Macéo Capietto

Macéo Capietto (born 12 January 2006) is a French racing driver competing in the European Le Mans Series in LMP2 for DKR Engineering.

Early and personal life Born in Montereau and based in Veneux-les-Sablons, Capietto has spent all his life in the Île-de-France, the most populous region of France. He is the son of Prema Racing team manager and former karting driver Guillaume Capietto, and To-Play founder Wanessa Capietto. He now lives in the south of Paris where he studies automotive engineering at ESTACA, whilst pursuing his motorsport career.

Junior racing career

Karting Following in the footsteps of his father, Capietto started competing in karting from a very young age. After spending two seasons in Minikart, in which he came third in the French Cup, he graduated to Minimes where he became the regional Île-de-France champion. He came runner-up to Esteban Masson in the 2019 French Junior Karting Championship, and in his last year of karting, driving for Kosmic Racing, he came sixth in the World Junior Championship having fought for the podium in the early stages and working his way back up the order after a mid-race off track excursion. The same year, he finished runner-up to Connor Zilisch in the Karting Academy Trophy.

Formula 4 In 2021, Capietto joined the French F4 Championship to make his single-seater debut. Despite his inexperience, he achieved his first F4 victory in only his fourth race at the Magny-Cours circuit. Taking four wins across the season and leading the championship entering the last round, ahead of title rival Esteban Masson. Having won the FIA Championship the previous day, Capietto needed to finish ahead of his rival to win the French Championship. After a race long battle between Hugh Barther and Masson, Capietto caught up to the leading group. In a last lap scrap with Barther, Capietto ended up coming together in controversial fashion with Masson: pole-sitting Masson remained in the lead of the race and the standings until the last lap when the pair collided, putting Masson out of the race and provisionally handing Capietto the title. However, following an investigation by the race stewards, Capietto was later disqualified from all results of that weekend and thus stripped of both titles. He ended up third in the standings, behind champion Masson and Hugh Barter, and therefore losing both the super licence points and the championship winning bonus of 100k€.

In late 2021, Capietto also made two appearances in the Italian F4 Championship with Prema Powerteam. He scored two rookie podiums in the final round of the season at Monza climbing more than 50 positions over the three races.

Formula Regional 2022 Capietto racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring. After testing for several teams during the winter, Capietto moved into the Formula Regional European Championship in 2022, partnering Pietro Armanni and Cenyu Han at Monolite Racing. He was the only driver to score points for the team this season, with a best result of seventh in Mugello and a best qualifying of sixth in Spielberg.

2023 Capietto switched to Race Performance Motorsport for the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship. Where he scored a his maiden FRECA podium and finished 8th in the standings.

2025 Capietto was set to return to the Formula Regional European Championship in 2025 with CL Motorsport, for the second and final four rounds of the championship. However, he has since only appeared in the second round, but did return to the series during the eighth round in Barcelona with RPM.

Endurance racing career

2024: ELMS & Le Mans debut For 2024, Capietto competed in the 2024 European Le Mans Series with Iron Lynx-Proton for the LMP2 class. He would be partnered alongside Matteo Cairoli and Jonas Ried. He would take his first win in the series during the 4 Hours of Mugello after storming from sixth to first during the first part of his stint.

In 2024, Capietto participated in his first 24h of Le Mans where he briefly led during the first hour before having to retire at the beginning of the night due to an electrical issue.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Racing record

Racing career summary Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Italian 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)

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2024 Iron Lynx - Proton LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 8th 36 2025 Iron Lynx - Proton LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA SIL ALG 9th 352026 DKR Engineering LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LECIMO SPA SIL ALG 15th* 4*

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2024 Proton Competition Jonas Ried Bent Viscaal Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 86 DNF DNF 2025 Iron Lynx – Proton Reshad de Gerus Jonas Ried Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 365 21st 4th