Andrés Cárdenas
| Andrés Cárdenas | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Peruvian Colombianvia dual nationality |
| Born | 15 May 2008 Lima, Peru |
| Eurocup-3 career | |
| Debut season | 2025 |
| Current team | MP Motorsport |
| Car number | 33 |
| Starts | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | TBD in 2025 |
| Previous series | |
| 2023-2024 2024 2024 | F4 Spanish Championship Formula Winter Series FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup |
Andrés Cárdenas (born 15 May 2008) is a Peruvian-Colombian racing driver who is set to compete in the 2025 Eurocup-3 season with MP Motorsport.[1] He previously competed in the 2024 F4 Spanish Championship for Campos Racing. He is the runner up of the 2024 Formula Winter Series.
Career
[edit]Karting
[edit]Cárdenas made his competitive karting debut in 2017, where he competed in the Micro Max classes of the Rotax Max Challenge Peru and the Rotax Max Challenge South America, coming 4th and 8th respectively. 2018 was marked by a sole karting event he contested, ROK the Rio in the Mini ROK class, where he came 11th.
He made his WSK debut in 2019, where he karted in the Final Cup, Open Cup, Euro Series and the Super Master Series all in the 60 Mini class and racing for Tony Kart Racing Team. His only noted result was a 43rd in the Open Cup. Cárdenas also competed in the Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy in the Mini Max category with FLANDRIA KART, where he came in 9th. Finally, he contested the 24° South Garda Winter Cup to round off his season.
2020 was a better year for him in the 60 Mini class, as he came 10th in the WSK Euro Series with Tony Kart Racing Team. He switched to Energy Corse where he contested the WSK Open Cup and came in 10th. Cárdenas participated in the 31° Andrea Margutti Trophy with Energy Corse Srl and finished in 13th.
He moved up to the OK Junior category in 2021 and contested all of his events that year with Energy Corse. Cárdenas came 55th in the Champions of the Future, 14th in the WSK Final Cup – his only WSK karting event of the year – and 28th in the 26° South Garda Winter Cup. He also made his debut in the prestigious CIK-FIA European Championship, where he finished the championship in 46th.
His second year of OK Junior karting in 2022 was his most successful, where he first came runner-up to the Champions of the Future - Winter Series with Energy Corse. He won his maiden karting title shortly after, winning the WSK Champions Cup with Energy Corse Srl.
The Peruvians successful year didn't stop there, as after coming 27th in the X30 Junior category of the IAME Euro Series, he competed in both the OK Junior and OK class of the Champions of the Future, marking his debut in the OK category. Cárdenas adapted well to both categories and finished 6th in both of the classes. Around this time he was added to A14 Management, the management team of 2005 and 2006 Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso.[2]
He came 35th in the CIK-FIA European Championship for Energy Corse and made his debut in the CIK-FIA World Championship where he raced for a different outfit, DPK Racing and finished in 17th.
Cárdenas represented Peru in the 2022 FIA Motorsport Games where he competed in the Karting Sprint Junior Cup, he won the event and got Peru's first gold medal and medal in the FIA Motorsport Games. With these performances, Cárdenas exited karting with the intent of making his Formula 4 debut.[3]
Formula 4
[edit]2023
[edit]In early 2023, Cárdenas was confirmed to be joining Campos Racing for the 2023 F4 Spanish Championship, where he would miss the opening round due to age restrictions.[4] He finished 6th in his first race, held at Aragón.[5] Two rounds later at Jerez, Cárdenas dominated the field in qualifying, securing two pole positions.[6] As a result, he took his first Spanish F4 victory in the second race of the round.[7] He had a consistent end to the season, finishing outside the top ten on only two occasions for the remaining three rounds of the season, on his way to an impressive eighth in the standings.[8][9]
2024
[edit]Cárdenas began his 2024 season in the 2024 Formula Winter Series with Campos Racing, getting a pole position, fastest lap and a win in the first race of the first round at Circuito de Jerez. He came third and fourth in the next two races.[10]
The Peruvian began his second round at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo on pole position, as he too converted it into a win. In the second race he snatched another podium followed by a fifth place in the final race.
MotorLand Aragón – the third round of the series – was his worst yet, coming a low fourteenth in the first race, having his first retirement of the season in the second race but managed to salvage his weekend with a sixth place in the third race.
Despite the first race of the final round of the season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya being cancelled, Cárdenas made the best of the second and third races as he got a second place in the both of them. With these performances, he placed runner-up in the championship with two wins, two pole positions, one fastest lap, six podiums and 152 points.
Joining the 2024 F4 Spanish Championship for a second season with Griffin Core by Campos Racing, he hoped to replicate his Formula Winter Series successes, which was by far what he managed as Cárdenas had a shocking season and couldn't even score points regularly, let alone a podium, his best result of the campaign was a sixth place, which he achieved twice. Cárdenas finished the championship 14th in the drivers championship with 28 points.
Eurocup-3
[edit]Cárdenas announced that he would be stepping to join the 2025 Eurocup-3 season, swapping Campos for MP Motorsport.[11] He also competed with the team in the Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship, winning the reverse grid race at MotorLand Aragón.[12] With an additional podium in Portimão, he is currently 5th in the standings with 61 points.
