Evan Giltaire

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Evan Giltaire
FREC 2024 Mogyorod Evan Giltaire.jpg
Giltaire in 2024
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (2006-11-21) 21 November 2006 (age 18)
Senlis, France
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season 2023
Current team ART Grand Prix
Car number95
Starts24 (24 entries)
Wins1
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish7th in 2024
Previous series
2023 French F4 Championship
Championship titles
2023 French F4 Championship

Evan Giltaire (born 21 November 2006) is a French racing driver who is set to compete in the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship with ART Grand Prix. He is the winner of the 2023 French F4 Championship. [1]

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Career

Karting

Giltaire 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. [2] [3] 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. [4]

In 2023, he combined his French F4 Championship campaign winning karting and came third in the IAME Winter Cup in the X30 Senior class. [5] 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. [6] [7]

Formula 4

Giltaire 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. [8] [1]

Formula Regional

2023

After 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. [5]

2024

Giltaire driving in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship at the Hungaroring FREC 2024 Mogyorod Nr. 95 Giltaire.jpg
Giltaire driving in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship at the Hungaroring

For 2024, Giltaire moved up to the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship full-time for ART Grand Prix. [9] 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. Giltaire 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. [9]

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]

2025

Giltaire remained with ART Grand Prix for 2025, contesting the Formula Regional Middle East Championship and the Formula Regional European Championship with the team. [12]

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2018National Series Karting — Cadet27th
French Championship — Cadet7th
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Mini MaxChristophe Giltaire11th
201924° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ Sodikart69th
48° Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ 21st
WSK Super Master SeriesOKJ 48th
WSK Euro SeriesOKJ 57th
National Series Karting — Nationale21st
CIK-FIA Karting European ChampionshipOKJ Sodikart30th
CIK-FIA Karting World ChampionshipOKJ 17th
WSK Open Cup — OKJ 65th
202025° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ Sodikart13th
WSK Super Master SeriesOKJ 27th
Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy — Junior34th
2021 WSK Champions CupOK VDK Racing26th
WSK Super Master SeriesOK 42nd
WSK Euro SeriesOK 28th
IAME Euro Series — X30 Senior31st
Champions of the Future - Euro Series — OK 17th
CIK-FIA Karting European ChampionshipOK 6th
CIK-FIA Karting World ChampionshipOK 21st
2022IAME Winter Cup — X30 SeniorVDK Racing12th
Kartmasters British Grand Prix — X30 SeniorArgenti Motorsport16th
IAME Euro Series — X30 SeniorVDK Racing4th
CIK-FIA Karting European ChampionshipOK 5th
CIK-FIA Karting World ChampionshipOK 14th
IAME Warriors Final — X30 Senior1st
SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 SeniorKart Republic Motorsport1st
2023IAME Winter Cup — X30 SeniorPB Kart3rd
IAME Euro Series — X30 Senior12th

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2023 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 21688133171st
Formula Regional European Championship ART Grand Prix 400000NC†
2024 Formula Regional European Championship ART Grand Prix 201012977th
Macau Grand Prix 10000N/ADNF
2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship ART Grand Prix 621141101st*
Formula Regional European Championship 000000TBD

† Guest driver ineligible to be classified in the championship.
* Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Year123456789101112131415161718192021PosPoints
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
1st317

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
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
0NC†
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
7th97

† Guest driver ineligible to be classified in the championship.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

YearTeamCarQualifyingQuali RaceMain race
2024 Flag of France.svg ART Grand Prix Tatuus F3 T-318 9th9thDNF

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415DCPoints
2025 ART Grand Prix YMC1
1

3
YMC1
2

7
YMC1
3

2
YMC2
1

1
YMC2
2

DNS
YMC2
3

1
DUB
1
DUB
2
DUB
3
YMC3
1
YMC3
2
YMC3
3
LSL
1
LSL
2
LSL
3
1st*110*

References

  1. 1 2 "F4 Academy: Evan Giltaire the 2023 French F4 Champion".
  2. "French Championship - Cadet 2018 standings | Driver Database". legacy.driverdb.com.
  3. https://legacy.driverdb.com/drivers/evan-giltaire/
  4. "EKN Trackside: Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 25 – SuperSunday Report". www.superkartsusa.com.
  5. 1 2 Wood, Ida (4 January 2023). "Evan Giltaire to combine karting with French F4 in 2023".
  6. Series, Feeder (30 December 2022). "The 7 karting stars of 2022 who could be F1's future".
  7. "Giltaire Evan".
  8. "F4 France: after an outstanding 2022, 2023 promises to be even more sparkling". FFSA Academy. 8 February 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Evan Giltaire rejoint ART Grand Prix pour cette nouvelle saison de FRECA!". 27 January 2024.
  10. "Evan Giltaire completes Macau 2024 line-up". ART Grand Prix. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  11. Wood, Ida (17 November 2024). "Ugochukwu takes FRegional World Cup by winning the Macau GP". Formula Scout. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  12. Allen, Peter (10 January 2025). "Evan Giltaire continues with ART for dual FRegional effort". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 January 2025.