Ayumu Sasaki

Ayumu Sasaki (佐々木 歩夢, Sasaki Ayumu, born 4 October 2000) is a Japanese motorcycle racer.

Ayumu Sasaki
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Current team	Red Bull KTM Tech 3
Bike number	71
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto3 World Championship Active years 2016– Manufacturers Honda, KTM 2019 championship position 20th (62 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 56 0 0 1 0 144

Career

In 2015 Sasaki was the Asia Talent Cup champion and finished third in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup,[1] where he was champion in 2016;[2] in the same year he made his Grand Prix debut in the Moto3 World Championship with the Gresini Racing team at the Malaysian Grand Prix as the replacement for the injured Enea Bastianini.[3]

He was signed up to race in the Moto3 World Championship for SIC Racing Team for 2017.[4]

Career statistics

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

(key)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Pts
2015	JER 6	JER Ret	ASS 6	ASS 6	SAC 2	SAC Ret	BRN 6	BRN 5	SIL 3	SIL 1	MIS 3	ARA 4	ARA 2	3rd	161
2016	JER 2	JER 1	ASS 4	ASS 2	SAC 1	SAC 3	RBR 3	RBR 2	BRN 3	BRN 3	MIS 1	ARA 4	ARA 1	1st	250

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship

Races by year

(key)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts
2015	ALG	LMS	CAT	CAT	ARA	ARA	ALB	NAV	JER	JER	VAL 3	VAL 11	21st	21
2016	VAL 4	VAL Ret	LMS 10	ARA 9	CAT 3	CAT 4	ALB 9	ALG Ret	JER 6	JER 5	VAL	VAL	6th	83

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2016	Moto3	Honda	Gresini Racing Moto3	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017	Moto3	Honda	SIC Racing Team	18	0	0	0	0	32	20th
2018	Moto3	Honda	Petronas Sprinta Racing	17	0	0	0	0	50	20th
2019	Moto3	Honda	Petronas Sprinta Racing	19	0	0	1	0	62	20th
2020	Moto3	KTM	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	1	0	0	0	0	0*	NC*
Total				56	0	0	1	0	144

 * Season still in progress.

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2016-present	2016 Malaysia			56	0	0	1	0	144	0
Total	2016–Present				56	0	0	1	0	144	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
2016	Moto3	Honda	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL Ret	VAL		NC	0
2017	Moto3	Honda	QAT 11	ARG 20	AME 18	SPA 15	FRA 19	ITA 8	CAT 16	NED 15	GER 17	CZE 15	AUT 18	GBR 18	RSM Ret	ARA 16	JPN Ret	AUS 7	MAL 12	VAL 13		20th	32
2018	Moto3	Honda	QAT 8	ARG 16	AME 11	SPA 12	FRA 16	ITA 16	CAT Ret	NED 19	GER 10	CZE 22	AUT 7	GBR C	RSM Ret	ARA	THA Ret	JPN 9	AUS 10	MAL 18	VAL 11	20th	50
2019	Moto3	Honda	QAT Ret	ARG 5	AME Ret	SPA 15	FRA 14	ITA Ret	CAT 8	NED 17	GER 9	CZE 11	AUT 13	GBR 6	RSM Ret	ARA 13	THA Ret	JPN 13	AUS 7	MAL Ret	VAL 19	20th	62
2020	Moto3	KTM	QAT 19	SPA	AND	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	AME	ARG	THA	MAL		NC*	0*

 * Season still in progress.

References

1. Alessio Piana (13 February 2016). "CEV Moto3: Ayumu Sasaki con una Honda ufficiale dell'Asia Talent Team". corsedimoto.com (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
2. "＜MotoGP＞日本人初王者誕生！～佐々木歩夢、ルーキーズカップに勝つ！～". 中村浩史 (in Japanese). autoby.jp. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
3. "Bastianini to miss Sepang Moto3 race". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
4. "SIC Racing Team sign Sasaki for 2017". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

External links

• Ayumu Sasaki at MotoGP.com
• Profile on redbullrookiescup.com