 14	DET 4	DET 12	ROA 8	MDO 10	NSH 25	IMS 10	GTW 6	POR 12	LAG 27	LBH 9				11th	324	[43]
2022	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing		51		STP 10	TXS 20	LBH 16	ALA 13	IMS 7	INDY 25	DET 13	ROA 15	MDO 14	TOR 25	IOW 21	IOW 10	IMS 15	NSH 21	GTW 5	POR 18	LAG 23			19th	258	[44]
2023	Chip Ganassi Racing		11		STP	TXS 28	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY 7	DET	ROA	MDO	TOR	IOW 9	IOW 25	NSH	IMS	GTW 26	POR	LAG			29th	70	[45]
2024	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing		75		STP	THE	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY 14	DET	ROA	LAG	MDO	IOW	IOW	TOR	GTW	POR	MIL	MIL	NSH		37th	19	[46]

¹ The 2011 Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Top 5s	Top 10s	Indianapolis 500 wins	Championships
15*	6	222*	10	6	14	28*	76*	2	0

* Results as of June 2, 2024

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2010	Dallara	Honda	31	20	KV Racing Technology
2011	Dallara	Honda	10	33	KV Racing Technology – Lotus
2012	Dallara	Honda	19	17	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2013	Dallara	Honda	18	13	A. J. Foyt Enterprises
2014	Dallara	Honda	23	19	A. J. Foyt Enterprises
2015	Dallara	Honda	24	13	A. J. Foyt Enterprises
2016	Dallara	Honda	12	26	A. J. Foyt Enterprises
2017	Dallara	Honda	4	1	Andretti Autosport
2018	Dallara	Honda	16	32	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2019	Dallara	Honda	14	3	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2020	Dallara	Honda	3	1	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2021	Dallara	Honda	15	14	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2022	Dallara	Honda	10	25	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing
2023	Dallara	Honda	8	7	Chip Ganassi Racing
2024	Dallara	Honda	10	14	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2012	OAK Racing	LMP1	OAK Pescarolo 01	Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8	SEB	SPA	LMS	SIL	SÃO	BHR	FUJ 16	SHA 14	80th	1

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2012	Team Mugen	SUZ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUG 9	SUZ 17	SUZ 10	15th	0
2013		SUZ 15	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUG 11	SUZ 9	SUZ 8		18th	0.5

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2014–15	Amlin Aguri	Spark SRT01-e	SRT01-e	BEI Ret	PUT	PDE	BUE	MIA	LBH	MCO	BER	MSC	LDN	LDN	24th	2

• Andrew Gilbert-Scott – his manager since his Junior Formula career in Europe until 2009
• Steve Fusek has been his manager since 2012. Fusek is a long-time racing professional who has worked in IndyCar Racing since 1987. He was VP of Business Operations at PacWest Racing Group from 1995-2001 as well as the VP of Sales and Marketing at CART from 2001-2003.

• Official website
• Takuma Sato career summary at DriverDB.com
• Takuma Sato driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Antônio Pizzonia	British Formula Three Champion 2001	Succeeded by Robbie Kerr
Preceded by Jonathan Cochet	Masters of Formula 3 Winner 2001	Succeeded by Fabio Carbone
Preceded by André Couto	Macau Grand Prix Winner 2001	Succeeded by Tristan Gommendy
Preceded by Alexander Rossi	Indianapolis 500 Winner 2017	Succeeded by Will Power
Preceded by Simon Pagenaud	Indianapolis 500 Winner 2020	Succeeded by Helio Castroneves
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Antônio Pizzonia	Autosport National Racing Driver of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Robbie Kerr