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Charles Milesi
Milesi in 2023
NationalityFrance French
Born (2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 23)
Chaumont-la-Ville, France
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2019–20
Current teamAlpine Endurance Team
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number36
Former teamsSO24-HAS by Graff, Team WRT
Starts28
Wins3
Podiums6
Poles1
Fastest laps5
Best finish1st (LMP2) in 2021
Previous series
2020–2024
2020
2019

2017-2018
2017		European Le Mans Series
Super Formula
Japanese Formula 3 Championship
Formula Renault Eurocup
French F4 Championship

Charles Milesi (born 4 March 2001) is a French racing driver who currently competes in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship for Alpine. He is the son of Patrice Milesi who is also a racing driver.

Career

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Early career

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After success in karting, Milesi's driving career began in 2017 in Formula Renault. For two years, he competed in various series of this racing formula. In 2018, he reached seventh place in the Formula Renault Eurocup.[1]

In 2019, at the end of the 8 Hours of Bahrain, a WEC rookie test was organized on the same circuit. Milesi thus had the opportunity to make his first laps in the hands of a prototype for the Dutch team Racing Team Nederland.[2]

In 2020, following the withdrawal of Alexandre Cougnaud and a positive test at the end of the 2020 Castellet 240 with Graff Racing, Milesi had the opportunity to join this same team in order to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the hands of an Oreca 07 in the LMP2 category with Vincent Capillaire and James Allen as co-drivers.[3][4] Unfortunately, in their first participation, Milesi could not see the checkered flag after going off the track in the last hour of the race when Allen was at the wheel. With this first experience in the hands of an LMP2 and following the withdrawal of the Mexican driver Memo Rojas,[5] Milesi had the opportunity to join the American team DragonSpeed in order to participate in the 4 Hours of Monza.[6] This race went in the best possible way because the car finished in 3rd position. Unfortunately, a problem with the height of the non-compliant diffuser, the car was disqualified at the end of the race.[7] Milesi then finished his year by taking part in the final of the Michelin Le Mans Cup with the CD Sport team in the hands of a Ligier JS P320.[8]

Milesi also competed in the Super Formula Championship in the back end of 2020, racing for Buzz Racing with B-MAX.[9]

Endurance racing

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2021

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In 2021, Milesi started his season participating in the 24 Hours of Daytona with the Dutch team Racing Team Nederland in the hands of an Oreca 07 in the LMP2 category with Dutch drivers Giedo van der Garde, Frits van Eerd [nl] and Job van Uitert as teammates.[10] That year, the Frenchman's main campaign would lie in the FIA World Endurance Championship, where he partnered Robin Frijns and Ferdinand Habsburg at newcomers Team WRT.[11] Having started the season slowly with tenth and fourth at Spa-Francorchamps and Portimão respectively, the team would bounce back with a maiden podium at the 6 Hours of Monza, where, despite being categorized as a silver driver amongst a slew of platinum and gold drivers, Milesi scored pole position in the LMP2 class.[12][13] Encouraged by the result, the outfit performed strongly during the 24 Hours of Le Mans, leading into Sunday afternoon before encountering issues that meant that the sister WRT car looked to be on course to win the race.[14] However, due to an car failure, the No. 41 WRT stopped on the final lap, meaning that Milesi, Frijns and Habsburg were able to take the lead and win the race, finishing less than a second ahead of the Nr. 28 Jota car.[15] Another win followed at the 6 Hours of Bahrain, which put the team into the championship lead,[16] before Milesi and his teammates were able to claim the LMP2 world title one week later at the 8 Hours of Bahrain.[17][18]

Near the end of the year, Milesi also competed in two rounds of the European Le Mans Series with Cool Racing, where he scored back-to-back pole positions.[19]

2022

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The following year, Milesi would remain in the WEC, moving to the Richard Mille Racing Team to drive alongside Lilou Wadoux and Sébastien Ogier.[20] With those two drivers being rookies to the LMP2 car, the team struggled, ending up ninth in the teams' standings, having finished ninth at Le Mans.[21]

2023

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Milesi remained with the outfit that had rebranded to the Alpine Elf Team for the 2023 season, this time being partnered by Julien Canal and Matthieu Vaxivière.[22] The Frenchman showed his pace by setting the fastest race lap on four occasions, as the lineup overcame a slow start to the season by finishing fourth at Le Mans and second in Monza, leaving the team seventh in the LMP2 standings.[23][24][25]

Alpine factory driver

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2024

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The #35 Alpine A424 at the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans

Ahead of the 2024 WEC season it was announced that Milesi would become part of Alpine's lineup in the Hypercar category, driving an Alpine A424 alongside Paul-Loup Chatin and 2021 teammate Habsburg.[26]

