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Rintaro Sato

{{notability|1=Sport|date=May 2025}}

{{Short description|Japanese Race Driver}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Rintaro Sato

| image =

| nationality = {{flagicon|JPN}} Japanese

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|12|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan

| current series = French F4 Championship

| first year = 2025

| current team = FFSA Academy

| related_to = Takuma Sato (father)

| car number = TBA

| starts = 0

| wins = 0

| podiums = 0

| poles = 0

| fastest laps = 0

|best finish = TBD

|year = 2025

| prev series = F4 Japanese Championship
Macau Grand Prix

| prev series years = 2024
2024

| titles =

| title years =

| record template1 =

}}

{{nihongo|Rintaro Sato|佐藤 凛太郎|Satō Rintarō|born 23 December 2005}} is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in the F4 Japanese Championship.{{cite web|url=https://fiaf4.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-fia-f4-e382a4e383b3e38395e382a9efbc88e382a8e383b3e38388e383aae383bcefbc89.pdf|title=エントリーリスト：2024-第1戦・第2戦-富士|date=24 April 2024|website=fiaf4.wordpress.com|accessdate=24 April 2024}} Sato is the son of Japanese racing driver Takuma Sato.https://japanracinginsider.substack.com/p/super-formula-contingent-suffers?publication_id=1794418&post_id=151627563&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=4qi2f2&triedRedirect=true He is a member of the Honda Formula Dream Project.{{Cite web |last=Scout |first=Formula |date=2024-12-11 |title=French F4 champion Taito Kato to race in FRegional with ART GP |url=https://formulascout.com/french-f4-champion-taito-kato-to-race-in-formula-regional-with-art/126528 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=Formula Scout |language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web |title=F4 Japanese Championship 2024 {{!}} Driver Database |url=https://www.driverdb.com/championships/formula-4-japan/2024 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=www.driverdb.com}}{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ida |date=2024-09-22 |title=Toyota junior Yuki Sano hits winning form on wet Japanese F4 return |url=https://formulascout.com/toyota-junior-yuki-sano-hits-winning-form-on-wet-japanese-f4-return/124051 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=Formula Scout |language=en-US}}

== 2025 ==

Sato is set to move to the French F4 Championship after he received a scholarship from Honda's Suzuka Racing School alongside Kotaro Shimbara.{{Cite web|url=https://honda.racing/ja/features/honda-racings-2025-four-wheel-motorsports-activity-plan|title=Honda 2025 Motorsports Program Overview|date=10 December 2024|work=Honda Racing|access-date=10 December 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/french-f4-champion-taito-kato-to-race-in-formula-regional-with-art/126528|title=French F4 champion Taito Kato to race in FRegional with ART GP|date=10 December 2024|work=Formula Scout|access-date=10 December 2024}}

=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.{{Cite web|title=Macau Grand Prix - FIA FR World Cup Provisional Entry List |url=https://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/uploads/attachment/2024-10/9d256e3b795982741bd0fe5f491b6b8a.pdf|language=en-US}}

Racing record

=Career summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! FLaps

! Podiums

! Points

! Position

rowspan="2" | 2024

|align=left nowrap| F4 Japanese Championship

|align=left| PONOS Racing

| 13

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 70

| 8th

align=left| Macau Grand Prix

|align=left nowrap| TGM Grand Prix

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|DNF

2025

|align=left| French F4 Championship

|align=left| FFSA Academy

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|30th*

= Complete F4 Japanese Championship results =

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! DC

! Pts

2024

! nowrap| PONOS Racing

| style="background:#cfcfff;" | FUJ1
1
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF;" | FUJ1
2
{{small|DNS}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | SUZ
1
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | SUZ
2
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#cfcfff;" | FUJ2
1
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | FUJ2
2
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | SUG
1
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | SUG
2
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | AUT
2
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#cfcfff;" | MOT
1
{{small|17}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | MOT
2
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | MOT
3
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | SUZ2
1
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | SUZ2
2
{{small|6}}

! 8th

! 70

= Complete Macau Grand Prix results =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! Qualifying

! Quali Race

! Main race

2024

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} TGM Grand Prix

| align="left" | 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)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

!Year

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!11

!12

!13

!14

!15

!16

!17

!18

!DC

!Points

2025

| style="background:#CFCFFF" |NOG
1
{{small|25†}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF" |NOG
2
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF" |NOG
3
{{small|24}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |DIJ
1
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |DIJ
2
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |DIJ
3
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF" |SPA
1
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF" |SPA
2
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF" |SPA
3
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#" |MAG
1
{{small

}

| style="background:#" |MAG
2
{{small|}}

| style="background:#" |MAG
3
{{small|}}

| style="background:#" |LÉD
1
{{small|}}

| style="background:#" |LÉD
2
{{small|}}

| style="background:#" |LÉD
3
{{small|}}

| style="background:#" |LMS
1
{{small|}}

| style="background:#" |LMS
2
{{small|}}

| style="background:#" |LMS
3
{{small|}}

! 13th*

! 19*

|}

References

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External links

  • {{DriverDB driver|rintaro-sato}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Rintaro}}

Category:Living people

Category:2005 births

Category:Japanese racing drivers

Category:Japanese F4 Championship drivers

Category:French F4 Championship drivers

Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen

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