Honda Formula Dream Project

Honda Formula Dream Project
Founded2006
BaseSuzuka, Japan
Team principal(s)Takuma Sato
Current driversJapan Taito Kato
Japan Syo Momose
Japan Rintaro Sato
Japan Kotaro Shimbara
Japan Kota Tsuchihashi
Taito Kato driving for ART Grand Prix during the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine season.

The Honda Formula Dream Project (HFDP) is a driver development programme by Honda Racing. It is meant to promote talent in different racing series by helping them with funds, hoping to find drivers who will race for the team in the future. Notable graduates of the scheme are Yuki Tsunoda, who made his F1 debut for Scuderia Alpha Tauri.

Current drivers

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Driver Years Current Series Titles as HFDP driver
Japan Taito Kato[1] 2024– Formula Regional Middle East Trophy
FIA Formula 3 Championship
French F4 Championship (2024)
Japan Syo Momose[2] 2025– F4 Japanese Championship None as HFDP driver
Japan Kotaro Shimbara[2] 2025– Super Formula Lights
Super GT - GT300
None as HFDP driver
Japan Kazuma Kurosawa[3] 2026– F4 Japanese Championship None as HFDP driver
Japan Kota Tsuchihashi[3][4] 2026– French F4 Championship None as HFDP driver
  • Championship titles highlighted in bold.

Former drivers

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Driver Years Series competed
Japan Takuya Izawa 2006–2007 Japanese Formula 3 Championship (20062007)
Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi 2006–2010 Japanese Formula 3 Championship (20062007)
Formula 3 Euro Series (2008)
Formula Nippon Championship (20082010)
Super GT – GT500 (20082010)
Japan Yuhki Nakayama 2007–2008 Japanese Formula 3 Championship (20072008)
Japan Naoki Yamamoto 2007–2009 Formula Challenge Japan (2007)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (20092010)
Japan Kazuma Kokubu 2008 Formula Challenge Japan (2008)
Japan Ryoji Motojima 2008 Formula Challenge Japan (2008)
Japan Takashi Kobayashi 2008–2010 Formula Challenge Japan (2008)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (20092010)
Japan Kazuki Miura 2008–2011 Formula Challenge Japan (20082009)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (20102011)
Japan Tomoki Nojiri 2009–2013 Formula Challenge Japan (20092010)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (20112013)
Japan Shinji Nakamura 2010 Formula Challenge Japan (2010)
Japan Kazuki Hiramine 2010–2012 Formula Challenge Japan (20102011)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2012)
Japan Shota Kiyohara 2011, 2013–2014 Formula Challenge Japan (2011)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (20132014)
Japan Yuya Motojima 2011 Formula Challenge Japan (2011)
Japan Shinnosuke Yamada 2011 Formula Challenge Japan (2011)
Japan Nobuharu Matsushita[5][a] 2013–2017, 2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship (20132014)
GP2 Series (20152016)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (2017, 2019)
Euroformula Open Championship (2019)
Japan Tsubasa Takahashi 2014–2015 Japanese Formula 3 Championship (20142015)
Japan Nirei Fukuzumi[b] 2014–2018 JAF Formula 4 (2014)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2015)
GP3 Series (20162017)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (2018)
Super Formula Championship (2018)
Japan Keishi Ishikawa 2015 Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2015)
Japan Katsuhide Kaneishi 2015 F4 Japanese Championship (2015)
Japan Mizuki Ishizaka 2015–2016 F4 Japanese Championship (20152016)
Japan Yuta Kamimura 2015–2016 F4 Japanese Championship (20152016)
Japan Hiroki Otsu 2015–2017 F4 Japanese Championship (2015)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (20162017)
Japan Takuya Otaki 2016–2017 F4 Japanese Championship (20162017)
Japan Tadasuke Makino 2016–2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2016)
FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2016)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (2018)
Japan Sena Sakaguchi 2016–2018 F4 Japanese Championship (2016)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (20162018)
Japan Toshiki Oyu 2016–2019 F4 Japanese Championship (20162017)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (20182019)
Euroformula Open Championship (2019)
Japan Ukyo Sasahara 2017–2018 F4 Japanese Championship (2017)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2018)
Japan Yuki Tsunoda[c] 2017–2020 F4 Japanese Championship (20172018)
FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Euroformula Open Championship (2019)
Toyota Racing Series (2020)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020)
Japan Teppei Natori 2018–2020 F4 Japanese Championship (2018)
FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Euroformula Open Championship (2019)
Super Formula Lights (2020)
Japan Ren Sato[d] 2018–2022 F4 Japanese Championship (20182019)
French F4 Championship (20192020)
Super Formula Lights (2021)
Super GT - GT300 (2021)
Super Formula Championship (2022)
Japan Miki Koyama 2019 F4 Japanese Championship (2019)
Japan Atsushi Miyake 2019 F4 Japanese Championship (2019)
Japan Kakunoshin Ohta 2019, 2021–2022 F4 Japanese Championship (2019, 2021)
French F4 Championship (2019)
Super Formula Lights (2022)
Super GT - GT300 (2022)
Japan Ayumu Iwasa[6][e] 2020–2023 French F4 Championship (2020)
F3 Asian Championship (2021)
FIA Formula 3 Championship (2021)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (20222023)
Japan Syun Koide 2021–2024 F4 Japanese Championship (20202023)
Super Formula Lights (20232024)
Super GT - GT300 (20232024)
Japan Kazuma Nishimura 2022 F4 Japanese Championship (2022)
Japan Souta Arao[f] 2022–2024 French F4 Championship (2022)
GB3 Championship (2023)
Super Formula Lights (2024)
Japan Yuto Nomura 2022–2025 French F4 Championship (2022)
F4 Japanese Championship (20232024)
Super Formula Lights (2025)
Super GT - GT300 (2025)
Japan Iori Kimura 2021–2023 F4 Japanese Championship (2021)
Super Formula Lights (20222023)
Super GT - GT300 (2022)
Japan Yusuke Mitsui 2022–2023 F4 Japanese Championship (20222023)
Japan Tosei Moriyama 2023 F4 Japanese Championship (2023)
Japan Ryota Horachi[7] 2024 F4 Japanese Championship (2024)
Japan Rintaro Sato[2] 2025 French F4 Championship (2025)
  • Championship titles highlighted in bold.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Matsushita was simultaneously a member of the McLaren Driver Development Programme for 2016.
  2. ^ Fukuzumi was simultaneously a member of the McLaren Driver Development Programme and Red Bull Junior Team.
  3. ^ Tsunoda was simultaneously a member of the Red Bull Junior Team from 2019 to 2020.
  4. ^ Sato was simultaneously a member of the Red Bull Junior Team for 2022
  5. ^ Iwasa was simultaneously a member of the Red Bull Junior Team.
  6. ^ Arao was simultaneously a member of the Red Bull Junior Team from 2022 to 2023.

References

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  1. ^ "Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Honda 2025 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Honda 2026 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Kota Tsuchihashi wins 2025 HRS Formula Scholarship". Honda Racing Corporation. 8 October 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  5. ^ "2017 McLaren-Honda Young Driver Programme members revealed". McLaren Racing. 22 February 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  6. ^ Maher, Thomas (15 January 2021). "Honda-backed Ayumu Iwasa joins Red Bull Junior Academy". Formula Spy. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

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