Pascal Wehrlein
Pascal Wehrlein is a German-Mauritian Formula E racing driver for the Indian team Mahindra Racing and development driver for Scuderia Ferrari who previously raced in Formula One for both the Sauber and the MRT teams. Holding dual nationality of Germany and Mauritius, he races under the German flag in Formula One. He had 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 20.
In February 2016 he began driving full-time for Manor, scoring his first championship point at the Austrian Grand Prix. During the season, he regularly out-qualified his lesser rated team mate Rio Haryanto, until Haryanto was replaced mid-season by Esteban Ocon.
Manor folded in early 2017 and Wehrlein moved to Sauber. However, before the season began, he was involved in an accident at the Race of Champions that left him unable to compete in the first two races of the season. Despite this, he scored Sauber's only points that year. He was replaced for the 2018 season by Charles Leclerc.
He most recently raced in Formula E with the Indian Mahindra team, alongside Jérôme d'Ambrosio.
Early life
Wehrlein was born in Sigmaringen to a German father and Mauritian mother. His father Richard Wehrlein, who entered German boxing championships, owns a CNC machining company in Ostrach.Career
Karting
Wehrlein began karting in 2003 and raced only in his native Germany in his early career. He worked 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.ADAC Formel Masters
saw his debut in the ADAC Formel Masters championship with ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.. Wehrlein finished sixth in the championship with a win at Sachsenring and three other podiums.He remained in the series with the team for the next year. Wehrlein scored seven wins at Oschersleben, Sachsenring, Zolder, Nürburgring and Lausitz on his way to the championship title.
Formula 3 Euro Series
In 2012, Wehrlein stepped up to the Formula 3 Euro Series, continuing with Mücke Motorsport. He finished 2nd in the championship to Daniel Juncadella.DTM (2013–2015)
Wehrlein made his debut in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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 he 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's 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 rounds 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
In September 2014, it was announced that Wehrlein would act as a reserve driver for the Mercedes F1 Team. He took part in preseason testing in Barcelona, driving for both Force India and Mercedes.Manor (2016)
On 10 February 2016, it was announced that Wehrlein would make his F1 debut with Manor Racing. It is understood that Manor would receive access to Mercedes's wind tunnel in exchange for hiring Wehrlein. He picked number 94, in reference to his birth year. Wehrlein scored his and Manor's only point of the season at the with a tenth-place finish.Sauber (2017)
On 16 January 2017, Wehrlein signed with Sauber. He was forced to miss the first test in Barcelona due to an injury he sustained while competing in the Race of Champions. He was replaced by Antonio Giovinazzi before returning for the second test at the same circuit. Despite being fit to take part in the, he later withdrew after participating in the first two practice sessions, with Giovinazzi replacing him for the rest of the race weekend. On 3 April 2017, Sauber F1 announced Wehrlein would again be replaced by Giovinazzi for the 2017 Chinese Grand Prix. He proceeded with entry into the following Bahrain Grand Prix, qualifying 13th and finishing the race in 11th. He finished eighth in the Spanish Grand Prix after running a one-stop strategy. He did not lose a single one of the places he gained, although a five-second penalty for a pit entry violation cost him seventh to Carlos Sainz Jr. His race at the Monaco Grand Prix ended when, on the 57th lap, Jenson Button tried to lunge down the inside at Portier but succeeded in flipping the Sauber onto its side against the barriers, necessitating another scan of his back. He scored his second points finish of the season in the chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix after fighting hard with his teammate Marcus Ericsson for 10th position. This took his points tally to 5 points. Despite having beaten Ericsson in both qualifying and the majority of races, plus being the only driver who scored points for Sauber that season, on 2 December 2017, Sauber announced that Wehrlein would not be renewed for the 2018 season and that he would be replaced by Charles Leclerc.Ferrari test driver (2019–present)
On 8 January 2019 Wehrlein was announced as the development driver for Ferrari.Return to DTM (2018)
On 7 February 2018, it was announced that Wehrlein will return to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with Mercedes-AMG's HWA Team after losing his Formula One seat.Pascal exited Mercedes-AMG after the 2018 season.
Formula E (2019–)
Wehrlein moved to Formula E for the 2018–19 season, driving for Mahindra Racing. He did not contest the opening round of the season in Diriyah, with Felix Rosenqvist replacing him, instead making his debut at the Marrakesh ePrix. Wehrlein earned his first pole position in just his third race in the series at the Mexico City ePrix. In the race he crossed the finish line in second, 0.210s behind Lucas di Grassi after being overtaken in the last corner, but was given a 5-second time penalty for cutting a corner earlier in the race which relegated him to sixth position. He set the fastest qualifying time in the qualifying session for the Paris ePrix, but he and teammate d'Ambrosio had their times disallowed for underweight cars, promoting Oliver Rowland to pole position. On 8 June 2020, Wehrlein announced his departure from the Mahindra team in a post on Instagram.Racing record
Career summary
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
| 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 Formula 3 European Championship results
| 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 | 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 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 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 | ||
| 2018 | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | HOC 1 5 | HOC 2 6 | LAU 1 8 | LAU 2 3 | HUN 1 13 | HUN 2 12 | NOR 1 13 | NOR 2 9 | ZAN 1 4 | ZAN 2 6 | BRH 1 7 | BRH 2 4 | MIS 1 6 | MIS 2 12 | NÜR 1 7 | NÜR 2 9 | SPL 1 13 | SPL 2 6 | HOC 1 11 | HOC 2 DSQ | 8th | 108 |
† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.
Complete Formula One results
| 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 |
| Manor Racing MRT | Manor MRT05 | Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 t | AUS 16 | BHR 13 | CHN 18 | RUS 18 | ESP 16 | MON 14 | CAN 17 | EUR Ret | AUT 10 | GBR Ret | HUN 19 | GER 17 | BEL Ret | ITA Ret | SIN 16 | MAL 15 | JPN 22 | USA 17 | MEX Ret | BRA 15 | ABU 14 | 19th | 1 | |
| Sauber F1 Team | Sauber C36 | Ferrari 061 1.6 V6 t | AUS WD | CHN | BHR 11 | RUS 16 | ESP 8 | MON Ret | CAN 15 | AZE 10 | AUT 14 | GBR 17 | HUN 15 | BEL Ret | ITA 16 | SIN 12 | MAL 17 | JPN 15 | USA Ret | MEX 14 | BRA 14 | ABU 14 | 18th | 5 |
Complete Formula E results
| Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Points |
| 2018–19 | Mahindra Racing | Spark SRT05e | Mahindra M5Electro | ADR | MRK Ret | SCL 2 | MEX 6 | HKG Ret | SYX 7 | RME 10 | PAR 10 | MCO 4 | BER 10 | BRN Ret | NYC 7 | NYC 12 | 12th | 58 |
| 2019–20 | Mahindra Racing | Spark SRT05e | Mahindra M6Electro | DIR 11 | DIR 15 | SCL 4 | MEX 9 | MRK 22 | BER I | BER I | BER II | BER II | BER III | BER III | 14th* | 14* |
* Season still in progress.