Ayhancan Güven

Ayhancan Güven
Ayhancan Güven
	Güven in 2025
Nationality	Turkish
Born	2 January 1998 (age 27); Istanbul, Turkey
DTM career
Debut season	2022
Current team	Manthey EMA
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2021); FIA Gold (2022–2023); FIA Platinum (2024–)
Car number	90
Former teams	KÜS Team Bernhard (2023)
Starts	50
Championships	1
Wins	5
Podiums	7
Poles	0
Fastest laps	5
Best finish	1st in 2025
Previous series
2023; 2022; 2019–2021; 2018, 2021; 2018–2020; 2018	Asian Le Mans Series; ADAC GT Masters; Porsche Supercup; Porsche Carrera Cup Germany; Porsche Carrera Cup France; FIA GT Nations Cup
Championship titles
2025; 2023; 2019; 2018	DTM; Asian Le Mans Series; Porsche Carrera Cup France; Porsche Carrera Cup France

Güven during the race weekend of 2019 Porsche Supercup Austria at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.

Ayhancan Güven (born 2 January 1998) is a Turkish racing driver and a Porsche factory driver. He currently competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, where he is the 2025 champion.

Born in 1998 in Istanbul, Ayhancan Güven was introduced to racing at four years old by his father, beginning his career with kart racing and later sim racing as a member of the sim racing team Coanda Esports. 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

He won the fourth round of the 2019 Porsche Supercup in Silverstone Circuit starting from pole position.^[3] He was named the Junior 2020 Porsche Motorsport, and finished 2020 season as third with 113 points. For 2021 season of Porsche Supercup, he signed with BWT Lechner Racing.^[4]

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, where he would record one podium finish at the Sachsenring.

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.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2017	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Toksport WRT	7	0	0	0	1	112	6th
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux	9	4	5	3	5	138	4th
2018	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	MSG / HRT Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
Porsche Carrera Cup France	Attempto Racing	6	1	0	3	6	200	1st
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux	12	7	9	10	9	243	1st
FIA GT Nations Cup	Team Turkey	3	2	0	1	3	N/A	1st
2019	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Martinet by Alméras	12	5	6	4	10	207	1st
Porsche Supercup	10	1	1	0	5	124	2nd
FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup	Team Turkey	3	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2020	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Martinet by Alméras	10	3	1	1	6	166	2nd
Porsche Supercup	8	2	3	0	4	113	3rd
2021	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Phoenix-IronForce Racing	16	4	7	2	12	275	2nd
Porsche Supercup	BWT Lechner Racing	8	1	1	1	4	110	3rd
2022	ADAC GT Masters	Team Joos Sportwagentechnik	14	2	2	0	4	178	2nd
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	AlphaTauri AF Corse	2	0	0	0	0	7	23rd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Allied-Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring - Cup2	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
FIA Motorsport Games GT Sprint	Team Turkey	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	DKR Engineering	4	1	0	0	4	76	1st
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	KÜS Team Bernhard	15	0	0	2	1	70	15th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Dinamic GT Huber Racing	3	0	0	0	0	11	16th
Dinamic GT	2	0	0	0	0
Intercontinental GT Challenge	Dinamic GT Huber Racing	1	0	0	0	0	6	27th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Pure Rxcing	4	0	0	0	0	0.5	23rd
CLRT	2	0	0	0	0
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Dinamic GT	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2024	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Manthey EMA	16	0	0	1	1	69	16th
Intercontinental GT Challenge	4	2	0	0	2	50	2nd
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	3	0	0	1	3	0	NC†
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Schumacher CLRT	5	0	0	0	1	18	15th
GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am	GMG Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
FIA Motorsport Games GT Sprint	Team Türkiye
2025	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Manthey EMA	16	5	0	2	5	192	1st
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Wright Motorsports
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Manthey Racing EMA
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Schumacher CLRT	5	0	0	0	1	41	6th
FIA GT World Cup

