Théo Pourchaire
French racing driver
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2025 | Pourchaire is scheduled to drive for Maserati during the Berlin rookie test at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit. |
2025 | Competes in the European Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing and serves as test and development driver for Peugeot in the FIA World Endurance Championship. |
April 2025 | Announced as a driver for Algarve Pro Racing in the 2025 European Le Mans Series and confirmed to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. |
February 2025 | Maserati MSG Racing selected Pourchaire to participate in the rookie practice session at the Jeddah ePrix. |
2024 | Temporarily races in IndyCar with Arrow McLaren, initially substituting for injured David Malukas, then signed permanently but later dropped in favor of Nolan Siegel. |
2024 | Revealed he was 'very close' to signing with Alfa Romeo for 2024. |
2024 | Participated in the young drivers' test with Alfa Romeo, finishing 11th. |
2024 | Participated in a free practice session where he was unable to set a competitive lap time due to a brake-by-wire system issue. |
2024 | Announced departure from Sauber after graduating from the junior programme. |
2024 | Ran the C43 in place of Zhou Guanyu during a free practice session. |
2024 | Did not take part in any practice sessions throughout the season as reserve driver. |
2024 | Confirmed to race for Team Impul in the 2024 Super Formula Championship. |
2024 | Withdrew from Super Formula Championship to participate in IndyCar with Arrow McLaren, with Ben Barnicoat replacing him for the next round at Autopolis. |
2024 | Finished 18th in the first race of the season at Suzuka after an off-track excursion. |
November 2024 | Pourchaire drove an endurance racing car for the first time, completing a rookie test with the Peugeot hypercar at the Bahrain International Circuit. |
July 19 2024 | Pourchaire replaced an injured Alexander Rossi in the Grand Prix of Toronto for McLaren, finishing the race in 14th place. |
April 18 2024 | Théo Pourchaire made his IndyCar debut as a stand-in for David Malukas at the Grand Prix of Long Beach, driving the No. 6 Chevrolet for Arrow McLaren. He impressively made up 11 positions and finished 11th. |
December 6 2023 | Conducted his first Super Formula test with Team Impul at Suzuka Circuit. |
September 2023 | Announced as Alfa Romeo's reserve driver for 2024. |
September 2023 | In the Abu Dhabi season finale, Pourchaire secured the 2023 Formula 2 Championship by finishing fifth in the feature race, achieving one win, two poles, ten podiums, and 203 points throughout the season. |
July 2023 | At Silverstone, Pourchaire achieved his first double podium, finishing second in the sprint race and third in the feature race, narrowing the championship lead gap. |
April 2023 | At the Melbourne round, Pourchaire secured second place in the feature race after qualifying second, continuing his strong performance in the championship. |
March 2023 | In the Bahrain round of the FIA Formula 2 Championship, Pourchaire qualified on pole and won the feature race by an impressive 19-second margin, marking his sixth overall win. |
2022 | Became a testing driver with Alfa Romeo F1 Team. |
2022 | Participated in post-season tests in Abu Dhabi. |
December 7 2022 | Planned Super Formula test at Suzuka Circuit with Kondo Racing was called off. |
November 2022 | Pourchaire tests for ART at the F2 post-season test at Yas Marina amid uncertainty about his 2023 racing plans. |
November 2022 | At the final round in Yas Marina, Pourchaire ultimately finishes second in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, scoring three wins, seven podiums, and 164 points. |
October 2022 | Made his FP1 debut with Alfa Romeo at the United States Grand Prix. |
July 2022 | At his home round in France, Pourchaire finishes second in the feature race behind Ayumu Iwasa, and dedicates an earlier podium to fellow French racer Anthoine Hubert. |
July 2022 | At Hungary, Pourchaire wins his third race of the year, reducing Felipe Drugovich's championship lead to 21 points. |
July 2022 | At Silverstone, Pourchaire finishes second in the feature race after an intense battle with Logan Sargeant. |
June 2022 | At Monaco, Pourchaire finishes second in the feature race after an intense battle with championship rival Felipe Drugovich. |
May 2022 | Revealed he had tested the new Formula E Gen3 car in early 2022, completing three days of testing and commenting that the car was 'very good' and 'very fast'. |
April 2022 | At Imola, Pourchaire wins his second race of the year after mishaps to other drivers, taking the championship lead from Felipe Drugovich. |
March 2022 | At the first round in Bahrain, Pourchaire wins the feature race after taking the lead following pit stops of race leaders Jüri Vips and Jack Doohan. |
December 2021 | Pourchaire finished his rookie Formula 2 season in fifth place with 140 points, achieving one pole position, two wins, four fastest laps, and three podiums. |
September 2021 | Pourchaire won his second F2 race of the year at Monza, overtaking Dan Ticktum and Jüri Vips to secure the victory. |
August 2021 | Completed his first Formula One test, driving the Alfa Romeo Racing C38 at the Hungaroring. |
June 2021 | Pourchaire broke and fractured his left wrist in a first-lap collision during the Baku feature race, involving Marcus Armstrong and Dan Ticktum. |
May 2021 | Pourchaire broke the record for the youngest F2 pole-sitter at Monaco and won his first Formula 2 feature race, becoming the youngest driver ever to win a F2/GP2 race. |
January 2021 | Théo Pourchaire joined ART Grand Prix for the 2021 Formula 2 Championship alongside Christian Lundgaard. |
2020 | Made his Formula 2 debut, qualifying 16th in the first feature race and finishing 18th. |
2020 | Completed his debut Formula 2 season with 18th and 21st place finishes in the final two races. |
2020 | Forced to retire from the first sprint race when his fire extinguisher deployed inside his cockpit. |
2020 | Secured victory at the Hungaroring, winning by nearly 12 seconds. |
2020 | Achieved his first pole position at the Monza weekend, though received a five-place grid drop for driving unnecessarily slowly. |
2020 | Signed with ART Grand Prix for the FIA Formula 3 Championship, finishing as runner-up to Oscar Piastri by three points. |
October 2020 | Announced as a replacement driver for HWA Racelab in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for the final two rounds of the 2020 season at the Bahrain International Circuit. |
July 2020 | Won his first FIA Formula 3 race at the Red Bull Ring at just 16 years old, becoming the youngest driver to win in the championship. |
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