Karting record
[edit]Karting career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rotax Max Challenge Peru - MicroMax | 4th | |
| Rotax Max Challenge South America - Micro Max | 8th | ||
| 2018 | ROK the Rio - Mini ROK | 11th | |
| 2019 | WSK Final Cup - 60 Mini | Tony Kart Racing Team | |
| WSK Open Cup - 60 Mini | 43rd | ||
| WSK Euro Series - 60 Mini | |||
| WSK Super Master Series - 60 Mini | |||
| Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy - Mini Max | FLANDRIA KART | 9th | |
| 24° South Garda Winter Cup - Mini ROK | Lennox Lamp | ||
| 2020 | WSK Super Master Series - 60 Mini | Tony Kart Racing Team | |
| WSK Euro Series - 60 Mini | 10th | ||
| WSK Open Cup - 60 Mini | Energy Corse | 10th | |
| 31° Andrea Margutti Trophy - 60 Mini | Energy Corse Srl | 13th | |
| 2021 | Champions of the Future - OK Junior | Energy Corse | 55th |
| WSK Final Cup - OK Junior | 14th | ||
| 26° South Garda Winter Cup - OK Junior | 28th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship - OK Junior | 46th | ||
| 2022 | Champions of the Future - Winter Series - OK Junior | Energy Corse | 2nd |
| IAME Euro Series - X30 Junior | 27th | ||
| Champions of the Future - OK | 6th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship - OK Junior | 35th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship - OK Junior | DPK Racing | 17th | |
| WSK Champions Cup - OK Junior | Energy Corse Srl | 1st | |
| Champions of the Future - OK Junior | 6th | ||
| FIA Motorsport Games Karting Sprint Cup - Junior | Team Peru | 1st | |
| Sources:[13][14] | |||
Racing record
[edit]Racing career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | F4 Spanish Championship | Campos Racing | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 109 | 8th |
| 2024 | Formula Winter Series | Campos Racing | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 152 | 2nd |
| F4 Spanish Championship | Griffin Core by Campos Racing | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14th | |
| FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup | Team Peru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | N/A | 2nd | |
| 2025 | Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship | MP Motorsport | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 4th |
| Eurocup-3 | * | * |
* Season still in progress.
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results
[edit](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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Campos Racing | SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
ARA 1 6 |
ARA 2 Ret |
ARA 3 16 |
NAV 1 Ret |
NAV 2 10 |
NAV 3 7 |
JER 1 2 |
JER 2 1 |
JER 3 4 |
EST 1 5 |
EST 2 10 |
EST 3 4 |
CRT 1 6 |
CRT 2 8 |
CRT 3 6 |
CAT 1 15 |
CAT 2 7 |
CAT 3 Ret |
8th | 109 |
| 2024 | Griffin Core by Campos Racing | JAR 1 11 |
JAR 2 6 |
JAR 3 Ret |
POR 1 10 |
POR 2 7 |
POR 3 16 |
LEC 1 Ret |
LEC 2 11 |
LEC 3 29 |
ARA 1 15 |
ARA 2 17 |
ARA 3 17 |
CRT 1 6 |
CRT 2 7 |
CRT 3 11 |
JER 1 19 |
JER 2 25 |
JER 3 12 |
CAT 1 8 |
CAT 2 9 |
CAT 3 Ret |
14th | 28 |
Complete Formula Winter Series results
[edit](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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Campos Racing | JER 1 1 |
JER 2 3 |
JER 3 4 |
CRT 1 1 |
CRT 2 2 |
CRT 3 5 |
ARA 1 14 |
ARA 2 Ret |
ARA 3 6 |
CAT 1 C |
CAT 2 2 |
CAT 3 2 |
2nd | 152 |
Complete Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | MP Motorsport | JER 1 6 |
JER 2 1 |
JER 3 12 |
POR 1 3 |
POR 2 7 |
POR 3 7 |
ARA 1 4 |
ARA 2 3 |
4th | 78 |
Complete Eurocup-3 results
[edit](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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | MP Motorsport | RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
ASS 1 |
ASS 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
TBD | TBD |
External links
[edit]- Andrés Cárdenas career summary at DriverDB.com
References
[edit]- ^ Wood, Ida (3 February 2025). "Andres Cardenas swaps Campos for MP with step up to Eurocup-3". Formula Scout.
- ^ https://formulascout.com/peruvian-karter-andres-cardenas-joins-alonsos-management-company/94567
- ^ https://legacy.driverdb.com/drivers/andrés-cárdenas/
- ^ "Campos Racing". www.camposracing.com. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2023-05-27). "Deligny earns first Spanish F4 win after Ho gets track limits penalty". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2023-09-24). "Theophile Nael takes another Spanish F4 win in first Jerez race". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2023-09-24). "Cardenas and Nael share Sunday wins at Jerez in Spanish F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
- ^ "F4 Spanish Championship Results 2023 | Motorsport Stats". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
- ^ "2023 F4 Spanish Championship Central - The Third Turn". thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
- ^ "CAMPOS RACING WITH SIX CARS". Formula Winter Series. 31 January 2024.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2025-02-03). "Andres Cardenas swaps Campos for MP with step up to Eurocup-3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
- ^ Wood, Ida (8 February 2025). "MP's Andres Cardenas keeps it cool for Eurocup-3 winter series win". Formula Scout.
- ^ kartcom (2019-02-15). "Cardenas Andres". Kartcom. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
- ^ "Andrés Cárdenas | Driver Database". driverdb.com. Retrieved 23 March 2024.