Ukyo Katayama

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Ukyo Katayama : biography

May 29, 1963 –

In year 2000, He established TeamUKYO which participated in JGTC/Super GT (2001-2002 in GT500 and 2011 in GT300), also in Dakar Rally (2002-2005, 2007).

As a mountain climber

Katayama is a lover of mountain climbing. He has often been climbing mountains since his F1 era.

In 2001 he climbed the world’s sixth-highest mountain, Cho Oyu. On December 1, 2006, it was reported that he had achieved his lifetime ambition of climbing Manaslu, the eighth-highest mountain in the world, after an unsuccessful attempt in 2004.

On December 18, 2009, it was reported that he had been missing whilst climbing Mount Fuji with two friends. Upon calling a police search and rescue team, they informed the police that one of their climbing party had died, and another was presumed to be dying. Eventually, Katayama was found alive while two fellow climbers were found dead.

As of the end of 2010, Katayama summited five of the Seven Summits: Mont Blanc (climbed in 1996), Kilimanjaro (1998), Elbrus (1998), McKinley (2008), Aconcagua (2009), and Vinson Massif (2010)

Other sports

He has been participating other sporting events as an official invitee, such as Honolulu Marathon and Honolulu Century Ride. He has also started a cycling team called Team Ukyo.

Media appearances

He is now a commentator of Formula One in Japan, for Fuji TV. In 1996 he was a guest judge on Iron Chef.

Helmet

Katayama’s helmet was blue with a red and white stripe crossing the rear area and going in the sides forming an obliquous T letter, and a vertical red and white stripe going across the top (until the visor)

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Racing record

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 results

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Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1988 BA-TSU RACING TEAM SUZ11 FUJRet MINRet SUZ7 SUG5 FUJ8 SUZ12 SUZRet 11th 2
1989 Footwork FORMULA SUZ9 FUJRet MIN SUZRet SUGRet FUJ15 SUZ18 SUZ7 NC 0
1990 CABIN RACING TEAM with HEROES SUZRet FUJ3 MIN5 SUZRet SUG12 FUJ5 FUJ2 SUZ3 FUJRet SUZDSQ 5th 18
1991 CABIN RACING TEAM with HEROES SUZ1 AUT4 FUJ9 MINRet SUZ1 SUG6 FUJ2 SUZ2 FUJC SUZ10 FUJ2 1st 40

Complete Formula One results

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Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
1992 Central Park Venturi Larrousse Venturi Larrousse LC92 Lamborghini V12 RSA12 MEX12 BRA9 ESPDNQ SMRRet MONDNPQ CANRet FRARet GBRRet GERRet HUNRet BEL17 ITA9 PORRet JPN11 AUSRet NC 0
1993 Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell 020C Yamaha V10 RSARet BRARet EURRet SMRRet ESPRet MONRet CAN17 FRARet GBR13 NC 0
Tyrrell 021 Yamaha V10 GERRet HUN10 BEL15 ITA14 PORRet JPNRet AUSRet
1994 Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell 022 Yamaha V10 BRA5 PACRet SMR5 MONRet ESPRet CANRet FRARet GBR6 GERRet HUNRet BELRet ITARet PORRet EUR7 JPNRet AUSRet 17th 5
1995 Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha Tyrrell 023 Yamaha V10 BRARet ARG8 SMRRet ESPRet MONRet CANRet FRARet GBRRet GER7 HUNRet BELRet ITA10 PORRet EUR PAC14 JPNRet AUSRet NC 0
1996 Tyrrell Yamaha Tyrrell 024 Yamaha V10 AUS11 BRA9 ARGRet EURDSQ SMRRet MONRet ESPRet CANRet FRARet GBRRet GERRet HUN7 BEL8 ITA10 POR12 JPNRet NC 0
1997 Minardi Team Minardi M197 Hart V8 AUSRet BRA18 ARGRet SMR11 MON10 ESPRet CANRet FRA11 GBRRet GERRet HUN10 BEL14 ITARet AUT11 LUXRet JPNRet EUR17 NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. ClassPos.
1988 C1 30 Courage C22Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 Courage Compétition Paul Belmondo François Migault 66 DNF DNF
1992 C1 7 Toyota TS010Toyota RV10 3.5L V10 Toyota Team Tom’s Geoff Lees David Brabham 192 DNF DNF
1998 GT1 27 Toyota GT-OneToyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8 Toyota Motorsports Toyota Team Europe Toshio Suzuki Keiichi Tsuchiya 326 9th 8th
1999 LMGTP 3 Toyota GT-OneToyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8 Toyota Motorsports Toyota Team Europe Keiichi Tsuchiya Toshio Suzuki 364 2nd 1st
2002 LMP900 18 Courage C60Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6 Pescarolo Sport Eric Hélary Stéphane Ortelli 144 DNF DNF
2003 LMP900 9 Dome S101Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8 Kondo Racing Masahiko Kondo Ryo Fukuda 322 13th 8th