Aurélien Comte (born 11 September 1988) is a French racing driver currently competing in the
TCR International Series
The TCR International Series was an international touring car championship. The championship was promoted by World Sporting Consulting (WSC), founded by former World Touring Car Championship manager Marcello Lotti. It was marketed as a cost-eff ...
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.
Racing career
Comte began his career in 2005 in
Karting
Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on f ...
, 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. 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. 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.
In November 2017 it was announced that he would race in the
TCR International Series
The TCR International Series was an international touring car championship. The championship was promoted by World Sporting Consulting (WSC), founded by former World Touring Car Championship manager Marcello Lotti. It was marketed as a cost-eff ...
, driving an
Opel Astra TCR for his TCR BeNeLux team
DG Sport Compétition.
Racing record
Complete TCR International Series results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete World Touring Car Cup results
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† 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
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
TCR Spa 500 results
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
TCR International Series drivers
French racing drivers
Racing drivers from Paris