| Taito Kato | |
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 Kato at theNürburgring in 2024 | |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | (2007-11-25)25 November 2007 (age 17) Taki,Mie,Japan[1] |
| Formula Regional European Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2025 |
| Current team | ART Grand Prix |
| Starts | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | TBD in2025 |
| Previous series | |
| 2024 | French F4 Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2024 | French 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 theFormula Regional European Championship forART Grand Prix. He is the2024 French F4 champion.
Kato is a member of theHonda Formula Dream Project.[2]
Kato mainly karted in Japan, but made his debut overseas in 2022 by competing in a single round of theFFSA 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 theOK category.[5]
In 2024, Kato appeared on the entry list of the2024 French F4 Championship, under the wing of theHonda Formula Dream Project.[6][7] He scored two podiums from two races on his debut weekend atNogaro, establishing himself as a title contender.[8][9] In the following weekend atLédenon, 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 atSpa-Francorchamps.[12][13] Kato continued to fight for the championship, and with three more victories following suit Kato was crownedFrench 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]
In 2024, after his successes inFormula 4, Kato was announced to be competing in the2025 Formula Regional European Championship and2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship withART Grand Prix.[17]
| 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 | PONOSHIROTEX RACING | 7th | |
| FFSA Karting Championship - Junior | NC† | ||
| 2023 | South Garda Winter Cup -OK | Ward Racing | 12th |
| Sources:[18][19][20][21][22][23] | |||
| 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 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 12th |
| Formula Regional European Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics 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 |
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| 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 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
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| 2025 | ART Grand Prix | YMC1 1 6 | YMC1 2 14 | YMC1 3 7 | YMC2 1 3 | YMC2 2 22 | YMC2 3 18 | DUB 1 9 | DUB 2 12 | DUB 3 10 | YMC3 1 11 | YMC3 2 12 | YMC3 3 6 | LUS 1 7 | LUS 2 6 | LUS 3 13 | 12th | 75 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
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| 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 |
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