Stefano Comini

Stefano Comini (born 3 February 1990) is a Swiss racing driver.

Career

Karting Comini debuted in karting in 2002, racing mostly in Italian and Swiss championships, taking titles in the Bridgestone Cup Switzerland ICA in 2004 and 2005 respectively.

Early career & Formula Renault Comini began his single-seaters stage of his career in 2006, racing in the Formula Monza 1.2 with Fadini Corse. He won one from seven races that he competed to finish the season on the tenth position.

The following year, Comini moved to the 1.6 category of that series, driving with MG Motorsport. He finished third overall in that year with four wins. He also contested four races of the Formule Renault 2.0 Suisse and two races of the Italian Formula Renault Winter Series.

In 2008, Comini moved to the Italian Formula Renault Championship, racing for Team Dueppì and Motorsport. He finished seventeenth in the series standings. He again competed in four races of the Formule Renault 2.0 Suisse championship and one race in the final round of the season at Monza.

For 2009, Comini had double campaign in both the Italian and Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 championships. He failed to score win in any of the championships, but collected three podiums to finish sixth in Italian Championship and seventh in Swiss Championship. In 2010, he competed his final formula races in the Formula Abarth round at Monza.

Sports and touring car racing After three races in 2009 in VLN Endurance, Comini made his debut in Eurocup Mégane Trophy for Oregon Team. He won three from thirteen races, finishing season third behind Nick Catsburg and Pierre Thiriet.

Comini remained in the series for Eurocup Mégane Trophy with the same team. He dominated the season, winning all but three races of the season.

For 2012, Comini moved to the Italian Renault Clio Cup, competing for Composit Motorsport. He achieved five wins to grab the championship title after the first attempt.

In 2013, Comini raced in the Renault Clio Cup Bohemia. He scored four wins at Hockenheim, Nürburgring and Brno, but finished just fifth in the series standings.

In 2014, Comini joined SEAT León Eurocup with Target Competition. He bookended the season with wins at Nürburgring and Barcelona, also he won a reverse-grid race at Silverstone, tying-up with Julien Briché with 58 points.

In 2015, Comini would take part in the new-for-2015 TCR International Series, joining Target Competition.

Racing record

Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2006 Formula Monza 1.2 Fadini corse 7 1 1 0 1 92 10th 2007 Formula Monza 1.6 MG Motorsport 12 4 2 3 6 69 3rd Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 6 19th Formule Renault 2.0 Suisse Pietro Comini 4 0 0 0 1 38 17th 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Dueppì 14 0 0 0 0 47 17th Motorsport Formule Renault 2.0 Suisse Motorsport 4 1 0 0 1 49 13th Formula 2000 Light Dueppì 3 0 0 0 2 62 16th Formula 2000 Light Italy Opening Series 2 0 0 0 2 N/A NC 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Motorsport 14 1 2 1 2 167 8th Formule Renault 2.0 Suisse 10 6 8 8 9 230 2nd VLN Endurance Swiss Gentle team 3 1 0 0 1 13.75 414th 2010 Eurocup Mégane Trophy Oregon Team 14 3 4 3 7 107 3rd Formula Abarth MG Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 24H Series - SP3 Gentle Swiss Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th 2011 Eurocup Mégane Trophy Oregon Team 14 11 12 7 12 305 1st 2012 Renault Clio Cup Italy Composit Motorsport 10 5 3 6 6 133 1st Eurocup Mégane Trophy Team Lompech Sport 4 0 0 0 2 36 11th Blancpain Super Trofeo - Pro-Am Bonaldi Motorsport 2 2 0 0 2 30 9th Porsche Carrera Cup Italy Antonelli Motorsport 2 0 0 0 1 16 11th Porsche Supercup 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC† 2013 Renault Clio Cup Bohemia Target Competition 13 4 3 4 6 192 5th Renault Clio Cup Italy 2 1 0 1 1 N/A NC† Eurocup Mégane Trophy Team Lompech Sport 2 1 0 0 2 N/A NC† 2014 SEAT León Eurocup Target Competition 12 3 1 2 4 56 4th Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 0 8 18th 2015 TCR International Series Target Competition 22 6 1 2 11 342 1st 2016 TCR International Series Leopard Racing 22 3 1 4 10 267.5 1st TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship Team WRT 3 2 0 1 2 111 13th 2017 TCR International Series Comtoyou Racing 20 3 1 3 8 196 3rd TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship 6 2 0 0 2 138 12th TCR Italian Touring Car Championship Top Run Motorsport 4 0 0 1 1 24 13th 2018 TCR Europe Series Race Republic 2 0 0 0 0 41 12th Autodis Racing by THX 10 0 0 0 0 TCR Benelux Series 8 2 0 0 5 108 5th † As Comini was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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 21 22 DC Points 2015 Target Competition SEAT León Cup Racer SEP1 SEP2 SHA1 SHA2 VAL1 VAL2 ALG1 ALG2 MNZ1 MNZ2 SAL1 SAL2 SOC1 SOC2 RBR1 RBR2 MRN1 MRN2 CHA1 CHA2 MAC1 MAC2 1st 342 2016 Leopard Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR BHR1 BHR2 EST1 EST2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 SAL1 SAL2 OSC1 OSC2 SOC1 SOC2 CHA1 CHA2 MRN1 MRN2 SEP1 SEP2 MAC1 MAC2 1st 267.5 2017 Comtoyou Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR RIM1 RIM2 BHR1 BHR2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 SAL1 SAL2 HUN1 HUN2 OSC1 OSC2 CHA1 CHA2 ZHE1 ZHE2 DUB1 DUB2 3rd 196

Complete TCR Europe 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 2018 Race Republic Subaru WRX STI TCR LEC1 LEC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 12th 41 Autodis Racing by THX Honda Civic Type R TCR SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 ASS1 ASS2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2