Evan Giltaire

Evan Giltaire (born 21 November 2006) is a French racing driver who is set to compete in the Super Formula Lights for B-Max Racing Team.

Giltaire was the 2023 French F4 and 2025 Formula Regional Middle East champion. He previously competed in the Formula Regional European Championship for ART Grand Prix.

Career

Karting (2018–2023)

Giltaire began competitively karting in 2018, where he came seventh in the French Championship in his class, and 11th in the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals. Giltaire had his breakout year in karting in 2022, where he won the SKUSA SuperNationals XXV and the IAME Warriors Final in the X30 Senior classes. Giltaire came fourth in the IAME Euro Series in the X30 Senior category, and came fifth in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship.

In 2023, Giltaire combined his French F4 Championship 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 (2023)

After being a finalist of the 2022 Richard Mille Young Talent Academy shootout, 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.

Formula Regional (2023–2025) 2023 After his title winning campaign, Giltaire 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 third out of nine guest drivers in the championship standings. 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 seventh in the drivers championship with 97 points. He finished ninth 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 ART Grand Prix for 2025, contesting the Formula Regional Middle East Championship and the Formula Regional European Championship with the team.

Giltaire clinched the Formula Regional Middle East Championship during race 2 at the Lusail International Circuit 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.

After finishing fifth in his sophomore campaign of FRECA, Giltaire recounted the season as "frustrating", and stated that he aimed to moved to Super Formula Lights in 2026.

Super Formula Lights (2026) In March 2026, Giltaire confirmed his move to Super Formula Lights for the 2026 season, joining B-Max Racing Team.

Karting record

Karting career summary

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 3171st 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 DNF2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship ART Grand Prix 14 3 5 2 8 2641st Formula Regional European Championship 20 1 2 0 5 185 5thMacau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 6th 2026 Super Formula Lights B-Max Racing Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD † 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) 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 IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 MUG1 MUG2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 NC† 0 2024 ART Grand Prix HOC1 HOC2 SPA1 SPA2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HUN1 HUN2 MUG1 MUG2 LEC1 LEC2 IMO1 IMO2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ1 MNZ2 7th 97 2025 ART Grand Prix MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 IMO1 IMO2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 HOC1 HOC2 MNZ1 MNZ2 5th 185 † As Giltaire was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main Race 2024 ART Grand Prix Tatuus F3 T-318 9th 9th DNF 2025 ART Grand Prix Tatuus F3 T-318 3rd 4th 6th

Complete Formula Regional Middle East 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 DC Points 2025 ART Grand Prix YMC11 YMC12 YMC13 YMC21 YMC22 YMC23 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 YMC31 YMC32 YMC33 LUS1 LUS2 LUS31st264

Complete Super Formula Lights 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 Pos Points 2026 B-Max Racing Team FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 AUT1 AUT2 AUT3 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 2nd* 20*