Despite everything, their best DTM performance to date from the Comtoyou Racing team this weekend
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Amongst the twenty-four single driver GT3 entries were of course the two Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3’s of Gilles Magnus (#7) and Nicolas Baert (#8) as both looked to capitalise upon apparent pace found within their cars at the previous round at the improvised street circuit layout of the Norisring.
Sadly, that pace wasn’t to be seen within either Q1 or race one of the weekend at least as the best that Magnus could offer would be a P16 starting position as opposed to Baert’s P24.
The opening laps to race one would be its usually chaotic self with multiple cars making contact with one another leaving fluid down all around the circuit with both Aston drivers busy avoiding all of the ensuing carnage and resulting debris, forcing an early red flag to the proceedings.
Finally back to racing, and despite four cars already being out, both the #7 and #8 cars circulated at the rear of the pack for the remainder of the race as they rounded off another disappointing P16 and P17 finishes respectively.
Sunday was then a slightly different story as overnight Balance of Performance changes had seen the Vantage GT3 Evo a positive weight change and this appeared to give Magnus the impetus that he craved to secure his best qualifying result to date in P3 whilst Baert had himself improved to P15.
Finally mixing it with the ‘big boys’ of the series, Magnus was at times able to move up the order, just off the podium in P4 before ultimately finishing in seventh for still his best result of the season so far. Baert failed to finish.
The series now moves onto the Sachsenring at the end of August.
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