# Macéo Capietto

Macéo Capietto (born 12 January 2006) is a French racing driver is competing in the 2024 European Le Mans Series with Iron Lynx-Proton in the LMP2 class.

## 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.

## Career
### Karting

Following in the footsteps of his father, Capietto started competing in karting from a very young age. After spending three seasons in Minikart in which he became the regional Île-de-France champion, he moved onto the international scene in 2018 and was briefly coached by Anthoine Hubert. He came runner-up to Esteban Masson in the 2019 French Junior Karting Championship, and in his last year of karting, driving for Giorgio Pantano's team, was a podium finisher in the WSK Euro Series, and the 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 three more wins across the season but never actually leading the championship, Capietto entered the season finale only four points behind title rival Esteban Masson. The pair ended up coming together in controversial fashion in the final race: pole-sitting Masson remained in the lead of the race and the standings until the last lap, when Capietto, in a last-gasp attempt at an overtake, collided with Masson, putting him 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 the title. He ended up 3rd in the standings, behind champion Masson and Hugh Barter.
In late 2021 Capietto also made two appearances in the Italian F4 Championship with his father's Prema Powerteam. He scored two points in the final round of the season at Monza.

### Formula Regional
#### 2022

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.

#### 2023

Capietto switched to Race Performance Motorsport for the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship.

### European Le Mans Series

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.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2013 | Challenge Rotax Max France — Mini Kart | | 25th |
| 2014 | Coupe de France — Mini Kart | | NC |
| 2014 | Championnat Regional Île-de-France — Mini Kart | | 10th |
| 2015 | Trophée Interclub — Mini Kart | | 4th |
| 2015 | Coupe de France — Mini Kart | | 3rd |
| 2015 | Championnat de France — Mini Kart | | 4th |
| 2016 | Championnat de France — Minime | | 14th |
| 2016 | Coupe de France — Minime | | 4th |
| 2017 | Coupe de France — Cadet | | 5th |
| 2017 | Championnat de France — Cadet | | 12th |
| 2017 | National Series Karting — Cadet | | 8th |
| 2018 | WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 86th |
| 2018 | Championnat de France — Junior | | 7th |
| 2018 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 71st |
| 2018 | CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 53rd |
| 2018 | WSK Final Cup — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 30th |
| 2019 | Coupe de France — OKJ | | 16th |
| 2019 | Championnat de France — Junior | | 2nd |
| 2019 | Championnat de France — Nationale | | 9th |
| 2019 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 18th |
| 2019 | CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 25th |
| 2020 | South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | Pantano Team | 22nd |
| 2020 | WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | Pantano Team | 18th |
| 2020 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | Pantano Team | 50th |
| 2020 | WSK Euro Series — OKJ | Kosmic Racing Departement | 12th |
| 2020 | CIK-FIA Academy Trophy | Capietto, Guillaume | 2nd |
| 2020 | Champions of the Future — OKJ | | 40th |
| 2020 | CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | Kosmic Racing Departement | 6th |
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### Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
| 2018 | KR Motorsport Srl | OKJ | SAR QH 74 | SAR R DNQ | PFI QH 55 | PFI R DNQ | AMP QH 58 | AMP R DNQ | LEM QH 52 | LEM R DNQ | 71st | 0 |
| 2019 | KR Motorsport Srl | OKJ | ANG QH 9 | ANG R NR | GEN QH 7 | GEN R 7 | KRI QH 46 | KRI R DNQ | LEM QH 38 | LEM R DNQ | 18th | 15 |
| 2020 | Pantano Team | OKJ | ZUE QH 43 | ZUE R DNQ | SAR QH 38 | SAR R DNQ | WAC QH WD | WAC R WD | | | 50th | 0 |

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2021 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 19 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 203 | 3rd |
| 2021 | Italian F4 Championship | Prema Powerteam | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30th |
| 2022 | Formula Regional European Championship | Monolite Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22nd |
| 2023 | Formula Regional European Championship | RPM | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 8th |
| 2024 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Iron Lynx - Proton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 8th |
| 2024 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | Proton Competition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
* 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 |
| 2021 | NOG 1 DNS | NOG 2 8 | NOG 3 2 | MAG1 1 1 | MAG1 2 13 | MAG1 3 3 | HUN 1 2 | HUN 2 8 | HUN 3 1 | LÉD 1 1 | LÉD 2 7 | LÉD 3 2 | MNZ 1 2 | MNZ 2 2 | MNZ 3 C | LEC 1 1 | LEC 2 5 | LEC 3 4 | MAG2 1 DSQ | MAG2 2 DSQ | MAG2 3 DSQ | 3rd | 203 |

### Complete Italian F4 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 | 21 | DC | Points |
| 2021 | Prema Powerteam | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | MIS 3 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | VLL 3 | IMO 1 17 | IMO 2 Ret | IMO 3 13 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MUG 3 | MNZ 1 30† | MNZ 2 14 | MNZ 3 9 | 32nd | 2 |

### 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 |
| 2022 | Monolite Racing | MNZ 1 12 | MNZ 2 10 | IMO 1 13 | IMO 2 9 | MCO 1 13 | MCO 2 Ret | LEC 1 26 | LEC 2 Ret | ZAN 1 16 | ZAN 2 9 | HUN 1 26 | HUN 2 10 | SPA 1 19 | SPA 2 16 | RBR 1 16 | RBR 2 28 | CAT 1 23 | CAT 2 20 | MUG 1 7 | MUG 2 18 | 22nd | 12 |
| 2023 | RPM | IMO 1 Ret | IMO 2 9 | CAT 1 5 | CAT 2 7 | HUN 1 10 | HUN 2 3 | SPA 1 6 | SPA 2 8 | MUG 1 8 | MUG 2 6 | LEC 1 21 | LEC 2 10 | RBR 1 8 | RBR 2 13 | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 12 | ZAN 1 10 | ZAN 2 13 | HOC 1 7 | HOC 2 10 | 8th | 77 |

### 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 Ret | LEC 9 | IMO Ret | SPA 7 | MUG 1 | ALG | 9th* | 34* |
$^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2024 | Proton Competition | Jonas Ried Bent Viscaal | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 86 | DNF | DNF |