Théo
Pourchaire

Théo Pourchaire was born in Grasse on 20 August 2003. He started karting at around two and a half and competed for the first time at seven. He won several titles in France and finished third in both the CIK-FIA OKJ and DKM Junior championships. In 2018, aged 14, he moved into single-seaters and won the junior classification in French F4. In 2019 he won the ADAC Formula 4 title with US Racing-CHRS, beating Dennis Hauger by seven points. He also became a member of the Sauber Junior Team.

In 2020 he drove for ART Grand Prix in FIA Formula 3. His first win made him, at 16, the youngest winner in the series' history. He finished runner-up, three points behind Oscar Piastri, with two wins, eight podiums and 161 points. At the end of the year he made his Formula 2 debut for HWA in Bahrain. In 2021 he raced for ART and took pole position and victory in the feature race at Monaco. That made him the youngest polesitter and youngest race winner in F2/GP2 history. He finished fifth with 140 points and two wins. In 2022 he was runner-up to Felipe Drugovich with three wins and 164 points. In 2023 he won the title, with one win, two pole positions, ten podiums and 203 points. That year ART won the teams' championship for the first time.

In Formula One, Pourchaire first tested an Alfa Romeo at the Hungaroring in August 2021. The race seat for 2022 went to Zhou Guanyu instead. Pourchaire took a testing role and drove his first free practice session at the 2022 United States Grand Prix. In 2023 and 2024 he was the team's reserve driver. In 2023 he took part in free practice in Mexico City and Abu Dhabi. In 2024 he did not run in any free practice session. At the end of 2024 his departure from the Sauber junior programme was announced. He did not start a Grand Prix. In February 2026 he became a development driver for Mercedes.

Outside Formula One, he entered the 2024 Super Formula season with Team Impul, but switched to Arrow McLaren in IndyCar after the opening race. He stood in for David Malukas at Long Beach and finished eleventh. He went on to contest further races and finished tenth in Detroit. He later replaced Alexander Rossi at Toronto and finished fourteenth. In 2025 he raced in the European Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing. At Imola he took pole position and finished third, his first podium in endurance racing. The No. 25 car ended the season seventh in the standings. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans he finished eighth in the LMP2 class with Algarve Pro Racing. In the World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain he replaced Stoffel Vandoorne at Peugeot, and the team finished tenth. For 2026 he became a full-time Peugeot driver in the World Endurance Championship.

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