Evan Giltaire

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Evan Giltaire
Giltaire in 2024
NationalityFrance French
Born (2006-11-21) 21 November 2006 (age 18)
Senlis, France
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2023
Current teamART Grand Prix
Car number95
Starts24 (24 entries)
Wins1
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish7th in 2024
Previous series
2023French F4 Championship
Championship titles
2023French F4 Championship

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]

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.[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

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][2]

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.[6]

2024

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.[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

Karting career summary

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 SeriesOKJ 48th
WSK Euro SeriesOKJ 57th
National Series Karting — Nationale 21st
CIK-FIA Karting European ChampionshipOKJ Sodikart 30th
CIK-FIA Karting World ChampionshipOKJ 17th
WSK Open Cup — OKJ 65th
2020 25° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ Sodikart 13th
WSK Super Master SeriesOKJ 27th
Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy — Junior 34th
2021 WSK Champions CupOK VDK Racing 26th
WSK Super Master SeriesOK 42nd
WSK Euro SeriesOK 28th
IAME Euro Series — X30 Senior 31st
Champions of the Future - Euro Series — OK 17th
CIK-FIA Karting European ChampionshipOK 6th
CIK-FIA Karting World ChampionshipOK 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 ChampionshipOK 5th
CIK-FIA Karting World ChampionshipOK 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

Racing career summary

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

(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

(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

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2024 France ART Grand Prix Tatuus F3 T-318 9th 9th DNF

References

  1. ^ a b "Evan Giltaire rejoint ART Grand Prix pour cette nouvelle saison de FRECA!". 27 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "F4 Academy: Evan Giltaire the 2023 French F4 Champion".
  3. ^ "French Championship - Cadet 2018 standings | Driver Database". legacy.driverdb.com.
  4. ^ https://legacy.driverdb.com/drivers/evan-giltaire/
  5. ^ "EKN Trackside: Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 25 – SuperSunday Report". www.superkartsusa.com.
  6. ^ a b Wood, Ida (4 January 2023). "Evan Giltaire to combine karting with French F4 in 2023".
  7. ^ Series, Feeder (30 December 2022). "The 7 karting stars of 2022 who could be F1's future".
  8. ^ "Giltaire Evan".
  9. ^ "F4 France: after an outstanding 2022, 2023 promises to be even more sparkling". FFSA Academy. 8 February 2023.
  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.