Ayhancan Güven
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| Ayhancan Güven | |
|---|---|
 Güven in 2025 | |
| Nationality |  Turkish |
| Born | 2 January 1998 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 |
Ayhancan Güven (Turkish: [ˈajhan.dʒan ˈɟyven], born 2 January 1998) is a Turkish racing driver and a Porsche factory driver, currently competing in the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship for the Manthey Racing team. He has previously raced in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), where he was crowned champion in the 2025 season.
Born in 1998 in Istanbul, 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.
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]
Güven 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, Güven 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.
