Takuma Sato, who raced in F1 earlier than switching to IndyCar, has joined Honda as an As Govt Advisor.
Honda has signed an advisory contract with two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, who has been competing on the earth’s prime classes, together with tF1, during which he drove for Jordan, BAR and Tremendous Aguri.
As Govt Advisor of HRC, Sato will present recommendation and help in all points of the Honda and HRC’s racing actions.
After graduating from the then Suzuka Circuit Racing Faculty in 1997, Sato demonstrated his expertise, together with profitable the British Formulation 3 title. In 2002, he started competing in F1, and achieved a 3rd place podium end within the 2004 U.S. Grand Prix.
In 2010, He switched to IndyCar and is the one Japanese-born driver who gained the Indy 500 twice.
This yr he shall be competing within the Indy 500 for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, for whom he gained the race in 2020.
Sato has already been offering sturdy help to Honda driver improvement initiatives because the Principal of HRS. Along with this function, as Govt Advisor of HRC, he’ll present recommendation and help in formulating driver improvement methods and packages Honda will pursue inside and outdoors Japan, race entry plans and the operational construction for racing actions.
Furthermore, in planning and launching of HRC-brand merchandise, HRC will leverage his expertise and information to additional improve the HRC model picture.
“I’m very proud to be appointed as HRC Govt Advisor,” mentioned Sato. “This represents my bond with Honda, which has been supporting my challenges to appreciate goals for therefore a few years and got here this far hand-in-hand. Along with passing on the abilities and expertise I’ve amassed to future generations, I’ll nonetheless be a challenger and proceed to tackle new challenges along with Honda/HRC with out shedding the spirit of ‘No Assault, No Likelihood’. By way of such challenges, I’ll attempt to contribute to the additional development of Honda motorsports actions.”
“We’re more than happy to welcome the brand new Govt Advisor of HRC, Takuma, who has continued to advance and win laurels as a racing driver,” added Koji Watanabe, President of Honda Racing Company (HRC). “Because the Principal of HRS, Mr. Sato has already been making an awesome contribution to our efforts to develop younger race drivers, however now he’ll broaden his involvement because the Govt Advisor of HRC.
“We really feel very inspired that he’ll present extra multifaceted help for Honda motorsports actions. We consider that persons are interested in Takuma Sato not solely due to his driving abilities, but additionally as a result of he has been demonstrating sturdy perception and continues to tackle challenges to win.
“We laud his daring problem of competing within the Indy 500 once more this yr, and sincerely hope that he’ll obtain the particular milestone of profitable the Indy 500 for the third time. Along with followers, HRC/Honda shall be rooting for him with all our coronary heart.”
