🇮🇪 Charlie Eastwood

Charlie Eastwood is a professional endurance racing driver rated 4,682, placing him in the professional tier; this represents a driver who competes at the sharp end of the strongest sportscar and GT fields. Graded FIA Gold, Eastwood is a full professional in GT and endurance racing. His career spans ten seasons from 2014 to 2026, comprising 124 starts across six series, with nine wins and 22 podiums. He has primarily raced in Europe's premier endurance platforms: the European Le Mans Series, where he has taken five wins; the WEC, where he holds two victories; and the Asian Le Mans Series, with one win. His record in the IMSA WeatherTech series and GT World Challenge Europe yielded no podiums, indicating varying competitiveness across different grids. Eastwood won a championship in 2025.[1]

Against his most frequent rivals, Eastwood holds a mixed record that reflects the calibre of fields he inhabits. He has raced 41 times against Alessio Rovera, a Platinum-graded two-time champion rated 5,039, finishing ahead 16 times but behind 25; similarly, in 41 shared races with Simon Mann, a Silver-graded driver rated 4,840, he leads 18 to 23. Against Riccardo Rigon, a Platinum graded one-time champion rated 3,944, Eastwood finished ahead 20 times versus 16 behind across 36 races. These head-to-head records show Eastwood typically finishing behind drivers rated above him in close competition, a pattern consistent with his professional tier. His average classified finish stands at 10.9, reflecting consistent but not dominant performance in professional fields. Notably, he has occasionally finished ahead of drivers operating at much higher levels: he beat George Russell, a Platinum-graded three-time champion and elite professional, once; similarly he has single victories over elite professionals Alex Palou and Franco Colapinto. Most recently in 2026, Eastwood has combined wins and podiums in the WEC with victories in the ELMS.[2]