SAT

Takuma Sato

2002–2008
90
Starts
0
Wins
1
Podiums
0
Poles
0
Titles
44
Points

Season by season

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Season Team ENT R Win Pod Pole Pts WDC
2002 Jordan 17 17 0 0 0 2 P15
2003 BAR 1 1 0 0 0 3 P18
2004 BAR 18 18 0 1 0 34 P8
2005 BAR 16 15 0 0 0 1 P23
2006 Super Aguri 18 18 0 0 0 0 P23
2007 Super Aguri 17 17 0 0 0 4 P17
2008 Super Aguri 4 4 0 0 0 0 P21

Race engineer

Jock Clear BAR · 2004–2005

Teammates, head to head

most races first
Teammate Qualifying Race Points
Jenson Button '03–'05 · 18r compared , 17 excl. → Full breakdown 8–26 1–17 38 127
Anthony Davidson '07–'08 · 11r compared , 10 excl. → Full breakdown 9–12 7–4 4 0
Giancarlo Fisichella '02 · 5r compared , 12 excl. → Full breakdown 4–11 1–4 2 7
Sakon Yamamoto '06 · 2r compared , 5 excl. → Full breakdown 6–1 2–0 0 0
Yuji Ide '06 · 1r compared , 3 excl. → Full breakdown 4–0 1–0 0 0
Franck Montagny '06 · 1r compared , 6 excl. → Full breakdown 6–1 1–0 0 0

Compare with any driver

career records side by side · any era

Teammate Head-to-Head (above) covers same-car seasons only. Compare reaches across any era — pick any driver.

Reliability & consistency

era-dependent · see explanation
30.0% DNF rate 27 in 90 starts
15.6% points-finish rate 14 in 90 starts
P3 best finish
P2 best grid
DNF rate & points-finish rate

DNF rate — "how often did they not finish?"

The share of race starts that ended without a classified finish. Formula: races not finished ÷ race starts × 100. Races the driver did not start are excluded from both sides. A disqualification counts as a finish that scored nothing, not a DNF. Why it sits apart from the era-fair rates: unlike a win or a podium, finishing meant something very different in different eras. Cars in the 1950s–70s broke constantly; modern cars almost always reach the flag. A high DNF rate in 1955 says far more about the machinery than the driver. Comparing two drivers within the same season is meaningful — they faced the same conditions. Across eras it's context, not a verdict.

Points-finish rate — "how often did they score?"

The share of race starts that ended in a points-paying position. Formula: races finished in a scoring position ÷ race starts × 100, using that season's real points system. Why it's era-dependent: the number of positions that pay points has changed repeatedly — the top five scored in 1950, the top ten score today. A modern driver has roughly twice as many scoring positions available for the same relative performance, so a higher percentage doesn't necessarily mean a better driver. Like DNF rate, it's shown as context.