Aurélien Comte

Aurélien Comte (born 11 September 1988) is a French racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series and the TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship. Having previously competed in the European Touring Car Cup, SEAT León Supercopa France and Renault Clio Cup France amongst others.

Aurélien Comte
NationalityFrance
Born (1988-09-11) 11 September 1988
Paris, Île-de-France, France
TCR International Series career
Debut season2017
Current teamDG Sport Compétition
Car number27
Starts2
Previous series
2017
2017
2016
2016-17

2014-16
2013
2010-12
2006-08
2005-06		TCR International Series
TCR Europe Trophy
Championnat de France Prototypes
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship
Peugeot RCZ Racing Cup France
European Touring Car Cup
SEAT León Supercopa France
Renault Clio Cup France
Karting
Championship titles
2017
2014-15		TCR Europe Trophy
Peugeot RCZ Racing Cup France

Racing career

Comte began his career in 2005 in Karting, he continued in karting until 2006. In 2006 he switched to the Renault Clio Cup France series, he continued in the series up until 2008 where he finished fourth in the championship standings having finished eighth in 2007. For 2010 he switched to the SEAT León Supercopa France series, finishing sixth in the championship standings in his first year in the series. He continued in the series for 2011, taking a single victory and several podiums on his way to finishing fifth in the standings. 2012 was his last year in the series and he finished it with taking several victories, podiums and pole positions as well as finishing third in the standings. For 2013 he took part in the European Touring Car Cups Single-Makes Trophy class, finishing third in the class standings after several victories in class. In 2014 he switched to the Peugeot RCZ Racing Cup France series, winning the championship after taking eight victories out of thirteen possible. He continued in the series for 2015, again winning the championship. For 2016 he raced in three different championships, like in 2014 and 2015 he raced in the Peugeot RCZ Racing Cup France, however he only took part in one championship round. He also made one-off appearances in the TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship and Championnat de France Prototypes series.

For 2017 he returned full-time to the TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship partnering Kevin Abbring in the Peugeot 308 Racing Cup, with the pair taking several victories and finishing fourth in the standings.[1][2][3] After finishing the 2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship season, he went on to compete in the one-off TCR Europe Trophy event again driving for his TCR BeNeLux team DG Sport Compétition and still driving the Peugeot.[4] Comte went on to finish third in Race and finished second in Race 2, which was won by Gabriele Tarquini. However, since Tarquini was ineligible for points the win went to him and therefore he became the 2017 TCR Europe Trophy champion.[5][6][7]

In November 2017 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving an Opel Astra TCR for his TCR BeNeLux team DG Sport Compétition.[8][9]

Racing record

Complete TCR International 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 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2017 DG Sport Compétition Opel Astra TCR RIM
1
 RIM
2
 BHR
1
 BHR
2
 SPA
1
 SPA
2
 MNZ
1
 MNZ
2
 SAL
1
 SAL
2
 HUN
1
 HUN
2
 OSC
1
 OSC
2
 CHA
1
 CHA
2
 ZHE
1
 ZHE
2
 DUB
1
Ret		 DUB
2
16†		 NC 0

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

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 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2018 DG Sport Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR MAR
1
8		 MAR
2
Ret		 MAR
3
DNS		 HUN
1
17		 HUN
2
16		 HUN
3
13		 GER
1
18		 GER
2
13		 GER
3
15		 NED
1
2		 NED
2
1		 NED
3
7		 POR
1
6		 POR
2
Ret		 POR
3
DNS		 SVK
1
4		 SVK
2
13		 SVK
3
2		 CHN
1
16		 CHN
2
Ret		 CHN
3
16		 WUH
1
5		 WUH
2
2		 WUH
3
Ret		 JPN
1
2		 JPN
2
7		 JPN
3
2		 MAC
1
20		 MAC
2
12		 MAC
3
16		 11th 191
2020 Vuković Motorsport Renault Mégane R.S TCR BEL
1		 BEL
2		 GER
1		 GER
2		 SVK
1
16		 SVK
2
12		 SVK
3
12		 HUN
1
17		 HUN
2
19†		 HUN
3
19		 ESP
1
Ret		 ESP
2
NC		 ESP
3
Ret		 ARA
1
14		 ARA
2
12		 ARA
3
17		 19th 17

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

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 DG Sport Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR HUN
1
7		 HUN
2
Ret		 HOC
1
7		 HOC
2
2		 SPA
1
4		 SPA
2
5		 RBR
1
Ret		 RBR
2
10		 OSC
1
Ret		 OSC
2
13		 CAT
1
19		 CAT
2
15		 MNZ
1
2		 MNZ
2
7		 7th 197

TCR Spa 500 results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2019 DG Sport Compétition Julien Briché
Teddy Clairet		 Peugeot 308 TCR P 449 2nd 2nd

References
  1. Hudson, Neil (19 April 2017). "TCR Benelux entry list confirmed ahead of Spa opener". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. Hudson, Neil (16 July 2017). "Aurélien Comte claims Peugeot's first win in TCR history at Zolder". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. Hudson, Neil (16 July 2017). "Aurélien Comte wins final sprint race of the day at Zolder". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. Hudson, Neil (25 October 2017). "First entries revealed for the inaugural TCR European Trophy". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  5. Hudson, Neil (29 October 2017). "Gabriele Tarquini wins Adria Race 2, Aurélien Comte wins the title". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  6. Hudson, Neil (29 October 2017). "Aurélien Comte celebrates 2017 TCR Europe Trophy title at Adria". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  7. "Aurélien Comte career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  8. "Aurélien Comte confirmed for TCR International Series debut - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  9. "TCR Europe Trophy winner joins DG Sport in Dubai". tcr-series.com. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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