Honda Formula Dream Project
Founded2006
BaseSuzuka, Japan
PrincipalTakuma Sato
Current driversTaito 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.

Current drivers

DriverYearsCurrent SeriesTitles 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 ChampionshipNone
Kotaro Shimbara[2]2025–Super Formula Lights
Super GT - GT300		None
Kazuma Kurosawa[3]2026–F4 Japanese ChampionshipNone
Kota Tsuchihashi[3][4]2026–French F4 ChampionshipNone
  • Championship titles highlighted in bold.

Former drivers

DriverYearsSeries competed
Takuya Izawa2006–2007Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2006–2007)
Koudai Tsukakoshi2006–2010Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2006–2007)
Formula 3 Euro Series (2008)
Formula Nippon Championship (2008–2010)
Super GT – GT500 (2008–2010)
Yuhki Nakayama2007–2008Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2007–2008)
Naoki Yamamoto2007–2009Formula Challenge Japan (2007)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2009–2010)
Kazuma Kokubu2008Formula Challenge Japan (2008)
Ryoji Motojima2008Formula Challenge Japan (2008)
Takashi Kobayashi2008–2010Formula Challenge Japan (2008)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2009–2010)
Kazuki Miura2008–2011Formula Challenge Japan (2008–2009)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2010–2011)
Tomoki Nojiri2009–2013Formula Challenge Japan (2009–2010)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2011–2013)
Shinji Nakamura2010Formula Challenge Japan (2010)
Kazuki Hiramine2010–2012Formula Challenge Japan (2010–2011)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2012)
Shota Kiyohara2011, 2013–2014Formula Challenge Japan (2011)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2013–2014)
Yuya Motojima2011Formula Challenge Japan (2011)
Shinnosuke Yamada2011Formula Challenge Japan (2011)
Nobuharu Matsushita[5][a]2013–2017, 2019Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2013–2014)
GP2 Series (2015–2016)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (, )
Euroformula Open Championship (2019)
Tsubasa Takahashi2014–2015Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2014–2015)
Nirei Fukuzumi[b]2014–2018JAF Formula 4 (2014)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2015)
GP3 Series (2016–2017)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (2018)
Super Formula Championship (2018)
Keishi Ishikawa2015Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2015)
Katsuhide Kaneishi2015F4 Japanese Championship (2015)
Mizuki Ishizaka2015–2016F4 Japanese Championship (2015–2016)
Yuta Kamimura2015–2016F4 Japanese Championship (2015–2016)
Hiroki Otsu2015–2017F4 Japanese Championship (2015)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2016–2017)
Takuya Otaki2016–2017F4 Japanese Championship (2016–2017)
Tadasuke Makino2016–2018Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2016)
FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2016)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (2018)
Sena Sakaguchi2016–2018F4 Japanese Championship (2016)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2016–2018)
Toshiki Oyu2016–2019F4 Japanese Championship (2016–2017)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2018–2019)
Euroformula Open Championship (2019)
Ukyo Sasahara2017–2018F4 Japanese Championship (2017)
Japanese Formula 3 Championship (2018)
Yuki Tsunoda[c]2017–2020F4 Japanese Championship (2017–2018)
FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Euroformula Open Championship (2019)
Toyota Racing Series (2020)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020)
Teppei Natori2018–2020F4 Japanese Championship (2018)
FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019)
Euroformula Open Championship (2019)
Super Formula Lights (2020)
Ren Sato[d]2018–2022F4 Japanese Championship (2018–2019)
French F4 Championship (2019–2020)
Super Formula Lights (2021)
Super GT - GT300 (2021)
Super Formula Championship (2022)
Miki Koyama2019F4 Japanese Championship (2019)
Atsushi Miyake2019F4 Japanese Championship (2019)
Kakunoshin Ohta2019, 2021–2022F4 Japanese Championship (2019, 2021)
French F4 Championship (2019)
Super Formula Lights (2022)
Super GT - GT300 (2022)
Ayumu Iwasa[6][e]2020–2023French F4 Championship (2020)
F3 Asian Championship (2021)
FIA Formula 3 Championship (2021)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (2022–2023)
Syun Koide2021–2024F4 Japanese Championship (2020–2023)
Super Formula Lights (2023–2024)
Super GT - GT300 (2023–2024)
Kazuma Nishimura2022F4 Japanese Championship (2022)
Souta Arao[f]2022–2024French F4 Championship (2022)
GB3 Championship (2023)
Super Formula Lights (2024)
Yuto Nomura2022–2025French F4 Championship (2022)
F4 Japanese Championship (2023–2024)
Super Formula Lights (2025)
Super GT - GT300 (2025)
Iori Kimura2021–2023F4 Japanese Championship (2021)
Super Formula Lights (2022–2023)
Super GT - GT300 (2022)
Yusuke Mitsui2022–2023F4 Japanese Championship (2022–2023)
Tosei Moriyama2023F4 Japanese Championship (2023)
Ryota Horachi[7]2024F4 Japanese Championship (2024)
Rintaro Sato[2]2025French F4 Championship (2025)
  • Championship titles highlighted in bold.

See also

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. ^ "Honda 2026 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Kota Tsuchihashi wins 2025 HRS Formula Scholarship". Honda Racing Corporation. 8 October 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  5. ^ "2017 McLaren-Honda Young Driver Programme members revealed". McLaren Racing. 22 February 2017. Archived 12 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
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