Kanato Le

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Kanato Le (Japanese: リー 海夏澄, Hepburn: Rī Kanato; born 4 July 2007) is a Japanese racing driver who competes in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for ART Grand Prix.

Born (2007-07-04) 4 July 2007 (age 18)
Tokyo, Japan[1]
NationalityJapan Japanese
Debut season2026
Current teamART Grand Prix
Quick facts Born, Nationality ...
Kanato Le
りー海夏澄
Le in 2025
Born (2007-07-04) 4 July 2007 (age 18)
Tokyo, Japan[1]
NationalityJapan Japanese
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2026
Current teamART Grand Prix
Car number12
Starts2
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD in 2026
Previous series
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Le finished eighth in the 2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship for ART. He previously competed in the 2023 F4 British Championship, finishing seventh overall, and the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship with G4 Racing.

Career

Karting

Le had a consistent karting career where he was the most successful in IAME events in the X30 Junior class, finishing runner-up to the 2020 IAME Euro Series and won the title the next year, he also came runner-up in the 2021 IAME Winter Cup.[2]

Ginetta Junior Championship

In 2022, Le made his foray into car racing in the 2022 Ginetta Junior Championship with Elite Motorsport. He got two wins, one pole position and five podiums, and came seventh in the championship.[3] He was the second highest rookie, behind 2023 F4 British Championship runner-up, William Macintyre.[4]

Formula 4

Formula 4 UAE Championship

In late 2022, Le made his debut in the trophy round of the 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship for Hitech Pulse-Eight, with fellow 2023 F4 British Championship competitors, James Piszcyk, William Macintyre and 2023 GB3 Championship driver Alex Dunne.[5] He finished fifth and second in the races.[6]

Le also drove in the 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship with his teammates in the trophy round, barring the exception of Dunne, who would be replaced by Red Bull Junior Team member Arvid Lindblad.[7] After coming up pointless in the first round, Le scored his first points at the Kuwait Motor Town and had an inconsistent season, but came home with 22 points and finished 17th place in the championship.[8]

F4 British Championship

Alongside his Formula 4 UAE campaign, Le was announced to be driving in the 2023 F4 British Championship with Hitech Pulse-Eight.[9] He was rejoined by Formula 4 UAE teammates Macintyre, Piszcyk and newcomer Gabriel Stilp.

Le kicked off his season with two points finishes at Donington Park, before taking his first win during the first race of the second round at Brands Hatch.[10] A podium followed at the next round in Snetterton, before securing his second win at Oulton Park.[11] He took his last podium of the series at the third-to-last round at Knockhill.[12] Le finished the championship in seventh place, with 195 points.[13]

GB3 Championship

2024

Le made his debut in the 2024 GB3 Championship with Chris Dittmann Racing at Spa-Francorchamps. His best result was a fifth place after making up nine positions at the third round, and he came 23rd in the drivers championship with 46 points.[8]

2025

Le continued in GB3 in 2025 for selected rounds with Hillspeed, in line with his main FRECA campaign.[14] He took his maiden win in the series in race two at Spa-Francorchamps, a weekend where he finished on the podium for all three races.[15]

Formula Regional

2024

Le driving at the Hungaroring during the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship

Le was announced to be a part of the R-ace GP lineup for the 2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship, alongside experienced drivers Tuukka Taponen, Martinius Stenshorne, Zachary David and Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.[16] He drove in the final two rounds and scored a lone point in his campaign at the second to last race at the Dubai Autodrome. Le finished 22nd in the overall standings.

