Yann Ehrlacher

Summary

Yann Ehrlacher (born 4 July 1996) is a French auto racing driver who competes in the World Touring Car Cup for Cyan Performance Lynk & Co. He was the 2020 World Touring Car Cup winner and defended the title in 2021. He is the son of former racing driver Cathy Muller and Yves Ehrlacher, a former professional footballer. He is also the nephew of Yvan Muller, quadruple winner of the World Touring Car Championship.[1]

Yann Ehrlacher
Ehrlacher in 2016
NationalityFrance French
Born (1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 27)
Mulhouse, France
Related toYves Ehrlacher (father)
Cathy Muller (mother)
Yvan Muller (uncle)
World Touring Car Championship/World Touring Car Cup career
Debut season2017
Current teamCyan Performance Lynk & Co
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number68
Former teamsRC Motorsport, ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
Starts20
Wins6
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish1st in 2020, 2021
Previous series
201617
2015

2013–14
European Le Mans Series
Championnat de France de Supertourisme
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup
Championship titles
2020, 2021World Touring Car Cup

Debut in motor sport edit

Unlike most drivers of his generation, Yann Ehrlacher has never competed in karting. He made his motorsport debut in a Mitjet  [fr] 1300 at the end of the 20121 season, where he already stood out for his speed.[2]

Racing record edit

Career summary edit

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2013 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup N/A 9 0 0 0 0 123 14th
2014 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup N/A 10 0 0 0 0 209 8th
2015 Championnat de France de Supertourisme Yvan Muller Racing ? ? ? ? ? 1228 1st
2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 M.Racing - YMR 6 1 0 0 1 36 8th
Road to Le Mans - LMP3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2017 World Touring Car Championship RC Motorsport 20 1 0 0 3 90 10th
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 M.Racing - YMR 5 0 0 0 0 1 25th
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 2 0 0 0 1 7 24th
2018 World Touring Car Cup ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 30 2 0 3 3 204 10th
French GT4 Cup M.Racing - YMR 6 0 0 0 0 14 22nd
2018–19 Andros Trophy - Électrique Class Andros 2 0 0 0 2 57 10th
2019 World Touring Car Cup Cyan Performance Lynk & Co 30 0 1 1 6 222 9th
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 M Racing 3 0 1 0 0 7.5 19th
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019–20 Andros Trophy - Elite Pro Class Yvan Muller Racing 10 3 2 2 7 509 3rd
2020 World Touring Car Cup Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 16 3 1 0 4 234 1st
2020–21 Andros Trophy - Elite Pro Class M Racing 11 1 0 1 5 507 4th
2021 World Touring Car Cup Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 16 2 1 1 4 223 1st
2021–22 Andros Trophy - Elite Pro Class M Racing 9 2 2 1 5 537 2nd
2022 World Touring Car Cup Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 8 0 0 0 2 133 9th
2022–23 Andros Trophy - Elite Pro Class M Racing 10 1 1 1 4 505 5th
2023 TCR World Tour Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 20 3 3 3 6 430 2nd
TCR Europe Touring Car Series 6 2 0 0 2 0 NC†
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
TCR South America Touring Car Championship 4 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
TCR Australia Touring Car Series 6 1 0 0 1 0 NC†
Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3 M Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2024 TCR World Tour Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 2 0 0 0 1 37 8th*
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

* Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results edit

Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2016 M.Racing - YMR LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 SIL
Ret
IMO
5
RBR
10
LEC
Ret
SPA
Ret
EST
1
8th 36
2017 M.Racing - YMR LMP3 Norma M30 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 SIL
10
MNZ RBR
Ret
LEC
Ret
SPA
Ret
ALG
Ret
25th 1
2019 M Racing LMP3 Norma M30 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 LEC
9
MNZ CAT
11
SIL
8
SPA ALG 19th 7.5

Complete World Touring Car Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2017 RC Motorsport Lada Vesta WTCC MAR
1
Ret
MAR
2
12
ITA
1
11
ITA
2
9
HUN
1
8
HUN
2
8
GER
1
9
GER
2
9
POR
1
9
POR
2
11
ARG
1

