Yuki Takahashi

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Yuki Takahashi
Yuki Takahashi 2010 Silverstone.jpg
Takahashi at the 2010 British Grand Prix
NationalityJapanese
Born (1984-06-12) June 12, 1984 (age 37)
Saitama, Japan
Current teamF.C.C. TSR Honda France (EWC)
Bike number5
hideMotorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2009
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2009 championship position21st (9 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
7 0 0 0 0 9
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2010–2015
ManufacturersTech 3, Moriwaki, Suter, FTR
Championships0
2015 championship position27th (2 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
64 1 4 0 0 170
250cc World Championship
Active years2002–2008
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2008 championship position5th (167 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
65 2 7 0 0 546
125cc World Championship
Active years2001
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2001 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 0

Yuki Takahashi (高橋 裕紀, Takahashi Yūki, born July 12, 1984[1]) is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He currently races in the All Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship aboard a Honda CBR1000RR. For 2009 he made his debut in the MotoGP class, with the Scot Racing Honda team but was subsequently dropped by the team after just seven rounds of the 2009 season due to financial issues. Until that point, he had spent his entire career with Honda.

Career[]

Early career[]

Born in Saitama, Saitama, Takahashi developed his talents through an HRC Racing Scholarship, a program which has supported many young Japanese riders and aims to help them into the top level of competition. He made a wild card appearance in the 125cc World Championship in Japan in 2001. Between 2002 and 2004 he made four wild card appearances in his home country in the 250cc World Championship, finishing in the top five in all four. He won the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship in 2004, having previously finished runner-up in the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP125 Championship in 2001.

250cc World Championship[]

Takahashi at the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix, riding a Honda.

He became a full-time 250cc World Championship rider in 2005, finishing eleventh overall on a Honda. For 2006 and beyond Honda did not develop their 250cc two-stroke racing machine, but Takahashi was still able to take two wins and sixth overall. He came eleventh overall without a podium in 2007 as the team began to struggle, but in 2008 he took three podium finishes, and qualified eighth and finished sixth in his home race. In his final 250cc appearance at Valencia he qualified tenth, but rode well, finishing second. He ended up in fifth place in the final standings: his best performance since starting to compete in the World Championship.[2]

MotoGP World Championship[]

For the 2009 season he was handed a MotoGP spot for Team Scot Honda, thus replacing his former 250cc team-mate Andrea Dovizioso who headed for HRC's official Repsol Honda outfit.[3] After the JiR Team Scot team split, JiR attempted to remain in the class with Ben Spies, but Honda opted to support Team Scot instead. Takahashi struggled early in the season, with a best finish of twelfth at the Circuit de Catalunya. He crashed on the first lap there, and also had an early collision with Nicky Hayden on his home round.

On 1 July 2009 it was announced that the Scot Honda team would be terminating Takahashi's contract with immediate effect due to financial constraints.[4] He was replaced by Hungarian rider Gábor Talmácsi. It marked the first time since 1991 that no Japanese rider was competing in the premier category.

Moto2 World Championship[]

Takahashi has dropped down into the new Moto2 class for 2010, partnering Raffaele de Rosa at Tech 3.[5] He took his first victory in the class at Barcelona, after a ride-through penalty for Andrea Iannone.[6] He finished the season 12th overall, for 2011 he signed to ride for Gresini Racing aboard a Moriwaki, he took 2 podium finishes and finished 11th overall. For 2012 he joined NGM Mobile Forward Racing and rode a Suter for the first six rounds and a FTR for the remainder of the championship, the season was a disaster as Takahashi only failed to score points until the final round of the season at Valencia. He remained in Moto2 for 2013 and joined IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia, ran by Tadayuki Okada and rode a Moriwaki once again. Takahashi was dropped in favour of Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman for the Misano round onwards after failing to score a point in the opening 11 rounds.

Career statistics[]

Grand Prix motorcycle racing[]

By season[]

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2001 125cc Honda OSL SC & Okegawa School 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2002 250cc Honda Team HRC 1 0 1 0 0 16 21st
2003 250cc Honda Dy Do Miu Racing Team 2 0 1 0 0 29 18th
2004 250cc Honda Dydo Miu Racing 1 0 0 0 0 11 25th
2005 250cc Honda Team Scot 16 0 0 0 0 77 11th
2006 250cc Honda Humangest Racing Team 14 2 2 0 0 156 6th
2007 250cc Honda Kopron Team Scot 15 0 0 0 0 90 11th
2008 250cc Honda JiR Team Scot 250 16 0 3 0 0 167 5th
2009 MotoGP Honda Team Scot 7 0 0 0 0 9 21st
2010 Moto2 Tech 3 Tech 3 Racing 17 1 2 0 0 86 12th
2011 Moto2 Moriwaki Gresini Racing 17 0 2 0 0 77 11th
2012 Moto2 Suter Forward Racing 17 0 0 0 0 5 28th
FTR
2013 Moto2 Moriwaki IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia 11 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 Moto2 Moriwaki Moriwaki Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 Moto2 Moriwaki Moriwaki Racing 1 0 0 0 0 2 27th
Total 137 3 11 0 0 725

