Comtoyou Racing

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Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Comtoyou Racing
Comtoyou Racing Logo.jpg
Founded2014
Team principal(s)Jean-Michel Baert
Current series GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
Former series TCR Europe Touring Car Series
World Touring Car Cup
TCR International Series
Fun Cup
ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship
Current drivers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nicolas Baert
Website http://www.comtoyouracing.com/
JNVS Sprl
Company type Sprl
Industry Automotive industry
FoundedOctober 15, 2015;8 years ago (2015-10-15) in Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Belgium
FounderJean-Michel Baert
Sylvie Mulliez
HeadquartersChaussée de Bruxelles 463, ,
Decrease2.svg € -1.393.206 [1]  (2017)
Decrease2.svg € -1.701.984 (2017)
Total assets Increase2.svg € 1.184.585 (2017)
Total equity Steady2.svg € 350.000 (2017)
Number of employees
 (2017)

JNVS Sprl, competing as Comtoyou Racing, is a Belgian auto racing team based in Waterloo, Belgium. Upon its creation the team raced in the Fun Cup. The team has also previously raced in the TCR International Series in 2017. [2] Between 2018 and 2023 Comtoyou Racing represented Audi Sport in the World Touring Car Cup. From 2024 on the team will race Aston Martin cars in various GT3 and GT4 championships.

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Racing History

2014–16: Fun Cup

Having first entered the championship in 2014. The team raced in the series for many seasons with four or five cars. Having taken many great results, the team kept entering the series for many years. However, the team have never won the championship as of 2016.

2017–2023: Audi Sport representation in TCR and GT Racing

Audi RS3 LMS from Comtoyou Racing at Spa-Francorchamps AUDIRS3LMS.jpg
Audi RS3 LMS from Comtoyou Racing at Spa-Francorchamps

After having raced in the Fun Cup, the team entered the 2017 TCR International Series with 2-time series' champion Stefano Comini driving an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR. [2]
Comini took the team's first podium position in the series, in the opening round held in Georgia. [3] They finished the season with a 3rd place for Stefano Comini scoring a further 3 race wins.

Comtoyou Racing stepped up to the WTCR in 2018 after the TCR International Series was folded. The team ran 4 Audi RS3 LMSs in partnership with Audi Sport. They won 1 race in Macau with Belgian Audi factory driver Frédéric Vervisch. They continued to enter Audi RS3 LMS cars between 2019 and 2022 earning several wins and multiple podiums. The team's best result came in 2021 where they ended runner-up in both the Drivers' and Teams' championship. Aside from The WTCR Comtoyou Racing also ran in the TCR Europe Touring Car Series between 2018 and 2023, running similar Audi RS3 LMS cars. They won the Drivers' and Teams' title in 2020, 2022 and 2023.

Audi R8 LMS GT3 #12 from Comtoyou Racing at the 2023 24 Hours of Spa AUDIR8LMSGT3COMTOYOURACING.jpg
Audi R8 LMS GT3 #12 from Comtoyou Racing at the 2023 24 Hours of Spa

In 2023 Comtoyou racing announced their intention to race GT3 machinery. Given their close relationship with Audi Sport the team decided to purchase and enter several Audi R8 LMS Evo IIs in the GT World Challenge Europe. They decided to contest both the Sprint and Endurance cups. In their first race at Monza the team won in both the Gold & Silver Cup classes. At the end of the season the team won both the Drivers' and Teams' titles in the Gold Cup of the 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. However, due to the decision of Audi Sport to end their factory backing in GT3 racing, Comtoyou decided to part ways with Audi at the end of the 2023 season.

2024–present: Switch to Aston Martin

An Aston Martin Vantage GT3 from Comtoyou Racing during the 2024 24 Hours of Spa COMTOYOURACING11SPA242024.jpg
An Aston Martin Vantage GT3 from Comtoyou Racing during the 2024 24 Hours of Spa

On September 30 2023, it was announced that Comtoyou Racing would form a new partnership with Aston Martin Racing. The team will enter several of the updated version of the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 as well as the GT4 cars in various championship under the name of AMR Comtoyou Racing, receiving factory support. [4] On June 30 2024 Comtoyou Racing won the 2024 24 Hours of Spa with the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 #007 driven by Mattia Drudi, Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim. The car was on route to second when it inherited the lead less than 1 hour from the finish when the leading Ferrari was blocked in the pitlane by a stranded car. This victory marked Comtoyou Racing's first major victory as well as Aston martin's first win in the Spa 24 Hours since 1948.

Racing record

Notable Victories

Main Championship titles

Timeline

Current series
Fun Cup 2014–present
TCR Europe Touring Car Series 2018–present
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 2023–present
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 2023–present
International GT Open 2024–present
Former Series
TCR International Series 2017
World Touring Car Cup 2018–2022
ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship 2019, 2022
TCR World Tour 2023

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References

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