Introduction
Marcus Amand (born 5 February 2006) is a Finnish-born French racing driver who most recently competed in the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship for ART Grand Prix. He previously raced in Italian F4 and ADAC F4 and is the 2019 European Karting Champion.
Early life
Amand and his twin sister were born in Oulu, Finland, to a Finnish mother and a French father.
Career
Karting
Amand won multiple national karting titles in France, including two Mini Kart titles in 2015. In 2017 he won the Mini MAX category of the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals. That year he also won the Cadet category of the Rotax Max Challenge France. In 2019 he beat Andrea Kimi Antonelli to the OKJ title in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship.
Formula 4
In 2021 Amand made his single-seater debut in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship with R-ace GP. He also joined the team for some selected rounds of the Italian F4 Championship. In the ADAC Championship he finished 12th overall and third in the rookie standings.
In 2022 he joined US Racing to compete in the full Italian F4 Championship and some rounds of the ADAC Formula 4 Championship. In the Italian Championship he took a single podium at the Misano World Circuit and finished the season in ninth. In the ADAC Championship he also took a single podium at the Hockenheimring.
Formula Regional
In 2023 Amand stepped up to the Formula Regional European Championship with ART Grand Prix. In the penultimate round at Circuit Zandvoort he took his maiden pole position. He finished the race in second place, behind Andrea Kimi Antonelli, taking his maiden rookie win of the season. At the end of the season Amand placed 18th in the drivers' standings.
Formula One
In February 2023 it was announced that Amand would join the Sauber Academy along with Léna Bühler.
Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Championnat Regional Centre — Mini Kart | 3rd | |
| Coupe de France — Mini Kart | 15th | ||
| Challenge Rotax Max France — Mini Kart | 3rd | ||
| 2014 | Stars of Karting — Mini Kart | 6th | |
| Challenge Rotax Max France — Mini Kart | 1st | ||
| 2015 | Trophée Interclub — Mini Kart | 1st | |
| Trophée Oscar Petit — Mini Kart | 2nd | ||
| Coupe de France — Mini Kart | 1st | ||
| Championnat de France — Minime | 8th | ||
| 2016 | National Series Karting — Minime | 2nd | |
| Championnat de France — Minime | 12th | ||
| Coupe de France — Minime | 7th | ||
| Challenge Rotax Max France — Minime | 2nd | ||
| 2017 | WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini | VDK | NC |
| WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | 35th | ||
| Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini | 8th | ||
| National Series Karting — Cadet | 1st | ||
| Challenge Rotax Max France — Cadet | 1st | ||
| Coupe de France — Cadet | 34th | ||
| Championnat de France — Cadet | 3rd | ||
| Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Mini MAX | Amand, Marc | 1st | |
| 2018 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | TB Racing Team | NC |
| South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 27th | |
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 24th | ||
| WSK Open Cup — OKJ | 6th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | 27th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | 6th | ||
| WSK Final Cup — OKJ | 4th | ||
| Challenge Rotax Max France — Nationale | 1st | ||
| Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior | Amand Racing | 28th | |
| 2019 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 8th |
| South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | NC | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 6th | ||
| WSK Euro Series — OKJ | 34th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | 1st | ||
| Coupe de France — OKJ | 8th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | VDK Racing | NC | |
| WSK Open Cup — OKJ | 6th | ||
| WSK Final Cup — OKJ | NC | ||
| 2020 | WSK Champions Cup — OK | VDK Racing | 13th |
| WSK Super Master Series — OK | 42nd | ||
| Champions of the Future — OK | 1st | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OK | 9th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OK | NC | ||
| WSK Open Cup — OK | 2nd | ||
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Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ADAC Formula 4 Championship | R-ace GP | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 12th |
| Italian F4 Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40th | ||
| 2022 | Italian F4 Championship | US Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 9th |
| ADAC Formula 4 Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 12th | ||
| 2023 | Formula Regional European Championship | ART Grand Prix | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 18th |
| 2024 | Porsche Sprint Challenge Southern Europe | CLRT | * | * |
Season still in progress.
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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | R-ace GP | RBR1 DSQ |
RBR2 Ret |
RBR3 Ret |
ZAN1 16 |
ZAN2 Ret |
ZAN3 13 |
HOC11 8 |
HOC12 10 |
HOC13 9 |
SAC1 Ret |
SAC2 6 |
SAC3 8 |
HOC21 Ret |
HOC22 9 |
HOC23 8 |
NÜR1 9 |
NÜR2 8 |
NÜR3 7 |
12th | 37 |
| 2022 | US Racing | SPA1 5 |
SPA2 8 |
SPA3 6 |
HOC1 DNS |
HOC2 7 |
HOC3 2 |
ZAN1 | ZAN2 | ZAN3 | NÜR11 | NÜR12 | NÜR13 | LAU1 | LAU2 | LAU3 | NÜR21 | NÜR22 | NÜR23 | 12th | 48 |
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 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | R-ace GP | LEC1 22 |
LEC2 14 |
LEC3 23 |
MIS1 21 |
MIS2 19 |
MIS3 20 |
VLL1 | VLL2 | VLL3 | IMO1 | IMO2 | IMO3 | RBR1 | RBR2 | RBR3 | MUG1 | MUG2 | MUG3 | MNZ1 | MNZ2 | MNZ3 | 40th | 0 | |
| 2022 | US Racing | IMO1 8 |
IMO2 4 |
IMO3 8 |
MIS1 8 |
MIS2 5 |
MIS3 3 |
SPA1 5 |
SPA2 9 |
SPA3 7 |
VLL1 6 |
VLL2 6 |
VLL3 Ret |
RBR1 Ret |
RBR2 | RBR3 9 |
RBR4 10 |
MNZ1 12 |
MNZ2 8 |
MNZ3 C |
MUG1 8 |
MUG2 36† |
MUG3 11 |
9th | 94 |
Complete Formula Regional European 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ART Grand Prix | IMO1 18 |
IMO2 8 |
CAT1 22 |
CAT2 20 |
HUN1 29 |
HUN2 21 |
SPA1 21 |
SPA2 18 |
MUG1 19 |
MUG2 11 |
LEC1 16 |
LEC2 15 |
RBR1 24 |
RBR2 Ret |
MNZ1 13 |
MNZ2 9 |
ZAN1 13 |
ZAN2 2 |
HOC1 16 |
HOC2 Ret |
18th | 26 |