INDIANAPOLIS (February 3, 2012) - In evaluating the best qualified of all the talented drivers seeking a seat in the RLL (Rahal Letterman Lanigan) Honda-powered Indy Car for the 2012 season, the Indianapolis-based team was searching for the right balance of speed, success and experience to lead it i...
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"This is so deeply sad," said Takuma Sato of the fatal accident to Dan Wheldon that caused the abandonment of the final round of the IZOD IndyCar Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. "I feel particularly for Dan's wife, his two young children, his parents and all his family." "I knew the accident was...
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You’d normally expect a driver to be pretty happy after finishing a major international motor race just 2.1 seconds behind the winner. But in the ultra-competitive world of the IZOD IndyCar Series, 2.1 seconds on a 1.5-mile oval means the difference between first and 15th place, even after almost 30...
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Example of Takuma Sato’s framed race gloves IZOD IndyCar fans have the opportunity to own their favorite IndyCar drivers autographed racing gear by bidding for them through the ‘With you Japan’ online charity auction at http://www.charitybuzz.com/withyoujapan. Auction Part Two, following the succes...
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Takuma Sato continued his IndyCar season with his home race at Motegi, where a top-six finish was converted to 10th position by a late incident. But, bearing in mind the troubles in Japan in 2011, the most important thing was that the race happened at all. “It was a very important race,” said Sato. ...
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Example of Takuma Sato’s framed race gloves IZOD IndyCar fans can own top IndyCar stars autographed race gloves through the ‘With you Japan’ online charity auction at http://www.charitybuzz.com/withyoujapan. The two-part auction, being held in conjunction with the IZOD IndyCar race season, is now ...
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The inaugural street race in the Maryland city of Baltimore resulted in disappointment for Takuma Sato as he lost a sixth-place finish with fewer than three laps remaining. The Japanese ex-Formula 1 racer had charged his KV Racing Technology-Lotus Dallara-Honda from 26th on the grid onto the tail of...
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The challenging Sonoma road course in the dry rolling hills of California is one on which you would expect Takuma Sato † with his European racing background and razor-sharp competitiveness on the IZOD IndyCar Series’ permanent circuits † to shine. But for the second year in a row the Japanese and hi...
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Takuma Sato has made a habit of proving ultra-competitive on the short, frantic one-mile ovals of the IZOD IndyCar Series since he joined the series last year, so it was no surprise that the Japanese ex-Formula 1 star ran at the front at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. That was especially predictable,...
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Fourth position † or indeed any finish in the top four † was a long-overdue result for Takuma Sato in the IZOD IndyCar Series. So it is ironic that Sato achieved his best-ever IndyCar score from a weekend on which his KV Racing Technology-Lotus Dallara-Honda was not quite as competitive as it has be...
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