WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans
Porsche reveals final Hypercar driver for 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours
Pascal Wehrlein will tackle Circuit de la Sarthe in June for his debut at the prestigious 24-hour race
Gary Watkins
Published: Mar 25, 2025, 2:06 PM
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Reigning Formula E world champion Pascal Wehrlein has filled the vacant seat in the third factory Porsche Penske Motorsport Hypercar entry for the Le Mans 24 Hours in June.
The German, who is in his fifth season of Formula E with Porsche, will contest the double-points round 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 Formula 1, will make his Le Mans debut after racing a 963 for the first time at the Daytona 24 Hours IMSA SportsCar Championship season-opener in January with the JDC-Miller MotorSports customer squad.
#85 JDC Miller MotorSports Porsche 963: Tijmen Van Der Helm, Gianmaria Bruni, Pascal Wehrlein, Bryce Aron
Photo by: Courtesy of IMSA
PPM has eight drivers on its LMDh roster across WEC and IMSA, meaning it has had to bring in an additional name for its expanded Le Mans assault.
Porsche Motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach said: “The Porsche driver roster is absolutely top-tier and incredibly deep. It only makes sense to leverage our strong personnel from the FE factory team for the third PPM entry at Le Mans.
“Pascal Wehrlein has fully convinced us with his performance in testing and his participation in the Daytona 24 Hours. As the reigning FE world champion, he has earned his Le Mans debut at the wheel of a Porsche 963.”
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Wehrlein, 30, described the chance to compete at Le Mans “as a dream come true”.
“Porsche has such an iconic motorsport heritage; I am extremely grateful for this opportunity,” he added.
“I’m looking forward to this major challenge because, unlike in FE, I will have to share everything in the Porsche 963 that I would normally tailor specifically to myself: seating position, set-up, strategy and more.
“I want to add major titles in other series to my FE world championship victory, but my primary goal is to do a strong job for the team and learn as much as possible.”
Pascal Wehrlein, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
Photo by: Andrew Ferraro / Motorsport Images
The naming of Wehrlein in the #4 Penske 963 completes the entry list in the 21-strong Hypercar class for Le Mans, round four of WEC 2025.
Porsche has also announced that his Formula E team-mate, Antonio Felix da Costa, will return to Le Mans after a year’s absence.
The German constructor has stated that the Portuguese will be racing in LMP2 aboard an ORECA-Gibson 07, without confirming the team.
Da Costa was a fixture on the Le Mans grid from 2018 to 2023, winning the LMP2 class with Jota in 2022. Porsche stopped him competing in the race last year in order for him to focus on Formula E.
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