Nicolas Baert

Nicolas Baert (born 8 August 2001 in Braine-l'Alleud^[1]) is a Belgian racing driver currently competing for Comtoyou Racing in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

Nicolas Baert
Baert in 2025
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 23) Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium
Related to	Jean-Michel Baert (father)
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Championship titles
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold

Early career

Baert made his single-seater debut in 2019, joining MP Motorsport to compete in the F4 Spanish Championship.^[2] In his only year in single-seater competition, Baert scored a best result of fourth twice on his way to seventh in points.^[3][4] During 2019, Baert also represented Belgium in the first edition of the FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup.^[5]

Leaving single-seaters at the end of 2019, Baert joined Comtoyou Racing's three-car lineup to race in TCR Europe for 2020.^[6] Baert took his first pole and win at Zolder to finish third in the overall points and runner-up in the Benelux series.^[7][8] Near the end of 2020, Baert made a wildcard appearance at the Spain round of the World Touring Car Cup.^[9]

Baert remained with Comtoyou Racing for the 2021 TCR Europe season.^[10] Scoring a lone podium in the first round of the season at the Slovakia Ring, Baert finished 7th in points in his sophomore season in the series.^[11]

GT career

Baert at the Oschersleben round of the 2025 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season

Following two races in 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge for Saintéloc Racing,^[12][13] Baert returned to the French team for 2022,^[14] competing in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, driving an Audi R8 LMS Evo II.^[15] In the endurance cup, Baert scored a best result of 12th overall at Hockenheim and finished fifth in the Silver Cup standings.^[16] In the latter, Baert took a best result of sixth at Magny-Cours, which was also his only class win of the season as he finished fifth in the Silver Cup points.^[17]

The following year, Baert returned to fellow Audi team Comtoyou Racing ahead of 2023 for another double programme in both GT World Challenge Europe series.^[18] Racing in the Gold Cup in Endurance Cup, Baert won in class at Monza and Le Castellet,^[19][20] and scored a further class podium at the 24 Hours of Spa en route to the Gold Cup title at season's end.^[21] In the latter, Baert competed in the Pro Cup and scored one overall podium in race one at Hockenheim to finish eighth in points.^[22]

In 2024, Baert stayed with Comtoyou Racing, as the team switched to the Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo, for a dual programme in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup.^[23][24] In the former, Baert scored two Silver Cup podiums at Monza and Jeddah,^[25] while in the latter, Baert took a lone overall podium at the season-finale in Barcelona.^[26]

Baert remained with Comtoyou Racing for 2025, staying in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and making his debut in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.^[27][28]

Personal life

Baert is the son of Comtoyou Racing founder Jean-Michel Baert.^[29]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2017	IAME International Open - X30 Senior	RSD Karting	57th
	IAME International Final - X30 Senior	Baert	NC
2018	IAME International Open Group B - X30 Senior	RSD Karting	10th
	Coupe de France - Senior		NC
Sources:[30]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2019	F4 Spanish Championship	MP Motorsport	21	0	0	0	0	105	7th
	FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup	Team Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2020	TCR Europe Touring Car Series	Comtoyou Racing[31]	12	1	1	2	2	244	3rd
	World Touring Car Cup		3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	TCR Ibérico		2	0	0	0	0	9	17th
	24H TCE Series - TCR	Audi Sport Team Comtoyou[32]	1	0	0	0	1	0	30th
2021	TCR Europe Touring Car Series	Comtoyou Racing	14	0	0	0	1	242	7th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP3	Pit Lane – AMC Sankt Vith[33]	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Saintéloc Racing	2	0	0	0	0	18	15th
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Saintéloc Junior Team	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver			0	0	0	0	43	5th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	0	8.5	15th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Silver			1	1	1	2	76	5th
	24H GT Series - GT3	Saintéloc Racing[34]	1	0	0	0	1	0	NC
2022-23	Middle East Trophy - TCR	Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing[35]	1	0	0	0	1	0	NC
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Comtoyou Racing[36]	5	0	0	0	0	8	18th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold			2	0	1	3	104	1st
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	1	27.5	8th
	TCR Spain		2	0	0	0	0	13	26th
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Comtoyou Racing[37]	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver			0	0	0	2	47	12th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		9	0	0	0	1	17th	11th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – BMW M2 CS		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2025	Middle East Trophy - GT3	Comtoyou Racing[38]	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0*	36th*
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver		1	0	0	0	0	1*	10th*
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters		8	0	0	0	0	3*	24th*
Sources:[39]

† As Baert was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Points
2019	MP Motorsport	NAV 1 9	NAV 2 6	NAV 3 Ret	LEC 1 Ret	LEC 2 6	LEC 3 17	ARA 1 8	ARA 2 7	ARA 3 8	CRT 1 6	CRT 2 5	CRT 3 5	JER 1 7	JER 2 5	JER 3 9	ALG 1 4	ALG 2 12	ALG 3 6	CAT 1 4	CAT 2 7	CAT 3 5	7th	105

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

Year	Entrant	Cup	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2019	Team Belgium	Formula 4	11th	7th	DNF

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
2020	Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	LEC 1 Ret	LEC 2 9	ZOL 1 11	ZOL 2 6	MNZ 1 38	MNZ 2 5	CAT 1 107	CAT 2 6	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 5	JAR 1 87	JAR 2 5			3rd	244
2021	Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	SVK 1 23	SVK 2 8	LEC 1 15	LEC 2 13	ZAN 1 64	ZAN 2 8	SPA 1 66	SPA 2 8	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 8	MNZ 1 810	MNZ 2 8	CAT 1 44	CAT 2 8	7th	242

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	BEL 2	GER 1	GER 2	SVK 1	SVK 2	SVK 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	ESP 1 15	ESP 2 16	ESP 3 11	ARA 1	ARA 2	ARA 3	NC†	0†

† As Baert was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2022	Saintéloc Junior Team	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	IMO 21	LEC 20	SPA 6H Ret	SPA 12H Ret	SPA 24H Ret	HOC 12	CAT 16	5th	43
2023	Comtoyou Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Gold	MNZ 7	LEC 9	SPA 6H 34	SPA 12H 26	SPA 24H 21	NÜR 21	CAT 35	1st	104
2024	Comtoyou Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Silver	LEC 46	SPA 6H 60†	SPA 12H Ret	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 38	MNZ 15	JED 23	12th	47
2025	Comtoyou Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Silver	LEC 36	MNZ Ret	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	BAR	14th*	2*

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2022	Saintéloc Junior Team	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	BRH 1 11	BRH 2 18	MAG 1 6	MAG 2 16	ZAN 1 19	ZAN 2 11	MIS 1 7	MIS 2 11	VAL 1 12	VAL 2 9	5th	76
2023	Comtoyou Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	BRH 1 8	BRH 2 20	MIS 1 4	MIS 2 15	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 16	VAL 1 6	VAL 2 10	ZAN 1 9	ZAN 2 Ret	8th	27.5
2024	Comtoyou Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Pro	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 14	MIS 1 10	MIS 2 33†	HOC 1 17	HOC 2 6	MAG 1 15	MAG 2 DNS	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 2	11th	17

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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	Pos	Points
2025	Comtoyou Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	OSC 1 DSQ	OSC 2 Ret	LAU 1 19	LAU 2 Ret	ZAN 1 18	ZAN 2 20	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 13	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	24th*	3*

^* Season still in progress.

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