Ayhancan Güven (born 2 January 1998) is a Turkish racing driver and a Porsche factory driver. He currently competes in the
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, commonly abbreviated as the DTM, is a sports car racing series sanctioned by ADAC. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The series currently races a modified version of Group GT3 gra ...
.
Born in 1998 in Istanbul, Ayhancan Güven was introduced to racing at four years old by his father, beginning his career with
kart racing
Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on kart circuit, scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on fu ...
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
FIA Motorsport Games
The FIA Motorsport Games is a biennial motorsport event administered by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It includes competitions from multiple motorsport disciplines and is entered by national motorsport authorities under t ...
.
He won the fourth round of the
2019 Porsche Supercup in
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. It is the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted as the 1948 British Grand Prix. The 1950 British Grand ...
starting from pole position.
He was named the Junior 2020 Porsche Motorsport, and finished
2020
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season as third with 113 points.
For
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
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
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, commonly abbreviated as the DTM, is a sports car racing series sanctioned by ADAC. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The series currently races a modified version of Group GT3 gra ...
, where he would record one podium finish at the
Sachsenring
The Sachsenring () is a motorsport race track, racing circuit located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany. Among other events, it features the annual German motorcycle Grand Prix of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyc ...
.
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
2024 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
The 2024 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-eighth season of the premier German touring car championship and also the twenty-fifth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It's the f ...
.
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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guven, Ayhancan
Living people
1998 births
Turkish racing drivers
Porsche Supercup drivers
ADAC GT Masters drivers
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers
Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
Walter Lechner Racing drivers
AF Corse drivers
Porsche Motorsports drivers
FIA Motorsport Games drivers
Phoenix Racing drivers
Toksport WRT drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers
Asian Le Mans Series drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup France drivers
Racing drivers from Istanbul
24 Hours of Spa drivers
Manthey Racing drivers
TF Sport drivers
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
GT World Challenge America drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers