Yūki Takahashi (racing driver)

Yūki Takahashi in 2008 on a Honda

Takahashi 2010 on Tech-3-Moto2

Yūki Takahashi ( Japanese 高橋 裕 紀 , Takahashi Yūki , born July 12, 1984 in Yoshikawa , Saitama Prefecture ) is a Japanese motorcycle racer .

Career

After successful wildcard appearances in the motorcycle world championship with four top 5 results in the 250 cc class from 2002 to 2004, Yūki Takahashi was hired as a regular driver for Honda. In 2006 he had his only two victories at the French and German Grand Prix. After a mixed season in 2007 , in which an injury prevented better placements, he started again in 2008 and was 5th overall after three podium finishes. He then moved to the MotoGP class in the Scot Racing team. A lack of funding for the team ended the season prematurely for him after seven races on July 1st.

In the 2010 season he drove in the Moto2 class for Tech 3 Racing .

statistics

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• 2004 - Japanese 250cc champion on a Honda
• 2014 - Japanese J-GP2 champion on Honda
• 2015 - Japanese J-GP2 champion on Honda

In the motorcycle world championship

season	class	motorcycle	run	Victories	Podiums	Poles	Points	Result
2001	125 cc	E-NER	1	-	-	-	-	-
2002	250 cc	Honda	1	-	1	-	16	21st
2003	250 cc	Honda	2	-	1	-	29	18th
2004	250 cc	Honda	1	-	-	-	11	25th
2005	250 cc	Honda	16	-	-	-	77	11.
2006	250 cc	Honda	14th	2	2	-	156	6th
2007	250 cc	Honda	15th	-	-	-	90	11.
2008	250 cc	Honda	16	-	3	-	167	5.
2009	MotoGP	Honda	7th	-	-	-	9	21st
2010	Moto2	Tech 3	17th	1	2	-	86	12.
2011	Moto2	Moriwaki	17th	-	2	-	77	11.
2012	Moto2	Suter / FTR	17th	-	-	-	2	30th
2013	Moto2	Moriwaki	11	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Moto2	Moriwaki	1	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Moto2	Moriwaki	1	-	-	-	2	27.
total			132	3	11	-	720

Web links

Commons : Yūki Takahashi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Yūki Takahashi on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).