Franck Perera

Franck Perera
Franck Perera
Nationality	French
Born	21 March 1984 (age 40); Montpellier (France)
GP2 Series career
Debut season	2006
Current team	David Price Racing
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	27
Former teams	DAMS
Starts	26
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	16th in 2006
Previous series
2008–09; 2008; 2008; 2007; 2006; 2004–05; 2004–05; 2003; 2003; 2002–03; 2002–03	Superleague Formula; IndyCar Series; Firestone Indy Lights; Atlantic Championship; World Series by Renault; Formula One testing; Formula Three Euroseries; FR2000 Germany; FR2000 Netherlands; FR2000 Masters; Formula Renault 2000 Italia
Championship titles
2003	Formula Renault 2000 Italia

Franck Perera (born 21 March 1984 in Montpellier, France) is a professional race car driver and a Lamborghini Squadra Corse factory driver.

Career

In 2006, Perera drove in the GP2 Series for the DAMS team, after four years of racing for the Prema team in junior championships. In 2007 he drove for Condor Motorsports in the Atlantic Championship, scoring three wins and finishing second in the championship behind Raphael Matos.^[1] On 6 February 2008 Perera announced that he had signed with Conquest Racing to compete in the Champ Car World Series in 2008 after a successful test with the team.^[2] However, shortly thereafter Champ Car and the Indy Racing League unified, canceling the Champ Car season. It was announced on 25 February that Perera had modified his deal in order to continue with the team in the IRL IndyCar Series.^[3] He lost the ride after three races due to funding issues stemming from the bankruptcy of his sponsor Opes Prime, causing the team to hire Brazilian driver Jaime Camara.

Perera driving for David Price Racing at the Nürburgring round of the 2009 GP2 Series season

In order to continue racing in the US, Perera signed to drive in Firestone Indy Lights with Guthrie Racing for the remainder of the 2008 season and made his debut in the seventh race of the season at the Iowa Speedway. He captured his first series victory from the pole at Infineon Raceway, his eighth start. He returned to the IndyCar Series for the points-scoring finale at Chicagoland Speedway, driving the #41 car of A. J. Foyt Enterprises. He was also signed to drive the car of A.S. Roma in the brand new Superleague Formula championship in 2008.

Perera returned to the GP2 Series in 2009, replacing Giacomo Ricci at David Price Racing.^[4] Perera was not allowed to start the feature race of the Hungarian round, due to causing an avoidable accident in qualifying, with Romain Grosjean. As his lap time was outside 107% of Lucas di Grassi's pole time, the stewards refused to let him race due to the accident. Grosjean however, was allowed to start.^[5] Perera also failed to qualify for both races of the championship held at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.^[6] He left the GP2 Series for the second time after the Spa round. Perera returned to A.S. Roma in the Superleague Formula in 2009 for the Estoril round taking over from Jonathan Kennard. He was replaced at the next round by Julien Jousse.

