Pascal Wehrlein

Pascal Wehrlein

Nation:	Germany
Formula 1 world championship
Start number :	94
First start:	2016 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2017
Constructors
2016  Manor  • 2017  Clean
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-18. ( 2017 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 39 - - -
World Cup points :	6th
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2013
Last race:	Hockenheim II 2018
Teams (manufacturers)
2013  Mücke  • 2014–2015, 2018  HWA (all Mercedes )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 58 3 1 2
Podiums:	7th
Overall wins:	1 ( 2015 )
Points:	326

Pascal Wehrlein (born October 18, 1994 in Sigmaringen ) is a German racing driver . From 2013 to 2015 he competed in the DTM , in which he achieved overall victory in 2015. After two years in the Formula 1 World Championship at Manor and Sauber , he returned to the DTM for one year in the 2018 season. He has been competing in the FIA Formula E Championship since 2019 .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport (2003-2011)

Wehrlein began his motorsport career in karting in 2003 , in which he was active until 2009. In 2010 Wehrlein switched to formula racing and competed for Mücke Motorsport in the ADAC Formula Masters . He won a race and finished the season with a total of four podium finishes in sixth place in the drivers' standings. In 2011, Wehrlein contested his second season in the ADAC Formula Masters for Mücke Motorsport. He won 8 out of 24 races and made it onto the podium 13 times. At the end of the season he secured the title with 331 to 310 points ahead of Emil Bernstorff . Wehrlein is the first Mücke driver to win this racing series.

Formula 3 Euro Series (2012-2013)

In 2012 , Wehrlein stayed with Mücke Motorsport and started in the Formula 3 Euro Series . In addition Wehrlein was in 2012 in the 3 Championship Formula European evaluation justified. This included the first and third races on a Formula 3 Euro Series race weekend and several events in the British Formula 3 Championship . At the Norisring , he finished third in the Formula 3 Euro Series, but was classified as the winner since there were only guest starters ahead of him. At the Nürburgring , he won another race in the Formula 3 Euro Series, which was also part of the European Formula 3. In the Formula 3 Euro Series, Wehrlein finished as the best rookie in second place in the overall standings with 229 to 240 points behind Daniel Juncadella and thus prevailed against Felix Rosenqvist , who was fourth, within the team . In the European Formula 3, Wehrlein was in fourth place and lost to Rosenqvist, who achieved third place.

In 2013 , Wehrlein stayed with Mücke Motorsport and initially competed in the European Formula 3 championship. He took part in the first race weekend in Monza and won a race, finished second and third once.

DTM (2013-2015)

Mücke Motorsport (2013)

The main focus in 2013, however, was on the DTM , where he was given a cockpit in a Mercedes by Mücke . This made him the youngest DTM driver to date. His teammate was Daniel Juncadella . In his debut race at Hockenheim , Wehrlein was now in the lead. He finished in eleventh place. One race later at Brands Hatch , he scored his first point in tenth after starting the race from position 20. In the race that followed, he repeated this placement. After two races without points, Wehrlein again finished tenth at the Nürburgring and also achieved the first fastest lap of his DTM career. At the end of the season, Wehrlein finished 22nd and last in the drivers' standings.

HWA (2014–2015)

Pascal Wehrlein in Oschersleben 2015

For the 2014 season, Wehrlein moved from Mercedes to HWA within the DTM squad . At the race at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz , Wehrlein achieved his first pole position and his first victory. This made him the youngest ever DTM race winner. Wehrlein finished the season in eighth place as the second-best Mercedes driver. In addition, Wehrlein took over the position of substitute driver for the Mercedes Formula 1 team during the 2014 season .

