Career
Baldan began car racing in 2002, competing in the Citroen Saxo Cup. [1] After winning the Under-25 title in 2003, Baldan then transitioned to Renault Clio Cup Italia, winning the junior title in 2006 and 2007 before finishing third overall in 2008. [2] The following year, Baldan transitioned to the Abarth 500 trophy, competing in the series until 2012, most notably winning the Italian and European titles in 2010. [3] Baldan then won the 2013 MINI Challenge Italy title, [4] before joining Roma Racing Team for his only season in the Euro V8 Series, [5] taking a lone win at Mugello and five more podiums to secure third in points. [6]
Following that, Baldan spent two years in SEAT León Cup Italy, [7] in which he most notably secured the overall title in 2016 driving for Pit Lane Competizioni. [8] Returning to Pit Lane Competizioni for 2017, Baldan transitioned over to TCR Italy for his second season with the team. [9] Starting off the season with wins at Misano, Monza and Mugello, [10] before scoring a win in each of the three remaining rounds to secure the TCR Italy title. [11] For his title defense the following year, Baldan remained with Pit Lane Competizioni, [12] Baldan took a lone win at Le Castellet and two other podiums before leaving the team with two rounds to go, [13] and ending the year with M1RA. [14] During 2018, Baldan also raced for both teams in select rounds of TCR Europe. [15]
The following year, Baldan moved to GT3 competition by racing in the Italian GT Sprint Championship for Antonelli Motorsport. [16] In his only full-time season in the series, Baldan scored a lone podium in the season-ending race at Monza. [17] Baldan then switched to Dinamic Motorsport to compete in Porsche Carrera Cup Italy in 2020, [18] scoring a lone podium at Mugello as he ended the year eighth in points. [19] During 2020, Baldan also joined Élite Motorsport to make one-off apperances in TCR Europe, [20] TCR Italy and TCR Ibérico. [21] Returning to TCR competition full-time in 2021, Baldan joined Target Competition to compete in TCR Italy, as well as select rounds of the World Touring Car Cup. [22] [23] In his first full season since 2017, Baldan scored podiums in both races at the Misano and Imola rounds en route to a fourth-place points finish. [24] [25]
Switching to TCR Europe full-time for 2022, Baldan joined Hyundai N Team Target, [26] scoring podiums at Algarve and Nürburgring to end the year seventh in points. [27] [28] During 2022, Baldan also returned to TCR Italy, competing in the last two rounds for Élite Motorsport and scoring a lone podium in race one at Vallelunga. [29] In 2023, Baldan joined Aggressive Team Italia for one-off appearances in TCR Europe and the TCR World Tour, [30] [31] before coming back to the former's last three rounds for Comtoyou Racing and scoring four podiums en route to seventh in points. [32]
Returning to TCR Europe and Comtoyou Racing for 2024, [33] Baldan took his maiden series win in race one at Zolder from pole as he ended the year eighth in points. [34] In parallel, Baldan also raced in TCR Italy, [35] taking wins at Pergusa and Imola en route to a third-place points finish. [36] [37] The following year, Baldan remained with Aikoa Racing for a dual campaign in both TCR Europe and TCR Italy. [38] [39] Scoring a best result of fourth twice and finishing 10th in the former's standings, Baldan found more success in the latter, taking wins at Misano and Monza and seven more podiums to secure runner-up honors in points. [40] [41]
Baldan returned to Aikoa Racing to continue competing in TCR Europe the following year. [42]
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