Four rings, four entries as Audi-powered Comtoyou team extends WTCR commitment

Ever-present WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup entrant Comtoyou Racing has underlined its commitment to the series with a four-strong glory bid. It has retained existing trio Nathanaël Berthon, Tom Coronel and Gilles Magnus and re-signed Mehdi Bennani, who won the TCR Europe title as a driver in 2020 and helped the Belgian squad to the teams’ award in the process.

Ad/> Berthon and Coronel will compete under the Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport banner, while Bennani and Magnus will represent Comtoyou Team Audi Sport when the 2022 season gets underway at Circuit de Pau-Ville in France next month (May 7-8). WTCRBack on track: Bennani returns to WTCR with Comtoyou Team Audi Sport25 MINUTES AGO Frenchman Berthon is part of the Audi Sport customer racing official driver squad with Magnus joining the programme for the first time, having claimed the WTCR Trophy title and a breakthrough outright WTCR victory in 2021.

Moroccan Bennani, a race winner in the WTCR and the FIA World Touring Car Championship before then, is eligible for the WTCR Trophy for racers competing without financial support from a customer racing brand. Dutchman Coronel, last season’s WTCR Trophy runner-up, will enjoy the same status.

“We want to continue the successful streak of the Audi RS 3 LMS in 2022,” said Chris Reinke, Head of Audi Sport customer racing. “Three race wins, 12 podium places, four times first on the grid, six fastest laps and the contribution of these successes to the TCR Model of the Year convey a clear message.