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Sakon Yamamoto

Sakon Yamamoto Sakon Yamamoto
Team Spyker
Nationality Japanese
Podiums 0
Points 0
Grand Prix entered 14
World Championships 0
Highest race finish 12 (x1)
Highest grid position 19 (x1)
Date of Birth 09/07/1982
Place of Birth Toyohashi
Sakon Yamamoto
Sakon Yamamoto (JPN) Spyker F1 Racing. Spyker F1 Racing announce Sakon Yamamoto (JPN) Silverstone, England, 25 July 2007. © Spyker F1

2007

Starts year serving as Super Aguri test driver and competing in GP2. Lands Spyker race seat from August's Hungarian race after departure of Christijan Albers. Best finish a 12th place at home race in Japan.

Sakon Yamamoto (JPN) Super Aguri F1 SA06. Formula One World Championship, Rd 18, Brazilian Grand Prix, Qualifying Day, Interlagos, Brazil, 21 October 2006

2006

Competes in Formula Nippon and Super GT in Japan before joining Super Aguri as third driver in time for British Grand Prix. Promoted to race seat from Germany onwards, taking over from Yuji Ide's interim replacement, Franck Montagny.

Sakon Yamamoto (JPN) Jordan Third Driver. Formula One World Championship, Rd18, Japanese Grand Prix, Practice, Suzuka, Japan, 7 October 2005

2005

Makes Formula One test debut with Jordan at Silverstone then serves as team's third driver at Japanese Grand Prix. Tenth overall in Formula Nippon series, with one podium finish. One victory in Japanese Super GT.

Sakon Yamamoto (JPN) Dallara Toyota won race 2. All-Japan Formula 3 Championship, Rd8, Motegi, Japan, 23-24 October 2004. World © SUTTON

2004

Seventh overall in Japanese Formula Three championship, with one win in Motegi and a further four podiums.

Sakon Yamamoto (JPN), Superfund TME, Dallara-Toyota. F3 Euro Series, Rd 7&8, Norisring, Germany. 20 June 2003. DIGITAL IMAGE Formula 3 Euroseries, Rd4, Norisring, Germany. 21 June 2003. World © Marco Miltenburg/Sutton

2003

Contests European Formula Three series, with highest-placed finishes of ninth at Le Mans and Adria races.

Sakon Yamamoto (JPN) spins at turn 1. German Formula 3 Championship, Rd8, A1-Ring, Austria. 7 September 2002. World © Mathis/Sutton

2002

German Formula Three championship.

Sakon Yamamoto (JPN) made his debut but span in race 1 British Formula 3 Championship, Brands Hatch, England, 16 September 2001. World © Sutton

2001

Fourth overall in Japanese Formula Three championship in first season of single-seater racing. Also contends two rounds of British F3 series, plus Marlboro Masters and Macau Grand Prix.

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