Sakon Yamamoto
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| First start: | Grand Prix of Germany 2006 | ||||||||
| Last start: | 2010 Korean Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 2006 Super Aguri • 2007 Spyker • 2010 HRT | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | WM-24. ( 2007 ) | ||||||||
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Sakon Yamamoto ( Japanese山 本 左近, Yamamoto Sakon ; born July 9, 1982 in Toyohashi ) is a Japanese racing car driver . From 2006 to 2010 he competed in several Formula 1 races .
Career
Yamamoto began his motorsport career in 1994 at the Suzuka Circuit Racing School in kart racing , where he was active until 2000. 2001 Yamamoto joined the Formula racing and raced in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship for TOM'S . He was fourth in the overall standings straight away. He also started in four races of the British Formula 3 Championship . In 2002 Yamamoto moved completely to Europe and drove in the German Formula 3 championship for GM Motorsport and the Kolles Racing team . He also started for Kolles in a race in the Italian Formula 3 championship . In both championships he remained without points. In 2003 he switched to the newly founded Formula 3 Euro Series , in which he competed for Superfund TME , the Kolles racing team. Without points, he finished 27th overall at the end of the season.
In 2004 Yamamoto returned to Japan and competed again for TOM'S in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. He achieved his first victory in formula racing and he finished seventh overall at the end of the season. In 2005 Yamamoto switched to Kondo Racing in Formula Nippon and finished tenth overall with a second place. He also drove together with Tatsuya Kataoka in the Japanese GT racing series Super GT and together with Kataoka finished seventh overall with a win. At the Japanese Grand Prix , Yamamoto took part in the free practice session of the Formula 1 Grand Prix as Jordan’s third driver , Colin Kolles was meanwhile team principal at the racing team.
In 2006 Yamamoto started in Formula Nippon and the Super GT. However, he left both series after three races each to take part in four Grand Prix of the 2006 Formula 1 World Championship as the third driver for Super Aguri . From the German Grand Prix he took over the racing cockpit alongside Takuma Satō from Franck Montagny for the remaining seven races of the season. He only reached the finish line in three races. When he crossed the finish line, Yamamoto only left outlandish drivers behind. In the overall ranking he finished 26th. His sponsorship money was mainly responsible for his commitment.
For 2007 Yamamoto lost his Super Aguri cockpit to Anthony Davidson , but initially stayed with the team as a test driver. In addition, Yamamoto contested the first six race weekends in the 2007 GP2 series for BCN Competición . His best result was a ninth place in the main race in Barcelona . Yamamoto did not score any points. From the Hungarian Grand Prix , Yamamoto switched back to Formula 1 and replaced the dismissed Christijan Albers at Spyker . He prevailed against well-known candidates such as Christian Klien and Narain Karthikeyan , but less because of his driving skills than because of financial donations. His team-mate at Spyker was Adrian Sutil , who was faster than Yamamoto in every qualifying session. At Spyker, Yamamoto worked again with Colin Kolles, who was now Spyker's team principal.
For the Formula 1 World Championship 2008 Yamamoto was signed by Renault as the third test driver in February . However, his engagement focused more on presentation trips and sponsorship appearances. It was not used in test drives. In the middle of the GP2 series in 2008 , he returned to the GP2 series . He was signed by ART Grand Prix to replace Luca Filippi . His teammate at ART was Romain Grosjean , who, like Yamamoto, was a test driver at Renault. Yamamoto's best result was fourth place in the sprint race on the Hungaroring . It was also the first time that Yamamoto scored points in a racing series outside of Japan. Yamamoto finished 23rd overall with three points. He scored fewer points for the ART Grand Prix than his predecessor Filippi. In the GP2 Asia Series season 2008/09 Yamamoto stayed with ART Grand Prix. At the start of the season in Shanghai , he took his first GP2 podium finish in third place. At the end of the season, Yamamoto finished ninth in the overall standings.
After his involvement in the GP2 Asia series, Yamamoto left formula racing and switched to the ADAC GT Masters in 2009 . Starting for the Rosberg team , he finished 32nd overall at the end of the season . In 2010 Yamamoto returned to Formula 1 and, after three Grand Prix, was hired by the new racing team HRT as a test driver. At HRT he worked again with Colin Kolles and was supposed to take part in Friday practice at some Grands Prix. He assumed this position for the first time at the Turkish Grand Prix . At the British Grand Prix , the Japanese competed as a replacement for Bruno Senna , who was suspended for this race. From the next race, the German Grand Prix , Yamamoto took part in the races as a replacement for Karun Chandhok . At the Singapore Grand Prix , he had to relinquish his cockpit to Klien, the team's test and reserve driver, because of alleged food poisoning. As it turned out a little later, the real reason for the exposure wasn't food poisoning, but financial difficulties. The money from Yamamoto's mother, who financed the cockpit for her son, had not reached HRT on time. After two more races in the cockpit, Yamamoto was replaced by Klien at the Brazilian Grand Prix . At the end of the season, Yamamoto, who had participated in seven races in 2006 and 2007, finished 26th in the drivers' world championship without any points. In 2011 , Yamamoto took the test and reserve driver position at Virgin for the first three Grands Prix .
After several years without motorsport involvement, Yamamoto returned to motorsport in June 2015 and competed for Amlin Aguri, for whom he drove in Formula 1 under the name Super Aguri, in two races in the FIA Formula E championship .
statistics
Career stations
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Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship
These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
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| 2006 | Super Aguri Formula 1 | Super Aguri SA05 / SA06 | Honda 2.4 V8 | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26th |
| 2007 | Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team | Spyker F8-VII / F8-VIIB | Ferrari 2.4 V8 | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24. |
| 2010 | HRT F1 team | HRT F110 | Cosworth 2.4 V8 | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26th |
| total | 21st | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th |
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Individual results in the FIA Formula E Championship
| year | team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | rank |
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| 2014/15 | Amlin Aguri |
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Surprise: Renault takes Yamamoto!" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 4, 2008)
- ↑ "ART: Yamamoto replaces Filippi" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 15, 2008)
- ↑ "Sakon Yamamoto is substitute driver at HRT" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 17, 2010)
- ^ "HRT: Much praise for Yamamoto" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 28, 2010)
- ↑ "HRT confirms Senna kicked out" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 9, 2010)
- ↑ "HRT: Senna will contest more races in 2010" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 9, 2010)
- ↑ "Second comeback: Klien drives again too!" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 24, 2010)
- ↑ "No food poisoning" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on September 25, 2010)
- ↑ "Second chance: Klien replaces Yamamoto in Brazil" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 4, 2010)
- ^ "Yamamoto third driver at Marussia-Virgin" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 23, 2011)
- ↑ Ruben Zimmermann: Change at Amlin Aguri: Yamamoto replaces Felix da Costa. Motorsport-Total.com, June 15, 2014, accessed June 15, 2015 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Yamamoto, Sakon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese automobile racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toyohashi , Japan |