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

Porsche Supercup results

Season	Porsche Supercup	Points	Pos.
2019	CAT	MON	RBR	SIL	HOC‡	HUN	SPA	MNZ	MEX	124	2nd
2	5	Ret	1	12	8	2	5	2	2
2020	RBR	HUN	SIL	CAT	SPA	MNZ			113	3rd
8	2	2	9	1	8	1	Ret
2021	MON	RBR1	RBR2	HUN	SPA	ZND	MNZ1	MNZ2			110	3rd
20†	2	26	4	2	4	1	3

Notes

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

Porsche Carrera Cup France results

Season	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Points	Pos.
2018			1st
2019			1st
2020	MAG	LMS	PAU	SPA	CAT	166	2nd
1	5	3	4	DNS	2	2	1	Ret	2

Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

Season	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Points	Pos.
2021	SPA	OSC	RBR	MNZ	ZND	NÜR	SAC	HOC	167	2nd
Ret	4	1	2	3	2	3	2	3	1

Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East results

Season	Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East Bahrain	Points	Pos.
2021	1	2	3	50	1st
1	1

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2022	AlphaTauri AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	ALG 1	ALG 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 7	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	23rd	7
2023	KÜS Team Bernhard	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	OSC 1 20	OSC 2 Ret	ZAN 1 13	ZAN 2 7	NOR 1 5	NOR 2 8	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 WD	LAU 1 16	LAU 2 Ret	SAC 1 3²	SAC 2 Ret	RBR 1 11³	RBR 2 7	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 11	15th	70
2024	Manthey Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	OSC 1 14	OSC 2 14	LAU 1 15	LAU 2 11	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 Ret	NOR 1 16	NOR 2 8	NÜR 1 17	NÜR 2 5	SAC 1 DSQ	SAC 2 13	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 7	HOC 1 3³	HOC 2 19	16th	69
2025	Manthey EMA	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 1	LAU 1 8	LAU 2 14	ZAN 1 1	ZAN 2 12	NOR 1 11	NOR 2 11	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 5	SAC 1 1	SAC 2 1	RBR 1 16	RBR 2 7	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 1	1st	192

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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


Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Points
2023	DKR Engineering	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DUB 1 2	DUB 2 2	ABU 1 3	ABU 2 1	1st	76

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2024	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Matthew Campbell Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Pro	275	1st	1st

References

^ "Ayhancan Güven ikinci kez şampiyon". Habertürk (in Turkish). 14 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
^ "Result of FIA GT Nations Cup - Main Race" (PDF). FIA GT Nations Cup. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^ Şengül, Kemal (14 July 2019). "Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Silverstone: Ayhancan harika performansıyla kazandı!". MotorSport (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
^ "Ayhancan Güven Joining BWT Lechner Racing for 2021 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season as a Porsche Junior". Retrieved 17 March 2021.

External links

Personal website

Ayhancan Güven career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Julien Andlauer	Porsche Carrera Cup France Champion 2018-2019	Succeeded by Jaxon Evans
Preceded by Ben Hanley Matt Bell Rodrigo Sales	Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 Champion 2023 With: Charlie Eastwood & Salih Yoluç	Succeeded by Colin Braun Malthe Jakobsen George Kurtz
Preceded by Jules Gounon Kenny Habul Luca Stolz	Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour 2024 With: Matt Campbell & Laurens Vanthoor	Succeeded by Augusto Farfus Kelvin van der Linde Sheldon van der Linde
Preceded by Mirko Bortolotti	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Champion 2025	Succeeded by Incumbent

[ht1-1] "Ayhancan Güven ikinci kez şampiyon". Habertürk (in Turkish). 14 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

[2] "Result of FIA GT Nations Cup - Main Race" (PDF). FIA GT Nations Cup. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

[ms1-3] Şengül, Kemal (14 July 2019). "Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Silverstone: Ayhancan harika performansıyla kazandı!". MotorSport (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 October 2019.

[4] "Ayhancan Güven Joining BWT Lechner Racing for 2021 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season as a Porsche Junior". Retrieved 17 March 2021.

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