Marcus Amand

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

Racing record

Racing career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

References

External links

• Marcus Amand career summary at DriverDB.com