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🇯🇵 Taki Inoue

Racing driver from Japan. Formula 1, Footwork.
Driver facts
Full name
Taki Inoue
Born
5 September 1963(b. 1963)
Nationality
Japan
Current team
Footwork
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
26
Career DNFs
15
Racer Rating
5,190
Taki Inoue
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,190
Rank 923 of 40,105 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

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 26 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,190 ranks Inoue 923th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1995 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFJPNBRAARGITAESPMONCANFRAGBRGERHUNBELITAPORGERJPNJPNAUS
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1995-11-12Adelaide Street CircuitFormula 1DNF−40
1995-10-29SuzukaFormula 1P12+67
1995-10-22OkayamaFormula 1DNF−38
1995-10-01NürburgringFormula 1DNF−98
1995-09-24Autódromo do EstorilFormula 1P15+21
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+121Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1995Formula 1P8
+104Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1995Formula 1P9
+73Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1995Formula 1P12
+72Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1995Formula 1DNF
+66Suzuka 1995Formula 1P12
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1995▸Formula 1Footwork17001200P17−205,190
1994▸International Formula 3000Super Nova Racing800200P20+3,8605,210
▸Formula 1Simtek100100P20−72
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Inoue finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇧🇷 Pedro Diniz5,79125131252%
🇫🇷 Jean-Christophe Boullion5,9851941521%
🇦🇹 Gerhard Berger6,4911841422%
🇩🇪 Michael Schumacher6,3311821611%
🇬🇧 David Coulthard6,0781861233%
🇫🇷 Jean Alesi6,0631841422%
🇬🇧 Eddie Irvine6,0451861233%
🇬🇧 Johnny Herbert6,0291821611%
🇬🇧 Damon Hill6,0121851328%
🇩🇪 Heinz-Harald Frentzen5,9161821611%
🇫🇮 Mika HäkkinenHigher-rated, 2× champion6,5291771041%
🇬🇧 Nigel MansellHigher-rated, 1× champion6,38931233%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
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914🇺🇸 Ed CarpenterIndyCar5,201
915🇫🇷 David VelayFIA GT Championship5,200
916🇩🇪 Jens KlingmannGT World Challenge Europe5,200
917🇨🇦 Stéphane ProulxInternational Formula 30005,196
918🇸🇪 Peter OlssonInternational Formula 30005,195
919🇺🇸 Tom Kimber-SmithIMSA WeatherTech5,193
920🇺🇸 Bryan ClausonIndyCar5,192
921🇺🇸 Andy HillenburgNASCAR Xfinity5,190
922🇨🇭 Ricardo FellerGT World Challenge Europe5,190
923🇯🇵 Taki InoueFormula 15,190
924🇿🇦 Stephen WatsonFIA GT Championship5,189
925🇺🇸 Eddie CheeverGT World Challenge Europe5,188
926🇮🇹 Fabrizio de SimoneFIA GT Championship5,185
927🇯🇵 Juichi WakisakaSuper GT5,184
928🇬🇧 James WeaverFIA GT Championship5,182
929🇺🇸 Juan Manuel CorreaFormula 25,178
930🇨🇿 Jarek Janis24H Series5,176
931🇧🇷 Kohei HirateSuper GT5,176
932🇬🇧 Paul Di RestaAsian Le Mans Series5,176
933🇩🇪 Adrian SutilFerrari Challenge5,175
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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 26 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,190 ranks Inoue 923th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
F1 driver hit twice by Safety Car, was 'denied treatmeant unless he paid'[1]
GPblog
1 Jan 2026
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F1 driver was run over by safety car and later admitted 'I was not good enough'[2]
mirror.co.uk
26 Dec 2025
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WTF Happened to Taki Inoue?[3]
las-motorsport.com
20 Sep 2025
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