Charles Milesi

Charles Milesi
Milesi in 2023
Nationality	French
Born	(2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 23) Chaumont-la-Ville, France
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2019–20
Current team	Alpine Endurance Team
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	36
Former teams	SO24-HAS by Graff, Team WRT
Starts	22
Wins	3
Podiums	6
Poles	1
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	1st (LMP2) in 2021
Previous series
2020–2021 2020 2019 2017-2018 2017	European Le Mans Series Super Formula Japanese Formula 3 Championship Formula Renault Eurocup French F4 Championship

Charles Milesi (born 4 March 2001) is a French racing driver who currently competes in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship for Alpine. He is the son of Patrice Milesi who is also a racing driver.

Career

Early career

After success in karting, Milesi's driving career began in 2017 in Formula Renault. For two years, he competed in various series of this racing formula. In 2018, he reached seventh place in the Formula Renault Eurocup. ^[1]

In 2019, at the end of the 8 Hours of Bahrain, a WEC rookie test was organized on the same circuit. Milesi thus had the opportunity to make his first laps in the hands of a prototype for the Dutch team Racing Team Nederland. ^[2]

In 2020, following the withdrawal of Alexandre Cougnaud and a positive test at the end of the 2020 Castellet 240 with Graff Racing, Milesi had the opportunity to join this same team in order to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the hands of an Oreca 07 in the LMP2 category with Vincent Capillaire and James Allen as co-drivers. ^{[3] [4]} Unfortunately, in their first participation, Milesi could not see the checkered flag after going off the track in the last hour of the race when Allen was at the wheel. With this first experience in the hands of an LMP2 and following the withdrawal of the Mexican driver Memo Rojas, ^[5] Milesi had the opportunity to join the American team DragonSpeed in order to participate in the 4 Hours of Monza. ^[6] This race went in the best possible way because the car finished in 3rd position. Unfortunately, a problem with the height of the non-compliant diffuser, the car was disqualified at the end of the race. ^[7] Milesi then finished his year by taking part in the final of the Michelin Le Mans Cup with the CD Sport team in the hands of a Ligier JS P320. ^[8]

Milesi also competed in the Super Formula Championship in the back end of 2020, racing for Buzz Racing with B-MAX. ^[9]

Endurance racing

2021

In 2021, Milesi started his season participating in the 24 Hours of Daytona with the Dutch team Racing Team Nederland in the hands of an Oreca 07 in the LMP2 category with Dutch drivers Giedo van der Garde, Frits van Eerd  [ nl ] and Job van Uitert as teammates. ^[10] That year, the Frenchman's main campaign would lie in the FIA World Endurance Championship, where he partnered Robin Frijns and Ferdinand Habsburg at newcomers Team WRT. ^[11] Having started the season slowly with tenth and fourth at Spa-Francorchamps and Portimão respectively, the team would bounce back with a maiden podium at the 6 Hours of Monza, where, despite being categorized as a silver driver amongst a slew of platinum and gold drivers, Milesi scored pole position in the LMP2 class. ^{[12] [13]} Encouraged by the result, the outfit performed strongly during the 24 Hours of Le Mans, leading into Sunday afternoon before encountering issues that meant that the sister WRT car looked to be on course to win the race. ^[14] However, due to an car failure, the No. 41 WRT stopped on the final lap, meaning that Milesi, Frijns and Habsburg were able to take the lead and win the race, finishing less than a second ahead of the Nr. 28 Jota car. ^[15] Another win followed at the 6 Hours of Bahrain, which put the team into the championship lead, ^[16] before Milesi and his teammates were able to claim the LMP2 world title one week later at the 8 Hours of Bahrain. ^{[17] [18]}

Near the end of the year, Milesi also competed in two rounds of the European Le Mans Series with Cool Racing, where he scored back-to-back pole positions. ^[19]

2022

The following year, Milesi would remain in the WEC, moving to the Richard Mille Racing Team to drive alongside Lilou Wadoux and Sébastien Ogier. ^[20] With those two drivers being rookies to the LMP2 car, the team struggled, ending up ninth in the teams' standings, having finished ninth at Le Mans. ^[21]

2023

Milesi remained with the outfit that had rebranded to the Alpine Elf Team for the 2023 season, this time being partnered by Julien Canal and Matthieu Vaxivière. ^[22] The Frenchman showed his pace by setting the fastest race lap on four occasions, as the lineup overcame a slow start to the season by finishing fourth at Le Mans and second in Monza, leaving the team seventh in the LMP2 standings. ^{[23] [24] [25]}

Alpine factory driver

2024

Ahead of the 2024 WEC season it was announced that Milesi would become part of Alpine's lineup in the Hypercar category, driving an Alpine A424 alongside Paul-Loup Chatin and 2021 teammate Habsburg. ^[26]

