Takumi Takahashi Explained

Takumi Takahashi
Nationality:	Japanese
Birth Date:	26 November 1989
Birth Place:	Saitama, Japan
Current Team:	Honda Racing UK British Superbike Team
Bike Number:	13
Motogp Active Years:	,
Motogp Manufacturers:	Honda
Motogp Championships:	0
Motogp Last Season:	2023
Motogp Last Position:	NC (0 pts)
Motogp Race Starts:	1
Motogp Race Wins:	0
Motogp Podiums:	0
Motogp Poles:	0
Motogp Fastest Laps:	0
Motogp Total Points:	4
250 Active Years:	–
250 Manufacturers:	Honda
250 Championships:	0
250 Last Season:	2008
250 Last Position:	NC (0 pts)
250 Race Starts:	3
250 Race Wins:	0
250 Podiums:	0
250 Poles:	0
250 Fastest Laps:	0
250 Total Points:	0
125 Manufacturers:	Honda
125 Championships:	0
125 Last Season:	2005
125 Last Position:	NC (0 pts)
125 Race Starts:	1
125 Race Wins:	0
125 Podiums:	0
125 Poles:	0
125 Fastest Laps:	0
125 Total Points:	0
Sbk Active Years:	, –
Sbk Manufacturers:	Honda
Sbk Championships:	0
Sbk Last Season:	2020
Sbk Last Position:	22nd (6 pts)
Sbk Race Starts:	31
Sbk Race Wins:	0
Sbk Podiums:	0
Sbk Poles:	0
Sbk Fastest Laps:	0
Sbk Total Points:	15

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

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Pts	Plcd
	125cc	Honda RS125R	Arie Molenaar Racing	1	0	NC
	250cc	Honda NSR250	Burning Blood	1	0	NC
	250cc	Honda NSR250	Burning Blood Racing	1	0	NC
	250cc	Honda NSR250	Burning Blood Racing Team	1	0	NC
	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Team HRC with Nissin	1	4	26th
	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	LCR Honda Castrol	0	0	NC
Total				5	4

(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	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL					NC	0
2006	250cc	Honda	SPA	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR	VAL					NC	0
2007	250cc	Honda	QAT	SPA	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	CZE	RSM	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL				NC	0
2008	250cc	Honda	QAT	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	CZE	RSM	IND	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL				NC	0
	MotoGP	Honda	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL			26th	4
	MotoGP	Honda	POR	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	JPN	INA	AUS	THA	MAL	QAT	VAL	NC	0

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

https://honda.racing/bsb/profiles/347 Takumi Takahashi 13
Web site: ライダープロフィール #634 高橋巧. superbike.jp. MFJ. 2015. 24 April 2015. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102655/http://www.superbike.jp/datacenter/rider_.php?year=2015&rider_id=1086. 4 March 2016.
Web site: 2017 Rider Point Standing. mfj.or.jp. MFJ. 9 November 2017. Japanese.
News: HRC Test Rider Takumi Takahashi to participate in his first MotoGP race as a wildcard. hondaracingcorporation.com. Honda Racing Corporation. 9 September 2015. 10 December 2016.