Profile of Aguri Suzuki on Famous Like Me

Aguri Suzuki (鈴木 亜久里) was a Formula One driver from Japan. He participated in 88 grands prix, debuting on October 30, 1988 for his home race, replacing the ill Yannick Dalmas. As the Zakspeed team was running Yamaha engines in 1989, they hired Aguri, but he gained the unwanted record of failing to pre-qualify in all 16 races (at that time there were 38 entrants fighting for 26 places on the grid, so 8 uncompetitive cars were removed on Friday morning).

For 1990 and 1991 he drove for Larrousse, which ran Lola cars. Three sixth-places were dwarfed by 3rd place at Suzuka - the first ever podium for an Asian driver in Formula 1. In 1992 and 1993 he was at Footwork alongside Michele Alboreto and then Derek Warwick, but both usually outperformed him. He shared a Ligier with Martin Brundle in 1995, but only scored 1 point in his races, and was criticised by Mika Salo after the two collided in Aida. A crash in practice at Suzuka saw him miss the race, and he immediately announced his retirement.

He remained involved in Japanese driver development however, and in 2003 launched Super Aguri Fernandez Racing with Adrian Fernandez, running cars in the IRL.

In Formula 1 he achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 8 championship points.

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