Yamamoto, Sakon (J)
b 09/07/1982 (Toyohashi City)
1994 - Enrols at Suzuka Kart Racing School
1995 - Suzuka Kart Championship, RSO Class
1996 - Suzuka Kart Championsjip, FR Class, 1 win. Entered World Junior Kart
Cup in Belgium.
1997 - Local Kart Championship (Chubi Tokai area), FA-2 Class: Champion
1998 - JAF All Japan Kart Championship, FA Class
1999 - JAF All Japan Kart Championship, FA Class: Champion. Kart World Cup at Suzuka,
FA Class: 10th.
2000 - Suzuka Formula Racing School. JAF All Japan Kart Championship, FSA Class: 3rd.
Competed in European Kart Championship rounds in Belgium and France.
2001 - All Japan F3 (Dallara-Toyota F301): 4th, 118 pts
Mar 25 Suzuka >6th
Mar 25 Suzuka >6th
Apr 8 Tsukuba >6th
Apr 8 Tsukuba >6th
May 4 Fuji >6th
May 4 Fuji >6th
May 20 Mine >6th
May 20 Mine >6th
Jun 10 Motegi 5th, 25m59.549
Jun 10 Motegi 4th, 41m04.816
Jul 1 Suzuka East 3rd, 35m33.289
Jul 29 Sugo >6th
Jul 29 Sugo 3rd, 34m18.494
Aug 26 Sendai 3rd, 30m14.176
Aug 26 Sendai 4th, 43m12.476
Sep 9 TI Aida 2nd, 27m31.643
Sep 9 TI Aida 2nd, 38m01.949
Oct 21 Motegi 5th, 26m06.756
Oct 21 Motegi 4th, 37m11.030
British F3 (Team Avanti Dallara-Opel F399): 0 pts.
Sep 16 Brands Hatch Indy ret/8 laps
Sep 16 Brands Hatch Indy 15th, 19m09.763
Sep 29 Silverstone ret/0 laps
Sep 29 Silverstone ret/0 laps
Macau F3 Grand Prix (TOM's Dallara-TOM's Toyota F301): ret/0 laps
Marlboro Masters of F3 Zandvoort (Target Racing Dallara-Opel F301): DNQ
2002 - German F3 (GM Motorsport Dallara-Toyota F302): 0 pts.
Apr 21 Hockenheim 23rd, -1 lap
Apr 21 Hockenheim ret
Jun 2 Sachsenring 11th, 29m21.227
Jun 2 Sachsenring 20th, -5 laps
Jun 30 Norisring 14th, 30m03.287
Jun 30 Norisring ret
Jul 14 Lausitzring 18th, 31m09.292
Jul 14 Lausitzring 14th, 30m15.323
Jul 28 Hockenheim 17th, 29m40.131
Jul 28 Hockenheim 8th, 29m20.808
Aug 4 Nurburgring DNQ
Aug 4 Nurburgring ret/10 laps
Sep 8 A1-Ring 16th, 28m55.576
Sep 8 A1-Ring ret/14 laps
Sep 28 Zandvoort ret/13 laps
Sep 28 Zandvoort 21st, 31m08.533
Oct 6 Hockenheim 9th, 29m59.317
Oct 6 Hockenheim 18th, -1 lap
2003 - F3 Euroseries (Superfund TME Dallara-Toyota F303): 0 pts
Apr 27 Hockenheim 15th, 29m23.248
Apr 27 Hockenheim 10th, 29m20.087
May 11 Adria 22nd, 30m47.037
May 11 Adria 9th, 31m15.748
Jun 8 Pau 24th, -6 laps
Jun 8 Pau 18th, -6 laps
Jun 22 Norisring ret
Jun 22 Norisring 11th, 29m41.518
Jul 13 Le Mans Bugatti 9th, 28m39.207
Jul 13 Le Mans Bugatti 26th, -4 laps
Aug 17 Nurburgring 19th, 27m26.388
Aug 17 Nurburgring 19th, -1 lap
Sep 7 A1-Ring 22nd, 28m54.049
Sep 7 A1-Ring 16th, 30m29.917
Sep 21 Zandvoort 23rd, -7 laps
Sep 21 Zandvoort 16th, 30m58.601
Oct 5 Hockenheim ret
Oct 5 Hockenheim 18th, 30m12.612
Oct 26 Magny-Cours 17th, 30m58.925
Oct 26 Magny-Cours 11th, 31m01.661
Marlboro Masters of F3 Zandvoort (Superfund TME Dallara-Toyota F303): DNQ.
