The German driver who was youngest DTM champion at 20, raced for Manor and Sauber in Formula One and later won two Formula E world titles with Porsche.
German driver Pascal Wehrlein won the DTM title in 2015 as its youngest ever champion. He raced in Formula One for Manor and Sauber from 2016 to 2017, then won the Formula E World Championship in 2023-24 and 2025-26 with Porsche.
Germany's Pascal Wehrlein drives in Formula E for Porsche. He raced in Formula One from 2016 to 2017, won the DTM title for Mercedes and has become a two-time Formula E world champion. This profile follows his path from karting in Sigmaringen to the Porsche title-winning team.
Who is Pascal Wehrlein?
Pascal Konrad Wehrlein was born on 18 October 1994 in Sigmaringen, Germany, and he races under the German flag. He was born to a German father and a Mauritian mother, and his father Richard is a former boxer who runs a CNC machining firm.
Wehrlein began karting in 2003, mainly in Germany, and he reached the KF2 karting category by 2009. He finished fifth in the ADAC Kart Masters that year. KF2 was the step beyond junior karts, and it moved him towards single-seaters.
He was a Mercedes junior from 2014 onwards. Mercedes named him their first junior driver in September 2014, and he also took part in pre-season testing for Force India and Mercedes. That role linked him to the team's wider programme.
The youngest DTM champion at 20, a Formula One driver for two small teams and a two-time Formula E world champion with Porsche.
How did Wehrlein progress through junior single-seaters?
In 2010 Wehrlein made his debut in the ADAC Formel Masters with Mucke Motorsport and finished sixth overall. He won at Sachsenring and took three other podiums that season.
The following year he stayed with the team and became ADAC Formel Masters champion with seven wins.
In 2012 he stepped up to the Formula 3 Euro Series with Mucke and finished as runner-up to Daniel Juncadella.
How did Wehrlein's DTM career develop?
Wehrlein made his DTM debut in 2013 with Mucke, at the age of 18, and he became the youngest driver in the series' history. He finished his rookie season 22nd overall.
In 2014 he moved to HWA, where he became the youngest DTM pole-sitter and race winner in the series' history. His pole and win came at Lausitz, and he finished eighth overall with 46 points.
The 2015 season was his breakthrough. He won the DTM title, which made him the youngest champion ever at 20. He achieved that title despite not taking a single pole position all season, with two wins, five podiums and one fastest lap.
He returned to HWA for 2018 and finished eighth overall. Mercedes ended their partnership with him in September 2018,.
How did Wehrlein's Formula One career unfold?
Wehrlein made his Formula One debut with Manor in 2016. He chose number 94, a reference to his birth year, and he scored the team's only point of the season with tenth place at the Austrian Grand Prix.
In 2017 he signed with Sauber. Antonio Giovinazzi replaced him for early races, and he then returned to race in Bahrain.
In Bahrain he qualified 13th and finished 11th. He finished eighth at the Spanish Grand Prix and tenth at Azerbaijan, which gave Sauber its points that season.
At Monaco his race ended when a collision with Jenson Button flipped his Sauber onto its side. Sauber's only points of the 2017 season came from Wehrlein, but the team announced in December that he would not be retained for 2018.
Charles Leclerc replaced him at Sauber, and Wehrlein joined Ferrari as a simulator driver in 2019. He was retained for 2020 but did not continue after that, citing his commitments as a Porsche factory driver.
How did Wehrlein's Formula E career begin?
Wehrlein moved to Formula E for the 2018-19 season with Mahindra Racing, alongside Jerome D'Ambrosio. He did not contest the opening round in Diriyah, and his debut came at the Marrakesh ePrix.
At the Mexico City ePrix in 2019 he earned his first pole position. He finished second, but a five-second time penalty for cutting a corner dropped him to sixth.
At the Paris ePrix he set the fastest qualifying time, but he and D'Ambrosio had their times disallowed for underweight cars. He announced his departure from Mahindra on Instagram in June 2020, and then moved to Porsche for 2020-21.
What did Wehrlein achieve with Porsche?
Wehrlein joined Porsche's Formula E team for 2020-21, replacing Neel Jani and partnering Andre Lotterer. At Puebla he took pole and crossed the line first, but the team had failed to declare his tyre set, and he was disqualified. The penalty came from a paperwork matter rather than anything on track.
In 2021-22 he won the Mexico City ePrix. It was his and Porsche's first Formula E victory, and
Lotterer is recorded as the first Black person to win a Formula E race.
For 2023 Wehrlein remained with Porsche,. He finished second at Mexico City and won race one at Diriyah,.
He crashed out on lap one at Cape Town,.
How did Wehrlein win his Formula E titles?
Wehrlein returned to Porsche for 2024 and opened the season with his first win at Mexico City. He then took pole at Sao Paulo.
In London he won the final race and clinched the title by six points, which made him the Formula E World Champion for 2023-24.
The Porsche team won the teams' and manufacturers' championships in 2024-25, with Wehrlein in the line-up, for the first time in its history.
He was partnered by Nico Muller at Porsche for 2025-26, and he won his second Formula E world title in that season.
How did Wehrlein's endurance racing begin?
At the end of 2024 JDC-Miller chose him to race at the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona alongside Bryce Aron, Gianmaria Bruni and Tijmen van der Helm. It was his endurance debut, and the team brought the car home in sixth place. The entry had three other drivers in the car.
Wehrlein then made his World Endurance Championship debut at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps with Porsche Penske Motorsport. He raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans later in June 2025 with the same team,.
His 2025 season added three sportscar events to his record: Daytona, Spa and Le Mans.
Formula One and Formula E results at a glance
| Series | Season | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ADAC Formel Masters | 2011 | Champion with seven wins |
| DTM | 2015 | Champion, youngest ever at 20 |
| Formula One | 2016 | Manor's only point, tenth in Austria |
| Formula One | 2017 | Sauber's only points, tenth in Azerbaijan |
| Formula E | 2021-22 | Won the Mexico City ePrix, Porsche's first win |
| Formula E | 2023-24 | World Champion |
| Formula E | 2025-26 | World Champion |
The DTM years show a steep curve: a rookie season ending 22nd in 2013, then a pole and race win at Lausitz in 2014, and the 2015 title. His Formula E results have followed a similar path, with poles and wins at Mahindra and Porsche before his two world titles.
How many points did Wehrlein score in Formula One?
Wehrlein scored three points-scoring finishes across his Formula One career: tenth at the Austrian Grand Prix in 2016 for Manor, and eighth in Spain and tenth in Azerbaijan in 2017 for Sauber.
Those three finishes came in two seasons of racing. He was not retained by Sauber for 2018, and Charles Leclerc replaced him in the team's line-up.
Across his Formula E career with Mahindra and Porsche, he has taken poles and wins, and he has also been disqualified or penalised along the way.
What is Wehrlein's place in motorsport?
Wehrlein's career spans touring cars, Formula One and electric racing, and his two Formula E titles place him. His DTM title in 2015 came at a young age. His two Formula E titles and that DTM title are his most significant achievements to date.
In 2017 he scored points in two races for Sauber, eighth in Spain and tenth in Azerbaijan.
His record shows titles at several levels, from the ADAC Formel Masters and the DTM to two Formula E world championships.
