is a Japanese professional racing driver. He won the GT300 class Super GT championship in 2002 and 2019.
Career
Takagi made his debut in the All-Japan GT Championship (JGTC) in 1998, driving for INGING in the GT500 class. For the 1999 season, he switched to the GT300 class, finishing third in the championship that year. He won his maiden title in 2002 with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri (ARTA), driving an -prepared Toyota MR-S alongside Morio Nitta. In the following years, with the series renamed as Super GT in 2005, Takagi won numerous races and finished runner-up in the standings in 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2018. In 2019, he won his second GT300 championship seventeen years after his first, driving the Honda NSX GT3 Evo of ARTA, with Takagi and his co-driver Nirei Fukuzumi finishing over ten points clear of the second place finishers.
Complete JGTC/Super GT Results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPts1998IngingToyota SupraGT500SUZRetFUJCSENRetFUJ13MOTRetMIN6SUGDNQ18th61999MOMOCORSE Racing Team with TsuchiyaToyota MR2GT300SUZFUJ1SUG2MIN2FUJ5TAIRetMOT33rd702000Super AUTOBACS Racing with A’PEX Toyota MR-SGT300MOTFUJSUGFUJ6TAIRetMIN14SUZ112th262001 ARTA with A’PEX Toyota MR-SGT300TAI1FUJ3SUGRetFUJ5MOTRetSUZRetMINRet7th402002 ARTA with A’PEX Toyota MR-SGT300TAI1FUJRetSUG17SEP2FUJ4MOT5MIN5SUZ41st752003 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA GaraiyaGT300TAI19FUJ3SUG4FUJ10FUJ6MOT2AUT5SUZNC7th552004 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA GaraiyaGT300TAI2SUG5SEP21TOK1MOT1AUT2SUZ22nd922005 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA GaraiyaGT300OKA10FUJ2SEP1SUG18MOT3FUJRetAUT2SUZ83rd742006aprToyota MR-SGT300SUZRetOKA9FUJ2SEPRetSUG5SUZ3MOT10AUTRetFUJ15th602007 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA GaraiyaGT300SUZ18OKA17FUJ1SEPRetSUGRetSUZ2MOT3AUT5FUJ74th662008 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA GaraiyaGT300SUZ5OKA1FUJ7SEP12SUG1SUZRetMOT9AUT2FUJ92nd772009 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA GaraiyaGT300OKA2SUZ5FUJ1SEP10SUG9SUZ2FUJ7AUT4MOT145th712010 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA GaraiyaGT300SUZRetOKA6FUJ2SEP2SUG6SUZ2FUJCMOT122nd552011 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA GaraiyaGT300OKA20FUJ6SEP5SUG3SUZ20FUJ12AUT13MOT712th262012 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri ASL ARTA GaraiyaGT300OKA8FUJ4SEP9SUG9SUZ4FUJ5AUT17MOT219th332013 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda CR-Z GTGT300OKA12FUJ19SEP1SUG1SUZRetFUJ16FUJRetAUT16MOT157th402014 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda CR-Z GTGT300OKA6FUJ18AUT1SUG16FUJ22SUZ16CHA13MOT1211th252015 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda CR-Z GTGT300OKA2FUJ17CHA10FUJ1SUZ12SUG12AUT6MOT46th492016 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri BMW M6 GT3GT300OKA11FUJ2SUGRetFUJ1SUZ14CHA3MOTRetMOTDNS5th482017 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri BMW M6 GT3GT300OKA5FUJ17AUT3SUGRetFUJ1SUZRetCHA4MOT24th612018 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri BMW M6 GT3GT300OKA6FUJ1SUZ20CHA11FUJ1SUG10AUT4MOT92nd622019 ARTA Honda NSX GT3GT300OKA2‡FUJ2SUZ6CHA9FUJ6AUT6SUG1MOT41st69.52020 ARTA Honda NSX GT3GT300FUJ7FUJ3SUZ26MOT7FUJ2FUJ7MOTFUJ7th382021 ARTA Honda NSX GT3GT300OKA26FUJ3MOT23SUZ7SUG2AUT20MOT2FUJ244th452022 K-tunes Racing Lexus RC F GT3 GT300OKA27FUJ6SUZ7FUJ5SUZ25SUG9AUT8MOT6 16th 22.52023 K-tunes Racing Lexus RC F GT3GT300OKA14FUJ9SUZ22 FUJ23 SUZ8 SUG8 AUTRet MOT5 18th 15 Season still in progress.
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