Takuma Sato (佐藤 琢磨, Satō Takuma, born 28 January 1977) is a Japanese professional racing driver. Sato has raced full-time in the IndyCar Series since 2010 for the Honda-powered KV, Rahal, Foyt, Andretti, and again starting from 2018, the Rahal teams. Sato won the 2017 Indianapolis 500, becoming the first Asian driver to win the Indy 500. He also became the first Japanese driver to win an IndyCar race when he won the 2013 Grand Prix of Long Beach. He competed in Formula One from 2002 to 2008 for the Honda-powered Jordan, BAR and Super Aguri teams, scoring a single podium at the 2004 United States Grand Prix. His 8th place finish in the 2004 Formula One World Drivers' Championship is the best-ever result for a Japanese driver in the series. ... Read more on wikipedia
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INDYCAR AP's Jenna Fryer reports that Colton Herta has been pulled inside the Andretti Autosport camp and Takuma Sato will return to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing next season as IndyCar drivers are securing their 2020 plans. Andretti merged with Harding Steinbrenner Racing via a partnership that put Herta in a fifth entry for the team. The ...Read moreINDYCAR The Swedish rookie lapped the course in 1min10.406sec, an average speed of 114.433mph, to beat points leader and championship favorite Josef Newgarden by 0.1823sec, with Will Power and Simon Pagenaud in arrears by a mere 0.0042 and 0.0192sec respectively.Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing's Takuma Sato, who was confirmed this morning as a Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda driver again in ...Read moreINDYCAR Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced it will retain 2017 Indianapolis 500 winner and former Formula 1 driver Takuma Sato for the '20 IndyCar season ...Read moreINDYCAR While co-owners Rahal, David Letterman and Mike Lanigan remain enthusiastic about the idea of running a third entry alongside current incumbents Graham Rahal and Takuma Sato, the odds of it happening have apparently slipped "from 65-35 to 50-50".Rahal told Motorsport.com: "We're about halfway there, and we're still working on it but some of the things that we thought looked good ...Read moreINDYCAR Polesitter Pagenaud fought a hard duel with 2016 Indy winner Alexander Rossi of Andretti Autosport over the final quarter of the 103rd running of the Memorial Day Weekend classic, the Team Penske-Chevrolet driver eventually prevailing by 0.2086sec, with another former winner Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) and Josef Newgarden (Penske) also finishing within a second of him.While ...Read moreINDYCAR Takuma Sato has stated that his win in the NTT IndyCar Series at Gateway on Saturday Night was made special by the "difficult circumstances" coming out of previous race at Pocono. ...Read moreINDYCAR Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing's Takuma Sato says the support he has received since his involvement in a multi-car accident at Pocono has helped make his IndyCar Gateway victory more special ...Read moreINDYCAR Takuma Sato (RLL Racing) scored his second win of the season in the 500-km race at the World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway ...Read more
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- twitterRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced it will retain 2017 Indy 500 winner and former F1 driver Takuma Sato f https://t.co/s4X7JqfIXwGo to post
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- twitterIndyCar Series: Takuma Sato on the top podium spot at Gateway https://t.co/AQgfEFBaNb https://t.co/8rZgccUAaB #SnapLapGo to post
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- twitterRLL Racing issue statement supporting Takuma Sato post Pocono accident https://t.co/EmecbqZRu7 #indycarGo to post
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- facebookAs part of his charity project “With You Japan,” in response to the Great East Japan earthquake in 2011, Takuma Sato will wear this specially-designed helmet in the ABC Supply 500 on Sunday at Pocono Raceway to celebrate his 10th year in the NTT IndyCar Series. It will be auctioned off after the race. The six-color stripe design represents his past race car colors throughout his Indy car career. We think it’s a race-winning design. How about you?Go to post