- Taki Inoue
Former F1 driver
Name = Taki Inoue
Nationality = flagicon|JapanJapan ese
Years = F1|1994 - F1|1995
Team(s) =Simtek , Footwork
Races = 18
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
Points = 0
First race =1994 Japanese Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1995 Australian Grand Prix Takachiho "Taki" Inoue (井上 隆智穂 "Inoue Takachiho"Grand Prix.com - Inoue joins Minardi [http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns00478.html http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns00478.html] ] , b.
September 5 1963 inKobe ) is aracing driver fromJapan .Inoue competed in the
British Formula Ford Championship in 1988, followed by a spell inAll-Japan Formula Three from 1989 to 1993 and a season in the InternationalFormula 3000 championship in 1994.He participated in 18
Formula One Grand Prix races, debuting onNovember 6 ,1994 . He scored no championship points, and is remembered for two bizarre incidents while driving for Footwork in 1995. The first occurred after a practice session at Monaco, when his stalled car was being towed back to the pits when it was hit by a course car, driven byJean Ragnotti , causing it to roll into the barriers, although Taki was fit to race the next day. The second happened in Hungary on live TV worldwide - attempting to assist the marshals in putting out the engine fire which had forced him out of the race, a vehicle driven to the scene by a marshal hit him, injuring his leg, although he recovered for the next race.For most of the season his team-mate was
Gianni Morbidelli , but late in the seasonMax Papis replaced Morbidelli, and was sometimes outpaced by Taki.Entering the F1|1996 season, Inoue lobbied Tyrrell for a drive, but was beaten down by
Ukyo Katayama and hisMild Seven sponsorship money fromJapan Tobacco [Grand Prix.com, Katayama at Tyrrell again - [http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns00507.html http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns00507.html] ] . Instead, he was announced in January to drive for theMinardi team. However, one of his personal sponsors pulled out at the last minute and the team took on the more talentedGiancarlo Fisichella instead. [ [http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns00507.html F1 News > Minardi to get Fisichella? ] ] Fisichella, the team's test driver in 1995, had backing from Marlboro Italy. [Grand Prix.com, Five drivers bidding for Minardi - http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns00435.html]With these opportunities closed up, Taki was out of a drive. After brief forays into sportscars, he retired from racing at the end of 1999 and now manages drivers in his own country.
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