Francot initially took up football before switching to competitive karting in 2020. [2] [3] During his three-year career in karts, Francot finished third in the Mini Max class of the 2020 BNL Karting Series, [4] finished fourth in the 2021 Karting Academy Trophy and drove for Birel Art in his final year of karting. [5] [6]
Despite planning to move up to OK for 2023, [7] Francot opted to step up to single-seaters for that year, joining Jenzer Motorsport to race in the Formula 4 CEZ Championship. [8] In the first two rounds of the season at the Hungaroring and Red Bull Ring, Francot took a pair of second- and third-place finishes, [9] [10] before winning both races at the Slovakia Ring and finishing second in all three races at Most. [11] Francot then took his third and final win of the season at Brno, [12] before finishing all three races at Balaton Park to miss out on the title by two points over Ethan Ischer. [13] During 2023, Francot made a one-off appearance in the F4 Spanish Championship for MP Motorsport at Valencia, taking a best result of 11th in race one. [14]
The following year, Francot remained with Jenzer Motorsport to race in the Italian F4 Championship and the final round of the Euro 4 Championship. [15] In his only full-season in the series, Francot took a best result of fourth in race three at Le Castellet and scored four more points finishes to end the year 14th in the overall standings. [16] During 2024, Francot also raced for GRS Team on a part-time basis in Formula Winter Series and F4 Spanish Championship, [17] and also made a one-off appearance in the Formula Trophy UAE for Evans GP at Yas Marina, finishing both races on the podium. [18]
In early 2025, Francot joined AKCEL GP / PHM Racing to race in the F4 Middle East Championship. [19] In the five-race winter series, Francot took three podiums and his only win of the season, coming at race two of the third Yas Marina round, as he ended the winter fifth in points. [20] For the rest of the year, Francot returned to MP Motorsport to make his full-time debut in the F4 Spanish Championship, whilst also taking part in the Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship. [21]
In the Spanish Winter Championship, Francot partook in the final two rounds of the season, in which he only scored three points finishes, taking a best result of fourth, as he ended the three-round series 12th in points. [22] In the main series, Francot took his first podium of the season in race one at Algarve by finishing third, [23] a feat which he repeated the following round at Le Castellet in race three. [24]
In July, Francot returned to the Italian F4 Championship with PHM Racing from Mugello onwards and also joining them for a full campaign in the E4 Championship. [25] [26] On his comeback round at Mugello, Francot scored his maiden series podium in race two by securing third, before capping off the weekend with a second-place finish in race three. [27] [28]
In the E4 Championship meanwhile, Francot took his first series win in race two at Le Castellet, [29] before taking two more podiums in the following round at Mugello by finishing third in races two and three. [30] [31]
In September, Francot made his debut in the Formula Regional European Championship for RPM at the Red Bull Ring. [32] In his only round of the season, Francot finished 10th in race two as the highest-finishing rookie. [33]
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