Sakon Yamamoto
Yamamoto at the Motorsport Japan event in 2010.
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| Born |
9 July 1982 Toyohashi, Japan |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 Japanese |
| Active years | 2006–2007, 2010 |
| Teams | Super Aguri, Spyker, HRT |
| Entries | 21 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 2006 German Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2010 Korean Grand Prix |
| Previous series | |
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2007–08 2006–07, 2010 2005–06 2005–06 2003 2002 2001, 2004 2001 |
GP2 Series Formula One Super GT Formula Nippon F3 Euroseries German F3 All-Japan F3 British F3 |
Sakon Yamamoto (山本 左近 Yamamoto Sakon?, born 9 July 1982 in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese racing driver. He competed in 21 Formula One Grands Prix during the 2006, 2007 and 2010 seasons.
Yamamoto began his racing career in 1994 at the Suzuka Circuit Racing School (Karting), and worked his way up through the ranks, to become the test/third driver for the Jordan Formula One team for one weekend (Japan) during the 2005 Formula One season.
On 8 June 2006, Sakon Yamamoto joined the Super Aguri F1 team as their test driver and third driver on grand prix weekends, helping Takuma Sato and Franck Montagny in Friday's free practice sessions. Yamamoto replaced Montagny in the second team car at the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim. He did not enjoy a particularly successful start to his career, however, with a mechanical failure and a stalled engine restricting him to a total of one lap in his first two races. He also damaged one of the team's new SA06 chassis in a crash during Free Practice at the German Grand Prix. He then spun out of his third Grand Prix in Turkey, a disappointment after outqualifying Sato for the first time.
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