Stefano Comini

Stefano Comini
Nationality Swiss
Born (1990-02-03) 3 February 1990
Lugano (Switzerland)
TCR International Series career
Debut season 2015
Current team Target Competition
Car no. 25
Starts 22
Wins 6
Poles 1
Fastest laps 2
Best finish 1st in 2015
Previous series
2014
2013
2012–13
2010–13
2008–09
2007–09
2007
2006		 SEAT León Eurocup
Renault Clio Cup Bohemia
Renault Clio Cup Italy
Eurocup Mégane Trophy
Formula Renault 2.0 Italy
Formule Renault 2.0 Suisse
Formula 1.6 Monza
Formula Junior Monza 1.2
Championship titles
2015
2012
2011		 TCR International Series
Renault Clio Cup Italy
Eurocup Mégane Trophy

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 and Bridgestone Cup Switzerland ICA in 2004 and 2005 respectively.[1][2]

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.[3]

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.[3][4]

In 2008, Comini moved to the Italian Formula Renault Championship, racing for Team Dueppì and CO2 Motorsport. He finished seventeenth in the series standings.[5] 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.[6]

For 2009, he had double campaign in the both 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.[7][8] In 2010, he competed his final formula races in the Formula Abarth round at Monza.[9]

Sports and touring car racing

After three races in 2009 in VLN Endurance, Comini made his debut in Eurocup Mégane Trophy for Oregon Team.[10] He won three from thirteen races, finishing season third behind Nick Catsburg and Pierre Thiriet.[11]

He remained in the series for Eurocup Mégane Trophy with the same team.[12] He dominated the season, winning all but three races of the season.[13]

For 2012, he moved to the Italian Renault Clio Cup, competing for Composit Motorsport. He achieved five wins to grab the championship title after the first attempt.[14]

Next year he spent in the Renault Clio Cup Bohemia. He scored four wins at Hockenheim, Nürburgring and Brno, but finished just fifth in the series standings.[15]

In 2014, he 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.[16]

Comini will take part in the new-for-2015 TCR International Series, joining Target Competition.[17]

Racing record

Career results

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
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 CO2 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
CO2 Motorsport
Formule Renault 2.0 Suisse CO2 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 CO2 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 18 0 0 0 0 0 21st
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

† 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 MYS
1
1		 MYS
2
4		 CHN
1
4		 CHN
2
2		 ESP
1
6		 ESP
2
1		 POR
1
5		 POR
2
11		 ITA
1
Ret		 ITA
2
4		 AUT
1
2		 AUT
2
8		 RUS
1
4		 RUS
2
1		 RBR
1
1		 RBR
2
9		 SIN
1
2		 SIN
2
2		 THA
1
5		 THA
2
1		 MAC
1
3		 MAC
2
1		 1st 342

References

  1. ↑ "Swiss Championship — Junior 2004 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bridgestone Cup Switzerland ICA 2005 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Biography". stefanocomini.ch (in Italian). Stefano Comini. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "LO Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse 2008 standings". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy 2008 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "LO Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse 2008 standings". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy 2009 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "LO Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse 2009 standings". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Campionato Italiano Formula ACICSAI Abarth 2010 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Eurocup Megane Trophy Motorland Aragon Collective testing". Racecar (Racecar New Media Services Ltd.). 3 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  11. ↑ "Mégane Trophy Eurocup 2010 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "New season, new faces". World Series by Renault (Renault Sport). 8 April 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Mégane Trophy Eurocup 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/renault-clio-cup-italia/2012/". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 March 2015. External link in |title= (help)
  15. ↑ "Renault Clio Cup Bohemia 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "SEAT Leon Eurocup 2014 standings". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Stefano Comini to drive SEAT for Target Competition". TouringCarTimes. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Nick Catsburg		 Eurocup Mégane Trophy
Champion
2011 		Succeeded by
Albert Costa
Preceded by
Inaugural		 TCR International Series
Champion
2015 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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