Alex Peroni

Alexander Peroni (born 27 November 1999) is an Australian racing driver, currently competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. He has previously competed in the 2022 European Le Mans Series for Algarve Pro Racing,[1] the 2021 Indy Lights Series for Carlin Motorsport, and in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Campos Racing team. Peroni is the 2016 Challenge Monoplace champion.[2]

Alex Peroni
Peroni in Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 3 Championship
NationalityAustralia Australian
Born (1999-11-27) 27 November 1999
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am career
Debut season2022
Current teamAlgarve Pro Racing
Car number47
Starts4
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD in 2022
Previous series
2021
2019-20
2017-18
2016-18
2016
2015		Indy Lights
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Formula Renault NEC
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Challenge Monoplace
Italian F4 Championship
Championship titles
2016Challenge Monoplace

Career

Formula 4

In 2015, Peroni graduated from kart racing to single-seaters, participating in the Italian F4 Championship with Torino Squadra Corse, finishing fourteenth overall and securing two second place podium finishes at Imola and Misano.

Formula Renault

In 2016, Peroni continued his collaboration with TS Corse, competing in Formula Renault 2.0 machinery in the V de V Challenge Monoplace. He dominated the season and won 14 from 21 races to clinch the championship title.[3]

For 2017, Peroni switched to Formula Renault Eurocup but decided to move to the Fortec Motorsport team.[4] He won race 2 at Pau and finished the season 10th in the drivers' standings ahead of his teammates Aleksey Korneev, Najiy Razak and Frank Bird.[5]

In 2018 he moved to MP Motorsport to again compete in the Formula Renault Eurocup, where he finished 9th in the championship, with the highlights being a 1st and 2nd place in the two Monaco events. He also won both races of the first round of the NEC series on the streets of Pau, which was his only NEC event of the year.

2019

For 2019, he moved to the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Campos Racing.[6]

In the 2019 Italian feature race at Monza, a week after the crash which took Anthoine Hubert’s life and put Juan Manuel Correa in a coma, Peroni had a serious crash after hitting a "sausage kerb" at the Parabolica which sent him into a somersault into the tyre barriers, finally coming to a stop at the catch fence. He walked away from the crash, but was later diagnosed with a broken vertebra.[7] On medical advice Peroni missed the remainder of the season, along with the Macau Grand Prix.[8] He finished the 2019 season in 20th place in the driver standings with five points - the only points scored by Campos that season.

2020

After recovering from the injuries sustained in his crash at Monza, Peroni returned to compete in FIA Formula 3 with Campos Racing at the delayed start of the 2020 season.[9] At pre-season testing in Bahrain, in April 2020, he scored the fastest overall time.[10] In the first race of the 2020 season at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, he secured his first FIA F3 podium, with a third place finish.[11] Peroni went on to secure a further two podiums in the season: third place in Race 2 at Silverstone,[12] and second place in Race 2 in Barcelona.[13]

At the end of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, Peroni took 10th place in the final driver standings, with a total of 64 points. As in 2019, his points were the only ones scored by Campos that season.[14]

In recognition of his success in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, Peroni was awarded the 2020 Peter Brock Medal.[15] Previous winners of the medal, named after Australian motorsport icon Peter Brock, include Mark Webber and Craig Lowndes. Peroni departed Formula 3 at the end of the season.

Indy Lights

At the end of 2020, Peroni announced a move from FIA Formula 3 to the North American based series Indy Lights.[16] UK-based team Carlin signed Peroni in a one-year deal for the 2021 season, marking their own return to the Indy Lights series after a two-year break.[17]

Peroni scored his only Indy Lights podium with a third-place finish in the second race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2021.[18]

In September 2021, Peroni announced that he would be ending his Indy Lights season early, and would not be competing in the final three rounds, instead returning to Europe to focus on opportunities there.[19]

Euroformula Open

Peroni signed with Drivex School to compete in the 2022 Euroformula Open Championship.[20] However after the first round, Peroni unexpectedly stopped his campaign.

European Le Mans

In 2022, Peroni signed with Algave Pro Racing to compete in the 2022 European Le Mans Series with fellow Australian James Allen and American John Falb as teammates. The trio competed in the LMP2 Pro-Am class.

