Taki Inoue
Takachiho " Taki " Inoue (Japanese井上 隆 智 穂, Inoue Takachiho, born September 5, 1963 in Kobe ) is a former Japanese racing driver. 1994 and 1995, he played a total of 18 Formula 1 races, but could not collect championship points. Inoue is considered classical Paydriver and described in 2013 in an interview himself as " one of the worst Formula 1 driver of all time ."
- 2.1 Statistics in Formula 1 2.1.1 Individual Results
Career
Junior series and first Formula 1 experience
Inoue came in 1987 from Japan to the UK. There he completed his training at the Jim Russell Racing School. In 1988 Inoue at the British Formula Ford Championship, from 1989 to 1993 at the Japanese Formula 3 Championship in part, with his best result was the ninth championship rank in 1993. In 1994 Inoue in F3000, but could obtain no championship points there and many a time was engaged in self-inflicted injuries.
Inoue succeeded through sponsorship of Japanese firms in 1994 first entered Formula 1 in that he denied the Grand Prix of Japan for the British team Simtek. As might be expected, he qualified for the last spot with more than three seconds behind his team-mate David Brabham. In round three Inoue slipped due to heavy rain the track and had to finish the race.
Formula 1 1995 season at Footwork
This rather bad experiences held Inoue not depend on to buy for the 1995 season with sponsorship from a total of 4.5 million U.S. dollars a seat in the British team Footwork, also known as Arrows. In none of the 17 races of the season, he succeeded to the Footwork FA16 to achieve a better result than his teammate Gianni Morbidelli and Massimiliano Papis.
Notable incidents of the season, there were, among others, the Saturday practice for the Monaco Grand Prix when his car struck with locked wheels in the crash barriers. During the subsequent removal, the training had ended, the piloted by the French rally driver Jean Ragnotti safety car collided with the Footwork, which rolled over then. Inoue sat at this time in his racing car and suffered a mild concussion, because he had not been fastened. Despite this incident, Inoue was the race the next day contest, but fell due to a gearbox failure from.
Also noteworthy is an intermediate case in the Hungarian Grand Prix, as Inoue, who got out of his broken-down cars, was approached by the medical car and drew upon a minor injury in the leg. To the next race of the season in Belgium Inoue, however, was again recovered sufficiently.
His best result of the season was the eighth place finish at the Italian Grand Prix, in which a total of ten cars crossed the finish line.
According to the formula 1
For the 1996 season, a contract had already been concluded with the Italian team Minardi, Inoue cost 3 million U.S. dollars. However, shortly before the season start of the contract blurted, as one of his sponsors got out. So ultimately received Giancarlo Fisichella, who was active in Formula 1 until 2009, the contract for the cockpit.
After his Formula 1 Time Inoue went in 1999 in the Japanese GT Championship, which he completed on the 32nd place in the overall standings.
End of 1999, Inoue he finally retired from active racing and founded the " International Management Company", which manages the career of mostly Japanese racing driver.