Taro Sekiguchi
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Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | SANMEI Team TARO PLUSONE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taro Sekiguchi (関口 太郎, Sekiguchi Tarō, born December 5, 1975 in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese motorcycle road racer. He was the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 champion in 2001 and the European 250cc champion in 2003.[1]
Career
Sekiguchi began his Grand Prix career competing in the
2016 Sekiguchi appeared again in a Grand Prix as a wild card in the Moto2 class in his home race. In 2016, 2017 and 2018 he was again the J-GP2 runner-up and in 2019 he moved to the JSB1000 class, finishing 14th.[1]
Career statistic
Grand Prix motorcycle racing[3]
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 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | 250cc | Yamaha | MAL | JPN Ret |
ESP | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | IMO | VAL | AUS | RSA | BRA
|
ARG | NC | 0 | ||
2000 | 250cc | Yamaha | RSA | MAL | JPN 14 |
ESP | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GBR | GER | CZE | POR | VAL | BRA
|
PAC | AUS | 35th | 2 | ||
2001 | 250cc | Yamaha | JPN 10 |
RSA | ESP | FRA | ITA | CAT 13 |
NED | GBR | GER | CZE 16 |
POR Ret |
VAL 17 |
PAC 9 |
AUS 12 |
MAL | BRA
|
22nd | 20 | ||
2002 | 250cc | Yamaha | JPN Ret |
RSA Ret |
ESP 15 |
FRA 12 |
ITA Ret |
CAT 16 |
NED 17 |
GBR 14 |
GER 16 |
CZE | POR | BRA
|
PAC | MAL | AUS | VAL | 29th | 7 | ||
2004 | 250cc | Yamaha | RSA 22 |
ESP 15 |
FRA 21 |
ITA 21 |
CAT 18 |
NED 19 |
BRA 20 |
GER 17 |
GBR 19 |
CZE Ret |
POR 17 |
JPN 18 |
QAT 13 |
MAL Ret |
AUS Ret |
VAL Ret |
31st | 4 | ||
2005 | 250cc | Aprilia | ESP | POR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GBR Ret |
GER 18 |
CZE Ret |
JPN 22 |
MAL 10 |
QAT 10 |
AUS Ret |
TUR Ret |
VAL 15 |
21st | 13 | ||
2006 | 250cc | Aprilia | ESP DNS |
QAT | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GBR | GER | CZE 17 |
MAL 13 |
AUS 19 |
JPN 18 |
POR 18 |
VAL 16 |
31st | 3 | ||
2007 | 250cc | Aprilia | QAT Ret |
ESP 17 |
TUR Ret |
CHN 14 |
FRA 14 |
ITA 15 |
CAT 15 |
GBR 13 |
NED 12 |
GER 16 |
CZE DNS |
RSM
|
POR | JPN | AUS 18 |
MAL 18 |
VAL 19 |
23rd | 13 | |
2016
|
Moto2 | TSR | QAT | ARG
|
AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | AUT | CZE | GBR | RSM
|
ARA | JPN 22 |
AUS | MAL | VAL | NC | 0 |
References
- ^ a b c "JSB1000 #44 関口 太郎". superbike.jp (in Japanese). MFJ. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Brno MotoGP: Taro Sekiguchi breaks pelvis in 250 horror crash". motorcyclenews.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 19 August 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Taro Sekiguchi career statistics at MotoGP.com
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taro Sekiguchi.
- Official website
- Taro Sekiguchi at MotoGP.com
- Taro Sekiguchi at AS.com (in Spanish)