15 Facts About Yuki Takahashi

Yuki Takahashi is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Yuki Takahashi made a wild card appearance in the 125cc World Championship in Japan in 2001.

Yuki Takahashi won the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship in 2004, having previously finished runner-up in the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP125 Championship in 2001.

Yuki Takahashi became a full-time 250cc World Championship rider in 2005, finishing eleventh overall on a Honda.

For 2006 and beyond Honda did not develop their 250cc two-stroke racing machine, but Yuki Takahashi was still able to take two wins and sixth overall.

Yuki Takahashi came eleventh overall without a podium in 2007 as the team began to struggle, but in 2008 he took three podium finishes, and qualified eighth and finished sixth in his home race.

Yuki Takahashi ended up in fifth place in the final standings: his best performance since starting to compete in the World Championship.

Yuki Takahashi struggled early in the season, with a best finish of twelfth at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Yuki Takahashi crashed on the first lap there, and had an early collision with Nicky Hayden on his home round.

Yuki Takahashi has dropped down into the new Moto2 class for 2010, partnering Raffaele de Rosa at Tech 3.

Yuki Takahashi took his first victory in the class at Barcelona, after a ride-through penalty for Andrea Iannone.

Yuki Takahashi finished the season 12th overall, for 2011 he signed to ride for Gresini Racing aboard a Moriwaki, he took 2 podium finishes and finished 11th overall.

For 2012 he joined NGM Mobile Forward Racing and rode a Suter for the first six rounds and a FTR for the remainder of the championship, the season was a disaster as Yuki Takahashi only failed to score points until the final round of the season at Valencia.

Yuki Takahashi remained in Moto2 for 2013 and joined IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia, ran by Tadayuki Okada and rode a Moriwaki .

Yuki Takahashi was dropped in favour of Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman for the Misano round onwards after failing to score a point in the opening 11 rounds.