Pascal Wehrlein

Pascal Wehrlein

Pascal Wehrlein in 2014
Born	18 October 1994 Sigmaringen, Germany
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	German
2016 team	MRT-Mercedes[1]
Car number	94
Entries	4 (4 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2016 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	2016 Russian Grand Prix
Previous series
2013–15 2012–13 2012 2010–11	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters FIA European F3 Championship Formula 3 Euro Series ADAC Formel Masters
Championship titles
2015 2011	DTM ADAC Formel Masters

Pascal Wehrlein (born 18 October 1994) is a German Formula One driver for Manor.^[2] Holding dual nationality of Germany and Mauritius, he races under the German flag in Formula One.^[3] He previously raced in the DTM, winning the title with the Mercedes-Benz team HWA AG in 2015. In 2014 Wehrlein became the youngest driver to win a DTM race at the age of 19 and the youngest to win the title in 2015 at the age of 21.

Career

Wehrlein competing in the 2014 DTM season.

Karting

Born in Sigmaringen to a German father and Mauritian mother,^[4] Wehrlein began karting in 2003 and raced only in his native Germany for the majority of his career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF2 category by 2009, when he finished on fifth position in ADAC Kart Masters.^[5][6]

ADAC Formel Masters

2010 saw his debut in the ADAC Formel Masters championship with ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. (also known as Mücke Motorsport). Wehrlein finished sixth in the championship with win at Sachsenring and another three podiums.^[7][8] He remained in series with the team for the next year. Wehrlein scored seven wins at Oschersleben, Sachsenring, Zolder, Nürburgring and Lausitz on his way to championship title.

Formula 3 Euro Series

In 2012, Wehrlein stepped up to the Formula 3 Euro Series, continuing with Mücke Motorsport.^[9] He finished 2nd in the championship to Daniel Juncadella.

DTM (2013–2015)

Wehrlein made his debut in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) in 2013 at the age of 18. In a career spanning three seasons Wehrlein managed to be one of the leading drivers in the field despite his youthful age.

In his debut season he achieved 3 points finishing 22nd in the championship. He also achieved his first of two fastest laps in his career.

In 2014 he switched teams to HWA where became the youngest driver in the series history to claim pole position and win a race on route to 8th in the championship with 46 points collected. Besides his stand out victory at Lausitz, Wehrlein second best result of the season was a fifth place finish at Norisring.

In 2015 DTM returned to running two races per race weekend, resulting in 18 rounds in the 2015 championship. Due to the inconsistency of most teams and drivers Wehrlein won the title easily having scored in all round except for three. He achieved 5 podiums, one fastest lap and two wins. He is the first driver to win the championship having not claimed a pole position throughout his championship season while also being the youngest ever DTM champion.

Formula One

Wehrlein testing for Force India during the 2015 pre-season

In September 2014, it was announced that Wehrlein would act as a reserve driver for the Mercedes F1 Team.^[10] He took part in preseason testing in Barcelona, driving for both Force India and Mercedes.

Manor (2016–present)

In February 2016, it was announced that Wehrlein would make his F1 debut with Manor Racing.^[2] It is understood that Manor will receive access to Mercedes' wind tunnel in exchange for hiring Wehrlein.^[1]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	ADAC Formel Masters	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	20	1	1	1	4	147	6th
2011	ADAC Formel Masters	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	24	8	7	4	13	331	1st
2012	Formula 3 Euro Series	Mücke Motorsport	24	1	1	1	11	226	2nd
	FIA European Formula 3 Championship		20	1	1	1	6	179	4th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	Macau Grand Prix Formula Three		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2013	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	Mücke Motorsport	3	1	2	2	3	49	14th
	DTM	Mücke Motorsport	10	0	0	1	0	3	22nd
2014	DTM	HWA Team	10	1	1	0	1	46	8th
	Formula One	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Test driver
2015	DTM	HWA AG	18	2	0	1	5	169	1st
	Formula One	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Test driver
		Sahara Force India F1 Team
2016	Formula One	Manor Racing MRT	4	0	0	0	0	0*	20th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	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
2012	Mücke Motorsport	Dallara F312/023	Mercedes	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 9	HOC 3 8	BRH 1 5	BRH 2 3	BRH 3 5	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 6	RBR 3 4	NOR 1 7	NOR 2 3	NOR 3 Ret	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 4	NÜR 3 1	ZAN 1 7	ZAN 2 3	ZAN 3 3	VAL 1 5	VAL 2 3	VAL 3 4	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 8	HOC 3 2	2nd	226

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2012	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 8	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 9	BRH 1 5	BRH 2 5	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 4	NOR 1 7	NOR 2 Ret	SPA 1 14	SPA 2 12	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 1	ZAN 1 7	ZAN 2 3	VAL 1 5	VAL 2 4	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 2											4th	179
2013	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 1	MNZ 3 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	NOR 1	NOR 2	NOR 3	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	VAL 1	VAL 2	VAL 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	14th	49

Complete DTM 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	Pos	Points
2013	Mücke Motorsport	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé	HOC 11	BRH 10	SPL 10	LAU 17	NOR 20†	MSC 11	NÜR 10	OSC 11	ZAN 12	HOC 17									22nd	3
2014	HWA Team	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé	HOC 11	OSC Ret	HUN 14	NOR 5	MSC 8	SPL Ret	NÜR 10	LAU 1	ZAN 7	HOC 20†									8th	46
2015	HWA AG	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 8	LAU 1 5	LAU 2 13	NOR 1 1	NOR 2 5	ZAN 1 10	ZAN 2 6	SPL 1 2	SPL 2 21†	MSC 1 1	MSC 2 10	OSC 1 5	OSC 2 5	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 5	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 20	1st	169

^† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.

Complete Formula One results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	WDC	Points
2016	Manor Racing MRT	Manor MRT05	Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 t	AUS 16	BHR 13	CHN 18	RUS 18	ESP	MON	CAN	EUR	AUT	GBR	HUN	GER	BEL	ITA	SIN	MAL	JPN	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU	20th*	0*

* Season still in progress.

References

1. Parkes, Ian (10 February 2016). "Manor strengthens Mercedes link with Pascal Wehrlein 2016 F1 deal". autosport.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
2. Parkes, Ian (10 February 2016). "F1 news: Mercedes protege Pascal Wehrlein secures 2016 Manor Formula 1 seat". autosport.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
3. "Background: Who is Pascal Wehrlein?". GP Today. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
4. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/10/manor-pascal-wehrlein-formula-one
5. "Results". pascal-wehrlein.de. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
6. "ADAC Kart Masters — KF2 2009". Driver Database. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
7. Tischer, Alexander H.H. (3 October 2010). "Fahrer — Meisterschaftsstand" (PDF). Wige Performance (in German). ADAC. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
8. Tischer, Alexander H.H. (9 September 2010). "ADAC Masters Weekend Sachsenring" (PDF). Wige Performance (in German). ADAC. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
9. "Mücke mit Wehrlein 2012 in der Euroserie" [Mücke with Wehrlein in the 2012 Euro Series]. Motorsport-Total.com (in German) (Motorsport-Total.com GmbH). 23 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
10. "Mercedes: Teenager Pascal Wehrlein named reserve driver". 15 September 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

External links

• Official website (German) (English)
• Pascal Wehrlein career summary at DriverDB.com