Ayhancan Güven (born 2 January 1998) is a Turkish racing driver and a Porsche factory driver. He currently competes in the

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. Born in 1998 in Istanbul, Ayhancan Güven was introduced to racing at four years old by his father, beginning his career with

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and later sim racing as a member of the sim racing team VRS Coanda Simsport. The success in these different categories helped him move up to GT Racing and Endurance racing.

Career

Güven finished the 2018 season of the Porsche Carrera Cup France as champion. He repeated as champion in the next season of the Porsche Carrera Cup France in 2019. Also in 2018 he won the FIA GT Nations Cup, representing his home country alongside Salih Yoluç. The event was the predecessor to the

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. He won the fourth round of the 2019 Porsche Supercup in

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starting from pole position. He was named the Junior 2020 Porsche Motorsport, and finished

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season as third with 113 points. For

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season of Porsche Supercup, he signed with BWT Lechner Racing. In 2022, He competed with Christian Engelhart in Team Joos Sportwagentechnik in ADAC GT Masters and finished runner-up in the standings. For 2023, Güven moved up to the

, where he would record one podium finish at the

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. In 2024, Güven won the Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race alongside Matthew Campbell and Laurens Vanthoor for Manthey Racing, the team he also signed to drive for in the

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Racing record

Career summary

† As Güven was a guest driver, he was not eligible to score points. ^* Season still in progress.

Porsche Supercup results

;Notes † – Driver did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Porsche Carrera Cup France results

Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East results

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

References

External links

Personal website
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