Ayhancan Güven

Ayhancan Güven (born 2 January 1998) is a Turkish racing driver competing internationally in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany.[1]

Ayhancan Güven
Ayhancan Güven (mid) on podium as the winner of the Porsche Carrera Cup France on the Circuit Paul Armagnac in Nogaro, Gers on 22 April 2019.
NationalityTurkish
Born (1998-01-02) 2 January 1998
Istanbul, Turkey
Porsche Supercup career
Debut season2019
Current teamBWT Lechner Racing
Former teamsmartinet by Alméras (2019-2020)
Starts11
Wins3
Podiums11
Poles4
Best finish2nd in 2019
Previous series
2018
2018
2018		FIA GT Nations Cup
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Porsche Carrera Cup France
Championship titles
2019
2018		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.

Born in 1998 in Istanbul, Ayhancan grown up with the racing background of his father. He's been on wheels since he was four years old. On the first steps with race simulations and go-kart, he enjoyed winning different racing categories. He is currently racing in the Porsche Supercup - Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, Porsche Carrera Cup France and Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. He is also a member of the sim racing team " VRS Coanda Simsport".

Career

Güven finished the 2018 season of the Porsche Carrera Cup France as champion. He repeated his champion title in the next season of the Porsche Carrera Cup France in 2019.[2] 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.[3]

He won the fourth round of the 2019 Porsche Supercup in Silverstone Circuit starting at the pole position.[4] 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.[5]

Racing record

Career summary
SeasonPorsche SupercupPointsPos.
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.

SeasonPorsche Carrera Cup FrancePointsPos.
20181st
20191st
2020 MAG
 LMS
 PAU
 SPA
 CAT
 166 2nd
1 5 3 4 DNS 2 2 1 Ret 2
SeasonPorsche Carrera Cup GermanyPointsPos.
2021 SPA
 OSC
 RBR
 MNZ
 ZND
 NÜR
 SAC
 HOC
 167 2nd
Ret 4 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 1
SeasonPorsche Sprint Challenge
Middle East Bahrain		PointsPos.
2021 1
 2
 3
 50 1st
1 1

References
  1. "Turkish driver Ayhancan makes auto racing history". Daily Sabah. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. "Ayhancan Güven ikinci kez şampiyon". Habertürk (in Turkish). 14 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. "Result of FIA GT Nations Cup - Main Race" (PDF). FIA GT Nations Cup. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. Şengül, Kemal (14 July 2019). "Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Silverstone: Ayhancan harika performansıyla kazandı!". MotorSport (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. "Ayhancan Güven Joining BWT Lechner Racing for 2021 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season as a Porsche Junior". Retrieved 17 March 2021.

Ayhancan Güven career summary at DriverDB.com

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