2004 - All Japan F3 (TOM's Dallara-Toyota F304): 7th, 131 pts, 1 win
Mar 28 Suzuka 3rd, 23m26.476
Mar 28 Suzuka 10th, 34m00.625
Apr 11 Tsukuba 5th, 28m20.128
Apr 11 Tsukuba 6th, 39m39.907
May 9 TI Aida ret/0 laps
May 9 TI Aida 5th, 40m57.526
Jun 6 Motegi 8th, 25m55.584
Jun 6 Motegi 5th, 36m37.368
Jul 4 Suzuka ret/1 lap
Jul 4 Suzuka 4th, 34m28.671
Aug 1 Sugo 8th, 24m42.586
Aug 1 Sugo 12th, -13 laps
Aug 29 Mine 7th, 28m38.091
Aug 29 Mine 4th, 43m08.261
Sep 12 Sendai ret/1 lap
Sep 12 Sendai 8th, 41m28.285
Oct 3 Mine 3rd, 5m42.903
Oct 3 Mine 5th, 28m09.381
Oct 24 Motegi 2nd, 25m16.738
Oct 24 Motegi 1st, 35m58.910
2005 - F.Nippon (Kondo Lola-Mugen B351): 10th, 9 pts
Apr 3 Motegi 14th, -7 laps
Apr 17 Suzuka ret/33 laps
May 15 Sugo ret/30 laps
Jun 5 Fuji ret/25 laps
Jul 3 Suzuka 4th, 1h59m02.858
Jul 31 Mine 8th, 1h47m19.033
Aug 28 Fuji ret/51 laps
Oct 23 Motegi 2nd, 1h45m51.680
Nov 27 Suzuka 11th, 1h35m25.651
Japanese Super GT (Dynacity TOM's Toyota Supra): 7th, 43 pts, with T.Kataoka
Mar 27 Okayama 6th, 2h03m21.310
May 4 Fuji 6th, 3h00m26.465
Jun 26 Sepang 13th, 1h54m00.973
Jul 24 Sugo 1st
Sep 4 Motegi 8th, 1h57m49.680
Sep 25 Fuji 7th, 1h49m47.228
Oct 16 Autopolis ret/6 laps
Nov 6 Suzuka 7th, 1h42m15.585
2006 - F.Nippon (Kondo Lola-Toyota FN06):
Apr 2 Fuji 6th, 7m50.721
Apr 16 Suzuka 5th, 1h36m59.586
May 28 Motegi 14th, -4 laps
Japanese Super GT (Motul Autech Nissan Fairlady Z): with M.Krumm
Mar 19 Suzuka 12th, -1 lap
Apr 9 Okayama 3rd, 2h02m02.524
May 4 Fuji 9th, 3h03m26.248
F1 (Super Aguri-Honda SA06): 27th, 0 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
30/7 22 - Germany ret/1 lap/driveshaft
6/8 22 - Hungary ret/0 laps/engine
27/8 20 - Turkey ret/23 laps/spin
10/9 22 - Italy ret/18 laps/hydaulcs
1/10 19 16 China -4 laps
8/10 22 17 Japan -3 laps
22/10 20 16 Brazil -2 laps
2007 – GP2 (BCN Competicion)
Apr 14 Bahrain 11th, 59m36.758
Apr 15 Bahrain 14th, 44m48.148
May 12 Barcelona 9th, 1h03m17.506
May 13 Barcelona 18th, 22 laps/no drive
May 26 Monaco ret/9 laps/accident
Jun 30 Magny-Cours 11th, 1h53m31.545
Jul 1 Magny-Cours 13th, 40m29.795
Jul 7 Silverstone 16th, 55m27.475
Jul 8 Silverstone ret/2 laps/suspension damage
Jul 21 Nurburgring 13th, 1h02m33.957
Jul 21 Nurburgring 11th, 42m04.139
F1 (Spyker-Ferrari F8-VII): 24th, 0 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
5/8 22 - Hungary ret/4 laps/accident
26/8 20 20 Turkey -2 laps
9/9 22 20 Italy -1 lap
16/9 21 17 Belgium -1 lap
30/9 22 12 Japan -1 lap
7/10 22 17 China -3 laps
21/10 22 - Brazil ret/2 laps/accident damage
2008 – GP2 (ART Grand Prix): 22nd, 3 pts
Jul 19 Hockenheim 12th/39 laps/accident
Jul 20 Hockenheim NC/20 laps
Aug 2 Hungaroring 10th, 1h05m23.387
Aug 3 Hungaroring 4th, 42m53.159
Aug 23 Valencia Street Circuit ret/9 laps/accident damage
Aug 24 Valencia Street Circuit ret/4 laps/clutch
Sep 6 Spa-Francorchamps 18th, 1h02m53.415
Sep 7 Spa-Francorchamps ret/2 laps/accident
Sep 13 Monza ret/27 laps/fuel pump
Sep 14 Monza ret/14 laps/fuel pump
2009 – GP2 Asia (ART Grand Prix): 9th, 13 pts
Oct 18 Shanghai 3rd, 1h06m27.274
Oct 19 Shanghai 14th, 42m49.563
Dec 5 Dubai 8th, 1h01m02.519
Jan 23 Bahrain 17th, 1h01m28.709
Jan 24 Bahrain 11th, 40m32.965
Feb 13 Losail ret/0 laps
Feb 14 Losail 14th, 39m53.620
Apr 4 Sepang 12th, 1h01m46.626
Apr 5 Sepang ret/14 laps
Apr 25 Bahrain 6th, 1h00m30.649
Apr 26 Bahrain 4th, 44m01.039
2010 - F1 (HRT-Cosworth F110): 26th, 0 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
11/7 24 20 Britain -2 laps
25/7 22 - Germany ret/19 laps/gearbox
1/8 24 19 Hungary -4 laps
29/8 19 20 Belgium -2 laps
12/9 23 19 Italy -2 laps
10/10 24 16 Japan -3 laps
24/10 23 15 Korea -2 laps
2020 - Japanese Super Formula Lights (B-Max Dallara-VW F320):
Dec 19 Fuji 12th, 33m44.873
Dec 20 Fuji 8th, 20m48.332
Dec 20 Fuji 7th, 23m46.273