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Bumping confirmed for Indy 500 as Takuma Sato turns into the thirty fourth entry
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Bumping confirmed for Indy 500 as Takuma Sato turns into the thirty fourth entry

By Miles Cooper March 11, 2025
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Takuma Sato is 48 years outdated, however the two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 is not fairly completed but. The veteran racer has introduced plans to try the 109th working of the Indy 500, turning into the thirty fourth driver to substantiate their plans to take action. Which means that bumping is assured to occur in qualifying for this yr’s race with solely 33 drivers finally allowed to start out the occasion.

Sato will once more drive for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing within the No. 75 Honda, making an attempt to be a part of the Indy 500 for the sixteenth time in his profession. He drank the milk in each 2017 and 2020, successful his second 500 with RLL equipment. The Japanese driver additionally drove an RLL Honda in final yr’s Indy 500, putting 14th.

Bumping confirmed for Indy 500 as Takuma Sato turns into the thirty fourth entry

Takuma Sato, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda

Photograph by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Photographs

Sato’s profession consists of 221 IndyCar races, six wins, 14 podiums and 10 pole positions. He is additionally an ex-F1 driver, working 90 races between 2002 and 2008 with a greatest end of third within the 2004 United States Grand Prix.

“I’m very excited to return to the 109th Indy 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing,” stated Sato in a launch from the crew. “As soon as once more, a heartfelt thanks to Bobby [Rahal], Mike [Lanigan], David [Letterman], and the whole group for this unbelievable alternative. I’m additionally deeply grateful for the continued assist from AMADA as the first sponsor [who also backed Sato’s 2024 efforts] alongside Panasonic Automotive Methods, Niterra, Deloitte Tohmatsu, NAC, Honda, HRC, and all our loyal sponsors.

“The brand new No. 75 automotive carries over RLL’s historic design with a refreshed and dynamic new livery – it seems completely gorgeous. Final yr was an unbelievable expertise, reconnecting with the crew, and this yr, much more acquainted faces have joined the hassle, which makes this second much more particular and provides me nice confidence. I can’t wait to get to work.”

Sato might be a part of a four-car effort for RLL alongside teammates Louis Foster within the No. 45, Devlin Defrancesco within the No. 30, and Graham Rahal within the No. 15.

He’s additionally amongst a gaggle of one-off drivers who’re solely making an attempt the five hundred. They embrace NASCAR star Kyle Larson, fellow Indy 500 winners Helio Castroneves and Ryan Hunter-Reay, in addition to Marco Andretti, Ed Carpenter, and Jack Harvey.

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