TGR Driver Challenge Program
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| Founded | 2003 (as Toyota Drivers Academy) |
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| Base | Cologne, Germany & Japan |
| Team principal(s) | Akio Toyoda |
| Current drivers |  Esteban Masson Rikuto Kobayashi Kazuto Kotaka Miki Koyama Ritomo Miyata Jin Nakamura Seita Nonaka Yuki Sano Tokiya Suzuki Hibiki Taira Kiyoshi Umegaki |
The Toyota Gazoo Racing Driver Challenge Program (TGR-DC) formerly known as the Toyota Driving Academy and Toyota Young Drivers Programme (TDP), is a driver development programme by Toyota Gazoo Racing. It is meant to promote talent in different racing series by helping them with funds, with the hope of finding drivers who will race for the team in the future. Notable graduates of the scheme are Kazuki Nakajima, Kamui Kobayashi; who made their F1 debuts for Williams and Toyota, respectively.
Current drivers
TGR-DC drivers
- Championship titles highlighted in bold.
TGR-DC Racing School drivers
The TGR-DC Racing School is a team for young Toyota drivers who compete in F4 Japanese Championship.
| No. | Driver[2] |
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| TBA | Kiyoshi Umegaki
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| TBA | Tokiya Suzuki
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| TBA | Yuzuki Miura
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| TBA | Takahiro Kikuchi
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| TBA | Megumu Suzuki
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| TBA | Masana Muto
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Former drivers
TGR-DC drivers
- Championship titles highlighted in bold.
TGR-DC Racing School drivers
| Driver | Years |
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| Hibiki Taira
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2020 |
| Seita Nonaka
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2020–2021 |
| Jiei Okuzumi
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2020–2021 |
| Eijiro Shimizu
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2020–2021 |
| Rin Arakawa
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2021–2022 |
| Rikuto Kobayashi
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2022–2023 |
| Jin Nakamura
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2022–2023 |
| Ryoma Henzan
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2022 |
| Shunji Okumoto
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2023 |
| Yuki Sano
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2023–2024 |
| Kazuhisa Urabe
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2024 |
- Championship title highlighted in bold.
- Promoted to TGR-DC drivers highlighted in italic.
See also
References
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- ^ a b "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing announced its 2022 motorsport team setups". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
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- ^ a b c "Toyota Young Drivers Programme Ready for 2005". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 25 February 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2005.
- ^ a b "3 Japanese drivers from TOYOTA Young Drivers Program will participate in F1 tests in 2007". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 10 November 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
- ^ "Toyota GAZOO Racing Outlines 2016 Motorsports Activities" (PDF). Toyota Gazoo Racing. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ "Toyota Outlines Its Motorsports Activities for CY2014". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Outlines 2020 Motorsports Activities". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.