Takumi Takahashi

Takumi Takahashi
Takahashi at the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix
NationalityJapanese
Born (1989-11-26) 26 November 1989 (age 35)
Saitama, Japan
Current teamHonda Racing UK British Superbike Team
Bike number13
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2015, 2023
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2023 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 4
250cc World Championship
Active years2006–2008
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2008 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
3 0 0 0 0 0
125cc World Championship
Active years2005
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2005 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 0
Superbike World Championship
Active years2017, 2019–2020
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2020 championship position22nd (6 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
31 0 0 0 0 15

Takumi Takahashi (高橋 巧, Takahashi Takumi, born 26 November 1989) is a Japanese motorcycle racer. He competes in the British Superbike Championship on a factory-supported Honda Fireblade.[1]

Takahashi has raced in the All Japan Road Race Championship in the GP125 class, in the GP250 class, where he was champion in 2008,[2] and in the JSB1000 class, where he was champion in 2017.[3] He won the Suzuka 8 Hours in 2010 with Ryuichi Kiyonari and Takaaki Nakagami and in 2013 and 2014 with Michael van der Mark and Leon Haslam. A test rider for Honda Racing Corporation,[4] Takahashi in 2015 made a wild card appearance in his home race in the MotoGP World Championship.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2005 125cc Honda RS125R Arie Molenaar Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2006 250cc Honda NSR250 Burning Blood 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2007 250cc Honda NSR250 Burning Blood Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2008 250cc Honda NSR250 Burning Blood Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 MotoGP Honda RC213V Team HRC with Nissin 1 0 0 0 0 4 26th
2023 MotoGP Honda RC213V LCR Honda Castrol 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Total 5 0 0 0 0 4

Races by year

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

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Pts
2005 125cc Honda SPA POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE JPN
25 		MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL NC 0
2006 250cc Honda SPA QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN
23 		POR VAL NC 0
2007 250cc Honda QAT SPA TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE RSM POR JPN
Ret 		AUS MAL VAL NC 0
2008 250cc Honda QAT SPA POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE RSM IND JPN
17 		AUS MAL VAL NC 0
2015 MotoGP Honda QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN
12 		AUS MAL VAL 26th 4
2023 MotoGP Honda POR ARG AME SPA FRA ITA GER NED GBR AUT CAT RSM
DNQ 		IND JPN INA AUS THA MAL QAT VAL NC 0

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

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

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2017 Honda AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR ITA ITA USA USA GER GER POR
15 		POR
10 		FRA FRA SPA
16 		SPA
15 		QAT QAT 29th 8
Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts
R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2
2019 Honda AUS AUS AUS THA THA THA SPA SPA SPA NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA SPA SPA SPA ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR USA USA USA POR
15 		POR
17 		POR
17 		FRA FRA FRA ARG ARG ARG QAT QAT QAT 28th 1
2020 Honda AUS
Ret 		AUS
15 		AUS
Ret 		SPA
18 		SPA
22 		SPA
Ret 		POR
19 		POR
19 		POR
18 		SPA
15 		SPA
20 		SPA
18 		SPA
15 		SPA
21 		SPA
16 		SPA
19 		SPA
16 		SPA
14 		FRA
17 		FRA
19 		FRA
18 		POR
14 		POR
17 		POR
17 		22nd 6

British Superbike Championship

By year

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
2022 Honda SIL
16 		SIL
16 		SIL
17 		OUL
25 		OUL
21 		OUL
17 		DON
16 		DON
16 		DON
15 		KNO
21 		KNO
16 		KNO
15 		BRH
18 		BRH
13 		BRH
14 		THR
23 		THR
20 		THR
14 		CAD
DNS 		CAD
20 		CAD
15 		SNE
11 		SNE
Ret 		SNE
17 		OUL
16 		OUL
14 		OUL
16 		DON
14 		DON
15 		DON
15 		BRH
13 		BRH
13 		BRH
15 		20th 28

Suzuka 8 Hours results

Year Team Riders Bike Pos
2023 Japan Team HRC Japan Tetsuta Nagashima
Spain Xavi Vierge 		Honda CBR1000RR-R SP 1st
2024 Japan Team HRC with Japan Post Japan Teppei Nagoe
France Johann Zarco 		Honda CBR1000RR-R SP 1st

References

  1. ^ Takumi Takahashi 13 Honda Racing Corporation. Retrieved 22 September 2022
  2. ^ "ライダープロフィール #634 高橋 巧". superbike.jp (in Japanese). MFJ. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. ^ "2017 Rider Point Standing". mfj.or.jp (in Japanese). MFJ. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  4. ^ "HRC Test Rider Takumi Takahashi to participate in his first MotoGP race as a wildcard". hondaracingcorporation.com. Honda Racing Corporation. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2016.