Takuma Sato won the Paul Warwick Trophy for National Racing Driver at last night's AUTOSPORT Awards ceremony at Grosvenor House, London.  The magazine's readers voted for Takuma following his outstanding season with the Carlin Motorsport team in British Formula Three and his recent promotion to Formula One, making him Japan's most promising motorsport talent for a number of years.

"Obviously, I'd like to thank British motorsport, it really made it happen for me" said Sato. "Carlin Motorsport are a really good team and I'm so happy with this."

Takuma is now looking ahead confidently to his Formula One debut.

"I'm really excited about this. This year is really important for young drivers and I'm just so happy to be one of them."

Gregor Grant Award - Frank Williams
John Bolster Award - Roger Penske
Autosport.com Rookie Award - Juan Pablo Montoya
BRDC Gold Medal - Ron Dennis
BRDC Gold Star - David Coulthard, Justin Wilson
BRDC Silver Star - Jason Plato
Racing Car of the Year - Ferrari F2001
International Racing Driver - Michael Schumacher
British Driver - David Coulthard
International Rally Driver - Richard Burns
Rally Car of the Year - Ford Focus WRC
National Racing Driver - Takuma Sato
National Rally Driver - Justin Dale
British Club Driver - Mike Jordan

Full details of the AUTOSPORT Awards can be found on www.autosport.com