Honda Formula Dream Project

Honda Formula Dream Project

Founded	2006
Base	Suzuka, Japan
Team principal(s)	Takuma Sato
Current drivers	Taito Kato Syo Momose Rintaro Sato Kotaro Shimbara

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

Driver	Years	Current Series	Titles as HFDP driver
Taito Kato [1]	2024–	Formula Regional Middle East Championship Formula Regional European Championship	French F4 Championship (2024)
Syo Momose [2]	2025–	F4 Japanese Championship	None as HFDP driver
Rintaro Sato [2]	2025–	French F4 Championship	None as HFDP driver
Kotaro Shimbara [2]	2025–	F4 Japanese Championship	None as HFDP driver

• Championship titles highlighted in bold.

Former drivers

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

• Championship titles highlighted in bold.

See also

• TGR Driver Challenge Program

Notes

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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2. "Honda 2025 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
3. "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.
4. 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.
5. "Honda 2024 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.