is a Japanese racing driver who last competed in the Formula Regional European Championship with R-ace GP as part of the TGR Driver Challenge program.
Sano previously raced in Super Formula Lights, finishing runner-up in 2025.
Career Formula 4 Sano started his Formula 4 career in 2023 with TGR-DC Racing School. He achieved two podiums in his rookie season, ending the year seventh in the standings. Sano remained in the championship for 2024, taking his first win in Formula 4 in the opening round of the season.
Formula Regional Japanese Championship At the end of 2024, Sano would compete in Formula Regional Japanese Championship with TGR-DC Racing School for the last two rounds at Fuji Speedway alongside Kazuhisa Urabe.
Super Formula Lights Sano competed in the Super Formula Lights with TOM'S for 2025. He finished second in the final standings.
Super GT In 2025, Sano would make his Super GT GT300 debut campaign with SHADE Racing.
Formula Regional Following his Super Formula Lights season, Sano joined R-ace GP in the newly reformed FREC in 2026. He also signed for the 2026 Formula Regional Middle East Trophy with the same team.
Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position 2023 F4 Japanese Championship TGR-DC Racing School 14 0 0 0 2 74 7th 2024 F4 Japanese Championship TGR-DC Racing School 13 3 2 1 7 147 4th Formula Regional Japanese Championship 4 4 3 3 4 100 5th 2025 Super Formula Lights TOM'S 18 4 2 5 12 1042nd Super Taikyu - ST-Z SHADE Racing 5 0 2 0 2 84.5‡2nd‡ Super GT - GT300 1 0 0 0 0 0 NCMacau Grand PrixTOM'S Formula 1 0 0 0 0 9th2026Formula Regional Middle East TrophyR-ace GP 10 0 0 0 0 37 13thFormula Regional European Championship 19 1 1 1 2 67 9th * Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings
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 15 DC Pts 2023 TGR-DC Racing School FUJ11 FUJ12 SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ21 FUJ22 SUZ21 SUZ22 SUG1 SUG2 AUT1 AUT2 MOT1 MOT2 7th 74 2024 TGR-DC Racing School FUJ11 FUJ12 SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ21 FUJ22 SUG1 SUG2 AUT1 AUT2 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 SUZ21 SUZ22 4th 147
Complete Formula Regional Japanese 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 Pos Points 2024 TGR-DC Racing School SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 SUG1 SUG2 OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 MOT1 MOT2 FUJ11 FUJ12 FUJ21 FUJ22 5th 100
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 2025 TOM'S SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 AUT1 AUT2 OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 SUG4 FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT32nd104
Complete Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 2025 SHADE Racing Toyota GR86 GT300 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FS1 FS2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT NC 0
Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main Race 2025 TOM'S Formula Tatuus F3 T-318 19th 18th 9th
Complete Formula Regional Middle East Trophy 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 DC Points 2026 R-ace GP YMC11 YMC12 YMC13 YMC21 YMC22 YMC23 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 LUS1 LUS2 LUS3 13th 37
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 2026 R-ace GP RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 9th 67
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