Franck Perera (born 21 March 1984 in
Montpellier
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,
France
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) is a
race car
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Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organi ...
driver who has competed in a number of international
open-wheel racing
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championships.
Career
In 2006, Perera drove in the
GP2 Series
The GP2 Series was a form of open wheel motor racing introduced in 2005 following the discontinuation of the long-term Formula One feeder series, Formula 3000. The GP2 format was conceived by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, while Eccle ...
for the
DAMS
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team, after four years of racing for the Prema team in junior championships. In 2007 he drove for Condor Motorsports in the
Atlantic Championship
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, scoring three wins and finishing second in the championship behind
Raphael Matos
Raphael Matos (born August 28, 1981) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He was the 2008 Firestone Indy Lights Series champion and the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Series champion. He lives in Miami.
Career highlights
Early career
Born in Bel ...
. On 6 February 2008 Perera announced that he had signed with
Conquest Racing
Conquest Racing is an auto racing team that competed in the IndyCar Series and the Atlantic Championship. Formerly it competed in the Champ Car World Series.
History
It is owned by former series competitor Éric Bachelart. The team ran in Indy L ...
to compete in the
Champ Car World Series
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in
2008
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after a successful test with the team. However, shortly thereafter Champ Car and the
Indy Racing League
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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
The IndyCar Series, currently known as the NTT IndyCar Series under sponsorship, is the highest class of regional North American open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices of ...
. He lost the ride after three races due to funding issues stemming from the bankruptcy of his sponsor
Opes Prime
Opes Prime Group Limited was an Australian securities lending and stockbroking firm which suffered a dramatic collapse in 2008.
Overview
The company was founded in 2003 by Laurie Emini and Julian Smith. Emini, an Albanian emigrant to Australi ...
, causing the team to hire
Brazil
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ian driver
Jaime Camara
Jaime Camara (born November 5, 1980 in Goiânia) is a Brazilian race car driver, who in 2008 competed in the IndyCar Series for Conquest Racing.
Motorsports career
Indy Racing League
Camara previously competed in the 2005 and 2006 seasons of the ...
.
![Franck Perera 2009 GP2 Nurburgring](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Franck_Perera_2009_GP2_Nurburgring.jpg)
In order to continue racing in the US, Perera signed to drive in
Firestone Indy Lights
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with
Guthrie Racing Guthrie Meyer Racing is a former Firestone Indy Lights Series team.
The team started in 2005 as Guthrie Racing owned by 1997 IndyCar Series “Rookie of the Year” winner and 1997 Phoenix race winner Jim Guthrie. The team began running in the St ...
for the remainder of the
2008 season and made his debut in the seventh race of the season at the
Iowa Speedway
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. He captured his first series victory from the pole at
Infineon Raceway
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, his eighth start. He returned to the IndyCar Series for the points-scoring finale at
Chicagoland Speedway
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, driving the #41 car of
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
A. J. Foyt Racing, officially and historically known as A. J. Foyt Enterprises, is an American racing team in the IndyCar Series and formerly NASCAR. It is owned by four-time Indianapolis 500 winner, 1972 Daytona 500 winner, 1967 24 Hours of Le ...
. He was also signed to drive the car of
A.S. Roma
' (''Rome Sport Association''), commonly referred to as Roma (), is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its existence, except for ...
in the brand new
Superleague Formula championship in
2008
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.
Perera returned to the
GP2 Series
The GP2 Series was a form of open wheel motor racing introduced in 2005 following the discontinuation of the long-term Formula One feeder series, Formula 3000. The GP2 format was conceived by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, while Eccle ...
in
2009
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, replacing
Giacomo Ricci
Giacomo Ricci (born 30 March 1985 in Baveno) is an Italian racing driver.
Career
Formula BMW
Ricci began his car racing career by driving in the German-based Formula BMW ADAC series in 2001 and 2002, with a best finish of seventh in the drivers ...
at
David Price Racing
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. Perera was not allowed to start the feature race of the
Hungarian round, due to causing an avoidable accident in qualifying, with
Romain Grosjean
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. As his lap time was outside
107% of
Lucas di Grassi
Lucas Tucci di Grassi (born 11 August 1984) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who competes in the FIA Formula E World Championship for Mahindra Racing. He became the FIA Formula E Champion in 2016–2017, achieved three overall podium ...
's pole time, the stewards refused to let him race due to the accident. Grosjean however, was allowed to start. Perera also failed to qualify for both races of the championship held at the
Spa-Francorchamps
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circuit.
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
Jonathan Kennard (born 26 June 1985 in Tunbridge Wells, England) is a British Professional racing driver. He has won 2 series titles, Formula Palmer Audi in 2004 and the FPA Winter Trophy the previous year in 2003.
He was also a test driver ...
. He was replaced at the next round by
Julien Jousse
Julien Jousse (born 21 January 1986 in Les Issambres) is a professional racing driver from France.
Career
Formula Ford
After spending time in karting between 1997 and 2001, Jousse began has circuit racing career in 2002 in the Formula Ford Kent ...
.
In 2013, Perera returned full-time, driving a Porsche 911 in the
Blancpain Endurance Series
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for Pro GT by Almeras in the Pro-Am class.
Racing record
Career summary
† Guest driver, ineligble for points
‡ Team standings
* * Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete GP2 Series results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
American open–wheel racing results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Atlantic Championship
IndyCar Series
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Superleague Formula
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key
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* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
2009 Super Final Results
*Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.
Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results
24 Hours of Daytona results
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
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key
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* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Montpellier
French people of Spanish descent
French racing drivers
Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
German Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
Dutch Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
GP2 Series drivers
Formula 3 Euro Series drivers
Atlantic Championship drivers
Indy Lights drivers
IndyCar Series drivers
Superleague Formula drivers
World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
International GT Open drivers
European Le Mans Series drivers
24 Hours of Spa drivers
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
24H Series drivers
British GT Championship drivers
Prema Powerteam drivers
DAMS drivers
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers
ADAC GT Masters drivers
Conquest Racing drivers
TDS Racing drivers
ISR Racing drivers
Emil Frey Racing drivers
A. J. Foyt Enterprises drivers
Karting World Championship drivers
Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers
Alan Docking Racing drivers
Target Racing drivers
David Price Racing drivers
Scuderia Coloni drivers
Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers