Marino Sato

Marino Sato
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1999-05-12) 12 May 1999 (age 22) Tokyo, Japan[1]
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2019
Current team	Trident
Car number	25
Former teams	Campos Racing
Starts	28 (30 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	8th in 2020
Previous series
2019 2017-18 2015-16	Euroformula Open Championship FIA Formula 3 European Championship Italian F4 Championship
Championship titles
2019	Euroformula Open Championship

Marino Sato (佐藤 万璃音, Satō Marino, born 12 May 1999) is a Japanese racing driver, currently racing for Trident Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

He is not related to former Formula One driver Takuma Sato.

Racing career[]

Italian F4 Championship[]

In 2015, Marino Sato competed in the 2015 Italian F4 Championship for Euronova Racing/Vincenzo Sospiri Racing. He finished on the podium once and came 10th in the final standings. Marino Sato would remain with the team for the 2016 Italian F4 Championship. However, even when he won a race at Imola, he only finished 18th in the driver's championship.

Formula 3 European Championship[]

Sato progressed to the 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship to drive for Motopark. He scored one point during the season and finished 19th in the standings. Even though he was the second-lowest driver in the standings to compete at every event, he was retained for the 2018 season. His performance improved compared to 2017, and he finished 16th in the championship.

Euroformula Open[]

He moved to the Euroformula Open Championship in 2019. He dominated the championship, winning it with nine victories and helping Motopark to win the team championship.

FIA Formula 2 Championship[]

Sato drove in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship, replacing Arjun Maini for Campos Racing from the 2019 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round onwards. He would not score any points and finished 21st in the championship.

In 2020 he signed for Trident Racing to partner Roy Nissany in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship. Sato only managed to score one point at Mugello, and eventually finished 22nd in the standings, four points and three positions behind Nissany.

Despite this, the Japanese driver was kept on by Trident for the 2021 season. In the second race of the first round he equalled his best ever F2 result, finishing eighth and scoring one point.

Formula One[]

Sato drove in the end of season Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi for Scuderia AlphaTauri, alongside fellow countryman Yuki Tsunoda (who would soon become an AlphaTauri race driver). He ended the session with the 13th fastest time (1:38.495).

Karting record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Position
2011	Asian Karting Open Championship — Formula 125 Junior Open		12th
2012	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior	Eiko Japan	28th
	SKUSA SuperNationals — TaG Junior	Phil Giebler Racing	13th
	Asia-Pacific Championship — KF3	Simon Racing Team	2nd
2013	IAME International Final — X30 Junior		16th
	WSK Master Series — KFJ	Praga Kart Racing	38th
	WSK Final Cup — KFJ		32nd
2014	South Garda Winter Cup — KF2	Praga Kart Racing	19th
	WSK Super Master Series — KF		37th
	CIK-FIA European Championship — KF		49th

Racing record[]

Racing career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	Italian F4 Championship	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	21	0	0	1	1	62	10th
2016	Italian F4 Championship	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	21	1	0	0	1	42	18th
2017	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Motopark	30	0	0	0	0	1	19th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2018	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Motopark	30	0	0	0	0	31.5	16th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2019	Euroformula Open Championship	Team Motopark	16	9	6	5	11	307	1st
	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Campos Racing	6	0	0	0	0	0	21st
2020	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Trident	24	0	0	0	0	1	22nd
2021	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Trident	12	0	0	0	0	1	18th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 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	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	DC	Points
2015	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	VLL 1 7	VLL 2 7	VLL 3 9	MNZ 1 13	MNZ 2 9	MNZ 3 8	IMO1 1 4	IMO1 2 Ret	IMO1 3 13	MUG 1 14	MUG 2 18	MUG 3 16	ADR 1 6	ADR 2 2	ADR 3 14	IMO2 1 13	IMO2 2 21†	IMO2 3 15	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 4	MIS 3 5			10th	62
2016	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	MIS 1 27	MIS 2 11	MIS 3 DNS	MIS 4 22	ADR 1 13	ADR 2 DNS	ADR 3 4	ADR 4 8	IMO1 1 11	IMO1 2 21	IMO1 3 16	MUG 1 15	MUG 2 17	MUG 3 12	VLL 1 19	VLL 2 15	VLL 3 Ret	IMO2 1 7	IMO2 2 8	IMO2 3 1	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 10	MNZ 3 Ret	18th	42

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results[]

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2017	Motopark	Volkswagen	SIL 1 16	SIL 2 12	SIL 3 18	MNZ 1 13	MNZ 2 11	MNZ 3 12	PAU 1 14	PAU 2 Ret	PAU 3 13	HUN 1 16	HUN 2 16	HUN 3 15	NOR 1 13	NOR 2 16	NOR 3 13	SPA 1 15	SPA 2 11	SPA 3 14	ZAN 1 15	ZAN 2 18	ZAN 3 17	NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 Ret	NÜR 3 12	RBR 1 14	RBR 2 16	RBR 3 10	HOC 1 18	HOC 2 19	HOC 3 16	19th	1
2018	Motopark	Volkswagen	PAU 1 9	PAU 2 18	PAU 3 10‡	HUN 1 15	HUN 2 13	HUN 3 16	NOR 1 8	NOR 2 7	NOR 3 13	ZAN 1 19	ZAN 2 10	ZAN 3 4	SPA 1 7	SPA 2 15	SPA 3 16	SIL 1 12	SIL 2 17	SIL 3 14	MIS 1 15	MIS 2 12	MIS 3 Ret	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 Ret	NÜR 3 18	RBR 1 14	RBR 2 13	RBR 3 21	HOC 1 19	HOC 2 14	HOC 3 16	16th	31.5

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results[]

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2017	Motopark	Dallara F317	15th	14th	DNF
2018	Motopark	Dallara F317	7th	11th	DNF

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2019	Team Motopark	LEC 1 5	LEC 2 1	PAU 1 3	PAU 2 6	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 2	SPA 1 1	SPA 2 1	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 1	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 1	SIL 1	SIL 2	CAT 1 10†	CAT 2 5	MNZ 1 1	MNZ 2 5	1st	307

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2019	Campos Racing	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	BAK FEA	BAK SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	LEC FEA	LEC SPR	RBR SPR	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA C	SPA SPR C	MNZ FEA 12	MNZ SPR 11	SOC FEA 16	SOC SPR 15	YMC FEA 18	YMC SPR 16	21st	0
2020	Trident	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 17	RBR FEA 16	RBR SPR Ret	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 20	SIL FEA 20	SIL SPR 12	SIL FEA 17	SIL SPR 17	CAT FEA 15	CAT SPR 21	SPA FEA 14	SPA SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 20	MNZ SPR 13	MUG FEA 14	MUG SPR 8	SOC FEA 13	SOC SPR 15	BHR FEA 20	BHR SPR 11	BHR FEA 17	BHR SPR 16	22nd	1
2021	Trident	BHR SP1 15	BHR SP2 8	BHR FEA 14	MCO SP1 19†	MCO SP2 Ret	MCO FEA 14	BAK SP1 18	BAK SP2 13	BAK FEA 15	SIL SP1 NC	SIL SP2 16	SIL FEA 19	MNZ SP1 NC	MNZ SP2 20	MNZ FEA Ret	SOC SP1	SOC SP2	SOC FEA	JED SP1	JED SP2	JED FEA	YMC SP1	YMC SP2	YMC FEA	18th*	1*

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Marino Sato career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Felipe Drugovich	Euroformula Open Championship Champion 2019	Succeeded by Ye Yifei