Sōta Arao

is a Japanese racing driver who is set to compete in the 2026 Super GT Series for Team Mach. He previously raced in Super Formula Lights, the French F4 Championship & GB3 Championship. He is a scholar of the Honda Racing School which formerly as Suzuka Racing School, and part of the Honda Formula Dream Project.

Career Karting Arao started karting in 2012.

Formula 4 Arao made his single-seater debut in 2022, competing in the French F4 Championship. He started his season in strong fashion, getting a podium in the season opener at Nogaro and finishing fifth in Race 3. More success came at the following round in Pau, where, having taken pole position and finished second in the first race, Arao achieved his first victory in car racing on Sunday, beating out championship leader Hugh Barter. The next four rounds yielded a podium each, with a highest result of second at Spa-Francorchamps, before he won Race 1 at the season finale in Le Castellet. He ended up third in the standings, four places ahead of fellow Red Bull Junior Yuto Nomura.

GB3 Championship For the 2023 season, it was announced that Arao would move up to the GB3 Championship, driving for Hitech Grand Prix alongside Alex Dunne and Michael Shin. Throughout the season, Arao showed pace but struggled to achieve good results. His best race results were two fifth places in the final two round at Circuit Zandvoort and Donington Park, which moved him up to 17th in the standings.

Super Formula Lights Arao returned to Japan for 2024, racing in Super Formula Lights with Toda Racing. Arao then moved to Delightworks Racing for his second year in the series in 2025.

Red Bull Junior Team Arao was a member of the Red Bull Junior Team He was part of the academy from 2022 until the end of 2023.

Racing record

Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2022 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy2121292273rd 2023 GB3 Championship Hitech Grand Prix 21 0 0 1 0 146 17th 2024 Super Formula Lights Toda Racing 18 0 0 1 4 43 7th Super Taikyu - ST-Q Team HRC100010‡NC‡ 2025 Super Formula Lights Delightworks Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 13th 2026 Super GT - GT300 Team Mach Super Formula ThreeBond Racing Reserve driver Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings

Complete French F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GB3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 2024 Toda Racing AUT1 AUT2 AUT3 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 7th 43 2025 Delightworks Racing SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 AUT1 AUT2 AUT3 OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 13th* 0

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 DC Points 2026 Team Mach Toyota 86 MC GT300 OKA FUJ SEP FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT