Amaury Cordeel

Amaury Cordeel (; born 9 July 2002) is a Belgian racing driver who competes in GT World Challenge Europe for Team WRT.

Cordeel drove four seasons in Formula 2 for Rodin, Hitech, Virtuosi and Van Amersfoort Racing. He previously raced in FIA Formula 3 and Formula Renault Eurocup, and won the 2018 F4 Spanish Championship with MP Motorsport.

Single-seater career 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 eighth 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. 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 2019 Cordeel made his debut in the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019 with MP Motorsport. He finished 15th in the standings with 27 points and a best finish of seventh at the race at Paul Ricard.

2020 In 2020, Cordeel stayed in the Eurocup and moved to FA Racing. He yet again finished 15th in the standings with a best result of sixth at Monza.

F3 Asian Championship In 2019, Cordeel raced in the 2019 F3 Asian Winter Series with Pinnacle Motorsport. 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 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. 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. 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 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 season, initially partnering Jake Hughes and later driving alongside David Beckmann and Juan Manuel Correa.

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. He crashed during the sprint race and was forced to withdraw from the feature race as his car could not be repaired in time. At the Imola round, he crashed on his way to the sprint race grid and failed to start. During the feature race, he was penalised twice for speeding in the pit lane and committed six track limits violations, collecting five more penalty points. 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. His Monaco feature race ended after hitting the wall at the final corner. He then received a twelfth penalty point at the Baku feature race for causing a collision with Olli Caldwell, meaning he received a ban from the Silverstone round.

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 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. Shortly afterwards, he was announced as a Virtuosi driver, partnering Jack Doohan for the 2023 season. 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.

2024

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

2025 Cordeel was initially left without a Formula 2 seat for the 2025 season. However a week prior to the season opener, Cordeel was drafted in to replace Christian Mansell at Rodin Motorsport for the full season, as the Australian withdrew due to personal reasons. After just scoring three points, he was replaced for the final two rounds by Martinius Stenshorne.

Sportscar career In 2026, Cordeel joined Belgian outfit Team WRT, driving a BMW M4 GT3 Evo in the Silver Cup class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup alongside Matisse Lismont and Ignacio Montenegro, while partnering BMW factory driver Jordan Pepper in the Pro class of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup.

Personal life Cordeel was born on 9 July 2002 in Temse, near Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. His family runs Belgian construction company Cordeel Group NV since 1934. His older brother Ghislain is also a racing driver who competed in the Formula Renault Eurocup and the Porsche Supercup.

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. 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.

Racing record Racing career summary 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 28 0 0 0 0 39 17th 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship Rodin Motorsport 23 0 0 0 0 3 19th 2026 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Team WRT GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 4 0 0 0 0 14 8th* † As Cordeel was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results (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 NOG1 NOG2 NOG3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 MAG1 MAG2 MAG3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 16th 6

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results (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 YMC11 YMC12 YMC13 YMC14 YMC21 YMC22 YMC23 YMC24 DUB11 DUB12 DUB13 DUB14 YMC31 YMC32 YMC33 YMC34 YMC41 YMC42 YMC43 YMC44 DUB21 DUB22 DUB23 DUB24 8th 120

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) 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 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 ALG1 ALG2 ALG3 CAT1 CAT2 JER1 JER2 JER3 NAV1 NAV2 NAV3 NAV4 1st 208

Complete Italian F4 Championship results (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 ADR1 ADR2 ADR3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 VLL1 VLL2 VLL3 31st 0 Alma Racing MUG1 MUG2 MUG3

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results (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 OSC1 OSC2 OSC3 HOC11 HOC12 HOC13 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HOC21 HOC22 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 HOC31 HOC32 HOC33 23rd 0

Complete SMP F4 Championship results (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 SMO1 SMO2 SMO3 NRG1 NRG2 NRG3 MSC1 MSC2 MSC3 ADM1 ADM2 ADM3 AHV1 AHV2 AHV3 ALA1 ALA2 ALA3 ASS1 ASS2 ASS3 8th 107

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results (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 MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 MON1 MON2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 CAT1 CAT2 HOC1 HOC2 YMC1 YMC2 15th 27 2020 FA Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 HOC1 HOC2 LEC1 LEC2 15th 33 ‡ 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) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Points 2019 Pinnacle Motorsport CHA1 CHA2 CHA3 SEP11 SEP12 SEP13 SEP21 SEP22 SEP23 10th 22

Complete F3 Asian Championship results (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 SEP1 SEP2 SEP3 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 SEP1 SEP2 SEP3 CHA1 CHA2 CHA3 NC† 0 † 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) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2020 Kiwi Motorsport HIG1 HIG2 HIG3 TER1 TER2 TER3 HMP1 HMP2 HMP3 PUK1 PUK2 PUK3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 NC 0

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) 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 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SOC1 SOC2 SOC3 23rd 0

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) 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 Van Amersfoort Racing BHRSPR BHRFEA JEDSPR JEDFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA CATSPR CATFEA MCOSPR MCOFEA BAKSPR BAKFEA SILSPR SILFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA LECSPR LECFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA ZANSPR ZANFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA YMCSPR YMCFEA 17th 26 Invicta Virtuosi Racing BHRSPR BHRSPR JEDSPR JEDFEA MELSPR MELFEA BAKSPR BAKFEA MCOSPR MCOFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA ZANSPR ZANFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA YMCSPR YMCFEA 20th 8 Hitech Pulse-Eight BHRSPR BHRFEA JEDSPR JEDFEA MELSPR MELFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA BAKSPR BAKFEA LSLSPR LSLFEA YMCSPR YMCFEA 17th 39 Rodin Motorsport MELSPR MELFEA BHRSPR BHRFEA JEDSPR JEDFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA SPASPR SPAFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA BAKSPR BAKFEA LSLSPR LSLFEA YMCSPR YMCFEA 19th 3

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2026 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo Pro BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 11th* 14*