| Sakon Yamamoto | ||
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| Driver Details | ||
| Nationality |  Japanese
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| P.O.B. | Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
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| D.O.B. | 9 July 1982[1] | |
| Début |  2015 London ePrix I
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| Final Race | 2015 London ePrix II
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| Titles | 0 | |
| Teams | Amlin Aguri
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| Formula E Career | ||
| Total Entries | 2 (2 Starts) | |
| Wins | Points | FanBoosts |
| 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poles | 0 | |
| Fastest Laps | 0 | |
| Podiums | 0 | |
Sakon Yamamoto, born 9 July 1982, is a Japanese racing driver who raced for Amlin Aguri at the 2014/15 FIA Formula E Championship season finale in London.[2] Yamamoto is a former Formula One driver and has raced in many series in his native Japan.[1]
Background[]
An adept karter, Yamamoto was a graduate from the Suzuka Racing School, moving into Japanese Formula 3 in the early 2000s.[1] A move to Europe followed, with Yamamoto competing in various Formula 3 Championships, until he returned to racing in Japan in 2004, competing in Formula Nippon in 2005.[1] The Jordan F1 Team offered Yamamoto a testing role that year, and the Japanese driver was their third driver at the Japanese Grand Prix that season.[1]
In 2006, Yamamoto became a third driver for the new Super Aguri F1 outfit, before becoming one of their competitive drivers at the 2006 German Grand Prix.[1] A test driver in 2007, Yamamoto moved to race for Spyker mid way through the season, ending the year with a best finish of 12th.[1] He became a Renault F1 test driver from 2008, and was funded to compete in GP2 for the next few seasons.[1]
Yamamoto found himself back on an F1 grid in 2010, once again racing from mid-season onwards for the new HRT outfit.[1] Yet, at the end of the season, Yamamoto moved on, testing for the Marussia F1 Team for a few races, before disappearing from the competitive racing circuit for a few years.[1]
Formula E History[]
Yamamoto's first competitive race in Formula E came at the 2014/15 season finale in London.[2] Amlin Aguri, with whom Yamamoto has had a long association, provided him with the opportunity, after António Félix da Costa was forced to withdraw due to his DTM commitments over the same weekend.[2] It was not a good performance by the Japanese driver, as he retired from both races, with his crash in the second race also harming Jarno Trulli's race as well.[3]
Full Formula E Record[]
Shown below are a series of tables outlining Sakon Yamamoto's career in Formula E in statistical form.
Formula E Entries[]
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Sakon Yamamoto during their FE career:
| Sakon Yamamoto's Overall Formula E Record | |||||
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| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Pos. | Pts. |
| 2014/15 | Amlin Aguri
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55 | Spark-Renault SRT_01E | NC | 0 |
Career Results[]
Below is a table showing Sakon Yamamoto's full Formula E record.
| FIA Formula E Championship Record | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
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| Symbol | Meaning | Symbol | Meaning | |
| 1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | |
| 2nd | Second | DSQ | Disqualified | |
| 3rd | Third | DNS | Did Not Start | |
| 7th | Points Finish | 16th | Non-Points Finish | |
| NC | Not Classified | CAN | Race Cancelled | |
| INJ | Driver Injured | Italics | Fastest Lap | |
| Bold | Pole Position | G | Group Fastest Lap | |
References[]
Videos and Images:
References:
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 'Driver's Club: Sakon Yamamoto', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 2015), http://fiaformulae.com/en/drivers-club/sakon-yamamoto.aspx, (Accessed 15/06/2015)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 'Amlin Aguri picks Yamamoto for London', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/06/2015), http://fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/june/amlin-aguri-picks-yamamoto-for-london.aspx, (Accessed 15/06/2015)
- ↑ 'Visa London ePrix race two highlights', youtube.com, (YouTube: FIA Formula E, 28/06/2015), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mNOSOJXDJs, (Accessed 30/06/2015)