Thibaut Courtois, a goalkeeper for Real Madrid and Belgium, and ex-Formula 1 driver Roberto Merhi are apparently planning to start a team in Spanish Formula 4 for the upcoming season.
The squad, popularly rumored to have been named ‘TC Racing’ after the football star’s initials in Spain, may even make its junior series debut the following year.
Courtois, a well-known sim racer and avid motorsports fan, has frequently been observed in the Formula 1 paddock in the past, including at Monaco earlier this season.
According to reports, Thibaut Courtois plans to give young drivers an opportunity in motorsport.
According to numerous rumors in Spain, Courtois is forming the team alongside the former Marussia driver Merhi, who, according to AS, will serve as an advisor.
Spanish F4 is typically one of the first steps on the single-seater ladder for drivers once they transition from karting, hence Spanish F4 is where TC Racing is anticipated to start before maybe expanding into other junior series.
In this year’s series, five three-race rounds will be held on Spanish circuits including the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and Jerez, as well as in Portugal’s Estoril and Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps.
AS further asserts that Courtois’ project lacks a “concrete structure” at this time, although the club is considering
What does Thibaut Courtois have to do with racing?As a well-known Formula 1 fan, Courtois has frequented the grid and the pit lane at various races. He was also one of the ‘celebrity’ participants in the Covid-19 pandemic F1 Esports Virtual Grand Prix series, competing alongside real Formula 1 drivers.
The now-Williams driver yelled in a particularly daring move against Alex Albon at Silverstone, “How is he that fast?! This is what? What engine does he have?
“You’ve just been overtaken by a professional goalkeeper!” George Russell joked in the background.
Courtois has visited Williams more recently as well. He has also been included in a Real Madrid video where Carlos Sainz, a fervent Madridista, plays against Courtois on FIFA.