Le drove in the Formula Regional European Championship for his main campaign with G4 Racing, alongside FRMEC teammate Carrasquedo, and French F4 driver Romain Andriolo.[17] He had a difficult year, with his first points finish being a third place finish in the twelfth race at Le Castellet. After that he only got two more points finishes at the final two rounds of the season. Le came 18th in the drivers' championship with 27 points, the team's highest-placed driver.[18]

2025

Le driving at the Hungaroring during the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship

For 2025, Le signed with ART Grand Prix to compete in the 2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship and the Formula Regional European Championship with them alongside Evan Giltaire and Taito Kato.[19] In the Middle East, he took his first win in Formula Regional during the second race of the opening round.[20] He did not finish on the podium again, but consistent points finishes saw him finish eighth overall.[18]

In the European season, after failing to score in the opening round, Le took a best finish of fourth in race two at Spa.[18]

2026

In the winter, Le competed in the Formula Regional Oceania Trophy with Hitech.[21]

Macau Grand Prix

Le took part in the 2024 Macau Grand Prix with ART Grand Prix.[22] He did not finish the race due to an accident on lap 1.[23]

FIA Formula 3

Le will step up to Formula 3 in 2026, continuing with ART Grand Prix.[24]

Karting record

Karting career summary

More information Season, Series ...
Season Series Team Position
2019 Motorsport UK Kartmasters Grand Prix - X30 Mini Fusion Motorsport 7th
IAME Asia Final - Junior AutoInc Racing 9th
British Kart Championship - X30 Mini Fusion Motorsport 18th
2020 IAME International Games - X30 Junior Fusion Motorsport 5th
Kartmasters British Grand Prix - Rotax Junior 6th
IAME Winter Cup - X30 Junior Fusion Motorsport 13th
IAME Euro Series - X30 Junior 2nd
2021 LGM Series - Junior X30 Strawberry Racing 19th
IAME International Games - X30 Junior 5th
British Kart Championship - X30 Junior 9th
IAME Warriors Final - X30 Junior 11th
IAME Euro Series - X30 Junior 1st
IAME Winter Cup - X30 Junior Fusion Motorsport 2nd
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Racing record

Racing career summary

More information Season, Series ...
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2022 Ginetta Junior Championship Elite Motorsport 25 2 1 0 5 374 7th
Formula 4 UAE Championship - Trophy Round Hitech Pulse-Eight 2 0 0 0 1 N/a NC
2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship Hitech Pulse-Eight 15 0 0 0 0 22 17th
F4 British Championship 30 2 0 4 4 195 7th
2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship R-ace GP 6 0 0 0 0 1 22nd
Formula Regional European Championship G4 Racing 20 0 0 0 1 27 18th
GB3 Championship Chris Dittmann Racing 3 0 0 0 0 46 23rd
Macau Grand Prix ART Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/a DNF
2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship ART Grand Prix 15 1 0 1 1 119 8th
Formula Regional European Championship 20 0 0 0 0 30 14th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/a 11th
GB3 Championship Hillspeed 9 1 1 0 3 145 14th
2026 Formula Regional Oceania Trophy Hitech 14 1 0 0 6 272 6th
FIA Formula 3 Championship ART Grand Prix 2 0 0 0 0 0 29th*
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* Season still in progress.

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 DC Points
2022 Elite Motorsport DON
1

7
DON
2

7
DON
3

8
BHI
1

1
BHI
2

15
BHI
3

9
THR1
1

Ret
THR1
2

Ret
CRO
1

8
CRO
2

4
KNO
1

9
KNO
2

13
KNO
3

11
SNE
1

9
SNE
2

1
SNE
3

5
THR2
1

17
THR2
2

7
THR2
3

12
SIL
1

2
SIL
2

5
SIL
3

3
BHGP
1

Ret
BHGP
2

7
BHGP
3

3
7th 380
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Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Points
2023 Hitech Pulse-Eight DUB1
1

13
DUB1
2

16
DUB1
3

14
KMT1
1

7
KMT1
2

Ret
KMT1
3

9
KMT2
1

8
KMT2
2

22
KMT2
3

17
DUB2
1

7
DUB2
2

8
DUB2
3

11
YMC
1

12
YMC
2

15
YMC
3

29
17th 22
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Complete F4 British Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 DC Points
2023 Hitech Pulse-Eight DPN
1

