Evan Giltaire (born 21 November 2006) is a French racing driver who most recently competed in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship with ART Grand Prix.[1] He is the winner of the 2023 French F4 Championship.[2]
| Evan Giltaire | |
|---|---|
 Giltaire in 2024 | |
| Nationality |  French |
| Born | 21 November 2006 Senlis, France |
| Formula Regional European Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2023 |
| Current team | ART Grand Prix |
| Car number | 95 |
| Starts | 24 (24 entries) |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 7th in 2024 |
| Previous series | |
| 2023 | French F4 Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2023 | French F4 Championship |
Career
editKarting
editGiltaire began competitively karting in 2018, where he came 7th in the French Championship in his class, and 11th in the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals.[3][4] He had his breakout year in karting in 2022, where the Frenchman won the SKUSA SuperNationals XXV and the IAME Warriors Final in the X30 Senior classes. Giltaire came 4th in the IAME Euro Series in the X30 Senior category, and came 5th in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship.[5]
In 2023, he combined his French F4 Championship campaign winning karting and came third in the IAME Winter Cup in the X30 Senior class.[6] Throughout his karting career he also competed in various WSK events and in the contested the CIK-FIA Karting World Championship various times but had little success.[7][8]
Formula 4
editGiltaire made his single-seater debut in the 2023 French F4 Championship where he was instantly in the title fight with compatriot, Enzo Peugeot and Canadian 2022 FEED Racing winner, Kevin Foster. In his campaign he claimed 6 wins, 8 poles and 13 podiums and fought with Peugeot until the final race at Circuit Paul Ricard he pipped Peugeot to the title by four points.[9][2]
Formula Regional
edit2023
editAfter his title winning campaign, the Frenchman would compete in the final two rounds of the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship with ART Grand Prix, as a guest driver. Giltaire would have a highest finish of 11th place, achieved at the second race of his debut round at Circuit Zandvoort. He would place 3rd out of 9 guest drivers in the championship standings.[6]
2024
edit
For 2024, Giltaire moved up to the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship full-time for ART Grand Prix. He retired from the first race at the Hockenheimring, but won the second race, marking his maiden Formula Regional win. Seven rounds later after only a small handful of points finishes, he got his second and final podium of the year at the first race at the Red Bull Ring. Gilatrie wouldn't get his next points finish until the penultimate race of his campaign at Monza Circuit with a fifth place. He came 7th in the drivers championship with 97 points.[1]
Giltaire competed in the 2024 Macau Grand Prix, again with ART.[10] He finished 9th in both qualifying and the qualifying race, but did not finish the main race due to an accident on lap 1.[11]
Karting record
editKarting career summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | National Series Karting — Cadet | 27th | |
| French Championship — Cadet | 7th | ||
| Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Mini Max | Christophe Giltaire | 11th | |
| 2019 | 24° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | Sodikart | 69th |
| 48° Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ | 21st | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 48th | ||
| WSK Euro Series — OKJ | 57th | ||
| National Series Karting — Nationale | 21st | ||
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship — OKJ | Sodikart | 30th | |
| CIK-FIA Karting World Championship — OKJ | 17th | ||
| WSK Open Cup — OKJ | 65th | ||
| 2020 | 25° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | Sodikart | 13th |
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 27th | ||
| Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy — Junior | 34th | ||
| 2021 | WSK Champions Cup — OK | VDK Racing | 26th |
| WSK Super Master Series — OK | 42nd | ||
| WSK Euro Series — OK | 28th | ||
| IAME Euro Series — X30 Senior | 31st | ||
| Champions of the Future - Euro Series — OK | 17th | ||
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship — OK | 6th | ||
| CIK-FIA Karting World Championship — OK | 21st | ||
| 2022 | IAME Winter Cup — X30 Senior | VDK Racing | 12th |
| Kartmasters British Grand Prix — X30 Senior | Argenti Motorsport | 16th | |
| IAME Euro Series — X30 Senior | VDK Racing | 4th | |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship — OK | 5th | ||
| CIK-FIA Karting World Championship — OK | 14th | ||
| IAME Warriors Final — X30 Senior | 1st | ||
| SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Senior | Kart Republic Motorsport | 1st | |
| 2023 | IAME Winter Cup — X30 Senior | PB Kart | 3rd |
| IAME Euro Series — X30 Senior | 12th |
Racing record
editRacing career summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 21 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 317 | 1st |
| Formula Regional European Championship | ART Grand Prix | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2024 | Formula Regional European Championship | ART Grand Prix | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 97 | 7th |
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
† Guest driver ineligible to be classified in the championship.
* Season still in progress.
Complete French F4 Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | NOG 1 1 |
NOG 2 4 |
NOG 3 2 |
MAG 1 1 |
MAG 2 4 |
MAG 3 16 |
PAU 1 2 |
PAU 2 Ret |
PAU 3 2 |
SPA 1 1 |
SPA 2 7 |
SPA 3 1 |
MIS 1 2 |
MIS 2 7 |
MIS 3 2 |
LÉD 1 6 |
LÉD 2 3 |
LÉD 3 3 |
LEC 1 1 |
LEC 2 4 |
LEC 3 1 |
1st | 317 |
Complete Formula Regional European 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ART Grand Prix | IMO 1 |
IMO 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
MUG 1 |
MUG 2 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
ZAN 1 21 |
ZAN 2 11 |
HOC 1 22 |
HOC 2 15 |
0 | NC† |
| 2024 | ART Grand Prix | HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 1 |
SPA 1 12 |
SPA 2 6 |
ZAN 1 5 |
ZAN 2 11 |
HUN 1 5 |
HUN 2 13 |
MUG 1 22 |
MUG 2 21 |
LEC 1 8 |
LEC 2 4 |
IMO 1 14 |
IMO 2 Ret |
RBR 1 2 |
RBR 2 11 |
CAT 1 15 |
CAT 2 12 |
MNZ 1 5 |
MNZ 2 11 |
7th | 97 |
† Guest driver ineligible to be classified in the championship.
Complete Macau Grand Prix results
edit| Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  ART Grand Prix
|
Tatuus F3 T-318 | 9th | 9th | DNF |
External links
edit- Evan Giltaire career summary at DriverDB.com
References
edit- ^ a b "Evan Giltaire rejoint ART Grand Prix pour cette nouvelle saison de FRECA!". 27 January 2024.
- ^ a b "F4 Academy: Evan Giltaire the 2023 French F4 Champion".
- ^ "French Championship - Cadet 2018 standings | Driver Database". legacy.driverdb.com.
- ^ https://legacy.driverdb.com/drivers/evan-giltaire/
- ^ "EKN Trackside: Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 25 – SuperSunday Report". www.superkartsusa.com.
- ^ a b Wood, Ida (4 January 2023). "Evan Giltaire to combine karting with French F4 in 2023".
- ^ Series, Feeder (30 December 2022). "The 7 karting stars of 2022 who could be F1's future".
- ^ "Giltaire Evan".
- ^ "F4 France: after an outstanding 2022, 2023 promises to be even more sparkling". FFSA Academy. 8 February 2023.
- ^ "Evan Giltaire completes Macau 2024 line-up". ART Grand Prix. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ Wood, Ida (17 November 2024). "Ugochukwu takes FRegional World Cup by winning the Macau GP". Formula Scout. Retrieved 28 November 2024.