Rintaro Sato

Rintaro Sato
Sato at the 2025 FIA F4 World Cup
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (2005-12-23) 23 December 2005 (age 20)
Tokyo, Japan
RelativesTakuma Sato (father)
Super Formula Lights career
Debut season2026
Current teamFFSA Academy
Car number26
Starts15
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish9th in 2026
Previous series
2025
2024		French F4
F4 Japanese
Statistics up to date as of 20 September 2026.

Rintaro Sato (佐藤 凛太郎, Satō Rintarō; born 23 December 2005) is a Japanese racing driver who last competed in the Super Formula Lights for B-Max Engineering as part of the Honda Formula Dream Project.

He is the son of Japanese and former Formula One racing driver Takuma Sato.

Career

Formula 4

2024

Sato made his single-seater debut in the 2024 F4 Japanese Championship with Ponos Racing alongside Kento Omiya. He finished eighth in the standings with one podium, which he secured in the fourth round of the championship, in Race 1 at Sportsland Sugo.

2025

Sato competed in the French F4 Championship after he received a scholarship from Honda's Suzuka Racing School, alongside Kotaro Shimbara. He finished ninth in the standings, scoring his maiden F4 win during Race 3, Round 5 at Lédenon.

Formula Regional

Sato made his Formula regional debut race in 2024 Macau Grand Prix with TGM Grand Prix alongside 2023 Formula Regional Japan champion Sota Ogawa.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2024 F4 Japanese Championship PONOS Racing 13 0 0 0 1 70 8th
Macau Grand Prix TGM Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2025 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 18 1 0 0 3 91 8th
FIA F4 World Cup 1 0 0 0 1 N/a 3rd
2026 Super Formula Lights B-Max Engineering 15 0 0 0 0 17 9th
Super Taikyu - ST-TCR Hitonowa The Team Standard 3 1 0 1 2 48 3rd*

* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Japanese 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 DC Pts
2024 PONOS Racing FUJ1
1
14		 FUJ1
2
DNS		 SUZ
1
6		 SUZ
2
9		 FUJ2
1
18		 FUJ2
2
6		 SUG
1
3		 SUG
2
6		 AUT
2
7		 MOT
1
17		 MOT
2
8		 MOT
3
6		 SUZ2
1
6		 SUZ2
2
6		 8th 70

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2024 Japan TGM Grand Prix Tatuus F3 T-318 25th 16th DNF

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 DC Points
2025 NOG
1
25†		 NOG
2
Ret		 NOG
3
24		 DIJ
1
10		 DIJ
2
5		 DIJ
3
6		 SPA
1
8		 SPA
2
Ret		 SPA
3
Ret		 MAG
1
8		 MAG
2
6		 MAG
3
10		 LÉD
1
Ret		 LÉD
2
3		 LÉD
3
1		 LMS
1
2		 LMS
2
Ret		 LMS
3
22		 9th 81

Complete FIA F4 World Cup results

Year Car Qualifying Quali Race Main Race
2025 Mygale M21-F4 8th 11th 3rd

Complete Super Formula Lights 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 16 17 18 Pos Points
2026 B-Max Engineering FUJ
1
6		 FUJ
2
10		 FUJ
3
8		 AUT
1
4		 AUT
2
4		 AUT
3
Ret		 SUZ
1
5		 SUZ
2
4		 SUZ
3
5		 OKA
1
 OKA
2
 OKA
3
 SUG
1
7		 SUG
2
4		 SUG
3
7		 MOT
1
7		 MOT
2
Ret		 MOT
3
8		 9th 17

References

  1. ↑ Scout, Formula (2024-12-11). "French F4 champion Taito Kato to race in FRegional with ART GP". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  2. ↑ Klein, Jamie (2024-11-18). "Super Formula contingent suffers bruising weekend in Macau". Japan Racing Insider. Retrieved 2026-04-13.
  3. ↑ "F4 Japanese Championship 2024 | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  4. ↑ Wood, Ida (2024-09-22). "Toyota junior Yuki Sano hits winning form on wet Japanese F4 return". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  5. ↑ "Honda 2025 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "French F4 champion Taito Kato to race in FRegional with ART GP". Formula Scout. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "エントリーリスト：2024-第1戦・第2戦-富士" (PDF). fiaf4.wordpress.com. 24 April 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Macau Grand Prix - FIA FR World Cup Provisional Entry List" (PDF).