In 2013, Perera returned full-time, driving a Porsche 911 in the Blancpain Endurance Series for Pro GT by Almeras in the Pro-Am class.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2002	Formula Renault 2000 Italia	Prema Powerteam	9	0	0	0	2	76	8th
2002	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Prema Powerteam	7	0	0	0	0	24	13th
2003	Formula Renault 2000 Italia	Prema Powerteam	12	5	7	5	8	242	1st
	Formula Renault 2000 Masters		8	0	1	0	0	40	10th
	Formula Renault 2000 Germany		4	0	0	1	0	19	30th
2004	Formula 3 Euroseries	Prema Powerteam	20	0	0	0	4	48	8th
	Bahrain Superprix		2	0	1	0	0	N/A	20th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
	Macau Grand Prix		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	Formula One	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Test driver
2005	Formula 3 Euroseries	Prema Powerteam	20	0	0	0	3	67	4th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	Macau Grand Prix		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
	Formula One	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Test driver
2006	GP2 Series	DAMS	21	0	0	0	1	8	17th
2006	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Interwetten.com	2	0	0	0	0	13	22nd
2007	Atlantic Championship	Condor Motorsports	12	3	2	2	8	310	2nd
2008	Superleague Formula	A.S. Roma	6	0	1	0	2	307‡	5th‡
	Indy Lights	Guthrie Racing	9	1	2	2	2	220	17th
	IndyCar Series	Conquest Racing	3	0	0	0	0	71	29th
	IndyCar Series	A. J. Foyt Racing	0	0	0	0	0	71	29th
2009	GP2 Series	DPR	5	0	0	0	0	0	28th
2009	Superleague Formula	A.S. Roma	2	0	0	0	0	211‡	13th‡
2010	Superleague Formula	CR Flamengo	10	0	0	0	1	540‡	6th‡
2012	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Pro GT by Alméras	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2012	International GT Open - GTS	Pro GT by Philippe Alméras	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2013	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Pro GT by Alméras	4	0	1	0	0	5	36th
	FFSA GT Championship	Pro GT by Alméras	13	1	1	0	5	125	5th
	International GT Open - GTS	Pro GT by Philippe Alméras	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2014	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Pro GT by Alméras	4	0	1	0	0	24	13th
	European Le Mans Series - GTC	Pro GT by Alméras	4	0	0	0	0	18.5	14th
	International GT Open - GTS	TDS Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2015	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	TDS Racing	5	0	0	1	0	18	18th
	European Le Mans Series - GTC		5	2	3	1	4	101	1st
	International GT Open		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2016	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	ISR	10	0	2	1	1	21	12th
2017	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport	5	0	0	0	2	52	3rd
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		10	3	0	2	3	68	3rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	ADAC GT Masters	GRT Grasser Racing Team	8	0	0	0	0	8	34th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		8	0	0	0	0	12	17th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		1	1	0	0	1	35	45th
	24H GT Series - A6		1	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
	Italian GT Championship - GT3	Imperiale Racing	2	0	0	0	1	20	23rd
2019	ADAC GT Masters	Orange1 by GRT Grasser	14	0	1	1	2	89	10th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Orange1 FFF Racing Team	4	0	0	0	1	18	14th
	International GT Open	Raton Racing by Target	2	0	0	0	0	2	34th
2020	ADAC GT Masters	GRT Grasser Racing Team	14	0	0	0	1	102	8th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	GRT Grasser Racing Team	2	0	0	1	0	38	39th
	British GT Championship	WPI Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	15	13th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Emil Frey Racing	3	0	0	0	0	4	28th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Emil Frey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Konrad Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2021	ADAC GT Masters	GRT Grasser Racing Team	14	1	1	1	3	135	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	GRT Grasser Racing Team	10	0	0	2	0	1608	14th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Emil Frey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Emil Frey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Hankook FFF Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2022	ADAC GT Masters	Emil Frey Racing	14	0	1	1	3	120	5th
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	GRT	1	0	0	0	0	0	34th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	T3 Motorsport North America	1	0	0	0	0	239	57th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	K-PAX Racing	1	0	0	0	0	10	17th
2023	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	SSR Performance	16	1	1	0	3	95	11th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	K-PAX Racing	5	0	0	0	0	2	26th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	VSR	6	0	1	0	0	11.5	12th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Iron Lynx	2	0	0	0	0	579	15th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Iron Lynx	1	0	0	0	0	190	60th
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3	Iron Lynx	7	0	0	0	1	15	25th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Iron Lynx	4	1	0	0	2	1211	16th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GRT Grasser Racing Team
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Lamborghini Team TGI by GRT	8	0	0	0	1	39	17th

† Guest driver, ineligible for points

‡ Team standings

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2006	Interwetten.com	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MON 1	IST 1	IST 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	DON 1	DON 2	LMS 1	LMS 2	CAT 1 4	CAT 2 6	22nd	13

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2006	DAMS	VAL FEA 11	VAL SPR 14	IMO FEA Ret	IMO SPR 14	NÜR FEA Ret	NÜR SPR 15	CAT FEA 13	CAT SPR Ret	MON FEA 2	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 10	MAG FEA Ret	MAG SPR 12	HOC FEA 14	HOC SPR 11	HUN FEA 9	HUN SPR Ret	IST FEA 12	IST SPR 8	MNZ FEA 15†	MNZ SPR 15†	16th	8
2009	DPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	NÜR FEA Ret	NÜR SPR 16	HUN FEA EX	HUN SPR 18	VAL FEA 15	VAL SPR 16†	SPA FEA DNQ	SPA SPR DNQ	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	ALG FEA	ALG SPR		28th	0

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2007	Condor Motorsports	LVG 5	LBH 5	HOU 5	POR1 5	POR2 3	CLE 3	MTT 1	TOR 1	EDM1 2	EDM2 3	SJO 2	ROA 1	2nd	310

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2008	Guthrie Racing	HMS	STP1	STP2	KAN	INDY	MIL	IOW 11	WGL1 18	WGL2 17	NSH 7	MDO1 2	MDO2 20	KTY 14	SNM1 1	SNM2 5	CHI	17th	220

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points	Ref
2008	Conquest Racing	34	HMS 14	STP 20	MOT¹ DNP	LBH¹ 6	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET		29th	71	^[7]
2008	A.J. Foyt Racing	41																		CHI 15	29th	71	^[7]

¹ Run on same day.

