Takuma Aoki

Takuma Aoki (青木 拓磨, Aoki Takuma, born February 24, 1974 in Tokyo) is a Japanese former road racer of motorcycles at Grand Prix level. He began his Grand Prix career in 1993. From 1994 to 1996, Aoki competed in the World Superbike Championship, winning one race in that series.[1] In 1996, he won All Japan Championship Superbike class champion.[2] He returned to Grand Prix racing with Honda in 1997, enjoying his best season when he finished fifth in the 500cc world championship.[3] A spinal injury in a 1998 motorcycle crash left him paralyzed below the waist. Aoki has continued to work with Honda, helping them develop cars for disabled people.[4] He is the brother of Grand Prix racers, Nobuatsu and Haruchika Aoki.

Takuma Aoki
Aoki in 2019
NationalityJapanese
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1993 - 1997
First race1993 250cc Japanese Grand Prix
Last race1997 500cc Australian Grand Prix
Team(s)Honda
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
18 0 4 0 0 169

Aoki has been involved in motorsports again. Using specially-modified 4-wheel drive vehicles, he has been involved in many cross country rallies, notably the Dakar Rally, the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy and the Asia Cross Country Rally.[5][6]

On July 10 2019, he took a test ride on the Team Honda Dream CBR1000 Suzuka 8 Hours machine. In 2021, Aoki competed in the Le Mans 24 hour race as part of Frederick Sausset's SRT41 team.

Career statistics

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 Pos. Pts
1993 250cc Honda AUS MAL JPN
8		 SPA AUT GER NED EUR RSM GBR CZE ITA USA FIM 24th 8
1994 250cc Honda AUS MAL JPN
5		 SPA AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR 20th 11
1995 500cc Honda AUS MAL JPN
3		 SPA GER ITA NED FRA GBR CZE BRA ARG EUR 23rd 16
1996 500cc Honda MAL INA JPN
Ret		 SPA ITA FRA NED GER GBR AUT CZE IMO CAT BRA AUS NC 0
1997 500cc Honda MAL
5		 JPN
4		 SPA
4		 ITA
Ret		 AUT
Ret		 FRA
5		 NED
Ret		 IMO
3		 GER
3		 BRA
DNS		 GBR
10		 CZE
6		 CAT
7		 INA
7		 AUS
2		 5th 134

Races by year
Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 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
1994 Honda GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT AUT INA INA JPN
7		 JPN
8		 NED NED SMR SMR EUR EUR AUS AUS 31st 17
1995 Honda GER GER SMR SMR GBR GBR ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT AUT USA USA EUR EUR JPN
Ret		 JPN
7		 NED NED INA INA AUS AUS 31st 9
1996 Honda SMR SMR GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA CZE CZE USA USA EUR EUR INA INA JPN
11		 JPN
1		 NED NED SPA SPA AUS AUS 19th 30

Complete Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 D.C. Points
2019–20 Team Yokohama Challenge Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY P ADR ADR MEX
53		 BER
97		 BER
97		 BER
76		 BER
87		 BER
75		 BER
97		 BER
77		 6th 42

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2021 France Association SRT41 Belgium Nigel Bailly
France Matthieu Lahaye		 Oreca 07-Gibson CDNT 334 32nd –

References
  1. "Takuma Aoki career World Superbike statistics at worldsbk.com". Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. "www.takuma-gp.com". takuma-gp.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  3. "MotoGP™ Riders". www.motogp.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  4. "New Mobility". Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  5. Sports, Dorna. "MotoGP™". www.motogp.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  6. "www.yokohamatire.com". Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
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