Don Genie is the famous mogul head of the universal traders. He has been arrested countless times for secretly trading in emergency resources and weapons. Each time he's arrested, he's forced to pay a small fortune in bail to get himself free. At this time, it's unknown whether Don is participating in the F-ZERO races because he wants to publicize his trading company or whether it's just for fun. One thing is for sure though : it must be related to some sinister gambling ploy he's put together. It's also rumored that Don Genie has some connection with Black Shadow, the emperor of evil.

Digi-boy's real name is Terry Getter, and he's a young genius currently attending Einstein Academy. While he's still just a kid, he's been dubbed Digi-boy because there's no digital device he can't deftly use-he's even invented many of his own. He's also analyzed every past F-ZERO race and has subsequently devised a perfect equation to work with his self-built machine so that he can win the next race. In his dictionary, there is no such word as luck.

These triplets come from the planet Shiner. The average lifespan of the beings on Shinar is 200 years, extremely long compared to that of earthlings. However, even after reaching adulthood, they remain quite small. Using telepathy, they don't need to speak to communicate. Dai, San, and Gen have incredible teamwork skills and an amazing ability to operate their machine as one. Dai takes care of handling, San handles navigation, and Gen handles acceleration and braking.

Spade is a circus performer and an accomplished magician. He has decided to take up racing in order to win enough money to rescue the circus from financial difficulties. His racing techniques are risky and sometimes amazing, but he's quite fickle and will sometimes drop out of a race suddenly or not run it seriously. As a result, his overall record isn't that great. Nobody, not even his friends at the circus, have seen the face behind Spade's mask.

Daigoroh is the only son of Samurai Goroh. He's so bad that even his father can't keep him under control. Daigoroh is a master swordsman and loves to run riot with his sword whipping through the air. He has immense respect for his father and will boast about him regarding any suspect. He hopes to earn the praise of his father by defeating Captain Falcon, his father's biggest enemy. As a pilot, he has more aptitude and potential than his father, and many are eagerly awaiting to see what kind of pilot he grows up to be.

Princia Ramode is the princess of the Desert Kingdom on the Planet Magica, a society with highly advanced scientific knowledge. Her characteristic curiosity often leads her into mischief and often gets her into dangerous predicaments. In order to increase her wisdom and life experience before becoming queen, she secretly ran off with her servants on adventure to a host of other planets. When she arrived on earth, she happened to catch a glimpse of an F-ZERO Grand Prix and whimsically decided that she, too, wanted to race. Knowing that no amount of persuasion will budge her once she sets her mind on something, her servants were left with no choice but to prepare a machine that fully utilized the scientific technology of Magica.