Louis Iglesias

Iglesias is the son of Yannick Iglesias, a former karting driver who manages the Brignoles Karting track and the Kart In Pro Competition team.^[1] His uncle Jérémy [fr] is also a karting driver, who has been racing competitively in karts since 1994, most notably winning the 2020 Karting World Championship in the KZ class.^[2] He is a protégé of Formula One driver Charles Leclerc.^[3]

Iglesias began karting in 2013.^[4] Starting out in Mini karts, Iglesias won the Coupe de France and the French Championship in 2017,^[5][6] receiving an invitation to compete in the RMC Grand Finals later that year, which he won in Micro Max.^[7][8] The following year, Iglesias joined Formula E team Venturi Racing's newly-created junior programme,^[9] a year in which he finished third in the National Series Karting's Cadet standings.^[10] After a year for Praga Racing Team in WSK-organized championships in 60 Mini, which yielded a lone pole in the WSK Open Cup,^[11] Iglesias returned to National Series Karting for 2020, once again finishing third in the Cadet points.^[12]

Two years in junior karting then ensued,^[13] in which Iglesias won the National Series Karting,^[14] Coupe de France and French titles in 2022,^[15][16] as well as a shootout to compete in the inaugural Monaco E-Karting Championship's EK2 Junior class the same year.^[17] After racing in the RMC Grand Finals,^[18] it was announced that Iglesias would join CRG Racing Team for his step-up to senior karting the following year.^[19] In his two-year stint with the team, Iglesias finished eighth in the Karting World Championship in his rookie year,^[20] before securing fourth in the Karting European Championship standings in 2024.^[21]

In 2025, Iglesias stepped up to single-seaters, racing in the FFSA Academy centrally-run French F4 Championship with backing from the Winfield Racing School.^[22] Starting off the season with third-place finishes at the Nogaro and Dijon rounds,^[23][24] Iglesias took his maiden pole position for race one at Magny-Cours,^[25] before finishing third in race three.^[26] Iglesias then ended the season with his only win of the season in race one at Le Mans from pole, en route to a sixth-place points finish.^[27]

The following year, Iglesias switched to sportscar racing, joining ANS Motorsport to compete in the LMP3 class of the Le Mans Cup, as a new inductee to the CLX Academy.^[28] At the second round of the season at Le Castellet, Iglesias took a commanding pole and recovered from 18th to third in the race after damage.^[29][30] Although a penalty for overtaking off-track cost him the podium, Iglesias made headlines, having lapped 1.3 seconds faster than any other driver during his stint.^[31] Iglesias stated he was "enjoying" his transition to LMP3, commenting "the downforce, the braking, the weight of the car [...] is on another level" compared to Formula 4.^[32]