Denis Dupont

Denis Dupont (born 4 January 1993) is a Belgian racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series and TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship. Having previously competed in the GT4 European Series Northern Cup and NASCAR Whelen Euro Series amongst others.

Denis Dupont
NationalityBelgian
Born (1993-01-04) 4 January 1993
Braine-le-Château, Belgium
TCR International Series career
Debut season2017
Current teamComtoyou Racing
Car number4
Starts3
Previous series
2017
2016-17

2014
2008-12		GT4 European Series Northern Cup
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Karting

Racing career

Dupont began his career in 2008 in Karting, he continued in karting until 2012. In 2014 he switched to the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, he finished the season fifth in the Elite 2 class championship standings that year, having taken two victories. For 2016 he switched to the TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship, driving a SEAT León TCR for the Belgian RACB National Team partnering Sam Dejonghe. With the pair taking two victories.[1][2] He continued in the series for 2017, again partnering Dejonghe. The pair having so far taken one victory.[3] In 2017 he also took part in the GT4 European Series Northern Cup, partnering Jérôme Demay for the first three rounds of the championship before being replaced by Julien Darras.[4]

In September 2017 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving an SEAT León TCR for Comtoyou Racing.[5][6]

In February 2018, Dupont was confirmed as Comtoyou Racing's driver in an Audi RS3 LMS for 2018 WTCR campaign. [7]

Racing record

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 DC Points
2017 Comtoyou Racing SEAT León TCR RIM
1		 RIM
2		 BHR
1		 BHR
2		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 SAL
1		 SAL
2		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 OSC
1		 OSC
2		 CHA
1		 CHA
2		 CHN
1
Ret		 CHN
2
DNS		 DUB
1
Ret		 DUB
2
17†		 NC 0

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

24 Hours of Zolder results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2017 Belgium Driver Academy vzw Maxim Pampel
Pierre-Yves Rosoux
Marnik Battryn
Christophe Pampel
Vincent Radermecker		 Wolf GB08 2 776 6th 4th

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 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2018 Audi Sport Team Comtoyou Audi RS 3 LMS TCR MAR
1
13		 MAR
2
DNS		 MAR
3
DNS		 HUN
1
22		 HUN
2
21		 HUN
3
21		 GER
1
12		 GER
2
11		 GER
3
12		 NED
1
11		 NED
2
11		 NED
3
12		 POR
1
Ret		 POR
2
Ret		 POR
3
14		 SVK
1
8		 SVK
2
17		 SVK
3
15†		 CHN
1
9		 CHN
2
4		 CHN
3
3		 WUH
1
10		 WUH
2
8		 WUH
3
3		 JPN
1
16		 JPN
2
13		 JPN
3
Ret		 MAC
1
22		 MAC
2
15		 MAC
3
15		 16th 69

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

NASCAR

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time (in Race 1) or by previous race's fastest lap (in Race 2). Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained.

Whelen Euro Series - Elite 2
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 2 results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NWES Points
2014 Racing Club Partners – Marc VDS 32 Toyota VAL
10		 VAL
DNS		 BRH
2		 BRH
22		 TOU
1*		 TOU
1*		 NUR
20		 NUR
18		 UMB
8		 UMB
18		 BUG
8		 BUG
3		 5th 561

References
  1. "Denis Dupont career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. "Dejonghe and Dupont win the RACB TCR selection". TouringCarTimes. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. Hudson, Neil (20 April 2017). "TCR Benelux entry list confirmed ahead of Spa opener". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  4. Kilshaw, Jake (28 March 2017). "Record Grid for GT4 European Season Opener". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  5. Hudson, Neil (15 September 2017). "Denis Dupont to make TCR International debut at Zhejiang". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  6. "Denis Dupont to make his début at Zhejiang". tcr-series.com. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  7. http://tcr-series.com/index.php/news/item/wtcr-team-wrt-and-comtoyou-racing-to-run-audi-cars. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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