Théo Pourchaire

Théo Pourchaire (born 20 August 2003 in Grasse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France) is a French racing driver, who made history as the youngest ever starter in the FIA Formula 2 Championship when he made his debut with ART Grand Prix during the 2021 season. Runner-up in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship and a member of the Sauber Junior Team prior to his arrival in F2, Pourchaire made his F2 debut in Bahrain at the end of the 2020 season, as part of an evaluation for the full race seat in 2021.

Pourchaire was handed his F2 debut by HWA Racelab towards the end of the 2020 season, when the Frenchman was chosen to partner Artem Markelov at the final four races of the campaign. His four race cameo would be an unspectacular one in the back-marking #17 HWA, with his only incident of note being an extinguisher failure that caused him to retire from the 2020 Bahrain Sprint Race.

Background
Pourchaire began his racing career at a very early age, driving a kart at the age of two and a half before making his competitive debut at the age of seven. Between 2012 and 2017 the Frenchman would take multiple French national Championships, before graduating to French F4 in 2018. Entering the Junior class, Pourchaire would have a stunning rookie season, claiming the Junior title with fourteen victories in eighteen races.

The Junior Elevator: 2018 - 2020
Having also claimed a single victory in the Championnat de France F4 in 2018, Pourchaire opened 2019 with a seat in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship, as well as a place in the Sauber Junior Team. Armed with their backing, Pourchaire claimed four wins while engaging Dennis Hauger in a season long fight for the title, with the Frenchman ultimately emerging ahead on the final day. That earned Pourchaire a graduation to the FIA Formula 3 Championship for 2020, with the Frenchman signing with the ART Grand Prix squad for the season.

Pourchaire impressed in his maiden F3 campaign, claiming his first victory in only his fourth race, becoming F3/GP3 Series' youngest ever race winner. A further win and a run of podium finishes saw Pourchaire again head into the final day of the season as a title pretender, although he was ultimately beaten to the crown by Oscar Piastri by just three points.

Formula 2 History
Pourchaire was signed to the HWA Racelab FIA Formula 2 squad in the build-up to the 2020 Bahrain Feature Race, aged just 17 fresh from his run to second in the FIA F3 Championship. He hence replaced fellow F3 graduate Jake Hughes at the German squad, and would partner F2 and GP2 Series veteran Artem Markelov at the final four races of the 2020 season. A solid debut saw Pourchaire out qualify and finish ahead of his more experienced teammate, before retiring from the Sprint Race after an extinguisher failure mid-race.

Pourchaire was similarly mired at the back of the field in the final two races of the season on the Bahrain Outer Circuit, failing to threaten the points as his brief cameo came to an end.

ART Ambitions: 2021
After his brief cameo ART Grand Prix would decide to promote Pourchaire into a full F2 seat for the 2021 season, with the Frenchman partnering Christian Lundgaard for his full rookie campaign. Pourchaire duly started the season opening 2021 Bahrain Sprint Race 1 from pole position, although a poor start cost him the lead, before an engine issue ruled him out completely. The Frenchman then put in a rather overlooked charge from the back of the field to the points in the second Bahrain Sprint, before claiming eighth place in the Bahrain Feature having run just off the back of the fight for victory.

Full Formula 2 Record
Shown below are a series of tables outlining 's career in Formula 2 in statistical form.

Formula 2 Entries
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for during their F2 career:

Career Results
Below is a table showing 's full Formula 2 record.


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