Takuma Aoki

is a Japanese former road racer of motorcycles at Grand Prix level. He began his Grand Prix career in 1993. From to , Aoki competed in the World Superbike Championship, winning one race in that series. In 1996, he won All Japan Championship Superbike class champion. He returned to Grand Prix racing with Honda in 1997, enjoying his best season when he finished fifth in the 500cc world championship. A spinal injury in a 1998 motorcycle crash left him paralyzed below the waist. Aoki has continued to work with Honda, helping them develop cars for disabled people. He is the brother of Grand Prix racers, Nobuatsu and Haruchika Aoki.

Aoki has been involved in motorsports again. Using specially-modified 4-wheel drive vehicles, he has been involved in many cross country rallies, notably the Dakar Rally, the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy and the Asia Cross Country Rally.

On July 10, 2019, Aoki took a test ride on the Team Honda Dream CBR1000 Suzuka 8 Hours machine. In 2021, Aoki competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans as part of Frédéric Sausset's SRT41 team.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts 1993 250cc Honda AUS MAL JPN8 SPA AUT GER NED EUR RSM GBR CZE ITA USA FIM 24th 8 1994 250cc Honda AUS MAL JPN5 SPA AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR 20th 11 1995 500cc Honda AUS MAL JPN3 SPA GER ITA NED FRA GBR CZE BRA ARG EUR 23rd 16 1996 500cc Honda MAL INA JPNRet SPA ITA FRA NED GER GBR AUT CZE IMO CAT BRA AUS NC 0 1997 500cc Honda MAL5 JPN4 SPA4 ITARet AUTRet FRA5 NEDRet IMO3 GER3 BRADNS GBR10 CZE6 CAT7 INA7 AUS2 5th 134

Superbike World Championship

Races by year Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1994 Honda GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT AUT INA INA JPN7 JPN8 NED NED SMR SMR EUR EUR AUS AUS 31st 17 1995 Honda GER GER SMR SMR GBR GBR ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT AUT USA USA EUR EUR JPNRet JPN7 NED NED INA INA AUS AUS 31st 9 1996 Honda SMR SMR GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA CZE CZE USA USA EUR EUR INA INA JPN11 JPN1 NED NED SPA SPA AUS AUS 19th 30

Complete Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Team Car Class12345678910 Points 2019–20 Team Yokohama Challenge Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY P ADR ADR MEX5 BER9 BER9 BER7 BER8 BER7 BER9 BER7 6th 42

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2021 Association SRT41 Nigel Bailly Matthieu Lahaye Oreca 07-Gibson Innovative 334 32nd –