Taro Sekiguchi
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| Nationality |  Japanese |
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| Born | December 5, 1975 Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Current team | Team MISTERA with HARC-PRO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taro Sekiguchi (born December 5, 1975, in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan) is a former Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was the 2003 European champion in the 250 class. Sekiguchi is a former competitor in the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship, where he was champion in 2001.
Sekiguchi began his career competing in the 1999 250cc Japanese Grand Prix. In 2006, he raced in the 250 Grand Prix class with the number 44, for team Campetella Aprilia, alongside Chaz Davies.
He suffered a serious accident in the 2007 Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno, where he struck Marco Simoncelli's Gilera bike at full speed. He was airlifted to a hospital in Brno, where doctors confirmed he had a broken pelvis and two fractured ribs. After losing his Grand Prix ride, Sekiguchi returned to Japan, returning to the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship. He moved into the MFJ All Japan Road Race ST600 Championship in 2009, before moving into the MFJ All Japan Road Race J-GP2 Championship, finishing as runner-up in 2011, 8th in 2012, 12th in 2013 and 6th in 2014. He continues in the J-GP2 series for 2015.
Complete Grand Prix motorcycle racing results [1]
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Yr | Class | Team | Machine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pts | Rank | Wins |
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| 1999 | 250cc | Yamaha | YZR250 | MAL - |
JPN NC |
ESP - |
FRA - |
ITA - |
CAT - |
NED - |
GBR - |
GER - |
CZE - |
IMO - |
VAL - |
AUS - |
RSA - |
BRA - |
ARG - |
0 | - | 0 | ||
| 2000 | 250cc | Yamaha | YZR250 | RSA - |
MAL - |
JPN 14 |
ESP - |
FRA - |
ITA - |
CAT - |
NED - |
GBR - |
GER - |
CZE - |
POR - |
VAL - |
BRA - |
PAC - |
AUS - |
2 | 35th | 0 | ||
| 2001 | 250cc | Yamaha | YZR250 | JPN 10 |
RSA - |
ESP - |
FRA - |
ITA - |
CAT 13 |
NED - |
GBR - |
GER - |
CZE 16 |
POR NC |
VAL 17 |
PAC 9 |
AUS 12 |
MAL - |
BRA - |
20 | 22nd | 0 | ||
| 2002 | 250cc | Yamaha | TZ250 | JPN NC |
RSA NC |
ESP 15 |
FRA 12 |
ITA NC |
CAT 16 |
NED 17 |
GBR 14 |
GER 16 |
CZE - |
POR - |
BRA - |
PAC - |
MAL - |
AUS - |
VAL - |
7 | 29th | 0 | ||
| 2004 | 250cc | NC World Trade Yamaha | TZ250 | RSA 22 |
ESP 15 |
FRA 21 |
ITA 21 |
CAT 18 |
NED 19 |
BRA 20 |
GER 17 |
GBR 19 |
CZE NC |
POR 17 |
JPN 18 |
QAT 13 |
MAL NC |
AUS NC |
VAL NC |
4 | 31st | 0 | ||
| 2005 | 250cc | Campetella-Aprilia | RS250 | ESP - |
POR - |
CHN - |
FRA - |
ITA - |
CAT - |
NED - |
USA - |
GBR NC |
GER 18 |
CZE NC |
JPN 22 |
MAL 10 |
QAT 10 |
AUS NC |
TUR NC |
VAL 15 |
13 | 21st | 0 | |
| 2006 | 250cc | Campetella-Aprilia | RS250 | ESP - |
QAT - |
TUR - |
CHN - |
FRA - |
ITA - |
CAT - |
NED - |
GBR - |
GER - |
USA - |
CZE 17 |
MAL 13 |
AUS 19 |
JPN 18 |
POR 18 |
VAL 16 |
3 | 31st | 0 | |
| 2007 | 250cc | Campetella-Aprilia | RS250 | QAT NC |
ESP 17 |
TUR NC |
CHN 14 |
FRA 14 |
ITA 15 |
CAT 15 |
GBR 13 |
NED 12 |
GER 16 |
USA - |
CZE - |
RSM - |
POR - |
JPN - |
AUS 18 |
MAL 18 |
VAL 19 |
13 | 23rd | 0 |
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| Preceded by | 250 cc motorcycle European Champion 2003 |
Succeeded by Alvaro Molina |
