Andrea Guillaume Clement Barlesi (born 15 June 1991, in Bruges) is a Belgian-Italian racing driver who runs under a Belgian racing licence. A Formula Le Mans champion in ELMS, he has finished on the LMP2 podium at Sebring and raced in the World Touring Car Championship.
He is now an airline pilot.
Early career Barlesi has won the French Karting Championship a Europe Kart Championship twice (2007 and 2008). He won Belgium Karting Championship once (2007). In 2009, he was third on the Clio Junior Cup Championship with five podiums.
Professional career Formula Le Mans In 2010, Barlesi joined the Le Mans Series' FLM field with DAMS, winning one race at the Hungaroring. He won the championship with teammate Gary Chalandon, by two points over Steve Zacchia.
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
In 2011, Barlesi entered 4 rounds of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup with OAK Racing. Headlining the Pescarolo 01 crew together with bronze-rated drivers Patrice Lafargue and Frédéric Da Rocha, he secured a podium on his LMP2 debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring, and finished seventh in class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Blancpain Endurance Series In 2011, Barlesi did four rounds of the Blancpain Endurance Series with Gulf Racing running with a Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 for GT3 Pro-Am category. He scored six points on the season finale at Silverstone alongside Fabien Giroix and Frédéric Fatien.
In 2012, alongside his WTCC commitments, Barlesi joined GT racing powerhouse Vita4One Racing for a one-off Blancpain start, aboard a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 at Circuit Paul Ricard.
WTCC In 2012, Barlesi joined the World Touring Car Championship with SUNRED Engineering. Barlesi ran the No. 40 SEAT León as teammate to former Formula One driver Tiago Monteiro and Spanish pair Fernando Monje and Pepe Oriola. He scored a best finish of 13th at the Race of Morocco in Marrakech.
Hiatus and retirement After a sabbatical year, Barlesi returned to motorsport at the 2014 VLN Series and 24 Hours of Nürburgring with Ferrari customer GT Corse by Rinaldi. His last known race appearance is the 2015 24 Hours of Nürburgring, where he drove a BMW M235i Racing for Pixum Team Adrenalin Motorsport.
As of 2019, Barlesi worked as a professional Airbus A320 pilot for EasyJet. In 2023 he joined Air France.
Racing record
Complete 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 Rank Points 2010 DAMS FLM Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 LEC SPA ALG HUN SIL 1st 59
Complete Intercontinental Le Mans Cup results (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 Rank Points 2011 OAK Racing LMP2 OAK Pescarolo 01 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 SEB SPA LMS IMO SIL PET ZHU
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps OAK Racing Frédéric Da Rocha Patrice Lafargue OAK Pescarolo 01-Judd-BMW LMP2 288 25th 7th
Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2012 SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI ITA1 ITA2 30th 0 SUNRED SR León 1.6T ESP1 ESP2 MAR1 MAR2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 AUT1 AUT2 POR1 POR2 BRA1 BRA2 USA1 USA2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2
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