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. In 2018, he moved onto the international scene where he was 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 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
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 SeasonSeriesTeamPosition2013Challenge Rotax Max France — Mini Kart25th2014Coupe de France — Mini KartNCChampionnat Regional Île-de-France — Mini Kart10th2015Trophée Interclub — Mini Kart4thCoupe de France — Mini Kart3rdChampionnat de France — Mini Kart4th2016Championnat de France — Minime14thCoupe de France — Minime4th2017Coupe de France — Cadet5thChampionnat de France — Cadet12thNational Series Karting — Cadet8th2018WSK Super Master Series — OKJKR Motorsport86thChampionnat de France — Junior7thCIK-FIA European Championship — OKJKR Motorsport71stCIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ53rdWSK Final Cup — OKJ30th2019Coupe de France — OKJ16thChampionnat de France — Junior2ndChampionnat de France — Nationale9thCIK-FIA European Championship — OKJKR Motorsport18thCIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ25th2020South Garda Winter Cup — OKJPantano Team22ndWSK Super Master Series — OKJ18thCIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ50thWSK Euro Series — OKJKosmic Racing Departement12thCIK-FIA Academy TrophyCapietto, Guillaume2ndChampions of the Future — OKJ40thCIK-FIA World Championship — OKJKosmic Racing Departement6thSources:
Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeamClass12345678DCPoints2018KR Motorsport SrlOKJSARQHSARRPFIQHPFIRAMPQHAMPRLEMQHLEMR 71st 02019KR Motorsport SrlOKJANGQHANGRGENQHGENRKRIQHKRIRLEMQHLEMR 18th 15 2020 Pantano Team OKJZUEQHZUERSARQHSARRWACQHWACR 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 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 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Proton Competition 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2025 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Iron Lynx - Proton 6 0 1 1 0 35 9th24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th Formula Regional European Championship CL Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 32ndRPM 2 0 0 0 02026Porsche Carrera Cup FranceMartinet by Alméras 6 1 0 1 4 108* 2nd*European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-AmDKR Engineering 2 0 0 0 0 6* 15th*Porsche Carrera Cup AsiaBWT Shanghai Yongda 3 0 0 0 2 N/A NC * 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 2021NOG1NOG2NOG3MAG11MAG12MAG13HUN1HUN2HUN3LÉD1LÉD2LÉD3MNZ1MNZ2MNZ3LEC1LEC2LEC3MAG21MAG22MAG233rd
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 Pos. Points2021Prema PowerteamLEC1LEC2LEC3MIS1MIS2MIS3VLL1VLL2VLL3IMO1IMO2IMO3RBR1RBR2RBR3MUG1MUG2MUG3MNZ1MNZ2MNZ3 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 Pos. Points 2022 Monolite RacingMNZ1MNZ2IMO1IMO2MCO1MCO2LEC1LEC2ZAN1ZAN2HUN1HUN2SPA1SPA2RBR1RBR2CAT1CAT2MUG1MUG2 22nd 12 2023 RPMIMO1IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 MUG1 MUG2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 8th 77 2025 CL Motorsport MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 IMO1 IMO2 RBR1 RBR2 32nd 0 RPM CAT1 CAT2 HOC1 HOC2 MNZ1 MNZ2
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* 6*
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
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