In 2015 Wehrlein stayed with HWA in the DTM. He chose the number 94 as the starting number for the season. In the Saturday race of the season opener in Hockenheim, he achieved second place. In the fifth race of the season in Nuremberg , he scored his first win of the season. After finishing second in the Spielberg race on Saturday , he managed to win another race in Wolokolamsk . After finishing third again on the podium at the Nürburgring , he won the championship one race before the end of the season. This made him the youngest DTM overall winner to date. At the end of the season he was 169 to 150 points ahead of Jamie Green . In addition, he continued to work as a Formula 1 test driver at Mercedes. In addition to this commitment, he completed Formula 1 test drives for Force India .

Formula 1 (2016-2017)

Manor Racing (2016)

Wehrlein in the Manor 2016

In 2016 Wehrlein switched to Formula 1 and was given a permanent cockpit at Manor Racing . As in the DTM, he chose the 94 as his starting number. On his debut in Australia he was 16. His only point of the season he scored in tenth in Austria . He finished his first Formula 1 season in 19th place overall.

Sauber Motorsport (2017)

In 2017 he moved to Sauber and became a team-mate of Marcus Ericsson . He skipped the first two races for health reasons and was represented by Antonio Giovinazzi . At the Spanish Grand Prix he scored his first points for Sauber in eighth place. At the end of the season he finished 18th overall. After the season, his involvement in Formula 1 ended after Sauber signed Charles Leclerc as his successor. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff stated in October 2017 that Mercedes would no longer support Wehrlein in a cockpit search : At some point, the time had come for everyone to stand on their own two feet .

Return to the DTM (2018)

After Pascal Wehrlein did not receive a Formula 1 cockpit for 2018, he returned to the DTM. There, as in the period from 2013 to 2015, he competed for Mercedes. The contract ran for one year, as Mercedes left the DTM at the end of the 2018 season. In the first two races of the season in Hockenheim, he finished fifth and sixth. At the second race weekend at the Lausitzring , he finished third on the podium for the first time after his return to the series on Sunday. In the further course of the season, despite regular placements in the points, he did not manage to classify himself on the podium again and so he ended the season in eighth place overall.

In September it was announced that his contract as a Mercedes works driver, which expires at the end of the season, will not be extended.

FIA Formula E Championship (since 2019)

For the 2018/19 season, Wehrlein switched to the FIA ​​Formula E Championship and became a regular driver at Mahindra Racing . There he took over the cockpit from Nick Heidfeld , who became a test and reserve driver as well as a consultant. As in the Formula 1 World Championship and the DTM, he chose starting number 94.

He missed the opening race, the Diriyya E-Prix , because he had not received an early release from his HWA contract. In his debut at the Marrakech E-Prix he was eliminated on the first lap after an involuntary collision, at the Santiago E-Prix he achieved his first podium result with second place. He also finished the Mexico City E-Prix in second place after running out of energy a few meters from the finish line in the lead and having to let Lucas di Grassi pass. A subsequent time penalty threw him back to sixth place. In the further course of the season he could not achieve these results, so that at the end of the season he finished twelfth in the championship with 58 points.

Others

Wehrlein is completing an apprenticeship as a precision mechanic in his father's company. His mother is from Mauritius . In 2011 and 2012 he was a candidate for the Deutsche Post Speed ​​Academy , which he won in 2011, and is also funded by the ADAC Sports Foundation. In 2012 he finished second in the Deutsche Post Speed ​​Academy .

On May 27, 2014 he had an accident while sponsoring Mercedes in the training camp of the German national soccer team in South Tyrol , in which a vacationer and a marshal were injured.

statistics

Career stations

2003-2009: karting 2010 : ADAC Formula Masters (6th place) 2011 : ADAC Formula Masters (champions) 2012 : Formula 3 Euro Series (2nd place) 2012 : European Formula 3 (4th place)

2013 : European Formula 3 (14th place) 2013 : DTM (22nd place) 2014 : DTM (8th place) 2014 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2015 : DTM (champions)

2015 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2016 : Formula 1 (19th place) 2017 : Formula 1 (18th place) 2018 : DTM (8th place) 2019 : FIA Formula E Championship (12th place) 2020 : Formula 1 (test driver)

