# Stefano Comini

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 Bridgestone Cup Switzerland ICA in 2004 and 2005 respectively.

### 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.
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.
In 2008, Comini moved to the Italian Formula Renault Championship, racing for Team Dueppì and CO$_2$ Motorsport. He finished seventeenth in the series standings. 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.
For 2009, he had double campaign in both the 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. In 2010, he competed his final formula races in the Formula Abarth round at Monza.

### Sports and touring car racing

After three races in 2009 in VLN Endurance, Comini made his debut in Eurocup Mégane Trophy for Oregon Team. He won three from thirteen races, finishing season third behind Nick Catsburg and Pierre Thiriet.
He remained in the series for Eurocup Mégane Trophy with the same team. He dominated the season, winning all but three races of the season.
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.
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.
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.
Comini will take part in the new-for-2015 TCR International Series, joining Target Competition.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| 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 |
| 2007 | Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series | CO$_2$ Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19th |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2008 | Formula Renault 2.0 Italy | CO$_2$ Motorsport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 17th |
| 2008 | Formule Renault 2.0 Suisse | CO$_2$ Motorsport | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 13th |
| 2008 | Formula 2000 Light | Dueppì | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 16th |
| 2008 | Formula 2000 Light Italy Opening Series | Dueppì | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | N/A | NC |
| 2009 | Formula Renault 2.0 Italy | CO$_2$ Motorsport | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 167 | 8th |
| 2009 | Formule Renault 2.0 Suisse | CO$_2$ Motorsport | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 230 | 2nd |
| 2009 | VLN Endurance | Swiss Gentle team | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.75 | 414th |
| 2010 | Eurocup Mégane Trophy | Oregon Team | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 107 | 3rd |
| 2010 | Formula Abarth | MG Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC |
| 2010 | 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 |
| 2012 | Eurocup Mégane Trophy | Team Lompech Sport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 11th |
| 2012 | Blancpain Super Trofeo - Pro-Am | Bonaldi Motorsport | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 9th |
| 2012 | Porsche Carrera Cup Italy | Antonelli Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11th |
| 2012 | Porsche Supercup | Antonelli Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† |
| 2013 | Renault Clio Cup Bohemia | Target Competition | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 192 | 5th |
| 2013 | Renault Clio Cup Italy | Target Competition | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A | NC† |
| 2013 | 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 |
| 2014 | 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 |
| 2016 | TCR International Series | Leopard Racing | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 267.5 | 1st |
| 2016 | TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship | Team WRT | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 111 | 13th |
| 2017 | TCR International Series | Comtoyou Racing | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 196 | 3rd |
| 2017 | TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship | Comtoyou Racing | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 12th |
| 2017 | TCR Italian Touring Car Championship | Top Run Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 13th |
| 2018 | TCR Europe Series | Race Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 12th |
| 2018 | TCR Europe Series | Autodis Racing by THX | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 12th |
| 2018 | TCR Benelux Series | Autodis Racing by THX | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 5th |
$^†$ 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 | SEP 1 1 | SEP 2 4 | SHA 1 4 | SHA 2 2 | VAL 1 6 | VAL 2 1 | ALG 1 5 | ALG 2 11 | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 4 | SAL 1 2 | SAL 2 8 | SOC 1 4 | SOC 2 1 | RBR 1 1 | RBR 2 9 | MRN 1 2 | MRN 2 2 | CHA 1 5 | CHA 2 1 | MAC 1 3 | MAC 2 1 | 1st | 342 |
| 2016 | Leopard Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | BHR 1 7 | BHR 2 Ret | EST 1 3 | EST 2 2 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 2 | IMO 1 1 | IMO 2 3 | SAL 1 8 | SAL 2 3 | OSC 1 Ret | OSC 2 6 | SOC 1 1 | SOC 2 5 | CHA 1 4 | CHA 2 4 | MRN 1 2 | MRN 2 4 | SEP 1 2 | SEP 2 18 | MAC 1 1 | MAC 2 4 | 1st | 267.5 |
| 2017 | Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | RIM 1 3 | RIM 2 Ret | BHR 1 8 | BHR 2 9 | SPA 1 1 | SPA 2 3 | MNZ 1 8 | MNZ 2 1 | SAL 1 3 | SAL 2 3 | HUN 1 12 | HUN 2 10 | OSC 1 6 | OSC 2 5 | CHA 1 7 | CHA 2 3 | ZHE 1 13 | ZHE 2 Ret | DUB 1 7 | DUB 2 1 | | | 3rd | 196 |

### Complete TCR Europe 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 |
| 2018 | Race Republic | Subaru WRX STI TCR | LEC 1 20 | LEC 2 10 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 12th | 41 |
| 2018 | Autodis Racing by THX | Honda Civic Type R TCR | | | | | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 Ret | HUN 1 8 | HUN 2 8 | ASS 1 4 | ASS 2 4 | MNZ 1 6 | MNZ 2 Ret | CAT 1 Ret | CAT 2 11 | 12th | 41 |