| Evan Giltaire | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 8 (8 entries) |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
Evan Giltaire (born 21 November 2006) is a French racing driver who is currently competing in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship for ART Grand Prix. [1] He is the winner of the 2023 French F4 Championship. [2]
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. [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]
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. [9] [10]
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. [11]
For 2024, Giltaire moved up to the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship full-time for ART Grand Prix. [12]
| 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 — OK Junior | 65th | ||
| 2020 | 25° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | Sodikart | 13th |
| WSK Super Master Series — OK Junior | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43* | 5th |
(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 |
(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 | ZAN 2 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | 2nd* | 33* |
† As Giltaire was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
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