Amaury Cordeel

Lower formulae

Cordeel raced in various types on F4 and made his single seater debut in the 2017 French F4 Championship finishing 16th in the standings with six points. In 2018, he raced in the 2018 SMP F4 Championship finishing 8th in the standings with two wins and four podiums overall. That year he also raced in the 2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship with ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. He finished the championship in 23rd with no points to his name but he only competed in nine races. He then raced in the 2018 Italian F4 Championship with Mucke Motorsport and finished the season 31st in the standings with yet again no points finishes, although he only competed in nine races. Before the real season got underway Cordeel raced in the 2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship with Dragon Motopark F4. He finished the season with a race win and three podiums. Cordeel's final campaign that year was in 2018 Spanish F4 Championship with MP Motorsport. Cordeel took four wins on the way to winning the championship with 208 points.^[1] In this extremely tight season, he took the third most wins but was the most consistent driver of the three championship contenders.

Formula Renault Eurocup

F3 Asian Championship

In 2019, Cordeel raced in the 2019 F3 Asian Winter Series with Pinnacle Motorsport.^[4] He finished the winter series tenth with a best result of fourth at the Chang International Circuit. He scored a total of 22 points and didn't compete in the final round.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Cordeel was announced to race in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Campos Racing.^[5] At the penultimate round of the season, he qualified in twelfth position, leading to him starting from pole in race one. Cordeel attributed his strong qualifying to him having finally gotten to grips with the tyre degradation.^[6] He was unable to use his advantage, as he was involved in a first-lap incident with Alexander Smolyar.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2022

Cordeel took part in 2021 Formula 2 post-season testing with Van Amersfoort Racing. He was later announced as one of the team's drivers for the 2022 season, initially partnering Jake Hughes and later driving alongside David Beckmann and Juan Manuel Correa.^[7]

Cordeel finished ninth in his first feature race in Bahrain but was demoted to fifteenth for speeding in the pit lane twice. He then received a ten-place grid penalty and four penalty points for failing to slow for red flags during qualifying in Jeddah.^[8] He crashed during the sprint race and was forced to withdraw from the feature race as his car could not be repaired in time.^[9] At the Imola round, he crashed on his way to the sprint race grid and failed to start.^[10] During the feature race, he was penalised twice for speeding in the pit lane and committed six track limits violations,^[11] collecting five more penalty points.^[12] At the next race in Barcelona, he received another two penalty points for being out of position on the formation lap, leaving him one point away from a race ban.^[13] His Monaco feature race ended after hitting the wall at the final corner.^[14] He then received a twelfth penalty point at the Baku feature race for causing a collision with Olli Caldwell,^[15] meaning he received a ban from the Silverstone round.^[16]

On his return to the series at the Austrian round, Cordeel achieved his highest qualifying result of the year with seventh place. He was classified eighteenth in the sprint race having been handed penalties for track limits violations and overtaking under yellow flag conditions, receiving four more penalty points. Cordeel's form improved after the summer break; he received no further penalty points during the season and scored his first championship points at the Zandvoort feature race, finishing sixth. He followed this with a seventh-place finish at the Monza feature race and points in both races in Abu Dhabi, leaving him 17th in the Drivers' Championship at the conclusion of his debut season.

2023

After the end of the 2022 season, Cordeel took part in the post-season test with Virtuosi Racing, having been signed to the Infinity Sports Management programme on the previous day.^[17] Shortly afterwards, he was announced as a Virtuosi driver, partnering Jack Doohan for the 2023 season.^[18] The season brought few returns: despite cleaner on-track behaviour, Cordeel only managed to finish in the points twice, with eighth places at Zandvoort and Monza putting him 20th in the championship, a long way down from teammate Doohan who finished third.^[19]

2024

Cordeel switched to Hitech Pulse-Eight for the 2024 season, becoming teammates with Paul Aron.^[20] At the opening round of the season, he retired due to an accident.^[21] In Jeddah, he qualified last and retired from the sprint race,^[22][23] before finishing fifth in the feature race, his best performance in F2 to date.^[24] Cordeel ended the season 17th in the standings with 39 points, once again well behind his teammate, as Aron finished third.

Racing career summary

^† As Cordeel was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results

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Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

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Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Complete SMP F4 Championship results

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Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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

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

Complete F3 Asian Winter Series results

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

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

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

^† As Cordeel was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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

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)

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results