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; Kota Tsuchihashi

Founded2006

BaseSuzuka, Japan

Team principal(s)Takuma Sato

Current drivers

Taito Kato

Syo Momose

Rintaro Sato

Kotaro Shimbara

Kota Tsuchihashi

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.

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

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^[5]^[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^[6]^[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^[7]	2024	F4 Japanese Championship (2024)
Rintaro Sato^[2]	2025	French F4 Championship (2025)

v t e Driver development programs
Formula One	Alpine Academy AMF1 Driver Development Programme Ferrari Driver Academy Haas Driver Development Programme McLaren Driver Development Programme Mercedes Junior Team Red Bull Junior Team Sauber Academy Williams F1 Team Driver Academy
Marque aligned	Citroën Junior Team Honda Formula Dream Project TGR Driver Challenge Program
Sportscar racing	McLaren GT Driver Academy Porsche Junioren SMP Racing
Country aligned	FFSA Academy Team USA Scholarship
Other	Drivers Edge Development Escudería Telmex KCMG Driver Development Project Racing Steps Foundation Reiter Young Stars
Satellite team

Honda Formula Dream Project

Former drivers

See also

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