Amaury Cordeel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɔrdeːl]; born 9 July 2002) is a Belgian racing driver who is currently competing in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Hitech Pulse-Eight, having prior raced for Invicta Virtuosi Racing and Van Amersfoort Racing. He has previously raced in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, Formula Renault Eurocup, Toyota Racing Series and F3 Asian Championship, as well as French, ADAC, Italian, UAE, Spanish and SMP F4. He won the 2018 Spanish F4 champion.
| Amaury Cordeel | |
|---|---|
 Cordeel driving the Dallara F2 2024 during the 2024 Spielberg Formula 2 round. | |
| Nationality |  Belgian |
| Born | 9 July 2002 Temse, Belgium |
| Related to | Ghislain Cordeel (brother) |
| FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2022 |
| Current team | Hitech Pulse-Eight |
| Car number | 16 |
| Former teams | Van Amersfoort Racing, Invicta Virtuosi Racing |
| Starts | 56 (56 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 17th in 2022 |
| Previous series | |
| 2021 2020 2019–2020 2019–2020 2018 2018 2018 2018 2017–18 2017 | FIA Formula 3 Championship Toyota Racing Series Formula Renault Eurocup F3 Asian Championship SMP F4 Championship F4 Spanish Championship Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4 Formula 4 UAE Championship French F4 Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2018 | F4 Spanish Championship |
Career
editLower formulae
editCordeel raced in various types on F4 and made his single seater debut in the 2017 French F4 Championship finishing 16th in the standings with 6 points. In 2018 he raced in the 2018 SMP F4 Championship finishing 8th in the standings with 2 wins and 4 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 9 races. He then raced in the 2018 Italian F4 Championship with Mucke Motorsport and finished the season 31st in the standings with yet again 0 points finishes, although he only competed in 9 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 3 podiums. Cordeel's final campaign that year was in 2018 Spanish F4 Championship with MP Motorsport. Cordeel took 4 wins on the way to winning the championship with 208 points.[1] In this extremely tight season he took the 3rd most wins but was the most consistent driver of the 3 championship contenders.
Formula Renault Eurocup
edit2019
editCordeel made his debut in the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019 with MP Motorsport.[2] He finished 15th in the standings with 27 points and a best finish of 7th at the race at Paul Ricard.
2020
editIn 2020 he stayed in the Eurocup and moved to FA Racing. He yet again finished 15th in the standings with a best result of 6th at Monza.[3]
F3 Asian Championship
editIn 2019 Amaury raced in the 2019 F3 Asian Winter Series with Pinnacle Motorsport.[4] He finished the winter series 10th with a best result of 4th at the Chang International Circuit. He scored a total of 22 points and didn't compete in the final round.
FIA Formula 3 Championship
editCordeel was announced to race in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Campos Racing.[5] At the penultimate round of the season the Belgian 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
edit2022
editCordeel 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, he 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
editAfter 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
