RACING DRIVER

Takuma Sato

1977 - Today

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Takuma "Taku" Sato (Japanese: 佐藤 琢磨, Hepburn: Satō Takuma, born 28 January 1977) is a Japanese racing driver, who competes part-time in the IndyCar Series for RLL. Sato competed in Formula One from 2002 to 2008. In American open-wheel racing, Sato is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 2017 and 2020, remaining the only Asian driver to win the event. Born and raised in Tokyo, Sato began his career in karting before moving to Europe in 1999 with support from Honda. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takuma Sato has received more than 1,418,531 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Takuma Sato is the 333rd most popular racing driver (down from 265th in 2019), the 1,201st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,045th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Racing Driver.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.63

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  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Takuma Sato ranks 333 out of 1,080. Before him are Max Biaggi, Conny Andersson, Reg Parnell, Karl Wendlinger, José Dolhem, and Freddie Spencer. After him are Carlos Menditeguy, Jan Magnussen, Georges Berger, Jean-Claude Andruet, Peter Gethin, and Georges Grignard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Takuma Sato ranks 91. Before him are Giorgos Karagounis, Hun Manet, Hiro Mashima, Janne Ahonen, Erika Lust, and Won Bin. After him are Aria Giovanni, Simone Perrotta, Antonio Mateu Lahoz, Ji Sung, Audrey Fleurot, and Brad Delson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takuma Sato ranks 1,201 out of 6,245. Before him are Minami Takayama (1964), Shoko Hamada (1950), Shirō Sagisu (1957), Yōichi Takahashi (1960), Yukio Ozaki (1858), and Katsuhiro Kusaki (1962). After him are Atsushi Sakurai (1966), Yasuji Miyazaki (1916), Kenichi Ogata (1942), Izumi Sakai (1967), Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931), and Hiroshi Kamiya (1975).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Japan

Among racing drivers born in Japan, Takuma Sato ranks 5. Before him are Kunimitsu Takahashi (1940), Keiichi Tsuchiya (1956), Satoru Nakajima (1953), and Aguri Suzuki (1960). After him are Toshio Suzuki (1955), Kazuyoshi Hoshino (1947), Hiroshi Fushida (1946), Masahiro Hasemi (1945), Ukyo Katayama (1963), Daijiro Kato (1976), and Yuji Ide (1975).

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