Gilles Magnus

Gilles Magnus
Magnus at the Red Bull Ring in 2023
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1999-08-30) 30 August 1999 (age 25)
World Touring Car Cup career
Debut season	2020
Current team	Comtoyou Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2023) FIA Gold (2024–)
Car number	16
Starts	48
Wins	4
Poles	2
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	5th in 2020, 2022
Previous series
2016 2017 2019	Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup French F4 Championship TCR Europe Touring Car Series
Championship titles
2020 2021	WTCR Rookies' championship WTCR Trophy

Gilles Magnus (born 30 August 1999) is a Belgian racing driver currently competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup. He previously competed in the World Touring Car Cup from 2020 to 2022. He has also been a factory driver for Audi Sport. ^[1] He is the winner of the 2024 Dubai 24 Hour race.

Career

Karting

Magnus began karting at the age of eight, claiming numerous titles in his career. ^[2]

Lower formulae

In 2016, Magnus progressed to single-seaters in the French F4 Championship. ^[3] There he claimed a victory, a fastest lap and accumulated numerous podiums to finish vice-champion to Yifei Ye.

Formula Renault

In October 2016, Magnus partook in the rookie test at Estoril. ^[4] In February 2017, he was signed by R-ace GP for the NEC Championship. ^[5]

FIA Motorsport Games

Magnus won the silver medal at the 2019 FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup representing Team Belgium. ^[6]

Racing record

Career Summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016	French F4 Championship	FFSA Academy	20	1	0	1	13	278	2nd
	V de V Challenge Monoplace	Zig Zag	6	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2017	Formula Renault NEC	R-ace GP	11	0	2	2	1	161	2nd
	Formula Renault Eurocup		3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	V de V Challenge Monoplace		3	2	2	3	2	91	33rd
2018	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	2	0	0	0	0	7.5	20th
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Silver Cup		2	2	2	1	2	35	8th
	GT4 European Series - Silver	Selleslagh Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	1	NC†
2019	TCR Europe Touring Car Series	Comtoyou Racing	14	1	1	1	3	202	6th
	FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup	Team Belgium	2	1	1	0	2	45	2nd
	24H TCE Series - TCR	AC Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2020	World Touring Car Cup	Comtoyou Racing	16	0	1	1	4	172	5th
	24H TCE Series - TCR	AC Motorsport	1	1	0	0	1	30	12th
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Mühlner Motorsport	3	0	0	1	0	4	27th
2021	World Touring Car Cup	Comtoyou Team Audi Sport	16	1	0	0	4	139	10th
2022	World Touring Car Cup	Comtoyou Team Audi Sport	16	3	1	3	4	210	5th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Comtoyou Racing with Saintéloc	8	0	0	0	0	5.5	18th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver Cup		8	1	1	1	1	56.5	6th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Saintéloc Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Saintéloc Junior Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup	Team Belgium	1	0	1	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Comtoyou Racing	10	0	0	0	0	1	21st
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Gold Cup		10	1	4	0	7	98	3rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	4	24th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup		1	0	0	0	0	10	12th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux	August by NGT	2	0	0	0	0	22	21st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Audi Sport Team Car Collection	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
2023-24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Saintéloc Junior Team	5	1	1	0	2	57	4th
	Middle East Trophy - GT3	Eastalent Racing Team	1	1	0	0	1	?	?
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Saintéloc Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	0	1.5	20th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Gold Cup		10	2	1	4	7	109	3rd
2025	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Comtoyou Racing

^† As Magnus was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. ^* 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	22	23	Pos	Points
2016	LEC 1 16	LEC 2 6	LEC 3 6	LEC 4 7	PAU 1 5	PAU 2 2	PAU 3 2	PAU 4 3	LÉD 1 2	LÉD 2 4	LÉD 3 3	LÉD 4 3	MAG 1 3	MAG 2 2	MAG 3 3	MAG 4 2	LMS 1 2	LMS 2 8	LMS 3 1	LMS 4 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	CAT 3	2nd	278

Complete Formula Renault NEC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
2017	R-ace GP	MNZ 1 5	MNZ 2 4	ASS 1 7	ASS 2 2	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 6	SPA 1 14	SPA 2 Ret	SPA 3 18	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 10	2nd	161

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2018	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	Silver	ZOL 1 7	ZOL 2 6	BRH 1	BRH 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	8th	35
2022	Comtoyou Racing with Saintéloc	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	BRH 1 11	BRH 2 18	MAG 1 6	MAG 2 16	ZAN 1 19	ZAN 2 11	MIS 1	MIS 2	VAL 1 12	VAL 2 9	6th	56.5
2023	Comtoyou Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Gold	BRH 1 17	BRH 2 9	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 19	HOC 1 26	HOC 2 15	VAL 1 14	VAL 2 14	ZAN 1 14	ZAN 2 11	3rd	98
2024	Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Gold	BRH 1 13	BRH 2 8	MIS 1 13	MIS 2 13	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 16	MAG 1 14	MAG 2 11	CAT 1 17	CAT 2 13	3rd	109

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2019	Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 2	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 9	SPA 1 1	SPA 2 26†	RBR 1 17	RBR 2 Ret	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 10	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 2	MNZ 1 6	MNZ 2 20	6th	202

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

Year	Entrant	Cup	Race 1	Race 2	Points	Position
2019	Team Belgium	Touring Car	3rd	1st	45	2nd

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2020	Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	BEL 1 10	BEL 2 4	GER 1 7	GER 2 Ret	SVK 1 7	SVK 2 2	SVK 3 3	HUN 1 15	HUN 2 10	HUN 3 14	ESP 1 3	ESP 2 8	ESP 3 5	ARA 1 3	ARA 2 4	ARA 3 9			5th	172
2021	Comtoyou Team Audi Sport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	GER 1 14	GER 2 9	POR 1 8	POR 2 14	ESP 1 6	ESP 2 3	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 9	CZE 1 Ret	CZE 2 9	FRA 1 14	FRA 2 17	ITA 1 7	ITA 2 3	RUS 1 3	RUS 2 Ret			10th	139
2022	Comtoyou Team Audi Sport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	FRA 1 8	FRA 2 Ret	GER 1 C	GER 2 C	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 7	ESP 1 1	ESP 2 14	POR 1 Ret	POR 2 13	ITA 1 3	ITA 2 1	ALS 1 7	ALS 2 5	BHR 1 Ret	BHR 2 Ret	SAU 1 5	SAU 2 1	5th	210

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2023–24	Saintéloc Racing	GT	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	SEP 1 1	SEP 2 2	DUB 1 Ret	ABU 1 10	ABU 2 4	4th	57

References

1. "Bot Verification". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
2. "Interview with Gilles Magnus, the next Stoffel Vandoorne". 20 November 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
3. "Gilles Magnus in de F4 Auto Sport Academy (Gilles Magnus in the F4 Auto Sport Academy)". 18 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
4. "Estoril Rookie test: Zesde tijd voor Gilles Magnus (Estoril Rookie test: Sixth time for Gilles Magnus)". 25 October 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
5. "Gilles Magnus joins R-ace GP in FR2.0 NEC". February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
6. "Luca Engstler, Rory Butcher on initial Touring Car Cup entry". TouringCarTimes. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

External links

• Gilles Magnus career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural	World Touring Car Cup Rookie Champion 2020	Succeeded by Luca Engstler
Preceded by Jean-Karl Vernay	WTCR Trophy Champion 2021	Succeeded by Robert Huff