Nationality Japanese Name Taro Sekiguchi | Bike number 44 | |
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Born December 5, 1975 (age 48)
Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan ( 1975-12-05 ) Current team Team MISTERA with HARC-PRO | ||
Live brno 2007 250cc marco simoncelli ataro sekiguchi
Taro Sekiguchi (born December 5, 1975, in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan) is a former Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was the 2003 European champion in the 250 class. Sekiguchi is a former competitor in the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship, where he was champion in 2001.
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- Live brno 2007 250cc marco simoncelli ataro sekiguchi
- Complete Grand Prix motorcycle racing results
- References
Sekiguchi began his career competing in the 1999 250cc Japanese Grand Prix. In 2006, he raced in the 250 Grand Prix class with the number 44, for team Campetella Aprilia, alongside Chaz Davies.
He suffered a serious accident in the 2007 Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno, where he struck Marco Simoncelli's Gilera bike at full speed. He was airlifted to a hospital in Brno, where doctors confirmed he had a broken pelvis and two fractured ribs. After losing his Grand Prix ride, Sekiguchi returned to Japan, returning to the MFJ All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship. He moved into the MFJ All Japan Road Race ST600 Championship in 2009, before moving into the MFJ All Japan Road Race J-GP2 Championship, finishing as runner-up in 2011, 8th in 2012, 12th in 2013 and 6th in 2014. He continues in the J-GP2 series for 2015.
Complete Grand Prix motorcycle racing results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)