Andrea Barlesi

Andrea Barlesi
Barlesi in 2011
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 34) Bruges, Belgium
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season	2012
Current team	SUNRED Engineering
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	40
Championship titles
2010	Le Mans Series - FLM

Andrea Guillaume Clement Barlesi ^[1] (born 15 June 1991, in Bruges) ^[2] is a Belgian-Italian racing driver who runs under a Belgian racing licence. A Formula Le Mans champion in ELMS, he has finished on the LMP2 podium at Sebring and raced in the World Touring Car Championship. ^[3]

He is now an airline pilot. ^[4]

Early career

Barlesi has won the French Karting Championship a Europe Kart Championship twice (2007 and 2008). He won Belgium Karting Championship once (2007). In 2009, he was third on the Clio Junior Cup Championship with 5 podiums. ^[2]

Professional career

Formula Le Mans

In 2010, Barlesi joined the Le Mans Series' FLM field with DAMS, winning one race at the Hungaroring. He won the championship with teammate Gary Chalandon, by two points over Steve Zacchia. ^[2]

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup

OAK Racing group photograph for the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2011, Barlesi entered 4 rounds of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup with OAK Racing. ^[5] Headlining the Pescarolo 01 crew together with bronze-rated drivers Patrice Lafargue and Frédéric Da Rocha, he secured a podium on his LMP2 debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring, and finished seventh in class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. ^[6]

Blancpain Endurance Series

In 2011, Barlesi did four rounds of the Blancpain Endurance Series with Gulf Racing running with a Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 for GT3 Pro-Am category. He scored six points on the season finale at Silverstone alongside Fabien Giroix and Frédéric Fatien.

In 2012, alongside his WTCC commitments, Barlesi joined GT racing powerhouse Vita4One Racing for a one-off Blancpain start, aboard a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 at Circuit Paul Ricard. ^[7]

WTCC

In 2012, Barlesi joined the World Touring Car Championship with SUNRED Engineering. Barlesi ran the No. 40 SEAT León as teammate to former Formula One driver Tiago Monteiro and Spanish pair Fernando Monje and Pepe Oriola. He scored a best finish of 13th at the Race of Morocco in Marrakech. ^{[8] [9]}

Porsche 997 GT3 Cup, raced by Barlesi at the Pau Grand Prix in 2013.

Hiatus and retirement

After a sabbatical year, Barlesi returned to motorsport at the 2014 VLN Series and 24 Hours of Nürburgring with Ferrari customer GT Corse by Rinaldi. ^[10] His last known race appearance is the 2015 24 Hours of Nürburgring, where he drove a BMW M235i Racing for Pixum Team Adrenalin Motorsport.

Barlesi at the controls of a Piper Aircraft during his flight training.

As of 2019, Barlesi worked as a professional Airbus A320 pilot for EasyJet. ^[4] In 2023 he joined Air France. ^[11]

Racing record

Complete Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2010	DAMS	FLM	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	LEC 3	SPA Ret	ALG 2	HUN 1	SIL 4	1st	59

Complete Intercontinental Le Mans Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Rank	Points
2011	OAK Racing	LMP2	OAK Pescarolo 01	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	SEB 3	SPA 6	LMS 7	IMO 9	SIL	PET	ZHU

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2011	OAK Racing	Frédéric Da Rocha Patrice Lafargue	OAK Pescarolo 01-Judd-BMW	LMP2	288	25th	7th

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2012	SUNRED Engineering	SEAT León 2.0 TDI	ITA 1 Ret	ITA 2 15																							30th	0
		SUNRED SR León 1.6T			ESP 1 23	ESP 2 17	MAR 1 13	MAR 2 14	SVK 1	SVK 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	AUT 1	AUT 2	POR 1	POR 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	USA 1	USA 2	JPN 1	JPN 2	CHN 1	CHN 2	MAC 1	MAC 2

References

1. "Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Andrea Guillaume Clement Barlesi". 24h-en-piste. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
2. "Le Mans Series : Andrea Barlesi est Belge... et ça va se savoir !". www.speedactiontv.be (in French). 24 August 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
3. "Driver: Andrea Barlesi | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
4. "[VIP] Que sont-ils devenus ? Andrea Barlesi, pilote d'Airbus chez EasyJet". Endurance-Info (in French). 28 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
5. "OAK Racing Confirms 2011 Plans". archive2.dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
6. "Interview : Andrea Barlesi". 24 Hours of Le Mans . Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
7. "BLANCPAIN SERIES : BON RETOUR D'ANDREA BARLESI AU PAUL RICARD". AutoNewsInfo (in French). 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
8. O'Leary, Jamie (5 March 2012). "Andrea Barlesi joins SUNRED SEAT for World Touring Car Championship". Autosport . Motorsport Network . Retrieved 24 January 2026.
9. Meissner, Johan (5 March 2012). "Andrea Barlesi confirmed for SUNRED". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
10. "Andrea Barlesi débarque en VLN au volant d'une Ferrari GT Corse". SpeedActionTV (in French). 8 April 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
11. "Andrea Barlesi - A320 First Officer - Air France". LinkedIn. Retrieved 27 January 2026.

External links

• Official website