Nicolas Baert

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

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.

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

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.

Notes

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