ThéoPourchaire

After two seasons as the nearly-man, Théo Pourchaire finally got the job done in 2023. The young Frenchman, long touted as one of the most precocious talents in the junior ranks, led ART's title charge in a campaign that never let him relax. Frederik Vesti mounted a late, ferocious challenge, turning what had looked like a comfortable margin into a tense, points-counting finale that went down to the closing rounds. Pourchaire held his nerve where it mattered to claim the crown by a slender margin. It was a title long in the making — vindication for a driver whose speed had never been in doubt, only his luck.