editCordeel switched to Hitech Pulse-Eight for the 2024 season, becoming teammates with Paul Aron.[20] On the opening round of the season, he abandons due to an accident.[21] In Jeddah, he qualifies last and give up the sprint race.[22][23] On the main race, he finished fifth behind Jak Crawford.[24]
Personal life
editCordeel was born on 9 July 2002 in Temse, near Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. His family runs Belgian construction company Cordeel Group NV since 1934.[25][26] His older brother Ghislain is also a racing driver who competed in the Formula Renault Eurocup and the Porsche Supercup.[27]
Cordeel has been charged with speeding twice. In March 2021 he posted a video speeding on a Flemish motorway to his TikTok account, and later apologised claiming it was not him driving the car.[28] In November 2022 he fronted a Belgian court over an incident in 2020 where he was alleged to have been doing 179kph in a 50kph zone, and was given a 6-month road licence suspension and a €3,600 fine.[29]
Racing record
editRacing career summary
edit† As Cordeel was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete French F4 Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | NOG 1 Ret |
NOG 2 16 |
NOG 3 Ret |
MNZ 1 12 |
MNZ 2 Ret |
MNZ 3 9 |
PAU 1 Ret |
PAU 2 Ret |
PAU 3 13 |
SPA 1 15 |
SPA 2 11 |
SPA 3 13 |
MAG 1 14 |
MAG 2 15 |
MAG 3 15 |
CAT 1 16 |
CAT 2 13 |
CAT 3 14 |
LEC 1 15 |
LEC 2 Ret |
LEC 3 13 |
16th | 6 |
Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | Dragon Motopark F4 | YMC1 1 |
YMC1 2 |
YMC1 3 |
YMC1 4 |
YMC2 1 Ret |
YMC2 2 6 |
YMC2 3 Ret |
YMC2 4 DNS |
DUB1 1 DSQ |
DUB1 2 4 |
DUB1 3 3 |
DUB1 4 C |
YMC3 1 10 |
YMC3 2 7 |
YMC3 3 Ret |
YMC3 4 5 |
YMC4 1 3 |
YMC4 2 1 |
YMC4 3 7 |
YMC4 4 5 |
DUB2 1 4 |
DUB2 2 DNS |
DUB2 3 Ret |
DUB2 4 DNS |
8th | 120 |
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results
edit(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | MP Motorsport | ARA 1 DSQ |
ARA 2 3 |
ARA 3 6 |
CRT 1 3 |
CRT 2 11† |
CRT 3 3 |
ALG 1 1 |
ALG 2 2 |
ALG 3 3 |
CAT 1 C |
CAT 2 2 |
JER 1 2 |
JER 2 2 |
JER 3 1 |
NAV 1 2 |
NAV 2 1 |
NAV 3 11 |
NAV 4 7 |
1st | 208 |
Complete Italian F4 Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | BWT Mücke Motorsport | ADR 1 |
ADR 2 |
ADR 3 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
LEC 3 |
MNZ 1 14 |
MNZ 2 13 |
MNZ 3 14 |
MIS 1 15 |
MIS 2 Ret |
MIS 3 16 |
IMO 1 |
IMO 2 |
IMO 3 |
VLL 1 |
VLL 2 |
VLL 3 |
31st | 0 | |||
| Alma Racing | MUG 1 23 |
MUG 2 12 |
MUG 3 13 |
Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | OSC 1 |
OSC 2 |
OSC 3 |
HOC1 1 |
HOC1 2 |
HOC1 3 |
LAU 1 |
LAU 2 |
LAU 3 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 Ret |
RBR 3 15 |
HOC2 1 21 |
HOC2 2 17 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
NÜR 3 |
HOC3 1 |
HOC3 2 |
HOC3 3 |
23rd | 0 |
Complete SMP F4 Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | SMP Racing | SMO 1 |
SMO 2 |
SMO 3 |
NRG 1 |
NRG 2 |
NRG 3 |
MSC 1 6 |
MSC 2 9 |
MSC 3 6 |
ADM 1 4 |
ADM 2 6 |
ADM 3 1 |
AHV 1 Ret |
AHV 2 9 |
AHV 3 9 |
ALA 1 |
ALA 2 |
ALA 3 |
ASS 1 2 |
ASS 2 1 |
ASS 3 3 |
8th | 107 |
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | MP Motorsport | MNZ 1 17 |
MNZ 2 9 |
SIL 1 13 |
SIL 2 13 |
MON 1 Ret |
MON 2 13 |
LEC 1 Ret |
LEC 2 7 |
SPA 1 14 |
SPA 2 21 |
NÜR 1 8 |
NÜR 2 11 |
HUN 1 5 |
HUN 2 Ret |
CAT 1 12 |
CAT 2 13 |
HOC 1 15 |
HOC 2 8 |
YMC 1 9 |
YMC 2 9 |
15th | 27 |
| 2020 | FA Racing | MNZ 1 6 |
MNZ 2 Ret |
IMO 1 11 |
IMO 2 10 |
NÜR 1 9 |
NÜR 2 10 |
MAG 1 Ret |
MAG 2 9 |
ZAN 1 5 |
ZAN 2 DNS |
CAT 1 13 |
CAT 2 13 |
