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Amaury Cordeel
Cordeel driving the Dallara F2 2024 during the 2024 Spielberg Formula 2 round.
NationalityBelgium Belgian
Born (2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 (age 22)
Temse, Belgium
Related toGhislain Cordeel (brother)
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2022
Current teamHitech Pulse-Eight
Car number16
Former teamsVan Amersfoort Racing, Invicta Virtuosi Racing
Starts56 (56 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish17th in 2022
Previous series
2021
2020
20192020
20192020
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
2018F4 Spanish Championship

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.

Career

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Lower formulae

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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 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

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2019

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Cordeel 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

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In 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

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In 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

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Cordeel driving a Dallara F3 2019 during the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

Cordeel 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

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2022

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Cordeel driving for Van Amersfoort Racing during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 2 round.

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, 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

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Cordeel driving for Invicta Virtuosi Racing during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 2 round.

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

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Cordeel 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

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Cordeel 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

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 21 0 0 0 0 6 16th
2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship Dragon Motopark F4 17 1 0 1 3 120 8th
2018 Italian F4 Championship BWT Mücke Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 0 31st
Alma Racing 3 0 0 0 0
ADAC Formula 4 Championship ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 9 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
SMP F4 Championship MP Motorsport 12 2 1 2 4 107 8th
F4 Spanish Championship 17 4 4 6 12 208 1st
2019 Formula Renault Eurocup MP Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 27 15th
F3 Asian Winter Series Pinnacle Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 22 10th
2019–20 F3 Asian Championship MP Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2020 Formula Renault Eurocup FA Racing 19 0 0 0 0 33 15th
Toyota Racing Series Kiwi Motorsport 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 20 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 24 0 0 1 0 26 17th
Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux Team GP Elite 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship Invicta Virtuosi Racing 26 0 0 0 0 8 20th
2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship Hitech Pulse-Eight 24 0 0 0 0 29* 18th*

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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(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

EX
SIL
FEA

EX
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.

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