Kazuto Sakata
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Kazuto Sakata (坂田 和人, born August 15, 1966 in Kōtō, Tokyo) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was a two-time F.I.M. 125cc world champion.[1]
Sakata began his Grand Prix career in 1991 and by the 1993 season, finished second to Dirk Raudies in the 125cc class on a Honda. In 1994, he became the first Japanese rider to race for a European factory when he signed with the Aprilia factory. He repaid them by winning the 125cc championship that year. He repeated as champion in 1998 after a tight points battle with Tomomi Manako and Marco Melandri. He retired after the 1999 season.
Motorcycle Grand Prix results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Class | Team | Machine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Pts | Wins |
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1991 | 125cc | ELF Kepla-Meiko Honda | RS125 | JPN Ret | AUS 16 | USA | ESP DNS | ITA Ret | GER 10 | AUT Ret | EUR 14 | NED 11 | FRA 7 | GBR 8 | RSM 8 | CZE Ret | VDM | MAL 2 | 13th | 55 | 0 | |
1992 | 125cc | F.C.C./T.S. Venus-Honda | RS125 | JPN Ret | AUS Ret | MAL 6 | ESP 4 | ITA Ret | EUR | GER Ret | NED 6 | HUN 7 | FRA 4 | GBR 6 | BRA 14 | RSA Ret | 11th | 42 | 0 | |||
1993 | 125cc | F.C.C. Technical Sports-Honda | RS125 | AUS 2 | MAL 2 | JPN 2 | ESP 1 | AUT 2 | GER 2 | NED 2 | EUR Ret | RSM 2 | GBR 2 | CZE 1 | ITA 2 | USA 2 | FIM 3 | 2nd | 266 | 2 | ||
1994 | 125cc | Semprucci-Aprilia | RS125R | AUS 1 | MAL 2 | JPN 2 | ESP 1 | AUT 5 | GER 2 | NED 4 | ITA 2 | FRA 3 | GBR 4 | CZE 1 | USA Ret | ARG 9 | EUR 7 | 1st | 224 | 3 | ||
1995 | 125cc | Team Krona-Aprilia | RS125R | AUS 2 | MAL 10 | JPN 3 | ESP 6 | GER Ret | ITA 5 | NED 4 | FRA 12 | GBR 1 | CZE 1 | BRA Ret | ARG Ret | EUR 4 | 2nd | 140 | 2 | |||
1996 | 125cc | Aprilia | RS125R | MAL 10 | INA 14 | JPN Ret | ESP 5 | ITA 3 | FRA 8 | NED 7 | GER 11 | GBR 5 | AUT 9 | CZE 4 | IMO 12 | CAT 3 | BRA 11 | AUS Ret | 8th | 113 | 0 | |
1997 | 125cc | Aprilia | RS125R | MAL 2 | JPN 2 | ESP 7 | ITA 6 | AUT 6 | FRA Ret | NED 3 | IMO 3 | GER Ret | BRA 5 | GBR Ret | CZE 9 | CAT 2 | INA 2 | AUS 2 | 4th | 179 | 0 | |
1998 | 125cc | Aprilia | RS125R | JPN 1 | MAL 6 | ESP 1 | ITA 4 | FRA 1 | MAD 4 | NED 2 | GBR 1 | GER 7 | CZE 2 | IMO 4 | CAT 9 | AUS 4 | ARG 5 | 1st | 229 | 4 | ||
1999 | 125cc | Honda | RS125 | MAL 10 | JPN 8 | ESP 13 | FRA 9 | ITA 8 | CAT 7 | NED 10 | GBR 13 | GER 19 | CZE Ret | IMO Ret | VAL 12 | AUS 13 | RSA 15 | BRA 17 | ARG Ret | 14th | 56 | 0 |
References
^ Kazuto Sakata career statistics at MotoGP.com