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
1	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0

Superleague Formula

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

Year	Team	Operator	1	2	3	4		5		6		Position	Points
2008	A.S. Roma	FMS International	DON	NÜR	ZOL	EST		VAL		JER		5th	307
2008	A.S. Roma	FMS International				3	16	15	2	5	5	5th	307
2009	A.S. Roma	Alan Docking Racing	MAG	ZOL	DON	EST		MOZ		JAR		13th	211
2009	A.S. Roma	Alan Docking Racing				7	12					13th	211

2009 Super Final Results

Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6
2009	A.S. Roma Alan Docking Racing	MAG	ZOL	DON	EST DNQ	MOZ	JAR

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2016	ISR	Audi R8 LMS	Pro	MIS QR 31	MIS CR 35	BRH QR 2	BRH CR 5	NÜR QR 4	NÜR CR 25	HUN QR 27	HUN CR 24	CAT QR 26	CAT CR 17	12th	21
2017	Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Pro	MIS QR 1	MIS CR 1	BRH QR 23	BRH CR 6	ZOL QR 16	ZOL CR 6	HUN QR 4	HUN CR 6	NÜR QR 1	NÜR CR Ret	3rd	68
2018	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro	ZOL 1 20	ZOL 2 Ret	BRH 1 13	BRH 2 7	MIS 1 17	MIS 2 7	HUN 1 13	HUN 2 5	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	17th	12

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2023	K-Pax Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	MNZ Ret	LEC 11	SPA 6H 17	SPA 12H 11	SPA 24H 29	NUR 9	CAT 44	26th	2
2024	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	LEC 11	SPA 6H 17	SPA 12H 8	SPA 24H 5	NÜR 1	MNZ	JED	3rd*	38*

* Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2023	VSR	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	BRH 1 6	BRH 2 25	MIS 1	MIS 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	8th*	4.5*

^* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Rik Breukers	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	GTD	752	21st	1st

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2022	T3 Motorsport North America	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 8	SEB	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	57th	239
2023	Iron Lynx	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 12												60th	190
2023	Iron Lynx	GTD Pro	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10		SEB 4	LBH	MON	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET 6		15th	579
2024	Iron Lynx	GTD Pro	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 7	SEB 3	LGA	DET	WGL 9	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET 1			16th	1211

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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	Pos	Points
2022	GRT	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	ALG 1	ALG 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 DNS	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	34th	0
2023	SSR Performance	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	OSC 1 1	OSC 2 12	ZAN 1 3	ZAN 2 13	NOR 1 11	NOR 2 12	NÜR 1 23	NÜR 2 10	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 Ret	SAC 1 11	SAC 2 3	RBR 1 19	RBR 2 13	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 14	11th	95
2024	Lamborghini Team TGI by GRT	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	NOR 1 2	NOR 2 13	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 10	SAC 1	SAC 2	RBR 1 16	RBR 2 9	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 15	17th	39

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2024	Iron Lynx	LMGT3	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	QAT 12	IMO 13	SPA 3	LMS 13	SÃO 14	COA 12	FUJ 13	BHR	25th	15

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2024	Iron Lynx	Matteo Cressoni Claudio Schiavoni	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	LMGT3	258	44th	16th

References

^ Champ Car Atlantic Standings
^ Perera Inks Conquest Deal Archived 2008-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, SpeedTV.com, February 6, 2008
^ Lewandowski, Dave. Conquest Racing the first to make move; Perera named Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine, IndyCar.com, February 25, 2008
^ Glendenning, Mark (2009-07-07). "Perera to replace Ricci at DPR". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
^ "Franck Perera handed penalty". gp2series.com. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 2009-07-24. Archived from the original on August 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
^ "Di Grassi penalised". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
^ "Franck Perera – 2008 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.

External links

Official website
Franck Perera career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by José María López	Italian Formula Renault champion 2003	Succeeded by Pastor Maldonado

[1] Champ Car Atlantic Standings

[2] Perera Inks Conquest Deal Archived 2008-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, SpeedTV.com, February 6, 2008

[3] Lewandowski, Dave. Conquest Racing the first to make move; Perera named Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine, IndyCar.com, February 25, 2008

[4] Glendenning, Mark (2009-07-07). "Perera to replace Ricci at DPR". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-07-07.

[5] "Franck Perera handed penalty". gp2series.com. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 2009-07-24. Archived from the original on August 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-24.

[6] "Di Grassi penalised". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2009-08-29.

[7] "Franck Perera – 2008 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2023.

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