Andrés Cárdenas (born 15 May 2008) is a Peruvian and Colombian racing driver currently competing in the 2026 USF Pro 2000 Championship for the Jay Howard Driver Development by ECR team. He has previously raced in Eurocup-3 for MP Motorsport, was the runner-up in the 2024 Formula Winter Series, and won a race in the F4 Spanish Championship.
Career Karting
Cárdenas made his competitive karting debut in 2017, where he competed in the Micro Max classes of the Rotax Max Challenge Peru, He actively competed in the Mini category, achieving notable results such as runner-up in the Rotax Max Challenge (RMC) Peru 2018 and National Champion of RMC Peru in 2019. At the continental level, he was runner-up in the 2018 Panamerican Rok Cup Challenge and also secured the runner-up position in the 2019 RMC South American Championship karting event he contested, Additionally, he participated in ROK the Rio 2018 in Las Vegas, finishing in 11th place.
Cárdenas 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 Cárdenas 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.
Cárdenas 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.
Cárdenas' second year of OK Junior karting in 2022 was his most successful, where he first came runner-up in 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.
Cárdenas' 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.https://formulascout.com/peruvian-karter-andres-cardenas-joins-alonsos-management-company/94567
Cárdenas 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.
In 2022, Cárdenas represented Peru at the 2nd FIA Motorsport Games held at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Marseille, France, where he won the gold medal in the Karting Sprint Junior category. This historic victory contributed to Peru receiving the Americas Winner and achieving a joint seventh-place ranking alongside Australia and Latvia among 72 participating nations. With these performances, Cárdenas exited karting with the intent of making his Formula 4 debut.https://legacy.driverdb.com/drivers/andrés-cárdenas/
Formula 4
2023 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. He finished sixth in his first race, held at Aragón. Two rounds later at Jerez, Cárdenas dominated the field in qualifying, securing two pole positions. As a result, he took his first Spanish F4 victory in the second race of the round. 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.
2024
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.
Cárdenas 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 Cárdenas' 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, Cárdenas hoped to replicate his Formula Winter Series successes, but it was far from reality: Cárdenas struggled and had a poor season, often failing to score points regularly, let alone a podium. His best results of the campaign were two sixth places, and finished the championship 14th in the drivers standings with 28 points.
Eurocup-3 Cárdenas announced that he would be stepping to join the 2025 Eurocup-3 season, swapping Campos for MP Motorsport. He also competed with the team in the Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship, winning the reverse grid race at MotorLand Aragón. With an additional podium in Portimão, He concluded the Winter Series securing 4th place in the overall standings and ranking as the 4th-best rookie of the season, with a total of 78 points.
USF Pro 2000 Championship In October 2025, Cárdenas took part in a USF Pro 2000 test with Pabst Racing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Karting record
Karting career summary
SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2017 Rotax Max Challenge Peru - Micro Max2nd Rotax Max Challenge South America - Micro Max2nd 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 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 Corse2nd 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 Srl1st Champions of the Future - OK Junior 6th FIA Motorsport Games Karting Sprint Cup - Junior Team Peru1stSources:
Racing record Racing career summary
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 2N/A2nd 2025 Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship MP Motorsport 8 1 0 0 3 78 4th Eurocup-3 18 1 1 1 2 98 7th2026USF Pro 2000 ChampionshipJay Howard Driver Development powered by ECR 18 1 2 1 6 279 6th
* Season still in progress.
Complete F4 Spanish 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 DC Points 2023 Campos RacingSPA1SPA2SPA3ARA1ARA2ARA3NAV1NAV2NAV3JER1JER2JER3EST1EST2EST3CRT1CRT2CRT3CAT1CAT2CAT3 8th 1092024 Griffin Core by Campos RacingJAR1 JAR2JAR3POR1 POR2POR3LEC1LEC2LEC3ARA1ARA2ARA3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3JER1JER2JER3CAT1CAT2CAT3 14th 28
Complete Formula Winter Series 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 DC Points 2024 Campos Racing JER1 JER2 JER3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 2nd 152
Complete Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeam12345678DCPoints2025 MP MotorsportJER1JER2JER3POR1POR2POR3ARA1ARA2 4th 78
Complete Eurocup-3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718DCPoints 2025 MP MotorsportRBR1RBR2POR1PORSRPOR2LEC1LECSRLEC2MNZ1MNZ2ASS1ASS2SPA1SPA2JER1JER2CAT1CAT2 7th 98
American open-wheel racing results
USF Pro 2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points 2026 Jay Howard Driver Developmentpowered by ECR ARL1 ARL2 IMS1 IMS2 IRP ROA1 ROA2 MOH1 MOH2 MOH3 POR1 POR2 MAR1 MAR2 MIL ROA1 ROA2 ROA3 6th 279
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