Pascal Wehrlein

Pascal Wehrlein
Formula One World Championship career
Pascal Wehrlein in 2014
Born	(1994-10-18) 18 October 1994 Sigmaringen, Germany
Nationality	German
2016 team	MRT-Mercedes^[1]
Car number	94
Entries	21 (21 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	1
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2016 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2016 position	19th (1 pt)

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 who was a test driver for Mercedes AMG, and a full time driver for Manor Racing.^[2] Holding dual nationality of Germany and Mauritius, he races under the German flag in Formula One.^[3] 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.

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 a win at Sachsenring and three other podiums.^[7]^[8] 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.^[9]

Formula 3 Euro Series

In 2012, Wehrlein stepped up to the Formula 3 Euro Series, continuing with Mücke Motorsport.^[10] 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 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

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.^[11] He took part in preseason testing in Barcelona, driving for both Force India and Mercedes.

Manor (2016–present)

Wehrlein driving for Manor at the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix

In 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' wind tunnel in exchange for hiring Wehrlein.^[1] Wehrlein scored his and Manor's only point of the season at the Austrian Grand Prix with a tenth-place finish.^[12]

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
2013	DTM	Mücke Motorsport	10	0	0	1	0	3	22nd
2014	DTM	HWA Team	10	1	1	0	1	46	8th
2014	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
	Formula One	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Test driver
2016	Formula One	Manor Racing MRT	21	0	0	0	0	1	19th
2016	Formula One	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Test driver

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 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

References

1 2 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.
↑ 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.
↑ "Background: Who is Pascal Wehrlein?". GPUpdate.net. JHED Media BV. 12 February 2016.
↑ Reuters (10 February 2016). "Manor to sign Pascal Wehrlein for new Formula One season". theguardian.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
↑ "Results". pascal-wehrlein.de. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
↑ "ADAC Kart Masters — KF2 2009". Driver Database. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
↑ Tischer, Alexander H.H. (3 October 2010). "Fahrer — Meisterschaftsstand" (PDF). Wige Performance (in German). ADAC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
↑ Tischer, Alexander H.H. (9 September 2010). "ADAC Masters Weekend Sachsenring" (PDF). Wige Performance (in German). ADAC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
↑ "Trotz Problemen Meister". adac-formel-masters.de (in German). ADAC. 4 October 2011. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
↑ "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. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
↑ "Mercedes: Teenager Pascal Wehrlein named reserve driver". 15 September 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
↑ Anderson, Ben; Parkes, Ian (3 July 2016). "Pascal Wehrlein doesn't know where pace for F1 points came from". Autosport. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

External links

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

Sporting positions
Preceded by Richie Stanaway	ADAC Formel Masters Champion 2011	Succeeded by Marvin Kirchhöfer
Preceded by Marco Wittmann	DTM Champion 2015	Succeeded by Marco Wittmann
Awards
Preceded by Max Verstappen	Autosport Awards Rookie of the Year 2016	Succeeded by Incumbent

List of Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft / Masters Drivers' Champions

Manor Racing

Team Owner: Stephen Fitzpatrick

Head management: Thomas Mayer (CEO); Dave Ryan (Racing Director); Abdulla Boulsien (Director)

Personnel: Pat Fry; Luca Furbatto; Marc Hynes; John McQuilliam; Gianluca Pisanello; Nicholas Tombazis

2016 Race drivers: 31. Esteban Ocon; 94. Pascal Wehrlein

2016 Test and reserve drivers: 53. Alexander Rossi (Reserve); 88. Rio Haryanto (Reserve); Jordan King (Development)

Formula One cars: MRT05

Formula One teams

Teams and drivers that competed in the 2016 Formula One season

Ferrari	Force India-Mercedes	Haas-Ferrari	McLaren-Honda	Mercedes	MRT-Mercedes

5. Sebastian Vettel 7. Kimi Räikkönen	11. Sergio Pérez 27. Nico Hülkenberg	8. Romain Grosjean 21. Esteban Gutiérrez	14. Fernando Alonso 22. Jenson Button 47. Stoffel Vandoorne	6. Nico Rosberg 44. Lewis Hamilton	31. Esteban Ocon 88. Rio Haryanto 94. Pascal Wehrlein

Red Bull-TAG Heuer	Renault	Sauber-Ferrari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	Williams-Mercedes

3. Daniel Ricciardo 26. Daniil Kvyat 33. Max Verstappen	20. Kevin Magnussen 30. Jolyon Palmer	9. Marcus Ericsson 12. Felipe Nasr	26. Daniil Kvyat 33. Max Verstappen 55. Carlos Sainz	19. Felipe Massa 77. Valtteri Bottas

Teams and drivers that will compete in the 2017 Formula One season

Ferrari	Force India-Mercedes	Haas-Ferrari	McLaren-Honda	Mercedes	MRT-Mercedes

5. Sebastian Vettel 7. Kimi Räikkönen	11. Sergio Pérez 31. Esteban Ocon	8. Romain Grosjean 20. Kevin Magnussen	14. Fernando Alonso TBA. Stoffel Vandoorne	44. Lewis Hamilton TBA	TBA TBA

Red Bull-TAG Heuer	Renault	Sauber-Ferrari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	Williams-Mercedes

3. Daniel Ricciardo 33. Max Verstappen	27. Nico Hülkenberg 30. Jolyon Palmer	9. Marcus Ericsson TBA	26. Daniil Kvyat 55. Carlos Sainz	77. Valtteri Bottas TBA. Lance Stroll

Winners of Autosport's Rookie of the Year

2000: Jenson Button 2001: Juan Pablo Montoya 2002: Mark Webber 2003: Dan Wheldon 2004: A. J. Allmendinger 2005: Tiago Monteiro 2006–07: Lewis Hamilton 2008: Sebastian Vettel 2009: Kris Meeke 2010: Kamui Kobayashi 2011: Paul di Resta 2012: Mathéo Tuscher 2013: Jules Bianchi 2014: Daniil Kvyat 2015: Max Verstappen 2016: Pascal Wehrlein

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