🇫🇷 Julien Falchero

Julien Falchero is a French professional racing driver, FIA Silver graded, who competed across seven seasons from 2015 to 2021. He raced single-seaters in the Formula Renault Eurocup and GP3 Series, took a step into American open-wheel racing with Indy NXT, and finished his career in multiclass endurance racing. His most substantial efforts came in the junior single-seater categories, where he made 23 starts in GP3 for Arden International and 18 starts in Formula Renault for R-ace GP.[1]

Falchero spent his racing career operating in fields that regularly mixed amateur and semi-professional competitors with graded professionals. He finished behind Anthoine Hubert, the 2018 GP3 champion, on most occasions they met in that series, and similarly struggled against Dorian Boccolacci, an established professional with extensive experience across FIA Formula 3 European, GT World Challenge Europe and GP3. His only recorded podium came in the European Le Mans Series, a multiclass endurance championship where he shared an LMP3 prototype. He took a single start in the Le Mans Cup in 2020 and finished 23rd in its championship standings.[2]

Falchero's racing career intersected with genuinely elite talent. He finished ahead of Lando Norris, now a Formula 1 driver, twice during their overlapping seasons, and ahead of David Malukas, an elite professional with extensive IndyCar experience, once in Indy NXT. These results came as a professional competitor stepping up through the ranks, though they remained isolated instances against drivers who would go on to race at substantially higher levels.