In addition, the French driver took part in the ELMS, partnering LMP2 rookie Arthur Leclerc and silver driver Manuel Maldonado.[27] After a pair of points finishes to start off the year, Milesi took pole in a competitive qualifying session at Imola.[28]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2017 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 18 4 2 4 7 118 7th
Formula Renault NEC R-ace GP 11 1 0 0 3 97 6th
Formula Renault Eurocup 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup R-ace GP 20 2 2 2 4 122.5 7th
Formula Renault NEC 4 0 1 1 1 0 NC†
Toyota Racing Series MTEC Motorsport 15 0 0 0 1 504 11th
2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship YTB by Carlin 15 0 0 0 0 13 9th
2020 Super Formula Buzz Racing with B-Max 3 0 0 0 0 0 21st
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 SO24-HAS By Graff 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 DragonSpeed USA 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Team WRT 6 3 1 0 4 151 1st
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Cool Racing 2 0 2 2 0 22 17th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 Racing Team Nederland 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Richard Mille Racing Team 6 0 0 0 0 30 12th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 AT Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 12 17th
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Alpine Elf Team 7 0 0 4 2 83 7th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Alpine Endurance Team 8 0 0 1 0 30 17th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Panis Racing by TDS 6 1 2 1 1 61 4th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 TDS Racing 1 0 0 0 0 205 57th

‡ Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

Complete French F4 Championship results

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(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
2017 NOG
1
4 		NOG
2
3 		NOG
3
4 		MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
8 		MNZ
3
1 		PAU
1
11 		PAU
2
10 		PAU
3
8 		SPA
1
DNS 		SPA
2
DNS 		SPA
3
DNS 		MAG
1
3 		MAG
2
2 		MAG
3
1 		CAT
1
1 		CAT
2
6 		CAT
3
1 		LEC
1
6 		LEC
2
8 		LEC
3
12 		7th 118

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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(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 21 22 23 Pos Points
2017 R-ace GP MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		PAU
1 		PAU
2 		MON
1 		MON
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		HUN
3 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
Ret 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		LEC
1
6 		LEC
2
9 		SPA
1
23 		SPA
2
20 		SPA
3
Ret 		CAT
1
9 		CAT
2
Ret 		CAT
3
DNS 		NC† 0
2018 R-ace GP LEC
1
9 		LEC
2
12 		MNZ
1
7 		MNZ
2
19 		SIL
1
7 		SIL
2
1 		MON
1
2 		MON
2
1 		RBR
1
10 		RBR
2
13 		SPA
1
10 		SPA
2
13 		HUN
1
9 		HUN
2
12 		NÜR
1
7 		NÜR
2
3 		HOC
1
10 		HOC
2
8 		CAT
1
5 		CAT
2
10 		7th 122.5

† As Milesi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

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(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 DC Points
2018 MTEC Motorsport RUA
1
9 		RUA
2
7 		RUA
3
5 		TER
1
13 		TER
2
12 		TER
3
11 		HMP
1
10 		HMP
2
Ret 		HMP
3
6 		TAU
1
11 		TAU
2
12 		TAU
3
8 		MAN
1
12 		MAN
2
11 		MAN
3
3 		11th 504

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results

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(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 19 20 Pos Points
2019 YTB by Carlin SUZ
1
9 		SUZ
2
6 		AUT
1
10 		AUT
2
7 		AUT
3
7 		OKA
1
4 		OKA
2
5 		OKA
3
5 		SUG
1
Ret 		SUG
2
DNS 		FUJ
1
WD 		FUJ
2
WD 		SUG
1 		SUG
2 		SUG
3 		MOT
1
11 		MOT
2
4 		MOT
3
5 		OKA
1
7 		OKA
2
9 		9th 13

Complete Super Formula results

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Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points
2020 Buzz Racing with B-Max Honda MOT OKA SUG AUT
15 		SUZ
11 		SUZ
13 		FUJ
DNS 		21st 0

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2019–20 SO24-HAS By Graff LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS
Ret 		BHR NC† 0
2021 Team WRT LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA
10 		ALG
4 		MNZ
2 		LMS
1 		BHR
1 		BHR
1 		1st 151
2022 Richard Mille Racing Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
12 		SPA
8 		LMS
6 		MNZ
14 		FUJ
8 		BHR
8 		12th 30
2023 Alpine Elf Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
8 		ALG
8 		SPA
7 		LMS
3 		MNZ
2 		FUJ
5 		BHR
7 		7th 83
2024 Alpine Endurance Team Hypercar Alpine A424 Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6 QAT
7 		IMO
13 		SPA
9 		LMS
Ret 		SÃO
12 		COA
5 		FUJ
7 		BHR
9 		17th 30

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2020 France SO24-HAS By Graff France Vincent Capillaire
Australia James Allen 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 357 DNF DNF
2021 Belgium Team WRT Netherlands Robin Frijns
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 363 6th 1st
2022 France Richard Mille Racing Team France Sébastien Ogier
France Lilou Wadoux 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 366 13th 9th
2023 France Alpine Elf Team France Julien Canal
France Matthieu Vaxivière 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 327 12th 4th
2024 France Alpine Endurance Team France Paul-Loup Chatin
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg 		Alpine A424 Hypercar 75 DNF DNF

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2021 Racing Team Nederland LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
8† 		SEB WGL WGL ELK LGA PET NC† 0†
2024 TDS Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
13 		SEB WGL MOS ELK IMS PET 57th 205

† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2020 DragonSpeed USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC SPA LEC MNZ
DSQ 		ALG NC 0
2021 Cool Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT RBR LEC MNZ SPA
4 		ALG
6 		17th 22
2024 Panis VDS Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
5 		LEC
8 		IMO
1 		SPA
6 		MUG
4 		ALG
12 		4th 61

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers
2021
With: Robin Frijns & Ferdinand Habsburg 		Succeeded by


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