By class[]

Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
125cc 2001 2001 Pacific 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
250cc 2002–2008 2002 Pacific 2002 Pacific 2006 France 65 2 7 0 0 546 0
MotoGP 2009 2009 Qatar 7 0 0 0 0 9 0
Moto2 2010–2015 2010 Qatar 2010 Catalunya 2010 Catalunya 64 1 4 0 0 170 0
Total 2002–2015 137 3 11 0 0 725

Races by year[]

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

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts
2001 125cc Honda JPN RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL PAC
Ret 		AUS MAL BRA NC 0
2002 250cc Honda JPN RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR BRA PAC
3 		MAL AUS VAL 21st 16
2003 250cc Honda JPN
3 		RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR BRA PAC
4 		MAL AUS VAL 18th 29
2004 250cc Honda RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED BRA GER GBR CZE POR JPN
5 		QAT MAL AUS VAL 25th 11
2005 250cc Honda SPA
Ret 		POR
7 		CHN
10 		FRA
10 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
7 		NED
15 		GBR
Ret 		GER
9 		CZE
Ret 		JPN
4 		MAL
7 		QAT
8 		AUS
Ret 		TUR
Ret 		VAL
7 		11th 77
2006 250cc Honda SPA
4 		QAT
9 		TUR
5 		CHN
5 		FRA
1 		ITA
4 		CAT
7 		NED
6 		GBR
7 		GER
1 		CZE MAL
4 		AUS
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		POR
6 		VAL
DNS 		6th 156
2007 250cc Honda QAT
7 		SPA
8 		TUR
Ret 		CHN
DNS 		FRA ITA
11 		CAT
Ret 		GBR
4 		NED
10 		GER
8 		CZE
Ret 		RSM
9 		POR
Ret 		JPN
4 		AUS
10 		MAL
9 		VAL
8 		11th 90
2008 250cc Honda QAT
5 		SPA
3 		POR
6 		CHN
7 		FRA
4 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
12 		GBR
9 		NED
8 		GER
9 		CZE
6 		RSM
2 		IND
C 		JPN
6 		AUS
7 		MAL
4 		VAL
2 		5th 167
2009 MotoGP Honda QAT
15 		JPN
Ret 		SPA
12 		FRA
13 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
Ret 		NED
15 		USA GER GBR CZE IND RSM POR AUS MAL VAL 21st 9
2010 Moto2 Tech 3 QAT
Ret 		SPA
4 		FRA
Ret 		ITA
8 		GBR
18 		NED
10 		CAT
1 		GER
Ret 		CZE
2 		IND
26 		RSM
Ret 		ARA
12 		JPN
6 		MAL
Ret 		AUS
17 		POR
26 		VAL
18 		12th 86
2011 Moto2 Moriwaki QAT
5 		SPA
Ret 		POR
3 		FRA
2 		CAT
Ret 		GBR
7 		NED
Ret 		ITA
14 		GER
Ret 		CZE
12 		IND
25 		RSM
7 		ARA
31 		JPN
30 		AUS
10 		MAL
Ret 		VAL
Ret 		11th 77
2012 Moto2 Suter QAT
19 		SPA
21 		POR
Ret 		FRA
17 		CAT
21 		GBR
25 		28th 5
FTR NED
20 		GER
Ret 		ITA
17 		IND
27 		CZE
18 		RSM
Ret 		ARA
22 		JPN
15 		MAL
15 		AUS
15 		VAL
14
2013 Moto2 Moriwaki QAT
23 		AME
18 		SPA
22 		FRA
17 		ITA
23 		CAT
20 		NED
25 		GER
18 		IND
21 		CZE
17 		GBR
22 		RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL NC 0
2014 Moto2 Moriwaki QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN
26 		AUS MAL VAL NC 0
2015 Moto2 Moriwaki QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN
14 		AUS MAL VAL 27th 2

References[]

  1. ^ "MotoGP on G+" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  2. ^ Cashman, Garret (2008-09-28). "Yuki Takahashi runs a determined race at the Grand Prix of Japan". London Bikers. Media Panther Ltd. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  3. ^ Birt, Matthew (2008-09-26). "Motegi MotoGP: Yuki Takahashi makes MotoGP switch". Motorcycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  4. ^ "Insidebikes: Takahashi dropped by Scot Honda". Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  5. ^ "Tech 3 names Moto2 riders, Romagnoli joins". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  6. ^ O'Leary, Jamie (2010-07-04). "Takahashi takes maiden victory". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-07-04.

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