Yuki Takahashi

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Yuki Takahashi
File:Yuki Takahashi 2010 Silverstone.jpg
Takahashi at the 2010 British Grand Prix.
Nationality  Japanese
Born (1984-06-12) June 12, 1984 (age 39)
Saitama (Japan)
Current team MORIWAKI RACING
& MUSASHi Boon Siew Honda Racing
Bike number 72 & 1
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years 2009
Manufacturers Honda
Championships 0
2009 Championship position 21st (9 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
7 0 0 0 0 9
Moto2 World Championship
Active years 2010–2015
Manufacturers Tech 3, Moriwaki, Suter, FTR
Championships 0
2015 Championship position 27th (2 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
64 1 4 0 0 170
250cc World Championship
Active years 2002–2008
Manufacturers Honda
Championships 0
2008 Championship position 5th (167 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
65 2 7 0 0 546
125cc World Championship
Active years 2001
Manufacturers E-NER Honda
Championships 0
2001 Championship position NC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 0

Yuki Takahashi (高橋 裕紀 Takahashi Yuki?, 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 and in the Asia Road Race SS600 Championship aboard a Honda CBR600RR. 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 years

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

File:Yuki Takahashi.jpg
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

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

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

By season

Season Class Moto Team Races Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts Position
2001 125cc Honda 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A
2002 250cc Honda 1 0 1 0 0 16 21st
2003 250cc Honda 2 0 1 0 0 29 18th
2004 250cc Honda 1 0 0 0 0 11 25th
2005 250cc Honda 16 0 0 0 0 77 11th
2006 250cc Honda 14 2 2 0 0 156 6th
2007 250cc Honda 15 0 0 0 0 90 11th
2008 250cc Honda 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 Season 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
125 cc 2001 2001 Pacific 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
250 cc 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)

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

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