Yann Ehrlacher

Yann Ehrlacher (born 4 July 1996) is a French auto racing driver who competes in the TCR World Tour 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 2023
Nationality	French
Born	(1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 28) Mulhouse, France
Related to	Yves Ehrlacher (father) Cathy Muller (mother) Yvan Muller (uncle)
World Touring Car Championship/World Touring Car Cup career
Debut season	2017
Current team	Cyan Performance Lynk & Co
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	68
Former teams	RC Motorsport, ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
Starts	20
Wins	6
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	1st in 2020, 2021
Previous series
2016–17 2015 2013–14	European Le Mans Series Championnat de France de Supertourisme Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup
Championship titles
2020, 2021	World Touring Car Cup

Debut in motor sport

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 2012 season, where he already stood out for his speed.^[2]

Racing record

Career summary

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	12	3	2	3	5	251	4th*
	TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

^* Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

(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

(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

(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 1	MRK 2 Ret	MDO 1 6	MDO 2 1	SAP 1 4	SAP 2 20	ELP 1 1	ELP 2 21	ZHZ 1 4	ZHZ 2 3	MAC 1	MAC 2							4th*	251*

^† 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

(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

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 ^{[bare URL]}

External links

• Official website
• Yann Ehrlacher career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Soheil Ayari (2005)	Championnat de France de Supertourisme Champion 2015	Succeeded by Antoine Jung
Preceded by Norbert Michelisz	World Touring Car Cup Champion 2020-2021	Succeeded by Mikel Azcona