Taki Inoue
Nation: | Japan | ||||||||
Formula 1 world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | 1994 Japanese Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1995 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1994 Simtek 1995 Footwork | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
Podiums : | - | ||||||||
Leadership laps : | - |
Takachiho "Taki" Inoue ( Japanese 井上 隆 智 穂 , Inoue Takachiho ; born September 5, 1963 in Kobe ) is a former Japanese automobile racing driver . In 1994 and 1995 he contested a total of 18 Formula 1 races, but could not collect any championship points. Inoue is considered a classic pay driver and described himself in an interview in 2013 as “one of the worst Formula 1 drivers of all time”.
Career
Junior series and first Formula 1 experience
Inoue came to the UK from Japan in 1987. There he completed an apprenticeship at the Jim Russell Racing School. In 1988 Inoue took part in the British Formula Ford Championship, 1989-1993 in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship , with his best result of the ninth championship in 1993 was. In 1994 Inoue started in Formula 3000 , but could not achieve any championship points there and was often involved in accidents he was responsible for himself.
Inoue made his first entry into Formula 1 with sponsorship from Japanese companies in 1994 , when he competed in the Japanese Grand Prix for the British team Simtek . As expected, he qualified for last place on the grid, more than three seconds behind his team-mate David Brabham . On lap three Inoue slipped off the track due to heavy rain and had to end the race.
1995 Formula 1 season at Footwork
These rather bad experiences did not stop Inoue from buying a seat with the British team Footwork, also known as Arrows , for the 1995 season with sponsorship money totaling 4.5 million US dollars . In none of the 17 races of the season did he manage to achieve a better result with the Footwork FA16 than his teammates Gianni Morbidelli or Massimiliano Papis .
There were notable incidents of the season during Saturday practice at the Monaco Grand Prix when his car hit the guardrails with blocked wheels. During the subsequent removal, the training was already over , the safety car driven by French rally driver Jean Ragnotti collided with the footwork, which then overturned. Inoue was sitting in his car at the time and suffered a slight concussion because he had not fastened the seat belt. Despite this incident, Inoue was able to contest the race the next day, but retired due to a gearbox failure.
Also worth mentioning is an incident at the Hungarian Grand Prix when Inoue, who got out of his broken-down car, was hit by the medical car and suffered a slight injury to his leg. For the next race of the season in Belgium Inoue had recovered sufficiently.
His best result of the season was eighth in the Italian Grand Prix , in which a total of ten cars crossed the finish line.
According to Formula 1
For the 1996 season , a contract had already been signed with the Italian team Minardi , which cost Inoue 3 million US dollars. Shortly before the start of the season, however, the contract was canceled because one of his sponsors left. In the end, Giancarlo Fisichella , who was active in Formula 1 until 2009 , was awarded the contract for the cockpit.
After his Formula 1 time, Inoue drove in the Japanese GT championship in 1999 , which he finished in 32nd place overall.
At the end of 1999 Inoue finally retired from active racing and founded the "International Management Company", which manages the careers of mostly Japanese racing drivers.
statistics
Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship
general overview
season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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1994 | MTV Simtek Ford | Simtek S941 | Ford HB 3.5 V8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1995 | Footwork Hart | Footwork FA16 | Hard 3.0 V8 | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24. |
total | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th |
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1994 | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | |||||||||||||||||
1995 | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 9 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 12 | 8th | 15th | DNF | DNF | 12 | DNF |
Legend | ||
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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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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
literature
- Christian Eichberger: The heavy legacy of the modern donkey . Paydriver in Formula 1. In: Motorsport Aktuell. Issue 23/2013, p. 7.
Web links
- Detailed biography on f1rejects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Certainly the worst Formula 1 driver of all time". Motorsport-Total.com, October 9, 2013, accessed October 13, 2013 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Inoue, Taki |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Inoue, Takachiho (full name); 井上 隆 智 穂 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese automobile racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th September 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kobe , Japan |