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Porsche seeks Formula E license exemption for Ayhancan Guven
Porsche driver Ayhancan Guven does not have enough FIA points to qualify for a Formula E racing license.
The Turkish driver won the DTM title in 2025 and was expected to move into Porsche’s Formula E team after using 2026 as a transition year.
Drivers need 15 points from the past three years, but Guven has only six, earned for his DTM title.
He needed a first- or second-place finish in the 2026 WEC LMGT3 standings to gain more points, but he finished eighth.
The DTM is governed by Germany’s DMSB rather than the FIA, and its title earns fewer license points than some other series.
Porsche is seeking an FIA exemption because it believes Guven has the ability to compete, but the FIA has the final say.
Formula E’s new season starts on December 18 in Jeddah, with pre-season testing due to take place in Madrid a week earlier.
Porsche is seeking an exemption so Ayhancan Guven can race for its Formula E team in the upcoming season.
Guven lacks the required FIA points for a Formula E driver’s licence, with six points against the required 15.
His 2025 DTM title earned him six points, while he finished eighth in the 2026 WEC LMGT3 standings.
Porsche motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach says the team is discussing the matter with the FIA.
The Formula E season is due to start on December 18 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
- Who
- Porsche is seeking an exemption for its factory driver Ayhancan Guven.
- What
- Porsche wants Guven to race in Formula E despite his shortfall in FIA licence points.
- When
- The Formula E season is due to begin on December 18. The article was published on November 9, 2026.
- Where
- The season opener is scheduled for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Porsche is discussing the exemption with the FIA.
- Why
- Guven has six of the 15 FIA points required for a Formula E driver’s licence. Porsche says his DTM title did not earn points because the series is not sanctioned by the FIA.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Guven won the DTM title, earning six FIA points.
Guven finished eighth in the WEC LMGT3 standings, short of the first- or second-place finish that would have earned him the required points.
Motorsport.com reported that Porsche was seeking an FIA exemption for Guven.
The Formula E pre-season test is scheduled to take place in Madrid.
The Formula E season is scheduled to start in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
- Required FIA points
- 15
- Guven's FIA points
- 6
- 2025 DTM result
- Champion
- 2026 WEC LMGT3 result
- Eighth
- Formula E season opener
- December 18, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
What people are saying
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We are currently seeing if we can find a way to work this out together with the FIA anyway
The final word always rests with the FIA