1
ARG
2
8
CHN
1

2
CHN
2
8
JPN
1
2
JPN
2
7
MAC
1
12
MAC
2
14
QAT
1
13
QAT
2
12
10th 90

Complete World Touring Car Cup results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2018 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR MAR
1

7
MAR
2

4
MAR
3

4
HUN
1

1
HUN
2

Ret
HUN
3

4
GER
1

19
GER
2

6
GER
3

Ret
NED
1

1
NED
2

2
NED
3

6
POR
1

Ret
POR
2

7
POR
3

7
SVK
1

6
SVK
2

9
SVK
3

14
CHN
1

8
CHN
2

18†
CHN
3

19
WUH
1

18
WUH
2

15
WUH
3

12
JPN
1

Ret
JPN
2

9
JPN
3

Ret
MAC
1

14
MAC
2

6
MAC
3

5
10th 204
2019 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR MAR
1

8
MAR
2

3
MAR
3

Ret
HUN
1

Ret
HUN
2

Ret
HUN
3

3
SVK
1

22
SVK
2

17
SVK
3

20
NED
1

7
NED
2

8
NED
3

2
GER
1

6
GER
2

Ret
GER
3

Ret
POR
1

2
POR
2

8
POR
3

3
CHN
1

13
CHN
2

14
CHN
3

2
JPN
1

12
JPN
2

15
JPN
3

19
MAC
1

8
MAC
2

6
MAC
3

8
MAL
1

14
MAL
2

7
MAL
3

16
9th 222
2020 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR BEL
1

7
BEL
2

1
GER
1

3
GER
2

1
SVK
1

9
SVK
2

7
SVK
3

11
HUN
1

2
HUN
2

1
HUN
3

8
ESP
1

11
ESP
2

6
ESP
3

12
ARA
1

6
ARA
2

6
ARA
3

2
1st 234
2021 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR GER
1

8
GER
2

10
POR
1

1
POR
2

6
ESP
1

5
ESP
2

7
HUN
1

3
HUN
2

4
CZE
1

3
CZE
2

4
FRA
1

8
FRA
2

5
ITA
1

8
ITA
2

1
RUS
1

5
RUS
2

6
1st 223
2022 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR FRA
1

4
FRA
2

15
GER
1

C
GER
2

C
HUN
1

2
HUN
2

6
ESP
1

5
ESP
2

5
POR
1

2
POR
2

8
ITA
1

DNS
ITA
2

DNS
ALS
1

WD
ALS
2

WD
BHR
1
BHR
2
SAU
1
SAU
2
9th 133

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete TCR World Tour results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2023 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR ALG
1

7
ALG
2

7
SPA
1

1
SPA
2

5
VAL
1

5
VAL
2

2
HUN
1

1
HUN
2

6
ELP
1

5
ELP
2

3
VIL
1

6
VIL
2

16†
SYD
1

6
SYD
2

9
SYD
3

7
BAT
1

4
BAT
2

5
BAT
3

1
MAC
1

6
MAC
2

3
2nd 430
2024 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR VAL
1

2
VAL
2

14
MRK
1

MRK
2

MDO
1

MDO
2

SAP
1

SAP
2

ELP
1

ELP
2

ZHZ
1

ZHZ
2

MAC
1

MAC
2

8th* 37*

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. * Season still in progress.

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2023 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 FL TCR ALG
1

7
ALG
2

7
PAU
1
PAU
2
SPA
1

1
SPA
2

5
HUN
1

1
HUN
2

6
LEC
1
LEC
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
NC‡ 0‡

Driver was a World Tour full-time entry and was ineligible for points.

References edit

  1. ^ "Who is WTCC winner Yann Ehrlacher?". fiawtcc.com. 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ^ https://www.dna.fr/sports/2012/10/10/yann-ehrlacher-l-heritier

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Yann Ehrlacher career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions
Preceded by Championnat de France de Supertourisme
Champion

2015
Succeeded by
Antoine Jung
Preceded by World Touring Car Cup
Champion

2020-2021
Succeeded by