Taito Kato

Taito Kato
Kato at the Nürburgring in 2024
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (2007-11-25) 25 November 2007 (age 17)
Taki, Mie, Japan[1]
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2025
Current teamART Grand Prix
Starts0
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD in 2025
Previous series
2024French F4 Championship
Championship titles
2024French F4 Championship

Taito Kato (加藤大翔, Katō Taito, born 25 November 2007) is a Japanese racing driver who is set to compete in the Formula Regional European Championship for ART Grand Prix. He is the 2024 French F4 champion.

Kato is a member of the Honda Formula Dream Project.[2]

Career

Karting

Kato mainly karted in Japan, but made his debut overseas in 2022 by competing in a single round of the FFSA Karting Championship as a guest driver. He finished second in the finale but was not classified in the overall standings.[3][4] Kato also competed in the South Garda Winter Cup in 2023, finishing 12th in the finale of the OK category.[5]

Formula 4

In 2024, Kato appeared on the entry list of the 2024 French F4 Championship, under the wing of the Honda Formula Dream Project.[6][7] He scored two podiums from two races on his debut weekend at Nogaro, establishing himself as a title contender.[8][9] In the following weekend at Lédenon, Kato secured his first victory after starting race three from pole position.[10][11] Kato then scored his second win and finished all three races on the podium in round three at Spa-Francorchamps.[12][13] Kato continued to fight for the championship, and with three more victories following suit Kato was crowned French F4 champion after a controversial conclusion to the 2024 season.[14][15] Despite this intense battle for the title, Kato commented that himself and fellow title contender Yani Stevenheydens "respected each other" during the championship fight.[16]

Formula Regional

In 2024, after his successes in Formula 4, Kato was announced to be competing in the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship and 2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with ART Grand Prix.[17]

Karting record

Season Series Team Position
2015 SL Biwako Series - KID'S HIGUCHI RT 1st
2016 SL Rainbow Series - Cadets HKC 3rd
2017 SL Biwako Series - Cadets HKC 1st
2018 All-Japan Junior Karting Championship - FP-Jr Cadets FA-KART RT+HKC 5th
Suzuka Championship Series - FP-Jr Cadets 1st
2019 JAF Junior Karting Championship - FP-Jr FA-KART RT+HKC 3rd
2020 Suzuka Championship Series - Junior Max SRS Kotira Racing 3rd
ROTAX Max Series - Junior Max HRS JAPAN 25th
EXGEL NEXT CUP
2021 All-Japan Karting Championship - FS-125 HRS JAPAN 2nd
2022 EXGEL OK CHAMP Series HRS JAPAN 1st
All-Japan Karting Championship - OK PONOS HIROTEX RACING 7th
FFSA Karting Championship - Junior NC†
2023 South Garda Winter Cup - OK Ward Racing 12th
Sources:[18][19][20][21][22][23]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2024 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 20 5 4 5 12 280 1st
2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship ART Grand Prix
Formula Regional European Championship

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2024 NOG
1
2 		NOG
2
C 		NOG
3
3 		LÉD
1
2 		LÉD
2
5 		LÉD
3
1 		SPA
1
2 		SPA
2
1 		SPA
3
3 		NÜR
1
8 		NÜR
2
4 		NÜR
3
4 		MAG
1
3 		MAG
2
8 		MAG
3
2 		DIJ
1
1 		DIJ
2
11 		DIJ
3
1 		LEC
1
1 		LEC
2
5 		LEC
3
9 		1st 280

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2025 ART Grand Prix KUW1
1 		KUW1
2 		KUW1
3 		KUW2
1 		KUW2
2 		KUW2
3 		DUB
1 		DUB
2 		DUB
3 		YMC
1 		YMC
2 		YMC
3 		JED
1 		JED
2 		JED
3 		TBD 0

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2025 ART Grand Prix MIS
1 		MIS
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		TBD 0

References

  1. ^ "デビュー戦、いきなり２位　フランスＦ４　三重・多気町の加藤君（16）". YoMotto (in Japanese). 16 April 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Taito Kato | French F4". Honda.Racing. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  3. ^ "Championnat de France". Kartcom. 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  4. ^ "Championnat de France". Kartcom. 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  5. ^ "Winter Cup". Kartcom. 2023-01-22. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  6. ^ "Pilotes F4 – FFSA Academy". Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  7. ^ Wood, Ida (2024-01-12). "French F4 publishes entry list and calendar for 2024 season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  8. ^ Gascoigne, Roger (2024-03-31). "Stevenheydens takes lights-to-flag win in French F4 opener at Nogaro". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  9. ^ Wood, Ida (2024-04-01). "Jules Caranta takes French F4 points lead with Nogaro win". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  10. ^ Wood, Ida (2024-05-12). "Honda junior Kato gets French F4 lead with Ledenon race three win". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  11. ^ Wood, Ida (2024-05-10). "Taito Kato and Chester Kieffer share French F4 poles at Ledenon". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  12. ^ Wood, Ida (2024-06-22). "Kieffer and Kato claim French F4 wins in mixed conditions at Spa". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  13. ^ Wood, Ida (2024-06-23). "Jules Caranta wins safety car-filled race to boost French F4 title hopes". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  14. ^ "Results F4 – FFSA Academy". Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  15. ^ "Taito Kato becomes French F4 Champion". honda.racing.
  16. ^ Wolff-Taffus, Perceval (2024-11-25). "Kato: Stevenheydens and I 'respected each other' despite French F4 title drama". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  17. ^ "Japanese Driver Taito Kato Joins ART Grand Prix for 2025". ART Grand Prix. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Driver: Taito Kato | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  19. ^ "Kato Taito". Kartcom. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  20. ^ "EXGEL OK CHAMP 2022 – ファイナルレポート" [EXGEL OK CHAMP 2022 - Final Report]. EXGEL Motorsport. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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  22. ^ "2020 ROTAX MAX SERIES POINT RANKING" (PDF). festika-mizukami.com. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  23. ^ "2019年 ジュニアカート選手権" [2019 Junior Karting Championship]. JAF (Japan Automobile Federation). Retrieved 11 December 2024.

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