Gilles Magnus

Gilles Magnus (born 30 August 1999) is a Belgian racing driver currently competing in the World Touring Car Cup.

Gilles Magnus
Nationality Belgian
Born (1999-08-30) 30 August 1999
World Touring Car Cup career
Debut season2020
Current teamComtoyou Racing
Car number16
Starts16
Wins0
Poles1
Fastest laps1
Best finish5th in 2020
Previous series
2016
2017 TCR Europe		Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
French F4 Championship
Championship titles
2020WTCR Rookies' championship

Career

Karting

Magnus began karting at the age of eight, claiming numerous titles in his career.[1]

Lower formulae

In 2016, Magnus progressed to single-seaters in the French F4 Championship.[2] There he claimed a victory, a fastest lap and accumulated numerous podiums to finish vice-champion to Ye Yifei.

Formula Renault

In October 2016, Magnus partook in the rookie test at Estoril.[3] In February 2017, he was signed by R-ace GP for the NEC Championship.[4]

FIA Motorsport Games

Magnus won the silver medal at the 2019 FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup representing Team Belgium.[5]

Racing record

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 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 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

References
  1. "Interview with Gilles Magnus, the next Stoffel Vandoorne". 20 November 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. "Gilles Magnus in de F4 Auto Sport Academy (Gilles Magnus in the F4 Auto Sport Academy)". 18 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. "Estoril Rookie test: Zesde tijd voor Gilles Magnus (Estoril Rookie test: Sixth time for Gilles Magnus)". 25 October 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. "Gilles Magnus joins R-ace GP in FR2.0 NEC". February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  5. "Luca Engstler, Rory Butcher on initial Touring Car Cup entry". TouringCarTimes. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Inaugural		 World Touring Car Cup
Rookie Champion
2020		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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