Saintéloc Racing is one of the reference structures within the GT World Challenge Europe in recent years. The French formation, linked to Audi Sport, has proven to be one of the strongest squads in the Sprint Cup, without forgetting that it has also had very good performances in the Endurance Cup. Although it is foreseeable that for the 2022 season the team will once again have official Audi drivers, for the moment Saintéloc has moved nimbly in the market to recruit a young talent who is taking his first steps in GT3 racing.
After leaving some glimpses of quality in his first races with a GT3, 20-year-old Belgian Nicolas Baert has signed for Saintéloc Racing to contest the 2022 GT World Challenge Europe campaign. With two successful seasons behind the wheel of a car in the TCRthe young Belgian pearl will focus its efforts on the GT3 discipline. And it will not reach the orbit of the GTWC Europe in any wayas Baert has been among the strongest drivers in TCR Europe, he was named Rookie of the Year by the Belgian Federation in 2020 and has obtained the title of the TCR Benelux.
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Nicolas Baert will change the Audi RS 3 LMS for one of the Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo of the Ingolstadt brand in a season in which, in principle, he will compete in all the GT World Challenge Europe races, leaving up in the air which driver will accompany him in the Sprint Cup and also his two traveling companions in the Endurance Cup. it is expected that the Belgian can count on one of the official Audi drivers as a mentorthere are still fringes to close within the project.
Although Baert faces his first season in the GT World Challenge Europe, the Belgian already has a minimal background within the GT3 ‘planet’. In fact, Nicolas joined Saintéloc to contest the 2021 Indianapolis 8 Hours. Baert was once again at the wheel of one of the French team’s Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo in the recent 9 Hours of Kyalamian event in which Nicolas Baert achieved victory in the Silver Cup together with Simon Gachet and Lucas Légeret.
In his first campaign in the SRO Motorsports series, Nicolas Baert will have the full support of a structure that has proven to have everything to succeed. In fact, Saintéloc has achieved various victories in the Sprint Cup, but has also shown great strength in endurance events. So much so that the French squad achieved victory in the 2017 edition of the 24 Hours of Spa and has always had a car among the first six classified in all the editions that have been held since.