Ukyo Katayama
Katayama in 2008
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| Born |
29 May 1963 Tokyo, Japan |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Japanese |
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| Active years | 1992–1997 | ||||||||||
| Teams | Larrousse, Tyrrell, Minardi | ||||||||||
| Entries | 97 (95 starts) | ||||||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career points | 5 | ||||||||||
| Pole positions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||||||
| First entry | 1992 South African Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last entry | 1997 European Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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| Participating years | 1998-1999 |
| Teams | Toyota Team Europe |
| Best finish | 2nd (1999) |
| Class wins | 1 (1999) |
Ukyo Katayama (片山 右京 Katayama Ukyō?, born 29 May 1963) is a Japanese former racing driver, most notable for competing six years in Formula One. He participated in 97 Grands Prix, debuting on 1 March 1992. He scored a total of five championship points, all of them for the Tyrrell team in 1994.
He also competed in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 2nd overall and 1st in the GTP class.
Katayama was born in Tokyo. He first raced in Europe in 1986 in France before returning home to win the Japanese F3000 series in 1991.
His sponsors, Japan Tobacco, arranged a Formula One seat for Katayama in 1992 with Cabin brand, with the Larrousse team. The car was unreliable and a distinct midfielder, with team-mate Bertrand Gachot getting the lion's share of the team's meagre resources. However, Katayama impressed by running in 5th at the Canadian GP until his engine blew, but was eventually left with a brace of 9th places as his best result.
Japan Tobacco managed to arrange a switch to Tyrrell for 1993, but the team were at a nadir, with the interim 020C essentially three years old, and the new 021 proving uncompetitive. 10th place at the Hungarian GP was his best result.
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