SPA 1 6‡ |
SPA 2 10 |
IMO 1 14 |
IMO 2 13 |
HOC 1 12 |
HOC 2 11 |
LEC 1 13 |
LEC 2 10 |
15th | 33 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete F3 Asian Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | MP Motorsport | SEP 1 |
SEP 2 |
SEP 3 |
DUB 1 10 |
DUB 2 7 |
DUB 3 10 |
ABU 1 |
ABU 2 |
ABU 3 |
SEP 1 |
SEP 2 |
SEP 3 |
CHA 1 |
CHA 2 |
CHA 3 |
NC† | 0 |
† As Cordeel was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete Toyota Racing Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kiwi Motorsport | HIG 1 WD |
HIG 2 WD |
HIG 3 WD |
TER 1 |
TER 2 |
TER 3 |
HMP 1 |
HMP 2 |
HMP 3 |
PUK 1 |
PUK 2 |
PUK 3 |
MAN 1 |
MAN 2 |
MAN 3 |
NC | 0 |
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results
edit(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Campos Racing | CAT 1 26 |
CAT 2 16 |
CAT 3 25 |
LEC 1 27 |
LEC 2 24 |
LEC 3 25 |
RBR 1 22 |
RBR 2 11 |
RBR 3 18 |
HUN 1 19 |
HUN 2 Ret |
HUN 3 26 |
SPA 1 17 |
SPA 2 Ret |
SPA 3 Ret |
ZAN 1 23 |
ZAN 2 Ret |
ZAN 3 12 |
SOC 1 21 |
SOC 2 C |
SOC 3 16 |
23rd | 0 |
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results
edit(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 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Van Amersfoort Racing | BHR SPR 17 |
BHR FEA 15 |
JED SPR Ret |
JED FEA WD |
IMO SPR DNS |
IMO FEA 17 |
CAT SPR 19 |
CAT FEA 15 |
MCO SPR 17 |
MCO FEA Ret |
BAK SPR 13 |
BAK FEA Ret |
SIL SPR |
SIL FEA |
RBR SPR 18 |
RBR FEA 18 |
LEC SPR Ret |
LEC FEA 15 |
HUN SPR 13 |
HUN FEA 17 |
SPA SPR 18 |
SPA FEA 17 |
ZAN SPR 12 |
ZAN FEA 6 |
MNZ SPR 15 |
MNZ FEA 7 |
YMC SPR 5 |
YMC FEA 6 |
17th | 26 |
| 2023 | Invicta Virtuosi Racing | BHR SPR 21 |
BHR SPR 15 |
JED SPR 19 |
JED FEA 20 |
MEL SPR 12 |
MEL FEA 13 |
BAK SPR 9 |
BAK FEA 19 |
MCO SPR Ret |
MCO FEA NC |
CAT SPR 17 |
CAT FEA 19 |
RBR SPR 15 |
RBR FEA 17 |
SIL SPR 16 |
SIL FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 19 |
HUN FEA 21 |
SPA SPR Ret |
SPA FEA 15 |
ZAN SPR 16 |
ZAN FEA 8 |
MNZ SPR Ret |
MNZ FEA 8 |
YMC SPR 17 |
YMC FEA 16 |
20th | 8 | ||
| 2024 | Hitech Pulse-Eight | BHR SPR Ret |
BHR FEA Ret |
JED SPR Ret |
JED FEA 5 |
MEL SPR 16 |
MEL FEA 11 |
IMO SPR 4 |
IMO FEA Ret |
MON SPR 14 |
MON FEA Ret |
CAT SPR 14 |
CAT FEA 8 |
RBR SPR 18 |
RBR FEA 7 |
SIL SPR 15 |
SIL FEA 15 |
HUN SPR 20 |
HUN FEA Ret |
SPA SPR 11 |
SPA FEA 8 |
MNZ SPR 12 |
MNZ FEA 18 |
BAK SPR 18 |
BAK FEA 12 |
LSL SPR |
LSL FEA |
YMC SPR |
YMC FEA |
18th* | 29* |
* Season still in progress.
References
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- ^ White, Megan (29 May 2022). "Pourchaire: Cordeel F2 car recovery in pit lane was "dangerous"". autosport.com.
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- ^ "Belgian F2 hope Amaury Cordeel signs to Infinity Sports Management // Infinity Sports Management". www.infinitysportsmanagement.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
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- ^ "Hitech Pulse-Eight confirm Paul Aron and Amaury Cordeel for 2024 lineup". fiaformula2.com. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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- ^ "Belgische coureur scheurt met 300 kilometer per uur over snelweg en zet beelden op TikTok". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 25 March 2021.
- ^ Bell, Sebastien (30 November 2022). "Formula 2 Driver Amaury Cordeel Loses License After Filming Himself Going 111 MPH In 30 MPH Zone". Carscoops.
External links
edit- Amaury Cordeel career summary at DriverDB.com