Pierre-Yves Corthals (born 23 October 1975) is a Belgian auto racing driver.
Career After competing in karting, Corthals began racing in the Belgian Renault Clio Cup in 1994, which he went on to win for three consecutive years between 1995 and 1997, and won it again in 2000 and 2004. He won the International Clio Cup in 2001, ahead of Alessandro Balzan and Jeroen Bleekemolen.
In 2001, Corthals competed in two rounds of the European Touring Car Championship, once for BMW Team RBM at Donington Park, and once for Carly Motorsport at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, finishing the first race in sixth place.
Corthals began competing in the World Touring Car Championship in 2006, for JAS Motorsport in a Honda Accord, finishing seventh in the Independents' Trophy.
Corthals moved onto Exagon Engineering in 2007, driving a SEAT León. He improved to finish third in the Independents' Trophy standings. He remained with Exagon for 2008, finishing fourth in the Independents' standings. He did not return in 2009, instead competing in the Belgian Touring Car Series.
Corthals is a regular competitor in the 24 Hours of Spa.
Racing record
Complete World Touring Car Championship 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 DC Points 2006 JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R ITA122 ITA2DNS FRA116 FRA2Ret GBR117 GBR2Ret GER1Ret GER2DNS BRA1 BRA2 MEX113 MEX210 CZE116 CZE216 TUR111 TUR219 ESP112 ESP216 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0 2007 Exagon Engineering SEAT León BRA110 BRA29 NED114 NED215 ESP113 ESP218 FRA116 FRA213 CZE112 CZE215 POR113 POR28 SWE122 SWE223 GER1Ret GER2DNS GBR18 GBR210 ITA1DSQ ITA2DSQ MAC1Ret MAC213 19th 3 2008 Exagon Engineering SEAT León TFSI BRA113 BRA218 MEX112 MEX213 ESP1Ret ESP212 FRA1Ret FRA221 CZE117 CZE215 POR112 POR219 GBR114 GBR216 GER125† GER212 EUR114 EUR213 ITA112 ITA2Ret JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 25th 0 2010 Exagon Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI BRA1 BRA2 MAR1 MAR2 ITA1 ITA2 BEL112 BEL215 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 CZE1 CZE2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
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 2016 Ferry Monster Autosport SEAT León Cup Racer BHR1 BHR2 EST1 EST2 SPA1Ret SPA210 IMO1 IMO2 SAL1 SAL2 OSC1 OSC2 SOC1 SOC2 CHA1 CHA2 MRN1 MRN2 SEP1 SEP2 MAC1 MAC2 36th 1 2017 DG Sport Compétition Opel Astra TCR RIM112 RIM28 BHR15 BHR211 SPA110 SPA2Ret MNZ117† MNZ214 SAL1 SAL2 HUN1 HUN2 OSC1 OSC2 CHA1 CHA2 ZHE1 ZHE2 DUB1 DUB2 24th 19 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
TCR Spa 500 results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2019 Burton Racing Caren Burton Armand Fumal Oliver Meurens Philippe Steveny Peugeot 308 TCR Am 436 6th 1st
References
External links Official website