Franck Perera | |
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Nationality | French |
Born |
Montpellier (France) |
21 March 1984
GP2 Series career | |
Debut season | 2006 |
Current team | David Price Racing |
Car no. | 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 race car driver who has competed in a number of international open wheel racing championships.
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.