Katayama in numbers
5 official points · best championship finish: 17th in 1994
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Ukyo Katayama raced six seasons in Formula 1 and all of his points came in just one of them, 1994. A Japanese driver born in 1963, he made his debut in 1992 with Larrousse and the following year joined Tyrrell, the team he would stay with for four seasons.
In 1994 the Tyrrell let him show what he had. He was fifth in Brazil, the first race of the year, fifth at Imola and sixth at Silverstone, and at Hockenheim and in Hungary he started fifth on the grid, although he retired both times. He ended the championship with five points, in seventeenth place.
He never scored again. He stayed at Tyrrell in 1995 and 1996, with Mika Salo as his team-mate, and in 1997 he signed off with Minardi, the year Jarno Trulli made his debut with the same team.
Six seasons and five points, all of them from 1994.
What if Katayama had another car?
We took his real attributes and put him in the best car of each era: in a real driver's seat, against the team-mate that car actually had. 30 full seasons in each.
| Car | Team-mate | Finish | Wins | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLaren1988 | Alain Prost-139 pts | P2.1 | 0.5 | 0% |
| Williams1992 | Riccardo Patrese-118 pts | P4 | 0.8 | 0% |
| Ferrari2002 | Rubens Barrichello-103 pts | P2.1 | 2.8 | 3% |
| Red Bull2013 | Mark Webber-121 pts | P2.5 | 2.8 | 0% |
| Mercedes2016 | Lewis Hamilton-190 pts | P2.1 | 0.9 | 0% |
| Red Bull2023 | Sergio Perez-101 pts | P2 | 5 | 0% |
| Cadillac2026 · 11th on the grid | Valtteri Bottas-2 pts | P13.4 | 0 | 0% |
The only one who beats him is Lewis Hamilton in the 2016 Mercedes: 190 points clear over a full season.
Ver en españolRating by season
- First season
- 69 1992
- Peak
- 71 1994
- 1997
- 70 Minardi
6 seasons in the database, from 1992 to 1997. Our own rating, from 50 to 99.
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1994
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His team-mates
6 team-mates across 6 seasons. When both finished the race, Katayama was ahead in 4 of 13; on the grid he started ahead in 38 of 94.
| Year | Team-mate | In the race | On the grid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Bertrand GachotLarrousse · 14 races | 0-1 | 4-10 |
| 1993 | Andrea de CesarisTyrrell · 16 races | 1-0 | 6-10 |
| 1994 | Mark BlundellTyrrell · 16 races | 2-0 | 11-5 |
| 1995 | Mika SaloTyrrell · 16 races | 0-2 | 4-12 |
| 1996 | Mika SaloTyrrell · 16 races | 0-4 | 5-11 |
| 1997 | Tarso MarquesMinardi · 10 races | 1-1 | 7-2 |
| 1997 | Jarno TrulliMinardi · 7 races | 0-1 | 1-6 |
The first number is always Katayama's. A team-mate is whoever started the same race for the same team. "In the race" only counts races both finished, because a retirement says nothing about who was quicker. "On the grid" is the starting position, with penalties already applied.
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