Franck Perera

Infobox racing driver
name = Franck Perera


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nationality = flagicon|FRA French
date of birth = Birth date and age|1984|06|21
place of birth = Montpellier
current series = Firestone Indy Lights Series
first year = 2008
current team = Guthrie Racing
car number = 55
former teams =
starts = 8
wins = 1
poles = 2
fastest laps =
best finish = 17th
year = 2008Infobox racing driver
last series = Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
years active = 2008
teams = Conquest Racing,A.J. Foyt Enterprises
former teams =
starts = 4
wins = 0
poles = 0
fastest laps =
best finish = 29th
year = 2008
prev series = Atlantic Championship
GP2 Series
Formula Three Euroseries
Italian Formula Renault 2000
prev series years = 2007
2006
2004-2005
2002-2003
titles = Italian Formula Ford 2000
title years = 2003
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Franck Perera (born 21 June, 1984, 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. [ [http://www.champcaratlantic.com/Results/Standings.asp?latestSeason=2007 Champ Car Atlantic Standings] ] On February 6, 2008, Perera announced that he had signed with Conquest Racing to compete in the Champ Car World Series in 2008 Champ Car World Series Season after a successful test with the team. [ [http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/champ-car-perera-inks-conquest-deal/ Perera Inks Conquest Deal] , SpeedTV.com, February 6, 2008] However, shortly thereafter Champ Car and the Indy Racing League unified, canceling the Champ Car season. It was announced on February 25 that Perera had modified his deal in order to continue with the team in the IRL IndyCar Series. [Lewandowski, Dave. [http://www.indycar.com/news/story.php?story_id=10565 Conquest Racing the first to make move; Perera named] , IndyCar.com, February 25, 2008] He lost the ride after three races due to funding issues stemming 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 the Firestone Indy Lights Series 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.On September 3rd A.J. Foyt announced that Perera will drive the number 41 car at Chicagoland and possibly 2009.

Career History

: "* 2008 season in progress"

References