Takuma Sato

Japanese | Born 1977-01-28

Compare head-to-head records across their shared time at a constructor. See who scored more points, qualified higher, and won the most race match-ups.

Davidson 2007 - 2008

Races 21

Qualis 21

Race H2H

14 - 7

Quali H2H

8 - 13

Points H2H 4 - 0

Yamamoto 2006 - 2006

Races 7

Qualis 7

Race H2H

6 - 1

Quali H2H

5 - 2

Points H2H 0 - 0

Montagny 2006 - 2006

Races 7

Qualis 7

Race H2H

5 - 2

Quali H2H

6 - 1

Points H2H 0 - 0

Ide 2006 - 2006

Races 4

Qualis 4

Race H2H

4 - 0

Quali H2H

4 - 0

Points H2H 0 - 0

Button 2003 - 2005

Races 35

Qualis 35

Race H2H

3 - 32

Quali H2H

9 - 26

Points H2H 38 - 127

Fisichella 2002 - 2002

Races 17

Qualis 16

Race H2H

9 - 8

Quali H2H

4 - 12

Points H2H 2 - 7

Career Totals

Total Races 91

Total Qualis 90

Race H2H

41 - 50

Quali H2H

36 - 54

Points H2H 44 - 134

Race

Teammate	Years	Races	Ahead	Behind	Points
Davidson	2007 - 2008	21	14	7	4 - 0
Ide	2006 - 2006	4	4	0	0 - 0
Montagny	2006 - 2006	7	5	2	0 - 0
Yamamoto	2006 - 2006	7	6	1	0 - 0
Button	2003 - 2005	35	3	32	38 - 127
Fisichella	2002 - 2002	17	9	8	2 - 7
TOTAL		91	41	50	44 - 134

Quali

Teammate	Years	Qualis	Ahead	Behind
Davidson	2007 - 2008	21	8	13
Ide	2006 - 2006	4	4	0
Montagny	2006 - 2006	7	6	1
Yamamoto	2006 - 2006	7	5	2
Button	2003 - 2005	35	9	26
Fisichella	2002 - 2002	16	4	12
TOTAL		90	36	54

Track consecutive dominance. 'Max Ahead' shows the highest number of races (or qualifying sessions) in a row that this driver finished ahead of the teammate. 'Max Behind' shows the opposite. Sprint races are not included.

Davidson

Race Streaks

Max Ahead

Max Behind

Quali Streaks

Max Ahead

Max Behind

Yamamoto

Race Streaks

Max Ahead

Max Behind

Quali Streaks

Max Ahead

Max Behind

Montagny

Race Streaks

Max Ahead

Max Behind

Quali Streaks

Max Ahead

Max Behind

Ide

Race Streaks

Max Ahead

Max Behind

Quali Streaks

Max Ahead

Max Behind

Button

Race Streaks

Max Ahead

Max Behind

Quali Streaks

Max Ahead

Max Behind

Fisichella

Race Streaks

Max Ahead

Max Behind

Quali Streaks

Max Ahead

Max Behind

Race Streaks

Teammate	Max Ahead	Max Behind
Davidson	5	2
Ide	4	0
Yamamoto	4	1
Fisichella	3	3
Montagny	3	1
Button	1	16

Quali Streaks

Teammate	Max Ahead	Max Behind
Montagny	6	1
Ide	4	0
Davidson	3	7
Button	2	9
Fisichella	2	5
Yamamoto	2	1

Review performance year-by-year. See how race finishes, points totals, and average qualifying results evolved over each season of their career.

