Rogue Profile of Takuma Sato

Overview

Name	Takuma Sato
Country	Japan
Active	2002 – 2008
Races	93
Wins	0
Poles	0
Championships	0
Fastest Laps	0

Rogue Points	72
All time ranking	51
Rogue Race Wins	2 wins 2002 – Brazilian Grand Prix 2002 – French Grand Prix
Rogue Championship Wins	0 wins

Rogue data for Takuma Sato

Who?	Points	Action
2002 – Australian Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	4 pts	Spinning off in the wet during qualifying. By the time Sato took to the track in an unfamiliar car the circuit was awash. Thus it was no surprise to see him slide off the track, across the grass.
2002 – Malaysian Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	1 pts	Ramming Fisichella on lap three. Suddenly on lap three, the super aggressive, Japanese rookie, Takuma Sato was far too late on the brakes and rammed his teammate, Giancarlo Fisichella from behind. (7 points.) Sato’s Jordan lost it’s nose cone and Fisichella’s its rear wing. Both limped back to the pits. Ironically Fisichella arrived first but was served second, as a rear wing replacement is time consuming and it would be better to get Sato back into the race as soon as possible. Giancarlo got out of his Jordan and presumed his race was run but the team fitted a new rear wing and tyres before they sent him on his way. (Fisichella rejoined after loosing over two laps.) Both drivers finished the race but a valuable, points scoring opportunity had been squandered. “I am really sorry about what happened with Giancarlo,” said Takuma. “I apologise very much, it shouldn’t have happened. I saw a Toyota pushing him going into the first corner and then into turn 2 they were side by side with me right behind them. Unfortunately I moved across and went into the back of Giancarlo. I damaged my steering and front wing in the accident but the mechanics were able to change the wing in the pit stop and I coped with the steering problem. Obviously I am very happy to have finished the race in the top ten, but this is marred by the fact that I damaged my teammate’s chances of scoring points. I apologise to him immediately after the race and he took it extremely well which I think says a lot about his good character.”
2002 – Brazilian Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	5 pts	Exiting the pitlane though the red light in Friday Free Practice. Sato was set to lose his best qualifying time as punishment for exiting the pit lane in Friday morning’s opening session under a red light. The FIA Stewards issued the penalty, stating that exiting the pit lane when the exit lights are red is contrary to Article 113 of the 2002 FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations. This will mean that Sato’s second best time would determine his place on the grid for the start of the race.
2002 – Spanish Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	1 pts	Crash in Saturday practice. 2 points for style and 2 for speed. The second Saturday practice session was unremarkable but Sato found time in the 45-minute session for his expected smash. He lost control of his EJ12, slid off the track and into the gravel, ripping the front wing off the car. Eddie Jordan has followed Dave Richard’s lead and had a severe round of sackings. Sato would have to keep his nose cleaner to avoid the same fate but then again, no Sato no Honda! Yellow flags ensued and Sato’s session was over.
Sato, Takuma	4 pts	His amazing spin out of the race. Takuma Sato was eliminated from the race on lap eleven. Pushing hard in his EJ12, he ran wide over the kerb in turn twelve. The car slid on to the grass. Sato tried to wrestle the car back onto the track he was unsuccessful, spinning wildly into the gravel trap at turn thirteen. The car was well and truly stuck and Sato was out of the race. “I suffered huge understeer into the high speed corner and just could not correct it,” he explained. “It is a big shame as we were in good shape in warm up and I’d made a good start to the race.”
2002 – Monaco Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	1 pts	Crashing in the tunnel, trying to let Fisichella past, 5 points for style and 4 for speed. On lap nineteen, Frentzen overtook Mika Salo for eighth place. Fisichella was following closely and had to back off and as a result he fell behind his teammate Takuma Sato. Sato was ordered by Jordan to let Fisichella through and on lap twenty-three Sato pulled off the racing line through the tunnel to allow his teammate past. Takuma had failed to consider the dusty surface off the swept racing line and he lost control of his Jordan. The car spun into the barriers and slid out of the tunnel, all the way down to the chicane where it met the barriers as Fisichella weaved madly in avoidance. Sato escaped the car uninjured, which was fortunate, since he had suffered soft tissue damage to his right thigh following a big accident at the previous Grand Prix. “It was an exciting race and I made a really good start, overtaking a couple of cars at the first corner and then I was immediately behind Giancarlo. I was able to overtake him as he seemed to get held up by something, maybe passing other cars,” Sato explained. “But at the time Giancarlo was slightly quicker than me and because I was ahead of him, the team asked me to let him through. I was trying to let him go past, but unfortunately it was at the exit of the tunnel and while I was trying to make space for him, I picked up dust, slid and lost control of the car. It is a big disappointment but has been good experience for me and I would like to congratulate Giancarlo for scoring points. Brilliant”
