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Kobe Pauwels
Pauwels at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in 2024
NationalityBelgium Belgian
Born (2004-10-23) 23 October 2004 (age 20)
Diest, Belgium
Racing licence FIA Silver

Kobe Pauwels (born 23 October 2004 in Diest[1]) is a Belgian racing driver competing for Comtoyou Racing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cups.

He is the 2024 24 Hours of Zolder winner.[2]

Early career

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Karting

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Pauwels started karting in 2014. During his time in karts, Pauwels most notably was runner-up in the 2018 FIA Karting Academy Trophy and was a factory driver for Birel ART during his final year of karting in 2020.[3][4]

Rallycross

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One year after competing in the 25th edition of the Volant Winfield,[5] Pauwels made his debut in Rallycross by competing in the RallyX Nordic Championship in 2020.[6]

In 2021, Pauwels stepped up to the RX3 class of the European Rallycross Championship with Volland Racing KFT.[7] Pauwels won the round in France and finished runner-up in the standings to Yury Belevskiy.[8][9] During 2021, Pauwels also made his World Rallycross debut in the RX2e category at the Nürburgring round.[10]

Pauwels returned to the European Rallycross Championship in 2022, winning four out of five races on his way to the RX3 title at season's end.[11] Two years after his RX3 title, Pauwels returned to the European Rallycross Championship in 2024 at the Mettet round.[12] On his return to the series, Pauwels took his first win in RX2e.[13]

Touring cars

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Having made his circuit racing debut in the Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup Benelux in 2022,[14] Pauwels joined Comtoyou Racing in early 2023 to compete in the TCR Europe Touring Car Series.[15] Scoring his first overall podium at Pau,[16] Pauwels scored his first overall win at Le Castellet,[17] before taking two more wins at Monza and Barcelona to end the season third in points.[18][19]

GT career

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Pauwels at the Nürburgring round of the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup season

Pauwels made his GT3 debut at the Nürburgring round of the 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.[20] On his debut, Pauwels scored points by finishing eighth in the three-hour enduro.[21]

Comtoyou Racing retained Pauwels for the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup season,[22] competing in the first three rounds in the Bronze Cup, scoring a class podium at the first round of the season at Le Castellet.[23] After switching to Comtoyou's Silver lineup at Monza and scoring a class podium, Pauwels joined Saintéloc Racing for the season-ending Jeddah round.[24] In the six hour enduro, Pauwels scored a class win in his only race for the French team.[25]

In early 2024, it was announced that Pauwels would compete for NGT Motorsport in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux.[26] Scoring a best result of fourth in race two at Assen,[27] Pauwels was crowned Rookie champion at the season-ending round at Zolder.[28]

Pauwels returned to Comtoyou Racing for 2025, competing in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cups.[29]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2014 BNL Karting Series – Rotax Micro 6th
BNL Karting Series – Mini Max 15th
2015 BNL Karting Series – Mini Max 8th
2016 BNL International Kart Series – Mini 2nd
Euro Finale – Mini Max Small 1st
Rotax Challenge Grand Finals - Mini Max 7th
2017 Rotax Winter Cup - Rotax Junior Daems Racing 19th
Rotax Euro Challenge - Rotax Junior 6th
Karting Academy Trophy Pauwels Koen 14th
BNL Golden Trophy – Junior Max 4th
2018 Karting Academy Trophy Pauwels Koen 2nd
Rotax Challenge Grand Finals - Rotax Junior 9th
WSK Open Cup - OKJ KMS Europe 32nd
Rotax Max Euro Trophy – Rotax Junior 4th
Hungarian International Open Championship – Junior Pauwels Racing 30th
2019 WSK Champions Cup - OK Pauwels Koen 7th
South Garda Winter Cup - OK RS Schumacher Racing Team NC
German Kart Championship - OK CV Performance Group NC
IAME Euro Series - X30 Senior NC
FIA Karting European Championship - OK 15th
Karting World Championship - OK 25th
WSK Open Cup - OK 26th
French Karting Championship - OK CV Performance Group (Rd.1)
Pauwels Koen (Rd.2) 		5th
2020 WSK Super Master Series - OK BirelArt Racing Srl 61st
WSK Euro Series - OK 53rd
FIA Karting European Championship - KZ2 62nd
Sources:[30][31]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2021 European Rallycross Championship – RX3 Volland Racing KFT 5 1 N/A N/A 3 115 2nd
World Rallycross Championship – RX2e Ann Luijten 1 0 N/A N/A 0 21 15th
2022 European Rallycross Championship – RX3 Volland Racing KFT 5 4 N/A N/A 5 96 1st
Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup Benelux 4 0 2 2 2 78 7th
2023 TCR Europe Touring Car Series Comtoyou Racing 13 6 1 5 9 433 3rd
TCR World Tour 8 0 0 0 0 74 14th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 4 24th
2023–24 Middle East Trophy – TCR AC Motorsport[32] 1 0 0 0 1 36 4th
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze Cup Comtoyou Racing 3 0 0 0 1 34 11th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver Cup 1 0 0 0 1 52 9th
Saintéloc Racing 1 1 0 0 1
Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux D’ieteren Luxury Performance 12 0 0 0 0 112.5 8th
Porsche Carrera Cup France Speedlover[33] 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
European Rallycross Championship – RX2e Kobe Pauwels 1 1 N/A N/A 1 29 8th
2025 Middle East Trophy – GT3 Comtoyou Racing[34] 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT Winter Series – GT3
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver Cup * *
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Silver Cup * *
Sources:[30]

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

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RX3

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 ERX Points
2021 Volland Racing KFT Audi A1 BAR
4 		SWE
2 		FRA
1 		BEL
4 		POR
3 		2nd 115
2022 Volland Racing KFT Audi A1 HUN
1 		SWE
2 		NOR
1 		POR
1 		GER
1 		1st 96

RX2e

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 ERX Points
2024 Kobe Pauwels ZEROID X1 SWE
 HUN
 BEL
1 		PRT
 8th 29

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

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RX2e

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 Pos. Points
2021 Ann Luijten ZEROID X1 BAR SWE FRA BEL GER
4 		15th 21

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

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(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
2023 Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR ALG
1
102 		ALG
2
Ret 		PAU
1
23 		PAU
2
4 		SPA
1
41 		SPA
2
Ret 		HUN
1
104 		HUN
2
7 		LEC
1
33 		LEC
2
1 		MNZ
1
12 		MNZ
2
6 		CAT
1
12 		CAT
2
DNS 		3rd 433

* Season still in progress.

Complete TCR World Tour results

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(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
2023 Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR ALG
1
10 		ALG
2
Ret 		SPA
1
44 		SPA
2
Ret 		VAL
1
8 		VAL
2
11 		HUN
1
10 		HUN
2
7 		ELP
1 		ELP
2 		VIL
1 		VIL
2 		SYD
1 		SYD
2 		SYD
3 		BAT
1 		BAT
2 		BAT
3 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		14th 71

* Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe results

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GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2023 Comtoyou Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro MNZ LEC SPA
6H 		SPA
12H 		SPA
24H 		NÜR
8 		CAT 24th 4
2024 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Bronze LEC
24 		SPA
6H
18 		SPA
12H
33 		SPA
24H
20 		NÜR
Ret 		11th 34
Silver MNZ
15 		9th 52
Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II JED
13

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2024 D’ieteren Luxury Performance SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
6 		ZAN
1
8 		ZAN
2
6 		IMO
1
7 		IMO
2
6 		ASS
1
9 		ASS
2
4 		RBR
1
9 		RBR
2
5 		ZOL
1
10 		ZOL
2
10 		8th 112.5

References

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