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🇹🇷 Ayhancan Güven

Racing driver from Turkey. WEC, Manthey DK Engineering. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Ayhancan Güven
Born
2 January 1998(b. 1998)
Nationality
Turkey
Current team
Manthey DK Engineering
Series
WEC
Status
Active
Championships
12025
Career wins
14
Career podiums
40
Career starts
121
Career DNFs
4
Racer Rating
5,661
Ayhancan Güven
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,661
Rank 474 of 38,983 indexed, -309 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Ayhancan Güven is a racing driver from Turkey who competes in WEC for Manthey DK Engineering. Güven is a one-time champion (2025), with 14 wins and 40 podiums from 121 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,661 ranks Güven 474th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFDEUUSAGERDEU
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-07-12SAO PAULO LMGT3WECP4+31
2026-06-13LE MANS LMGT3WECDNF−165
2026-05-14Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9Nürburgring 24 HoursDNF−181
2026-05-09SPA FRANCORCHAMPS LMGT3WECP7−41
2026-04-19IMOLA LMGT3WECP4+13
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+142Mount Panorama Circuit 2024Bathurst 12 HourP1
+136Hockenheim 2022ADAC GT MastersP1
+128Lausitzring 2022ADAC GT MastersP1
+123Red Bull Ring 2022ADAC GT MastersP2
+121Oschersleben 2025DTMP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Sachsenring5 starts+23
Nürburgring8 starts+14
Red Bull Ring11 starts+8
Struggles
Oschersleben7 starts-36
Lausitzring7 starts-19
Nürburgring Nordschleife13 starts-9
Norisring7 starts-7
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸WECManthey DK Engineering400100—−1625,661
▸IMSA WeatherTechManthey100000P15+7
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursManthey Racing GmbH100100—−181
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieManthey101000—+27
2025▸DTMManthey EMA1555000P1+2425,970
▸GT World Challenge EuropeSchumacher CLRT401000P14+176
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieManthey EMA212000—+165
▸Bathurst 12 HourAbsolute Racing100000—−32
▸IMSA WeatherTechWright Motorsports101000P22+95
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursManthey EMA101000—+68
2024▸DTMManthey EMA1401000P15−6475,256
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieManthey EMA303000—+226
▸GT World Challenge EuropeSchumacher CLRT201000P27+108
▸Bathurst 12 HourManthey EMA111000—+142
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursManthey EMA101000—+104
2023▸DTMKüs Team Bernhard1001000P16+1735,323
▸GT World Challenge EuropeCLRT1000000P31−183
▸Asian Le Mans SeriesDKR Engineering414000—+273
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursDinamic GT SRL100100—−90
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieDinamic GT100000P29−155
2022▸ADAC GT MastersTeam Joos Sportwagentechnik1324020P2+6545,305
▸GT World Challenge EuropeAllied Racing200000P43−276
▸DTMRed Bull AlphaTauri AF Corse100000P20+65
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursFrikadelli Racing Team100100—−238
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieFalken Motorsports100000P24↑39−78
2021▸Porsche Mobil 1 SupercupBWT Lechner Racing814010P2+1005,138
2020▸Porsche Mobil 1 SupercupMartinet by Alméras824030P3+74,806
2019▸Porsche Mobil 1 SupercupMartinet by Alméras915010P4+3,8535,203
Recent coverage
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Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Güven finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇨🇭 Ricardo FellerFIA Platinum4,86771363551%
🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum6,38562243839%
🇲🇨 Thierry VermeulenFIA Gold4,88558362262%
🇦🇹 Lucas AuerFIA Platinum5,44355243144%
🇮🇳 Arjun MainiFIA Gold4,71055371867%
🇩🇪 Luca EngstlerFIA Gold4,83754381670%
🇮🇹 Mirko BortolottiFIA Platinum4,88153282553%
🇯🇵 Jules GounonFIA Platinum5,14749292059%
🇩🇪 Marco WittmannFIA Platinum5,73948222646%
🇦🇹 Thomas PreiningFIA Platinum5,62948173135%
🇺🇸 Kyle KirkwoodFIA Gold, 3× champion6,771220100%
🇦🇺 Broc FeeneyFIA Gold, 1× champion6,597220100%
🇧🇪 Laurens VanthoorFIA Platinum, 3× champion6,48831233%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
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471🇪🇸 Antonio GarciaIMSA WeatherTech5,666
472🇨🇦 Scott GoodyearIndyCar5,665
473🇺🇸 Mike GroffIndyCar5,663
474🇹🇷 Ayhancan GüvenWEC5,661
475🇬🇧 Guy EdwardsFormula 15,659
476🇺🇸 Sheldon CreedNASCAR Xfinity5,659
477🇮🇹 Lella LombardiFormula 15,658
478🇺🇸 Brandon JonesNASCAR Xfinity5,657
479🇩🇪 Max HesseGT World Challenge Europe5,657
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Ayhancan Guven is an established professional sportscar and touring-car driver, rated 5,712. He holds FIA Platinum grading, the highest professional categorisation in GT and endurance racing, denoting a full-time factory driver. His 2025 DTM championship represents the peak of a career built primarily in German touring cars and European GT competition since 2019.[1]

Guven's competitive record shows him as a front-runner among Platinum-graded professionals. In his most frequent rivalries he holds even records against multiple former national champions: 32 wins and 32 losses against Ricardo Feller across 64 shared races, 25 wins and 24 losses against Mirko Bortolotti in 49 races, and 29 wins and 20 losses against Lucas Auer, also in 49 races. He has finished ahead of Maro Engel, a much stronger driver rated 6,736, in 16 of their 53 encounters, establishing a pattern of competitiveness at the top tier of his class. He leads Thierry Vermeulen, an accomplished Gold-graded professional, 33 to 22 across 55 shared races. His weakness shows most clearly against Arjun Maini, whom he trails 33 to 16 in 49 races. The DTM formed his core; 40 starts there for Manthey EMA yielded 5 wins and 7 podiums, culminating in the 2025 title. He has raced GT World Challenge Europe 18 times for Schumacher CLRT without a win, achieved 2 wins and 4 podiums across 13 ADAC GT Masters starts in 2022, and competed in endurance racing at Nürburgring, Le Mans and other venues with occasional podium results.

Guven is now expanding into top-level sportscar competition. He joined the WEC for 2026 with Manthey DK Engineering and competed in the Rolex 24 with IMSA; he also raced Bathurst in 2024 and 2025, taking a win at the latter. His 2025 DTM success has prompted attempts to develop him toward single-seater racing, and the recent headlines confirm his preparation for a Le Mans debut. With eight seasons of racing and an average finishing position of 8.3 across 113 starts, he represents a professional driver transitioning from national prominence to international sportscar platforms.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
Dorian Boccolacci and Alessandro Ghiretti team up with Ayhancan Güven for the Suzuka 1000km[1]
autohebdof1.com
12 Aug 2026
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With DTM champion Ayhancan Güven – Absolute Racing field a strong Porsche trio[2]
SPEEDWEEK.com
12 Aug 2026
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Guven Headlines Second Absolute Porsche Suzuka Lineup[3]
Sportscar365
12 Aug 2026
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