Taki Inoue

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Biography

Inoue was born in Kobe. He competed in the British Formula Ford Championship in 1988, followed by a spell in All-Japan Formula Three from 1989 to 1993 and a season in the International Formula 3000 championship in 1994.

Formula One

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Inoue's damaged car is towed back to the pits after his bizarre practice accident at the 1995 Monaco Grand Prix.

Inoue participated in 18 Formula One Grand Prix races. His first appearance was a one-off race for Simtek at the 1994 Japanese Grand Prix, from which he retired. For the next year he moved to Footwork Arrows. Over the course of his career he scored no championship points. He is perhaps best remembered for two bizarre incidents while driving for Footwork in 1995.[2] 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 by Jean Ragnotti, causing it to roll into the barriers, although Inoue was fit to race the next day. The second happened on Hungarian GP on live TV worldwide – attempting to assist the marshals in putting out the engine fire which had forced him out of the race, a safety car Tatra 623 driven to the scene by a marshal hit him, injuring his leg, although he recovered for the next race.[3][4][2][5]

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Inoue driving for Footwork at the 1995 British Grand Prix

For most of the season, Inoue's team-mate was Gianni Morbidelli, but late in the season Max Papis replaced Morbidelli, and was sometimes outpaced by Inoue. Entering the Template:Ifnumber season, Inoue lobbied Tyrrell for a drive, but the team chose Ukyo Katayama with his Mild Seven sponsorship money from Japan Tobacco.[6] Instead, he was announced in January to drive for the Minardi team.[1] However, one of his personal sponsors pulled out at the last minute and Inoue withdrew from F1. Minardi took on Giancarlo Fisichella instead.[7] Fisichella, the team's test driver in 1995, had backing from Marlboro Italy.[8]

With his sponsorship reduced, Inoue was out of a drive in Formula One. After a brief switch to sportscars, he retired from racing at the end of 1999 and now manages drivers in his own country. He is also known for his self-deprecating humour, as Inoue publicly proclaimed himself as the "worst driver in Formula One", admitted that he initially had no idea what a pit stop was, and in an interview with the Top Gear magazine in 2015 stated that he was "not good enough to drive in F1".[9][5] In another instance, after Nico Rosberg's retirement at the end of 2016, Inoue put out a tongue-in-cheek advertisement as a replacement driver on Twitter detailing his F1 antics which gained notable traction on social media, as have other tweets since.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1990 Japanese Formula 3 Phoenix Racing Team With Plus B 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1991 Japanese Formula 3 Dallara Japan Racing 9 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1992 Japanese Formula 3 Super Nova Racing 11 0 0 0 0 5 10th
1993 Japanese Formula 3 Super Nova Racing 11 0 0 0 0 6 9th
1994 International Formula 3000 Super Nova Racing 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Formula One MTV Simtek Ford 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1995 Formula One Footwork Hart 17 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1996 BPR Global GT Series Konrad Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1999 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship Club: Yellow Magic 4 0 0 0 0 3 32nd
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Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
1994 Super Nova Racing SIL
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13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PER
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HOC
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SPA
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		EST
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MAG
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NC 0
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Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
Template:Ifnumber MTV Simtek Ford Simtek S941 Ford V8 BRA PAC SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR EUR JPN
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AUS NC 0
Template:Ifnumber Footwork Hart Footwork FA16 Hart V8 BRA
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RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SMR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ESP
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAN
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
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RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HUN
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		POR
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		EUR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PAC
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		JPN
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AUS
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Complete JGTC results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points
1999 Club: Yellow Magic Ferrari F355 GT GT300 SUZ FUJ
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12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		TAI MOT
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References

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External links

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