Taki Inoue is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Formula 1 for Footwork. Inoue has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 18 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,154 ranks Inoue 963th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1995-11-12 | Adelaide Street Circuit | DNF | −62 |
| 1995-10-29 | Suzuka Circuit | P12 | +42 |
| 1995-10-22 | Okayama International Circuit | DNF | −64 |
| 1995-10-01 | Nürburgring | DNF | −118 |
| 1995-09-24 | Autódromo do Estoril | P15 | −1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | ▸Formula 1 | Footwork | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −532 | 4,154 |
| 1994 | ▸Formula 1 | Simtek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −114 | 4,686 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇮 Mika Salo | 5,050 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇩🇪 Michael Schumacher | 5,595 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Johnny Herbert | 4,860 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇩🇪 Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 4,859 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Mark Blundell | 2,735 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇧🇷 Rubens Barrichello | 5,502 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Martin Brundle | 5,199 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Eddie Irvine | 5,058 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean-Christophe Boullion | 4,843 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 Olivier Panis | 4,611 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
Taki Inoue competed in Formula 1 for two seasons, from 1994 to 1995, accumulating 18 starts for Footwork. He did not score points, finish on a podium, or win a race. His average finishing position across classified results was 11th, placing him in the lower tier of the field. In direct competition against the drivers he most frequently encountered, Inoue finished ahead of none of them; he consistently ran behind Silver-graded professional Mika Salo, seven-time champion Michael Schumacher, and other established competitors such as Johnny Herbert and Heinz-Harald Frentzen. His only notable head-to-head results came against lower-rated drivers: he finished ahead of Pedro Diniz three times and managed single victories over former world champion Gerhard Berger, former world championship contender Martin Brundle, and Japanese national-level driver Ukyo Katayama.[1]
The Footwork team in which Inoue spent the vast majority of his F1 career was uncompetitive; it recorded no race wins across its entire history and fielded a succession of drivers, none of whom achieved the level of the circuit's established frontrunners. Inoue's competitive standing reflected both the equipment at his disposal and his own capacity as a driver. He remains retired from professional racing.[2]