Takumi Takahashi

Takumi Takahashi
Takumi Takahashi
	Takahashi at the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix
Nationality	Japanese
Born	26 November 1989 (age 35); Saitama, Japan
Current team	Honda Racing UK British Superbike Team
Bike number	13
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years	2015, 2023
Manufacturers	Honda
Championships	0
2023 championship position	NC (0 pts)
250cc World Championship
Active years	2006–2008
Manufacturers	Honda
Championships	0
2008 championship position	NC (0 pts)
125cc World Championship
Active years	2005
Manufacturers	Honda
Championships	0
2005 championship position	NC (0 pts)
Superbike World Championship
Active years	2017, 2019–2020
Manufacturers	Honda
Championships	0
2020 championship position	22nd (6 pts)

Takumi Takahashi (高橋巧, Takahashi Takumi, born 26 November 1989) is a Japanese motorcycle racer. He competes in the British Superbike Championship on a factory-supported Honda Fireblade.^[1]

Takahashi has raced in the All Japan Road Race Championship in the GP125 class, in the GP250 class, where he was champion in 2008,^[2] and in the JSB1000 class, where he was champion in 2017.^[3] He won the Suzuka 8 Hours in 2010 with Ryuichi Kiyonari and Takaaki Nakagami and in 2013 and 2014 with Michael van der Mark and Leon Haslam. A test rider for Honda Racing Corporation,^[4] Takahashi in 2015 made a wild card appearance in his home race in the MotoGP World Championship.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Pts	Plcd
2005	125cc	Honda RS125R	Arie Molenaar Racing	1	0	NC
2006	250cc	Honda NSR250	Burning Blood	1	0	NC
2007	250cc	Honda NSR250	Burning Blood Racing	1	0	NC
2008	250cc	Honda NSR250	Burning Blood Racing Team	1	0	NC
2015	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Team HRC with Nissin	1	4	26th
2023	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	LCR Honda Castrol	0	0	NC
Total				5	4

Races by year

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

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Pts
2005	125cc	Honda	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN 25	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL					NC	0
2006	250cc	Honda	SPA	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN 23	POR	VAL					NC	0
2007	250cc	Honda	QAT	SPA	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	CZE	RSM	POR	JPN Ret	AUS	MAL	VAL				NC	0
2008	250cc	Honda	QAT	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	CZE	RSM	IND	JPN 17	AUS	MAL	VAL				NC	0
2015	MotoGP	Honda	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN 12	AUS	MAL	VAL			26th	4
2023	MotoGP	Honda	POR	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM DNQ	IND	JPN	INA	AUS	THA	MAL	QAT	VAL	NC	0

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

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

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		Pos	Pts
Year	Bike	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pos	Pts
2017	Honda	AUS	AUS	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	GER	GER	POR 15	POR 10	FRA	FRA	SPA 16	SPA 15	QAT	QAT	29th	8

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			Pos	Pts
Year	Bike	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	Pos	Pts
2019	Honda	AUS	AUS	AUS	THA	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	ITA	SPA	SPA	SPA	ITA	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GBR	USA	USA	USA	POR 15	POR 17	POR 17	FRA	FRA	FRA	ARG	ARG	ARG	QAT	QAT	QAT	28th	1
2020	Honda	AUS Ret	AUS 15	AUS Ret	SPA 18	SPA 22	SPA Ret	POR 19	POR 19	POR 18	SPA 15	SPA 20	SPA 18	SPA 15	SPA 21	SPA 16	SPA 19	SPA 16	SPA 14	FRA 17	FRA 19	FRA 18	POR 14	POR 17	POR 17																22nd	6

British Superbike Championship

By year

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			Pos	Pts
Year	Bike	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pos	Pts
2022	Honda	SIL 16	SIL 16	SIL 17	OUL 25	OUL 21	OUL 17	DON 16	DON 16	DON 15	KNO 21	KNO 16	KNO 15	BRH 18	BRH 13	BRH 14	THR 23	THR 20	THR 14	CAD DNS	CAD 20	CAD 15	SNE 11	SNE Ret	SNE 17	OUL 16	OUL 14	OUL 16	DON 14	DON 15	DON 15	BRH 13	BRH 13	BRH 15	20th	28

Suzuka 8 Hours results

Year	Team	Riders	Bike	Pos
2023	Team HRC	Tetsuta Nagashima Xavi Vierge	Honda CBR1000RR-R SP	1st
2024	Team HRC with Japan Post	Teppei Nagoe Johann Zarco	Honda CBR1000RR-R SP	1st

References

^ Takumi Takahashi 13 Honda Racing Corporation. Retrieved 22 September 2022
^ "ライダープロフィール #634 高橋巧". superbike.jp (in Japanese). MFJ. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
^ "2017 Rider Point Standing". mfj.or.jp (in Japanese). MFJ. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
^ "HRC Test Rider Takumi Takahashi to participate in his first MotoGP race as a wildcard". hondaracingcorporation.com. Honda Racing Corporation. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2016.

External links

Official website
Takumi Takahashi at MotoGP.com
Takumi Takahashi at WorldSBK.com

[1] Takumi Takahashi 13 Honda Racing Corporation. Retrieved 22 September 2022

[2] "ライダープロフィール #634 高橋巧". superbike.jp (in Japanese). MFJ. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

[3] "2017 Rider Point Standing". mfj.or.jp (in Japanese). MFJ. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

[4] "HRC Test Rider Takumi Takahashi to participate in his first MotoGP race as a wildcard". hondaracingcorporation.com. Honda Racing Corporation. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2016.

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