Franck Perera (born 21 March 1984 in Montpellier,

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) is a

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driver who has competed in a number of international open-wheel racing championships.

Career

In 2006, Perera drove in the

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for the

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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

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, scoring three wins and finishing second in the championship behind

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. On 6 February 2008 Perera announced that he had signed with Conquest Racing to compete in the Champ Car World Series in

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after a successful test with the team. However, shortly thereafter Champ Car and the

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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

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. 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

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ian driver

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In order to continue racing in the US, Perera signed to drive in

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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

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, his eighth start. He returned to the IndyCar Series for the points-scoring finale at

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, 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

. Perera returned to the

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, 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

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. As his lap time was outside 107% of

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'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

† Guest driver, ineligble for points ‡ Team standings * * Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Complete GP2 Series results

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

American open–wheel racing results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Atlantic Championship

IndyCar Series

: ''¹ Run on same day.''

Superleague Formula

( key) (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

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

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perera, Franck 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