Sakon Yamamoto

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sakon Yamamoto
Occupation	Driver
Date Of Birth	Jul 9, 1982(1982-07-09)
Age	42
Birthplace	Toyohashi
Country	Japan
Birth City	Aichi Prefecture
Horoscope	Cancer

Sakon Yamamoto Biography

Sakon Yamamoto is one of the most popular and richest Driver who was born on July 9, 1982 in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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.

Yamamoto finished the season strongly with three consecutive finishes, an upturn in form after retiring from his first four Grands Prix. He also set the seventh fastest lap and second fastest middle sector during the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix. However, this was not enough to prevent him losing out to Anthony Davidson in the race for the second Super Aguri race drive in 2007. However, he remained as a test driver at Super Aguri. This was combined with him competing in the 2007 GP2 Series season with BCN Competicion.

Sakon Yamamoto Net Worth

Sakon Yamamoto is one of the richest Driver from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sakon Yamamoto 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Sakon Yamamoto height 5 ft 8 in Salil weight 63 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Sakon Yamamoto Dating?

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Yamamoto kept his seat at ART for the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series where he was looking to emulate the success of Grosjean, who won the inaugural championship with the team. However, he was somewhat overshadowed by team-mates Nico Hülkenberg and Pastor Maldonado, but managed to finish 9th in the championship, with a podium at the opening race in Shanghai.

Facts & Trivia

Salil Ranked on the list of most popular Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Sakon Yamamoto celebrates birthday on July 9 of every year.

It was announced on 4 February 2008 that Yamamoto would be one of the test drivers for the Renault F1 Team. According to the press release, he would only drive the car in public demonstrations and not in circuit tests, with Lucas di Grassi and Romain Grosjean being announced as circuit test drivers at the launch of the Renault R28. Sanho Human Service sponsored Spyker F1 when Yamamoto was a driver, and it was announced at the R28 launch that Sanho Human Service would sponsor Renault in 2008.