LIGHTS TO FLAG: Takuma Sato on racing in F1 for Jordan and BAR – and his amazing Indy 500 success

Takuma Sato emerged as one of Japan’s most successful Formula 1 drivers in the early 2000s, enjoying a long-term partnership with Honda before going on to seal his greatest triumphs at the Brickyard with two Indy 500 victories.
In our latest Lights To Flag feature, the former Jordan, BAR and Super Aguri racer opens up about how he caught the racing bug as a child, his journey to F1 and challenges once he got there – and about his highly successful post-F1 racing career...
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