Biography
Noritake Takahara was born in Tokyo on 6 June 1951. He won the Japanese Formula 2000 title in 1974 and 1976, finished runner-up in 1975 and took third place in 1973. He also won the Fuji Grand Champion Series in 1973, 1975 and 1976, and was runner-up in 1974, collecting 17 wins and 30 podiums in that championship.
Takahara made his Formula One debut with Surtees on 24 October 1976. A second World Championship race followed in 1977 with Kojima. He started two Grands Prix in total and scored no championship points. Together with his compatriots Masahiro Hasemi and Kazuyoshi Hoshino, he was among the first Japanese drivers to start a Formula One Grand Prix.
Source: Wikipedia, “Noritake Takahara”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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