Sakon Yamamoto (山本 左近, Yamamoto Sakon, born July 9, 1982 in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese racing driver. He competed in 14 Formula One Grands Prix during the 2006 and 2007 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.
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Sakon Yamamoto (山本 左近, Yamamoto Sakon, born July 9, 1982 in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese racing driver. He competed in 14 Formula One Grands Prix during the 2006 and 2007 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 June 8, 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...
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