2008

Race Stats

Starts4

Points0

Wins0

Podiums0

Best Finish13

Avg Pos15.3

Finish %75.0%

WDC Pos21

Quali Stats

Entries4

Poles0

Top 10s0

Best Grid19

Avg Grid20.5

2007

Race Stats

Starts17

Points4

Wins0

Podiums0

Best Finish6

Avg Pos13.5

Finish %76.5%

WDC Pos17

Quali Stats

Entries17

Poles0

Top 10s1

Best Grid10

Avg Grid17.2

2006

Race Stats

Starts18

Points0

Wins0

Podiums0

Best Finish10

Avg Pos14.9

Finish %55.6%

WDC Pos23

Quali Stats

Entries18

Poles0

Top 10s0

Best Grid17

Avg Grid19.7

2005

Race Stats

Starts16

Points1

Wins0

Podiums0

Best Finish8

Avg Pos12.0

Finish %56.3%

WDC Pos23

Quali Stats

Entries16

Poles0

Top 10s0

Best Grid4

Avg Grid10.8

2004

Race Stats

Starts18

Points34

Wins0

Podiums1

Best Finish3

Avg Pos6.8

Finish %66.7%

WDC Pos8

Quali Stats

Entries18

Poles0

Top 10s0

Best Grid2

Avg Grid8.2

2003

Race Stats

Starts1

Points3

Wins0

Podiums0

Best Finish6

Avg Pos6.0

Finish %100.0%

WDC Pos18

Quali Stats

Entries1

Poles0

Top 10s0

Best Grid13

Avg Grid13.0

2002

Race Stats

Starts17

Points2

Wins0

Podiums0

Best Finish5

Avg Pos10.1

Finish %58.8%

WDC Pos15

Quali Stats

Entries17

Poles0

Top 10s0

Best Grid7

Avg Grid15.3

Race Seasons

Season	Starts	Points	Podiums	Points Finishes	Finish %	Avg Pos
2008	4	0	0	0	75.0%	15.3
2007	17	4	0	2	76.5%	13.5
2006	18	0	0	0	55.6%	14.9
2005	16	1	0	1	56.3%	12.0
2004	18	34	1	9	66.7%	6.8
2003	1	3	0	1	100.0%	6.0
2002	17	2	0	1	58.8%	10.1

Quali Seasons

Season	Entries	Top 10	Best Grid	Avg Grid
2008	4	0	19	20.5
2007	17	1	10	17.2
2006	18	0	17	19.7
2005	16	10	4	10.8
2004	18	14	2	8.2
2003	1	0	13	13.0
2002	17	1	7	15.3

Discover where this driver excels and struggles. Top 3 best and worst circuits based on their average race finish. Only tracks with a minimum of 3 race finishes are included.

Best Tracks

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Starts5

Wins0

Podiums1

Best Finish3

Avg Finish7.00

Suzuka Circuit

Starts5

Wins0

Podiums0

Best Finish4

Avg Finish7.50

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Starts5

Wins0

Podiums0

Best Finish6

Avg Finish8.00

Track	Starts	Podiums	Avg Finish
Indianapolis Motor Speedway	5	1	7.00
Suzuka Circuit	5	0	7.50
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	5	0	8.00

Worst Tracks

Circuit de Monaco

Starts4

Wins0

Podiums0

Best Finish17

Avg Finish17.00

Istanbul Park

Starts3

Wins0

Podiums0

Best Finish9

Avg Finish14.67

Silverstone Circuit

Starts5

Wins0

Podiums0

Best Finish11

Avg Finish14.50

Track	Starts	Avg Finish
Circuit de Monaco	4	17.00
Istanbul Park	3	14.67
Silverstone Circuit	5	14.50

Explore a comprehensive breakdown of every finishing position the driver has achieved, along with their non-finishes.

