Takuma Aoki

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Takuma Aoki
Aoki in 2019
NationalityJapanese
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1993 - 1997
First race1993 250cc Japanese Grand Prix
Last race1997 500cc Australian Grand Prix
Team(s)Honda
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
18 0 4 0 0 169

Takuma Aoki (青木 拓磨, Aoki Takuma, born February 24, 1974 in

World Superbike Championship, winning one race in that series.[1] In 1996, he won All Japan Championship Superbike class champion.[2] He returned to Grand Prix racing with Honda in 1997, enjoying his best season when he finished fifth in the 500cc world championship.[3] A spinal injury in a 1998 motorcycle crash left him paralyzed below the waist. Aoki has continued to work with Honda, helping them develop cars for disabled people.[4] He is the brother of Grand Prix racers, Nobuatsu and Haruchika Aoki
.

Aoki has been involved in motorsports again. Using specially-modified 4-wheel drive vehicles, he has been involved in many cross country rallies, notably the Dakar Rally, the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy and the Asia Cross Country Rally.[5][6]

On July 10 2019, he took a test ride on the Team Honda Dream CBR1000

Le Mans 24
hour race as part of Frederick Sausset's SRT41 team.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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 Pos. Pts
1993 250cc Honda AUS MAL JPN
8
SPA AUT GER NED EUR RSM GBR CZE ITA USA FIM 24th 8
1994 250cc Honda AUS MAL JPN
5
SPA AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR 20th 11
1995 500cc Honda AUS MAL JPN
3
SPA GER ITA NED FRA GBR CZE
BRA
ARG EUR 23rd 16
1996 500cc Honda MAL INA JPN
Ret
SPA ITA FRA NED GER GBR AUT CZE IMO CAT
BRA
AUS NC 0
1997 500cc Honda MAL
5
JPN
4
SPA
4
ITA
Ret
AUT
Ret
FRA
5
NED
Ret
IMO
3
GER
3
BRA

DNS
GBR
10
CZE
6
CAT
7
INA
7
AUS
2
5th 134

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1994
Honda GBR GBR GER GER
ITA
ITA
SPA SPA AUT AUT INA INA
JPN

7
JPN

8
NED NED
SMR
SMR
EUR EUR AUS AUS 31st 17
1995
Honda GER GER
SMR
SMR
GBR GBR
ITA
ITA
SPA SPA AUT AUT
USA
USA
EUR EUR
JPN

Ret
JPN

7
NED NED INA INA AUS AUS 31st 9
1996
Honda
SMR
SMR
GBR GBR GER GER
ITA
ITA
CZE
CZE
USA
USA
EUR EUR INA INA
JPN

11
JPN

1
NED NED SPA SPA AUS AUS 19th 30

Complete Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 D.C. Points
2019–20 Team Yokohama Challenge Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY P
ADR
ADR
MEX
53
BER
97
BER
97
BER
76
BER
87
BER
75
BER
97
BER
77
6th 42

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2021 France Association SRT41 Belgium Nigel Bailly
France Matthieu Lahaye
Oreca 07-Gibson CDNT 334 32nd

References

  1. ^ "Takuma Aoki career World Superbike statistics at worldsbk.com". Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "www.takuma-gp.com". takuma-gp.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "MotoGP™ Riders". www.motogp.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "New Mobility". Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  5. ^ Sports, Dorna. "MotoGP™". www.motogp.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  6. ^ "www.yokohamatire.com". Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved October 12, 2009.