Pascal
Wehrlein

Pascal Wehrlein was born in Sigmaringen on 18 October 1994 and took up karting in 2003. He entered ADAC Formel Masters in 2010 and won the title with Mücke Motorsport in 2011. In 2012 he finished runner-up to Daniel Juncadella in the Formula 3 Euro Series. In 2013 he made his DTM debut for the Mercedes team Mücke Motorsport, and at 18 he was the youngest driver in the series' history. In 2014 he drove for HWA, became the youngest driver to take a pole position and win a race in the DTM, and finished eighth overall. In 2015 he took two wins and five podiums on the way to the championship, becoming the youngest DTM champion at the age of 20.

In 2014 Wehrlein was announced as a reserve driver for the Mercedes Formula One team. He made his debut for Manor in 2016 and started all 21 races. A tenth place at the Austrian Grand Prix gave the team its only point of the season, and he ended the year 19th in the drivers' standings. In 2017 he joined Sauber but missed the races in Australia and China. He finished eighth in Spain. His five points, the only ones Sauber scored that year, left him 18th in the championship. Sauber did not keep him for 2018, and Charles Leclerc took his seat. In total, Wehrlein started 39 Formula One races.

In 2018 he returned to the DTM with HWA, taking one podium and finishing eighth. In 2019 and 2020 he worked as a simulator driver for Ferrari. From the 2018-19 season he also raced in Formula E with Mahindra, and took his first pole position in his third race, in Mexico City.

Wehrlein joined Porsche in 2021. He won his first Formula E race in Mexico City in 2022, which was also Porsche's first victory in the series. In 2023-24 he became Formula E world champion, securing the title at the London finale with a six-point lead over Mitch Evans. He was third in the standings in 2024-25, a season in which Porsche won the teams' and manufacturers' titles for the first time. In 2025 he made his endurance racing debut, finishing sixth in the 24 Hours of Daytona with JDC-Miller MotorSports, and then raced in the World Endurance Championship and at Le Mans for Porsche Penske Motorsport.

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