Sakon Yamamoto

Sakon Yamamoto (山本 左近, Yamamoto Sakon, born July 9, 1982) is a Japanese racing driver. He last raced in Formula One for the Hispania Racing team. He currently is the test driver for Marussia Virgin Racing.

Sakon Yamamoto

Yamamoto performed a promotion drive for ING Renault F1 Team in 2009.
Born	(1982-07-09) 9 July 1982
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Japanese
Active years	2006–2007, 2010
Teams	Super Aguri, Spyker, Hispania
Entries	21
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2006 German Grand Prix
Last entry	2010 Korean Grand Prix
2010 position	26th (0 points)

Sakon Yamamoto
Previous series
2007–08 2006–2007 2005–06 2005–06 2003 2002 2001, 2004 2001	GP2 Series Formula One Super GT Formula Nippon F3 Euroseries German F3 All-Japan F3 British F3

In this Japanese name, the family name is Yamamoto.

Early life

He was born in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture,

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Position
2001	All-Japan Formula 3	TOM'S	18	0	0	117	4th
2001	British Formula 3	Team Avanti	4	0	0	0	24th
2002	German Formula 3
2003	Formula 3 Euroseries		20	0	0	0	27th
2004	All-Japan Formula 3		20		1	131	8th
2005	Super GT GT500	Kondo Racing	8	0	1	43	7th
2005	Formula Nippon	Kondo Racing	18	0	0	9	10th
2005	Formula One	Jordan (Test Driver)	0	0	0	0	NC
2006	Formula One	Super Aguri	7	0	0	0	26th
2006	Super GT GT500	Nismo	3	0	0	15	21st
2006	Formula Nippon	Kondo Racing	3	0	0	3.5	11th
2007	Formula One	Spyker	7	0	0	0	24th
2007	GP2 Series	BCN Competición	11	0	0	0	30th
2008	GP2 Series	ART Grand Prix	10	0	0	3	23rd
2008	Formula One	Renault (Test Driver)	0	0	0	0	NC
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	ART Grand Prix	11	0	0	13	9th
2010	Formula One	HRT	7	0	0	0	26th
2011	Formula One	Virgin Racing	Test driver

^* Season in progress

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2007	BCN Competición	BHR FEA 11	BHR SPR 14	ESP FEA 9	ESP SPR 18	MON FEA Ret	FRA FEA 11	FRA SPR 13	GBR FEA 16	GBR SPR Ret	EUR FEA 13	EUR SPR 11	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	TUR FEA	TUR SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	30th	0
2008	ART Grand Prix	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	TUR FEA	TUR SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	FRA FEA	FRA SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA 12	GER SPR NC	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR 4	EUR FEA Ret	EUR SPR Ret	BEL FEA 18	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR Ret		23rd	3

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2008–09	ART Grand Prix	CHN FEA 3	CHN SPR 14	UAE FEA 8	UAE SPR C	BHR FEA 17	BHR SPR 11	QAT FEA Ret	QAT SPR 14	MAL FEA 12	MAL SPR Ret	BHR FEA 6	BHR SPR 4	9th	13

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	WDC	Points
2005	Jordan Grand Prix	Jordan EJ15B	Toyota RVX-05 3.0 L V10	AUS	MAL	BHR	SMR	ESP	MON	EUR	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	TUR	ITA	BEL	BRA	JPN TD	CHN	-	-
2006	Super Aguri F1 Team	Super Aguri SA05	Honda RA806E 2.4 L V8	BHR	MAL	AUS	SMR	EUR	ESP	MON	GBR TD	CAN TD	USA TD	FRA TD									26th	0
		Super Aguri SA06													GER Ret	HUN Ret	TUR Ret	ITA Ret	CHN 16	JPN 17	BRA 16
2007	Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team	Spyker F8-VII	Ferrari 056H 2.4 L V8	AUS	MAL	BHR	ESP	MON	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	EUR	HUN Ret	TUR 20								24th	0
		Spyker F8-VIIB														ITA 20	BEL 17	JPN 12	CHN 17	BRA Ret
2010	Hispania Racing F1 Team	Hispania F110	Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8	BHR	AUS	MAL	CHN	ESP	MON	TUR TD	CAN	EUR	GBR 20	GER Ret	HUN 19	BEL 20	ITA 19	SIN	JPN 16	KOR 15	BRA	ABU	26th	0

^* Season in progress.

Other websites

• Sakon Yamamoto Official Website (in Japanese)