9
DPN
2

47
DPN
3

16
BHI
1

1
BHI
2

114
BHI
3

8
SNE
1

C
SNE
2

128
SNE
3

2
THR
1

6
THR
2

510
THR
3

21
OUL
1

1
OUL
2

147
OUL
3

20
SIL
1

15
SIL
2

17
SIL
3

6
CRO
1

9
CRO
2

14
CRO
3

6
KNO
1

15
KNO
2

104
KNO
3

3
DPGP
1

8
DPGP
2

8
DPGP
3

13
DPGP
4

9
BHGP
1

5
BHGP
2

81
BHGP
3

12
7th 195
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Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

More information Year, Entrant ...
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2024 R-ace GP YMC1
1
YMC1
2
YMC1
3
YMC2
1
YMC2
2
YMC2
3
DUB1
1
DUB1
2
DUB1
3
YMC3
1

19
YMC3
2

Ret
YMC3
3

Ret
DUB2
1

11
DUB2
2

10
DUB2
3

13
22nd 1
2025 ART Grand Prix YMC1
1

9
YMC1
2

1
YMC1
3

13
YMC2
1

14
YMC2
2

9
YMC2
3

7
DUB
1

6
DUB
2

10
DUB
3

Ret
YMC3
1

4
YMC3
2

4
YMC3
3

15
LUS
1

5
LUS
2

8
LUS
3

5
8th 119
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Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2024 G4 Racing HOC
1

19
HOC
2

Ret
SPA
1

20
SPA
2

20
ZAN
1

12
ZAN
2

15
HUN
1

16
HUN
2

16
MUG
1

17
MUG
2

19
LEC
1

17
LEC
2

3
IMO
1

16
IMO
2

Ret
RBR
1

19
RBR
2

15
CAT
1

14
CAT
2

5
MNZ
1

16
MNZ
2

9
18th 27
2025 ART Grand Prix MIS
1

11
MIS
2

16
SPA
1

9
SPA
2

4
ZAN
1

12
ZAN
2

12
HUN
1

11
HUN
2

6
LEC
1

Ret
LEC
2

11
IMO
1

9
IMO
2

19
RBR
1

18
RBR
2

16
CAT
1

10
CAT
2

10
HOC
1

10
HOC
2

9
MNZ
1

14
MNZ
2

19
14th 30
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Complete GB3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2024 Chris Dittmann Racing OUL
1

OUL
2

OUL
3

SIL1
1

SIL1
2

SIL1
3

SPA
1

12
SPA
2

6
SPA
3

59
HUN
1

HUN
2

HUN
3

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

ZAN
3

SIL2
1

SIL2
2

SIL2
3

DON
1

DON
2

DON
3

BRH
1

BRH
2

BRH
3

23rd 46
2025 Hillspeed SIL1
1

13
SIL1
2

9
SIL1
3

85
ZAN
1

ZAN
2

ZAN
3

SPA
1

3
SPA
2

1
SPA
3

210
HUN
1

HUN
2

HUN
3

SIL2
1

SIL2
2

SIL2
3

BRH
1

17
BRH
2

8
BRH
3

7
DON
1

DON
2

DON
3

MNZ
1

MNZ
2

MNZ
3

14th 145
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Complete Macau Grand Prix results

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main Race
2024 France ART Grand Prix Tatuus F3 T-318 27th 19th DNF
2025 France ART Grand Prix Tatuus F3 T-318 22nd 15th 11th
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Complete Formula Regional Oceania Trophy results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2026 Hitech HMP
1

3
HMP
2

14
HMP
3

2
HMP
4

3
TAU
1

8
TAU
2

7
TAU
3

7
TAU
4

2
TER
1

4
TER
2

16
TER
3

C
TER
4

DNS
HIG
1

4
HIG
2

8
HIG
3

1
HIG
4

3
6th 272
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Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

More information Year, Entrant ...
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2026 ART Grand Prix MEL
SPR

28
MEL
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

MON
FEA

CAT
SPR

CAT
FEA

RBR
SPR

RBR
FEA

SIL
SPR

SIL
FEA

SPA
SPR

SPA
FEA

HUN
SPR

HUN
FEA

MNZ
SPR

MNZ
FEA

MAD
SPR

MAD
FEA

29th* 0*
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* Season still in progress.

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