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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