Noritake Takahara

Template:Short description Template:Multiple issues Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Noritake Takahara (高原 敬武; born 6 June 1951) is a former racing driver from Japan. He participated in 2 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 24 October 1976. He scored no championship points. Along with his compatriots Masahiro Hasemi and Kazuyoshi Hoshino, he was the first Japanese driver to start a Formula One Grand Prix.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Takahara is a two-time Japanese Formula 2000 champion, winning the title in 1974 and 1976, and resulting vice-champion in 1975 and third in 1973.

He won the Fuji Grand Champion Series three times in 1973, 1975 and 1976, and resulted vice-champion in 1974. He collected 17 wins and 30 podiums in that championship.

Racing record

Japanese Top Formula Championship results

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Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
1973	Noritake Takahara	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small					3rd	34
1974	Takahara Racing Ltd	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small					1st	45
1975	Takahara Racing Ltd	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small				2nd	59
1976	Takahara Racing Ltd	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small				1st	66
1977	Takahara Racing Ltd	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	MIN	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	6th	40
1978	Harada Racing Company	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ	SUZ Template:Small	MIN	SUZ		8th	22
1979	Team IKUZAWA	SUZ Template:Small	MIN	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small		8th	28

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1976	Team Surtees	Surtees TS19	Cosworth V8	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN Template:Small		NC	0
1977	Kojima Engineering	Kojima KE009	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN Template:Small	NC	0

References

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