Individual results in the ADAC Formula Masters

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2010	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg eV	OS1			SAC			HOC			TTA			LAU			ONLY			OS2						147	6th
		3	8th	4th	3	2	1	10	7th	13	4th	4th	5	5	10	9	8th	5	7th	DNS	6th	4th
2011	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg eV	OSC			SAC			ZOL			ONLY			SPI			LAU			TTA			HOC			331	1.
		1	2	2	1	DNF	5	1	1	1	1	1	DSQ	13	3	DSQ	1	4th	3	6th	DSQ	5	3	5	DNF

Individual results in the Formula 3 Euro Series

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2012	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	HO1			BRH			SPI			NOR			ONLY			ZAN			VAL			HO2			229	2.
			DNF	9	8th	5	3	5	2	6th	4th	7th	3	DNF	3	4th	1	7th	3	3	5	3	4th	2	8th	2

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	Points	rank
2012	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	HO1		PAU		BRH		SPI		NOR		SPA		ONLY		ZAN		VAL		HO2												181	4th
			DNF	8th	DNF	9	5	5	2	4th	7th	DNF	14th	12	3	1	7th	3	5	4th	2	2
2013	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	MON			SIL			HO1			BRH			SPI			NOR			ONLY			ZAN			VAL			HO2			49	14th
			3	1	2

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2016	Manor Racing	Manor MRT05	Mercedes 1.6 V6 Turbo	21st	-	-	-	-	-	1	19th
2017	Sauber motorsport	Clean C36	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	18th	-	-	-	-	-	5	18th
total				39	-	-	-	-	-	6th

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
2016
	16	13	18th	18th	16	14th	17th	DNF	10	DNF	19th	17th	DNF	DNF	16	15th	22nd	17th	DNF	15th	14th
2017
	PO	INJ	11	16	8th	DNF	15th	10	14th	17th	15th	DNF	16	12	17th	15th	DNF	14th	14th	14th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Statistics in the DTM

These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the DTM .

general overview

season	team	Manufacturer	vehicle	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	Item
2013	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	DTM AMG Mercedes C Coupé	10	-	-	-	-	1	3	22nd
2014	HWA	Mercedes	DTM AMG Mercedes C Coupé	10	1	-	-	1	-	46	8th.
2015	HWA	Mercedes	DTM AMG Mercedes C Coupé	18th	2	2	1	-	1	169	1.
2018	HWA	Mercedes	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	20th	-	-	1	-	-	108	8th.
total				58	3	2	2	1	2	326

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
2013	HO1	BRH	SPI	LAU	NOR	MOS	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	HO2
	11	10	10	17th	20 *	11	10	11	12	17th
2014	HO1	OSC	HUN	NOR	MOS	SPI	ONLY	LAU	ZAN	HO2
	11	DNF	14th	5	8th	DNF	10	1	7th	20 *
2015	HO1		LAU		NOR		ZAN		SPI		MOS		OSC		ONLY		HO2
	2	8th	5	13	1	5	10	6th	2	21 *	1	10	5	5	3	5	8th	21st
2018	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		ZAN		BRH		MIS		ONLY		SPI		HO2
	5	6th	8th	3 2	13	12 2	13	9	4 2	6th	7th	4 3	6th	12	7th	9	13	6th	11	18th

( Legend )

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2018/19	Mahindra Racing	TO YOU	MAR	SAN	MEX	HKG	SAY	ROME	PAR	MCO	BER	BRN	NYC					58	12.
			°DNF °	2	6th	°DNF °	7th	10	10	4th	10	DNF	7th	12

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	winner
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished
	NC	unclassified
red	DNQ	not qualified
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start
	WD	withdrawn
	C.	Race canceled
Blank		not participated
	DNP	reported but not participated
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	locked out
other formats and characters	P / bold	Pole position
	italic	Fastest race lap (from 2017/18 : fastest race lap of the first ten)
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings
	°	FanBoost
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Deletion result

