Franck Perera (born 21 March 1984 in

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) is a professional

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driver and a Lamborghini Squadra Corse factory driver.

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

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to compete in the

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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

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. 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

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. He was also signed to drive the car of

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in the brand new

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championship in

. Perera returned to the

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, replacing

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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

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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

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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

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. He was replaced at the next round by

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. In 2013, Perera returned full-time, driving a Porsche 911 in the

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for Pro GT by Almeras in the Pro-Am class.

Racing record

Career summary

^† Guest driver, ineligible 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

Indy Lights

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 GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

24 Hours of Daytona results

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

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