In addition, the French driver took part in the ELMS, partnering LMP2 rookie Arthur Leclerc and silver driver Manuel Maldonado. ^[27]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2017	French F4 Championship	FFSA Academy	18	4	2	4	7	118	7th
	Formula Renault NEC	R-ace GP	11	1	0	0	3	97	6th
	Formula Renault Eurocup		5	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2018	Formula Renault Eurocup	R-ace GP	20	2	2	2	4	122.5	7th
	Formula Renault NEC		4	0	1	1	1	0	NC†
	Toyota Racing Series	MTEC Motorsport	15	0	0	0	1	504	11th
2019	Japanese Formula 3 Championship	YTB by Carlin	15	0	0	0	0	13	9th
2020	Super Formula	Buzz Racing with B-Max	3	0	0	0	0	0	21st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	SO24-HAS By Graff	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Team WRT	6	3	1	0	4	151	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Cool Racing	2	0	2	2	0	22	17th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	Racing Team Nederland	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Richard Mille Racing Team	6	0	0	0	0	30	12th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	AT Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	12	17th
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Alpine Elf Team	7	0	0	4	2	83	7th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar	Alpine Endurance Team	2	0	0	0	0	9	9th*
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	TDS Racing	1	0	0	0	0	205	13th*
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Panis Racing by TDS	1	0	0	0	0	10	5th*

^‡ Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results

(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
2017	NOG 1 4	NOG 2 3	NOG 3 4	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 8	MNZ 3 1	PAU 1 11	PAU 2 10	PAU 3 8	SPA 1 DNS	SPA 2 DNS	SPA 3 DNS	MAG 1 3	MAG 2 2	MAG 3 1	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 6	CAT 3 1	LEC 1 6	LEC 2 8	LEC 3 12	7th	118

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup 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	22	23	Pos	Points
2017	R-ace GP	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	PAU 1	PAU 2	MON 1	MON 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 Ret	RBR 1	RBR 2	LEC 1 6	LEC 2 9	SPA 1 23	SPA 2 20	SPA 3 Ret	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 Ret	CAT 3 DNS	NC†	0
2018	R-ace GP	LEC 1 9	LEC 2 12	MNZ 1 7	MNZ 2 19	SIL 1 7	SIL 2 1	MON 1 2	MON 2 1	RBR 1 10	RBR 2 13	SPA 1 10	SPA 2 13	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 12	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 3	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 8	CAT 1 5	CAT 2 10				7th	122.5

^† As Milesi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Toyota Racing 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	13	14	15	DC	Points
2018	MTEC Motorsport	RUA 1 9	RUA 2 7	RUA 3 5	TER 1 13	TER 2 12	TER 3 11	HMP 1 10	HMP 2 Ret	HMP 3 6	TAU 1 11	TAU 2 12	TAU 3 8	MAN 1 12	MAN 2 11	MAN 3 3	11th	504

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2019	YTB by Carlin	SUZ 1 9	SUZ 2 6	AUT 1 10	AUT 2 7	AUT 3 7	OKA 1 4	OKA 2 5	OKA 3 5	SUG 1 Ret	SUG 2 DNS	FUJ 1 WD	FUJ 2 WD	SUG 1	SUG 2	SUG 3	MOT 1 11	MOT 2 4	MOT 3 5	OKA 1 7	OKA 2 9	9th	13

Complete Super Formula results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	DC	Points
2020	Buzz Racing with B-MAX	MOT	OKA	SUG	AUT 15	SUZ 11	SUZ 13	FUJ DNS	21st	0

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship 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	8	Rank	Points
2019–20	SO24-HAS By Graff	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL	FUJ	SHA	BHR	COA	SPA	LMS Ret	BHR	NC†	0
2021	Team WRT	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA 10	ALG 4	MNZ 2	LMS 1	BHR 1	BHR 1			1st	151
2022	Richard Mille Racing Team	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB 12	SPA 8	LMS 6	MNZ 14	FUJ 8	BHR 8			12th	30
2023	Alpine Elf Team	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB 8	ALG 8	SPA 7	LMS 3	MNZ 2	FUJ 5	BHR 7		7th	83
2024	Alpine Endurance Team	Hypercar	Alpine A424	Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6	QAT 7	IMO 13	SPA	LMS	SÃO	COA	FUJ	BHR	9th*	9*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2020	SO24-HAS By Graff	Vincent Capillaire James Allen	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	357	DNF	DNF
2021	Team WRT	Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	363	6th	1st
2022	Richard Mille Racing Team	Sébastien Ogier Lilou Wadoux	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	366	13th	9th
2023	Alpine Elf Team	Julien Canal Matthieu Vaxivière	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	327	12th	4th

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Rank	Points
2021	Racing Team Nederland	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 8†	SEB	WGL	WGL	ELK	LGA	PET	NC†	0†
2024	TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 13	SEB	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	PET	13th*	205*

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2020	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC	SPA	LEC	MNZ DSQ	ALG		NC	0
2021	Cool Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT	RBR	LEC	MNZ	SPA 4	ALG 6	17th	22
2024	Panis VDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 5	LEC	IMO	SPA	MUG	ALG	5th*	10*

^* Season still in progress.

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External links

• Charles Milesi career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson	FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers 2021 With: Robin Frijns & Ferdinand Habsburg	Succeeded by António Félix da Costa Roberto González Will Stevens

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