Web links

Commons : Pascal Wehrlein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Pascal Wehrlein
• Career statistics by Pascal Wehrlein (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pascal Wehrlein - Vita. Speed ​​Academy , archived from the original on August 25, 2012 ; Retrieved April 4, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ADAC Formula Masters - Pascal Wehrlein drives for Mücke in 2011: We want to fight for the title . Motorsport-Magazin.com/Mücke Motorsport, October 29, 2010, accessed on April 4, 2017.
3. ↑ Chris H., Roland Hanke: ADAC Formula Masters: Mücke Motorsport wins the title with Pascal Wehrlein. speed-magazin.de, October 4, 2011, archived from the original on March 8, 2016 ; Retrieved April 4, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Mücke with Wehrlein 2012 in the Euro Series . Motorsport-Total.com, December 23, 2011, accessed April 4, 2017.
5. ↑ First victory in Formula 3 . Motorsport-Total.com, August 21, 2012, accessed April 4, 2017.
6. ↑ Mücke starts with Wehrlein in the Formula 3 European Championship. Motorsport-Total.com, February 13, 2013, accessed April 4, 2017 . 
7. ↑ DTM - Mercedes: Wehrlein replaces Schumacher: youngest driver in DTM history. Motorsport-Magazin.com, March 16, 2013, accessed April 4, 2017 . 
8. ^ Roman Wittemeier: Mücke: Wehrlein in front, Juncadella behind. Motorsport-Total.com, May 19, 2013, accessed April 4, 2017 . 
9. ^ Roman Wittemeier: Fast ascent: Wehrlein becomes Formula 1 substitute driver. Motorsport-Total.com, September 15, 2014, accessed April 4, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Mercedes announces DTM driver squad: Vitali Petrow flies! Motorsport-Total.com, January 30, 2015, accessed April 4, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Philipp Schajer: “Pascal Wehrlein drives for Manor in the F1 in 2016”. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 10, 2016, accessed February 10, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Ruben Zimmermann: Official: Pascal Wehrlein switched to Sauber in 2017. Motorsport-Total.com, January 16, 2017, accessed April 4, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Motorsport Aktuell, issue 45/2017, p. 5.
14. ↑ Robert Seiwert: "DTM: Pascal Wehrlein will return to Mercedes in 2018". Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 7, 2018, accessed February 8, 2018 . 
15. ^ Christian Menath: Formula 1 & DTM: Mercedes and Pascal Wehrlein split up. Motorsport-Magazin.com, September 14, 2018, accessed November 21, 2018 . 
16. ^ Mahindra signs Wehrlein and d'Ambrosio for FE season five. Retrieved January 11, 2019 . 
17. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E driver - Pascal Wehrlein. e-formel.de, accessed on January 11, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Pascal Wehrlein: Why is he missing from the Formula E start in Riyadh? Retrieved January 11, 2019 . 
19. ↑ Wehrlein torpedoed at the start: out of trouble instead of great sensation. In: MotorsportTotal.com. January 13, 2019, accessed January 14, 2019 . 
20. ↑ Ingo Holiday: In the footsteps of Lewis Hamilton. Südkurier , November 22, 2011, accessed April 4, 2017 . 
21. ^ Esteban Martinez: Deutsche Post Speed ​​Academy: Pascal Wehrlein is the overall winner. speed-magazin.de, December 4, 2011, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; Retrieved April 4, 2017 . 
22. ↑ Pascal Wehrlein: "I am uncomfortable" . spox.com , August 9, 2011, accessed on April 4, 2017.
    ADAC Sports Foundation: Support squad for 2009 stands . Motorsport-Total.com, October 29, 2008, accessed April 4, 2017.
23. ↑ Deutsche Post Speed ​​Academy 2012: Marvin Kirchhöfer is one step ahead. motorsport-server.de, December 4, 2012, archived from the original on March 12, 2013 ; Retrieved April 4, 2017 . 
24. ↑ Tobias Grüner: Two injured during a PR trip in the DFB camp . auto motor und sport , May 27, 2014, accessed April 4, 2017.