Introduction
Franck Perera (born 21 March 1984 in Montpellier, France) is a race car driver who has competed in a number of international open wheel racing championships.
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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. Perera also failed to qualify for both races of the championship held at the Spa-Francorchamps 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. 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 Name | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Points | Final Placing |
| 2002 | Formula Renault 2000 Italia | Prema Powerteam | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 8th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13th | ||
| 2003 | Formula Renault 2000 Italia | Prema Powerteam | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 242 | 1st |
| Formula Renault 2000 Masters | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10th | ||
| Formula Renault 2000 Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 30th | ||
| Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands | ? | ? | ? | ? | 20 | 18th | ||
| 2004 | Formula Three Euroseries | Prema Powerteam | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 8th |
| Bahrain F3 Superprix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 20th | ||
| Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 11th | ||
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th | ||
| Formula One | Toyota | Test driver | ||||||
| 2005 | Formula Three Euroseries | Prema Powerteam | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 4th |
| Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th | ||
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th | ||
| Formula One | Toyota | Test driver | ||||||
| 2006 | GP2 Series | DAMS | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 17th |
| World Series by Renault | Interwetten.com | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22nd | |
| 2007 | Atlantic Championship | Condor Motorsports | 12 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 310 | 2nd |
| 2008 | Superleague Formula | A.S. Roma | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 307 | 6th |
| Indy Lights | Guthrie Racing | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 220 | 17th | |
| IndyCar Series | Conquest Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 29th | |
| 2009 | GP2 Series | David Price Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th |
| Superleague Formula | A.S. Roma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 14th | |
| 2010 | Superleague Formula | CR Flamengo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 540* | 6th* |
- * Season still in progress.
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 | David Price Racing | 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 |
IndyCar Series
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Conquest Racing | HMS 14 | STP Ret | MOT1 DNP | LBH1 6 | KAN | IND | MIL | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | NSH | MDO | EDM | KTY | SNM | DET | 29th | 71 | |
| A.J. Foyt Racing | CHI 15 |
- 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 | ||||||
| 3 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2009 | A.S. Roma | Alan Docking Racing | MAG | ZOL | DON | EST | MOZ | JAR | 13th | 211 | ||||||
| 7 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
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 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 |