2002 – Canadian Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	1 pts	Passing Villeneuve by ?chicane cutting? on lap eight then letting him back past. Sato was battling with Villeneuve for twelfth place on lap-eight. Sato was too late on the brakes and missed his turn-in for the final chicane and the resulting trip across the grass leapfrogged him over the Canadian. Sato had cut the chicane and won an advantage so he let Villeneuve through to avoid a penalty from the race Stewards.
2002 – British Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	4 pts	Spin on lap fourteen. On lap fourteen Sato was one of the last drivers to make a pit stop to take on wet weather tyres. Not only had he lost time by staying out in the wet conditions on the wrong type of tyre, a spin on his in-lap further delayed the Japanese driver.
Sato, Takuma	4 pts	Off track moment on lap twenty-nine On lap twenty-nine Takuma Sato survived his second off-track moment of the 2002 British Grand prix. The Japanese driver was fortunate to stay on the track. Sato has another off track moment but stays ahead of Button, de la Rosa, Trulli and Coulthard who are all were two laps behind.
2002 – French Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	5 pts	Collision with Salo in Friday Practice Salo had a frustrating morning when he collided with Takuma Sato’s Jordan and damaged the steering on his TF102. Sato was on an installation lap as Salo raced around the track in search of a competitive time when the incident occurred. The Finn was not best pleased.
Sato, Takuma	7 pts	Stalling in the pit during warm-up Sao made an embarrassing error in the race warm-up fate he stalled his Honda engine in the pit lane. He later admitted that he pushed the wrong button on the car’s steering wheel.
Sato, Takuma	4 pts	Spin out of the race on lap 24. Sato’s race ended in familiar fashion, in the gravel trap. On lap twenty-four he lost control of his Jordan riding the kerbs in the final chicane and his Jordan was sent spinning into the gravel, narrowly missing de la Rosa, where it finally came to a rest. Sato had no choice but to abandon his Jordan.
2002 – German Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	4 pts	Several spins in FFP. Sato had a couple of moments as he familiarised himself with the circuit during Friday Practice. At least he could take stick in the fact that he was amongst illustrious company; even Schumacher had fallen off the track on more than one occasion.
2002 – Hungarian Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	4 pts	Across the grass in SFP2. In Saturday’s second practice session Sato make a mistake in turn one and slid across the gravel and then the grass before returning to the circuit with a rather muddied Jordan.
Sato, Takuma	4 pts	Across the grass in warm-up. Sato took a short trip across the grass in the race warm-up.
2002 – Belgian Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	1 pts	Crash in warm-up. With only ten minutes for the pre-race warm-up remaining Sato had a sizeable accident. He went wide coming out of the first part of Stavelot and ran across the grass and into the barrier. Although his Jordan is was damaged he was unhurt.
2002 – Italian Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	1 pts	Just missing Villeneuve in FFP2. Two-thirds of the way into Friday’s second practice session, there was a near-accident when Takuma Sato locked his Jordan’s brakes and nearly slid into the back of Jacques Villeneuve’s BAR.
Sato, Takuma	4 pts	Across the grass in warm-up. Sato took a short trip across the grass at the Lesmo bends in the race warm-up.
Sato, Takuma	4 pts	Spin on lap 10. Takuma Sato was not having a sparkling race by any stretch of the imagination. A spin at the second chicane, on the tenth lap of the race was met with furrowed brows in the Jordan garage as it dropped the Japanese driver form sixteenth to nineteenth.
2002 – Japanese Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	4 pts	Spin in FFP2 The 2002 Japanese Grand Prix was the first home race for Jordan’s Takuma Sato. In Friday’s first practice session he celebrated by being the first driver to set a time but the afternoons session did not pass as smoothly when a minor spin from the Japanese driver resulted in a flat spotted set of tyres.
2002 – United States Grand Prix
Misc
Sato, Takuma	1 pts	Crash in SFP1 With only eight minuets of Friday’s second practice session completed Jordan’s Sato slid off the s off the track and into the tyre wall after locking his wheels. This Jordan sustained damage to its suspension.
Sato, Takuma	4 pts	Off the track on lap 7 On lap seven Takuma Sato and Heinz Harald Frentzen were fighting hard for tenth place. Sato took a huge lung at Frentzen under braking for turn one but locked his brakes and slid off the track. As the Japanese driver rejoined the track he nearly sideswiped Frentzen before nailing the German a couple of corners later. Jenson button was able to capitalise on the error and pass both Sato and Frentzen.