🇫🇷 Marcus Amand

Marcus Amand is a French and Finnish racing driver with a Racer Rating of 4,147, placing him at professional level; this is the standard for a full-time competitor in national championships or the strong end of international feeder series, beating semi-professionals consistently but not yet established at the very top. His record across 59 starts in Italian F4, ADAC Formula 4, and Formula Regional European between 2021 and 2023 yielded three podiums but no wins, with an average finishing position of 12th place. The FIA categorised him as Silver in sportscar racing, denoting a professional-level driver, typically young or early-career, competing in GT and endurance fields.[1]

Amand spent most of his junior single-seater career racing for US Racing, a team with a solid record of 44 race wins across its driver roster. His competitive context was notably strong; he shared grids regularly with Andrea Kimi Antonelli, an elite professional and three-time champion rated 8,967, though the head-to-head record favoured Antonelli decisively, 36 wins to Amand's 4 across 40 races. Against Maya Weug, an FIA Silver professional at similar rating, Amand held a clear advantage, finishing ahead 28 times to 16. He also outpaced semi-professional drivers consistently, notably beating Emerson Fanucchi Fittipaldi Jr. 32 times in 36 meetings. However, he struggled at times against drivers at his own level, finishing behind Nikita Bedrin in more races than ahead.[2]

The single-seater phase ended in 2023. More recent activity from external sources indicates Amand has since moved into Porsche one-make racing, winning the 2025 Porsche Carrera Cup France and earning selection as a Porsche junior driver for the 2026 season, a path that represents a career transition rather than a continuation of his earlier formula car efforts.