Finishing Positions

P3 1

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2004 United States Grand Prix

P4 2

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2004 Japanese Grand Prix, 2004 Italian Grand Prix

P5 3

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2004 Spanish Grand Prix, 2004 Bahrain Grand Prix, 2002 Japanese Grand Prix

P6 5

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2007 Canadian Grand Prix, 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix, 2004 Chinese Grand Prix, 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix, 2003 Japanese Grand Prix

P8 4

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2007 Spanish Grand Prix, 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix, 2004 German Grand Prix, 2002 German Grand Prix

P9 4

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2005 Turkish Grand Prix, 2004 Australian Grand Prix, 2002 Brazilian Grand Prix, 2002 Malaysian Grand Prix

P10 4

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2006 Brazilian Grand Prix, 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix, 2002 Hungarian Grand Prix, 2002 Canadian Grand Prix

P11 4

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2005 French Grand Prix, 2004 British Grand Prix, 2002 United States Grand Prix, 2002 Belgian Grand Prix

P12 6

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2007 Brazilian Grand Prix, 2007 Australian Grand Prix, 2006 Australian Grand Prix, 2005 German Grand Prix, 2005 European Grand Prix, 2002 Italian Grand Prix

P13 3

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2008 Spanish Grand Prix, 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix

P14 4

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2007 Chinese Grand Prix, 2007 British Grand Prix, 2006 Malaysian Grand Prix, 2005 Australian Grand Prix

P15 4

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2007 Belgian Grand Prix, 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, 2006 Japanese Grand Prix, 2004 Malaysian Grand Prix

P16 7

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2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, 2007 Italian Grand Prix, 2007 French Grand Prix, 2006 Italian Grand Prix, 2005 Italian Grand Prix, 2005 British Grand Prix, 2002 European Grand Prix

P17 5

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2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, 2007 Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 Turkish Grand Prix, 2006 British Grand Prix, 2006 Spanish Grand Prix

P18 2

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2007 Turkish Grand Prix, 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix

Non-Finishes

DNF 29

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2008 Australian Grand Prix, 2007 Japanese Grand Prix, 2007 European Grand Prix, 2007 United States Grand Prix, 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, 2006 German Grand Prix, 2006 French Grand Prix, 2006 United States Grand Prix, 2006 Canadian Grand Prix, 2006 Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 European Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, 2005 Chinese Grand Prix, 2005 Belgian Grand Prix, 2005 Canadian Grand Prix, 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, 2004 Belgian Grand Prix, 2004 French Grand Prix, 2004 Canadian Grand Prix, 2004 European Grand Prix, 2004 Monaco Grand Prix, 2004 San Marino Grand Prix, 2002 French Grand Prix, 2002 British Grand Prix, 2002 Monaco Grand Prix, 2002 Austrian Grand Prix, 2002 Spanish Grand Prix, 2002 San Marino Grand Prix, 2002 Australian Grand Prix

DSQ 3

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2006 Chinese Grand Prix, 2005 Japanese Grand Prix, 2005 San Marino Grand Prix

DNS 1

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2005 United States Grand Prix

Explore the finishing consistency of the driver. View their overall finishing percentage and a breakdown of their Did Not Finish (DNF) reasons.

Total Starts

Total Finishes

Total DNFs

Mech DNF

Non-Mech DNF

Finishing %

66.7%

DNF Breakdown

Engine 7

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2007 Bahrain Grand Prix, 2004 French Grand Prix, 2004 Canadian Grand Prix, 2004 European Grand Prix, 2004 Monaco Grand Prix, 2004 San Marino Grand Prix, 2002 British Grand Prix

Spun off 5

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2007 United States Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, 2002 French Grand Prix, 2002 Monaco Grand Prix, 2002 Spanish Grand Prix

Collision 3

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2007 Japanese Grand Prix, 2004 Belgian Grand Prix, 2002 Austrian Grand Prix

Gearbox 3

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2006 German Grand Prix, 2005 Chinese Grand Prix, 2002 San Marino Grand Prix

Accident 3

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2006 United States Grand Prix, 2006 Canadian Grand Prix, 2005 Belgian Grand Prix

Transmission 2

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2008 Australian Grand Prix, 2006 French Grand Prix

Electrical 2

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2006 Monaco Grand Prix, 2002 Australian Grand Prix

Brakes 2

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2005 Canadian Grand Prix, 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix

Retired 1

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2007 European Grand Prix

Hydraulics 1

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2006 European Grand Prix