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Porsche reveals last Hypercar driver for 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours
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Porsche reveals last Hypercar driver for 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours

Motorsports March 25, 2025
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Reigning Method E world champion Pascal Wehrlein has crammed the vacant seat within the third manufacturing unit Porsche Penske Motorsport Hypercar entry for the Le Mans 24 Hours in June. 

The German, who’s in his fifth season of Method E with Porsche, will contest the double-points spherical of the World Endurance Championship on 14-15 June alongside Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr aboard the #4 PPM Porsche 963 LMDh. 

Wehrlein, who drove for Sauber and Manor in Method 1, will make his Le Mans debut after racing a 963 for the primary time on the Daytona 24 Hours IMSA SportsCar Championship season-opener in January with the JDC-Miller MotorSports buyer squad. 

#85 JDC Miller MotorSports Porsche 963: Tijmen Van Der Helm, Gianmaria Bruni, Pascal Wehrlein, Bryce Aron

Picture by: Courtesy of IMSA

PPM has eight drivers on its LMDh roster throughout WEC and IMSA, that means it has had to usher in an extra title for its expanded Le Mans assault.

Porsche Motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach mentioned: “The Porsche driver roster is totally top-tier and extremely deep. It solely is smart to leverage our sturdy personnel from the FE manufacturing unit crew for the third PPM entry at Le Mans. 

“Pascal Wehrlein has totally satisfied us along with his efficiency in testing and his participation within the Daytona 24 Hours. Because the reigning FE world champion, he has earned his Le Mans debut on the wheel of a Porsche 963.”

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Wehrlein, 30, described the prospect to compete at Le Mans “as a dream come true”.

“Porsche has such an iconic motorsport heritage; I’m extraordinarily grateful for this chance,” he added.

“I’m trying ahead to this main problem as a result of, not like in FE, I must share all the things within the Porsche 963 that I’d usually tailor particularly to myself: seating place, set-up, technique and extra.

“I wish to add main titles in different collection to my FE world championship victory, however my major aim is to do a powerful job for the crew and be taught as a lot as attainable.” 

Pascal Wehrlein, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team

Pascal Wehrlein, TAG Heuer Porsche Method E Crew

Picture by: Andrew Ferraro / Motorsport Photos

The naming of Wehrlein within the #4 Penske 963 completes the entry listing within the 21-strong Hypercar class for Le Mans, spherical 4 of WEC 2025.

Porsche has additionally introduced that his Method E team-mate, Antonio Felix da Costa, will return to Le Mans after a 12 months’s absence. 

The German constructor has said that the Portuguese shall be racing in LMP2 aboard an ORECA-Gibson 07, with out confirming the crew. 

Da Costa was a fixture on the Le Mans grid from 2018 to 2023, successful the LMP2 class with Jota in 2022. Porsche stopped him competing within the race final 12 months to ensure that him to concentrate on Method E.

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