Evan Giltaire (born 21 November 2006) is a

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racing driver who is set to compete in the

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with

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. He is the 2023 French F4 and 2025 Formula Regional Middle East champion.

Career

Karting

Giltaire began competitively

karting Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motor ...

in 2018, where he came 7th in the French Championship in his class, and 11th in the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals. He had his breakout year in karting in 2022, where the Frenchman won the

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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 The FIA Karting European Championship, officially known as the Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. Alongside the Karting World Championship, it is one ...

. In 2023, he combined his

French F4 Championship French F4 Championship, formerly known as Formula Renault Campus France, Formula Campus, Formul'Academy Euro Series, F4 Eurocup 1.6 is a form of open wheel racing founded in 1993 by Louis Drouet. It is based in France and aims at karting gradua ...

campaign winning year with karting and came third in the IAME Winter Cup in the X30 Senior class. 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.

Formula 4

After being a finalist of the 2022 Richard Mille Young Talent Academy shootout, Giltaire made his

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debut in the 2023 French F4 Championship where he was instantly in the title fight with compatriot,

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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

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he pipped Peugeot to the title by four points.

Formula Regional

2023

After his title winning campaign, the Frenchman would compete in the final two rounds of the

2023 Formula Regional European Championship The 2023 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine was a multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across Europe. The championship featured a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing ...

with

, as a guest driver. Giltaire would have a highest finish of 11th place, achieved at the second race of his debut round at

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. He would place 3rd out of 9 guest drivers in the championship standings.

2024

For 2024, Giltaire moved up to the

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full-time for

. He retired from the first race at the

Hockenheimring The Hockenheimring, officially Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg () is a motor racing circuit situated in the Rhine valley near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Amongst other mot ...

, but won the second race, marking his maiden

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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

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. Giltaire wouldn't get his next points finish until the penultimate race of his campaign at

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with a fifth place. He came 7th in the drivers championship with 97 points. Giltaire competed in the

2024 Macau Grand Prix The 2024 Macau Grand Prix (formally the 71st Macau Grand Prix – FIA FR World Cup) was a motor race for Formula Regional cars held on the streets of Macau on 17 November 2024. The race itself was made up of two races: a ten-lap qualifying race ...

, again with ART. He finished 9th in both qualifying and the qualifying race, but did not finish the main race due to an accident on lap 1.

2025

Giltaire remained with

for 2025, contesting the

Formula Regional Middle East Championship The Formula Regional Middle East Championship is an FIA-certified Formula Regional racing series, started in 2023. This championship races in the Emirati venues from the 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship and Kuwait Motor Town. The promo ...

and the

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with the team. Giltaire clinched the Formula Regional Middle East Championship during race 2 at the

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following a title battle with Freddie Slater. He collected three wins, five pole positions, two fastest lap, eight podiums and 264 points during his title charge.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

† As Giltaire was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) † As Giltaire was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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

External links

Evan Giltaire
career summary at DriverDB.com

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Giltaire, Evan Living people French racing drivers 2006 births Karting World Championship drivers French F4 Championship drivers Formula Regional European Championship drivers ART Grand Prix drivers 21st-century French sportsmen Formula Regional Middle East Championship drivers