Théophile Naël is a racing driver from France who competes in Formula 3 for Campos Racing. Naël is a one-time champion (2023), with 12 wins and 23 podiums from 77 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,364 ranks Naël 731th of 40,308 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-09-13 | Madrid FR2 | P12 | −12 |
| 2026-09-12 | Madrid SR | P1 | +118 |
| 2026-09-12 | Madrid FR1 | P9 | +21 |
| 2026-09-06 | Monza FR | P17 | −55 |
| 2026-09-05 | Monza SR | P11 | +7 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +135 | Spielburg 2024 | Formula Regional European | P1 |
| +134 | Barcelona 2025 | Formula 3 | P2 |
| +129 | Silverstone 2025 | Formula 3 | P2 |
| +126 | Monaco 2026 | Formula 3 | P2 |
| +121 | Barcelona 2026 | Formula 3 | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Formula 3 | Campos Racing | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +384 | 5,364 |
| 2025 | ▸Formula 3 | Van Amersfoort Racing | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +227 | 4,980 |
| 2024 | ▸Formula Regional European | Sainteloc Racing | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P9 | +350 | 4,752 |
| 2023 | ▸Spanish F4 | Sainteloc Racing | 20 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | P1 | +3,052 | 4,402 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 Alessandro Giusti | 5,364 | 55 | 21 | 34 | 38% |
| 🇦🇺 James WhartonFIA Silver | 5,376 | 54 | 23 | 31 | 43% |
| 🇩🇰 Noah Strømsted | 5,103 | 54 | 26 | 28 | 48% |
| 🇮🇹 Brando Badoer | 4,746 | 54 | 31 | 23 | 57% |
| 🇸🇬 Christian Ho | 4,194 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Ugo Ugochukwu | 5,511 | 53 | 24 | 29 | 45% |
| 🇧🇷 Pedro Clerot | 5,311 | 53 | 31 | 22 | 58% |
| 🇮🇹 Nicola LacorteFIA Silver | 4,254 | 53 | 40 | 13 | 75% |
| 🇫🇮 Tuukka Taponen | 5,448 | 52 | 23 | 29 | 44% |
| 🇫🇷 Enzo Deligny | 4,863 | 52 | 30 | 22 | 58% |
| 🇧🇷 Rafael CâmaraHigher-rated, 2× champion | 6,332 | 38 | 7 | 31 | 18% |
| 🇧🇬 Nikola TsolovHigher-rated | 6,074 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 50% |
| 🇲🇽 Noel LeonHigher-rated, 1× champion | 6,006 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 70% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 721 | 🇪🇸 Antonio Garcia | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,372 |
| 722 | 🇺🇸 Eric Curran | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 5,371 |
| 723 | 🇧🇷 Marco Campos | International Formula 3000 | 5,371 |
| 724 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Gallagher | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,370 |
| 725 | 🇸🇰 Yann Ehrlacher | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,369 |
| 726 | 🇳🇱 Christijan Albers | WEC | 5,368 |
| 727 | 🇦🇹 Philipp Eng | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,368 |
| 728 | 🇮🇹 Stefano Livio | FIA GT Championship | 5,367 |
| 729 | 🇯🇵 Nobuharu Matsushita | Super Formula | 5,366 |
| 730 | 🇫🇷 Alessandro Giusti | Formula 3 | 5,364 |
| 731 | 🇫🇷 Théophile Naël | Formula 3 | 5,364 |
| 732 | 🇳🇿 Hunter McElrea | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,363 |
| 733 | 🇧🇪 Yves Olivier | International Formula 3000 | 5,363 |
| 734 | 🇬🇧 Alexander Lynn | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 5,362 |
| 735 | 🇯🇵 Ukyo Katayama | Formula 1 | 5,362 |
| 736 | 🇺🇸 Ricky Stenhouse Jr | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,361 |
| 737 | 🇺🇸 Sami Meguetounif | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,361 |
| 738 | 🇮🇹 Paolo Barilla | Formula 1 | 5,360 |
| 739 | 🇳🇴 Dennis Hauger | IndyCar | 5,359 |
| 740 | 🇺🇸 Jimmy Vasser | IndyCar | 5,359 |
| 741 | 🇫🇷 Mathieu Jaminet | WEC | 5,359 |
Théophile Naël is an established professional racing single-seaters for Campos Racing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. He holds a rating of 5,286. His career spans four seasons from 2023 onwards across three junior championships, accumulating 72 starts, 11 wins and 22 podiums.[1]
Naël won the 2023 Spanish F4 title with Sainteloc Racing, taking eight victories and fourteen podiums across the twenty-round season. He moved to Formula Regional European in 2024 with the same team, where he scored one win and one podium from eighteen starts. He joined Campos Racing for Formula 3 in 2025, and has taken two wins across thirty-four starts there through the 2026 season, including a commanding victory at Madrid in September 2026.[2]
In Formula 3 he races regularly against Noah Strømsted, an established professional with whom he is closely matched across multiple series; Naël usually finishes ahead of Christian Ho, a professional-rated driver who shares much of his career path. He has beaten Rafael Câmara, the 2024 Formula Regional European and 2025 Formula 3 champion, on four occasions, and has finished ahead of Nikola Tsolov, an established professional with considerable Formula 3 experience, eight times.