Théo Pourchaire

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Théo Pourchaire
Pourchaire Podium Oschersleben ADAC F4 2019-2.jpg
Pourchaire at Oschersleben in 2019
NationalityFrance French
Born (2003-08-20) 20 August 2003 (age 18)
Grasse, France
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamART Grand Prix
Car number10
Former teamsBWT HWA Racelab
Starts15 (15 entries)
Wins2
Podiums2
Poles1
Fastest laps1
Previous series
2019
2018		ADAC Formula 4
French F4 Junior Championship
Championship titles
2019
2018		ADAC Formula 4
French F4 Junior Championship

Théo Pourchaire (born 20 August 2003) is a French racing driver, currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for the ART Grand Prix team. He won the 2019 ADAC Formula 4 Championship,[1][2] and was runner-up in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship with ART Grand Prix.

Career[]

Karting[]

Born in Grasse, Pourchaire began karting at the age of two and a half and made his competitive debut at age seven.[3] From there he claimed multiple championships in his native France, as well as finishing third in the CIK-FIA OKJ and DKM Junior championships.[4][5][6][7]

Lower formulae[]

In 2018, Pourchaire stepped up to single-seaters, contesting the French F4 championship.[8] Despite being ineligible for the main championship on account of his age, he claimed victory in the second race at Spa-Francorchamps and claimed sixteen junior victories to be crowned Junior Champion.[9]

The following year, Pourchaire remained at Formula 4 level, but switched to the ADAC Formula 4 championship as part of the US Racing-CHRS outfit.[10] Claiming four wins, multiple podiums, including a double at the German Grand Prix support race, Pourchaire claimed the championship title at the final round at the Sachsenring by seven points from Red Bull Junior and title rival Dennis Hauger.[11][12][13][14]

FIA Formula 3 Championship[]

In October 2019, Pourchaire attended the post-season test at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, contesting all three sessions with Carlin Buzz Racing and ART Grand Prix.[15][16][17] Two months later, he joined the latter to contest the 2020 season.[18] Pourchaire took his first FIA Formula 3 victory at the sprint race of the second Red Bull Ring round, followed by his first feature race win in the next race at the Hungaroring.

This proved to be the final race win of his season, but a late surge in performance, including a string of podium finishes towards the end of the season, hauled him into the championship fight going into the final round at Mugello. Following a first-lap retirement for title rival Logan Sargeant in the final race of the season, Pourchaire ultimately finished as championship runner-up, just 3 points behind champion Oscar Piastri.

FIA Formula 2 Championship[]

In October 2020, it was announced that Pourchaire would make his FIA Formula 2 Championship debut at the final two rounds of the 2020 season at the Bahrain International Circuit. He drove for HWA Racelab, replacing former FIA Formula 3 competitor Jake Hughes and partnering Artem Markelov.[19] Pourchaire qualified 16th for the first feature race and finished 18th. In the first sprint race, he was forced to retire when his fire extinguisher deployed inside his cockpit.[20] He finished the final two races in 18th and 21st place.

Pourchaire drove for ART Grand Prix at the post-season Formula 2 test in December 2020, and in January 2021 it was announced that he would join the team for the 2021 Formula 2 Championship.[21]

After a consistent start to the season, Pourchaire took his maiden F2 win at Monaco, winning the feature race after qualifying on pole position. In doing so, he became the youngest driver ever to win a F2/GP2 race.[22] He broke his wrist in a first-lap collision with Marcus Armstrong and Dan Ticktum during the feature race at the next round in Baku.

He was involved in a serious accident with F3 graduate Enzo Fittipaldi at the Jeddah feature race. Pourchaire escaped unscathed, but Fittipaldi was injured.[23]

Formula One[]

As part of his signing with US Racing-CHRS, Pourchaire was made a member of the Sauber Junior Team.[24] In June 2020, Pourchaire renewed his relationship with the scheme.[25]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 21 1 0 1 7 0 NC†
French F4 Championship Junior 16 0 1 20 408.5 1st
2019 ADAC Formula 4 Championship US Racing–CHRS[26] 20 4 6 1 12 258 1st
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship ART Grand Prix 18 2 0 0 8 161 2nd
FIA Formula 2 Championship BWT HWA Racelab 4 0 0 0 0 0 26th
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship ART Grand Prix 23 2 1 3 3 140 5th

† Pourchaire was ineligible for overall championship classification or points due to competing as a junior.

Complete French F4 Championship results[]

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

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2018 NOG
1
4 		NOG
2
2 		NOG
3
3 		PAU
1
7 		PAU
2
4 		PAU
3
6 		SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
1 		SPA
3
4 		DIJ
1
4 		DIJ
2
6 		DIJ
3
8 		MAG
1
2 		MAG
2
Ret 		MAG
3
2 		JER
1
4 		JER
2
8 		JER
3
10 		LEC
1
2 		LEC
2
10 		LEC
3
3 		NC† 0

† Pourchaire was ineligible for overall championship classification or points due to competing as a junior.

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results[]

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2019 US Racing-CHRS OSC
1
5 		OSC
2
2 		OSC
3
10 		RBR
1
12 		RBR
2
1 		RBR
3
3 		HOC
1
2 		HOC
2
3 		ZAN
1
3 		ZAN
2
3 		ZAN
3
7 		NÜR
1
1 		NÜR
2
1 		NÜR
3
11 		HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
12 		HOC
3
6 		SAC
1
2 		SAC
2
1 		SAC
3
2 		1st 258

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position points) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap points for the fastest lap from top-10 finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2020 ART Grand Prix RBR
FEA
13 		RBR
SPR
26 		RBR
FEA
9‡ 		RBR
SPR
1 		HUN
FEA
1 		HUN
SPR
6 		SIL
FEA
12 		SIL
SPR
8 		SIL
FEA
6 		SIL
SPR
3 		CAT
FEA
7 		CAT
SPR
6 		SPA
FEA
2 		SPA
SPR
5 		MNZ
FEA
2 		MNZ
SPR
2 		MUG
FEA
3 		MUG
SPR
3 		2nd 161

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 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
2020 BWT HWA Racelab RBR
FEA
 RBR
SPR
 RBR
FEA
 RBR
SPR
 HUN
FEA
 HUN
SPR
 SIL
FEA
 SIL
SPR
 SIL
FEA
 SIL
SPR
 CAT
FEA
 CAT
SPR
 SPA
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 MUG
FEA
 MUG
SPR
 SOC
FEA
 SOC
SPR
 BHR
FEA
18 		BHR
SPR
Ret 		BHR
FEA
18 		BHR
SPR
21 		26th 0
2021 ART Grand Prix BHR
SP1
Ret 		BHR
SP2
6 		BHR
FEA
8 		MCO
SP1
7 		MCO
SP2
4 		MCO
FEA
1 		BAK
SP1
5 		BAK
SP2
9 		BAK
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SP1
5 		SIL
SP2
10 		SIL
FEA
8 		MNZ
SP1
1 		MNZ
SP2
10 		MNZ
FEA
4 		SOC
SP1
5 		SOC
SP2
C 		SOC
FEA
2 		JED
SP1
Ret 		JED
SP2
6 		JED
FEA
Ret 		YMC
SP1
7 		YMC
SP2
9 		YMC
FEA
4 		5th 140

References[]

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