GT World Challenge Europe

In 2023, Peroni shifted focus from prototypes to GT3 racing, competing for GetSpeed Performance in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. Peroni's co-drivers were Patrick Assenheimer and Florian Scholze, and the team competed in the Bronze Cup class.[21]

Karting record

Karting career summary
Season Series Team Position
2010 Italian Open Masters — 60 Mini S.T.K.C. 41st
2011 WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini 22nd

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position
2015 Italian F4 Championship Torino Squadra Corse 21 0 0 0 2 43 14th
2016 V de V Challenge Monoplace TS Corse 21 14 11 12 19 947 1st
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2017 Formula Renault Eurocup Fortec Motorsports 23 1 1 0 1 72 10th
Formula Renault NEC 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup MP Motorsport 20 1 1 1 2 89 9th
Formula Renault NEC 2 2 1 1 2 60 7th‡
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 13 0 0 0 0 5 20th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 18 0 0 2 3 64 10th
2021 Indy Lights Carlin 14 0 0 0 1 228 10th
2022 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 6 0 0 0 0 7 21st
Euroformula Open Championship Drivex School 3 0 0 0 0 23 13th
2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup GetSpeed 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC

† As Peroni was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
‡ Peroni was ineligible for points from the second round onwards.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2015 Torino Squadra Corse VLL
1
20		 VLL
2
9		 VLL
3
23†		 MNZ
1
19		 MNZ
2
16		 MNZ
3
Ret		 IMO1
1
14		 IMO1
2
7		 IMO1
3
Ret		 MUG
1
22		 MUG
2
19		 MUG
3
12		 ADR
1
12		 ADR
2
Ret		 ADR
3
11		 IMO2
1
8		 IMO2
2
2		 IMO2
3
6		 MIS
1
2		 MIS
2
18		 MIS
3
15		 14th 43

Complete V de V Challenge Monoplace results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2016 TS Corse CAT
1
1		 CAT
2
1		 CAT
3
2		 BUG
1
2		 BUG
2
10		 BUG
3
1		 LEC
1
1		 LEC
2
5		 LEC
3
3		 ALC
1
1		 ALC
2
2		 ALC
3
1		 MUG
1
1		 MUG
2
1		 MUG
3
2		 MAG
1
1		 MAG
2
1		 MAG
3
1		 EST
1
1		 EST
2
1		 EST
3
1		 1st 947

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pos Points
2016 TS Corse ALC
1		 ALC
2		 ALC
3		 MON
1		 MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 MNZ
1		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 LEC
1		 LEC
2		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 EST
1
4		 EST
2
18		 NC† 0
2017 Fortec Motorsports MNZ
1
6		 MNZ
2
Ret		 SIL
1
6		 SIL
2
21		 PAU
1
5		 PAU
2
1		 MON
1
6		 MON
2
6		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
12		 HUN
3
19		 NÜR
1
13		 NÜR
2
15		 RBR
1
14		 RBR
2
12		 LEC
1
24		 LEC
2
Ret		 SPA
1
15		 SPA
2
16		 SPA
3
15		 CAT
1
18		 CAT
2
11		 CAT
3
8		 10th 72
2018 MP Motorsport LEC
1
Ret		 LEC
2
7		 MNZ
1
5		 MNZ
2
Ret		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
15		 MON
1
1		 MON
2
2		 RBR
1
12		 RBR
2
7		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
25		 HUN
1
13		 HUN
2
5		 NÜR
1
9		 NÜR
2
9		 HOC
1
6		 HOC
2
Ret		 CAT
1
9		 CAT
2
14		 9th 89

† As Peroni was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2019 Campos Racing CAT
FEA
12		 CAT
SPR
24		 LEC
FEA
8		 LEC
SPR
14		 RBR
FEA
21		 RBR
SPR
Ret		 SIL
FEA
10		 SIL
SPR
Ret		 HUN
FEA
261		 HUN
SPR
16		 SPA
FEA
Ret		 SPA
SPR
15		 MNZ
FEA
Ret		 MNZ
SPR
DNS		 SOC
FEA		 SOC
SPR		 20th 5
2020 Campos Racing RBR
FEA
3		 RBR
SPR
Ret		 RBR
FEA
11		 RBR
SPR
11		 HUN
FEA
7		 HUN
SPR
10		 SIL
FEA
6		 SIL
SPR
3		 SIL
FEA
14		 SIL
SPR
24		 CAT
FEA
8		 CAT
SPR
2		 SPA
FEA
14		 SPA
SPR
21		 MNZ
FEA
16		 MNZ
SPR
5		 MUG
FEA
20		 MUG
SPR
13		 10th 64

*^1 - 10 second time penalty for avoidable contact dropping Peroni from 13th to 26th.

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Rank Points
2021 Carlin ALA
5		 ALA
6		 STP
5		 STP
8		 IMS
5		 IMS
3		 DET
4		 DET
13		 RDA
13		 RDA
4		 MDO
9		 MDO
9		 GTW
5		 GTW
6		 POR POR LAG LAG MDO MDO 10th 228

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DC Points
2022 Drivex School POR
1
6		 POR
2
4		 POR
3
10		 PAU
1		 PAU
2		 LEC
1		 LEC
2		 LEC
3		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 SPA
3		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 HUN
3		 IMO
1		 IMO
2		 IMO
3		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 RBR
3		 MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 MNZ
3		 CAT
1		 CAT
2		 CAT
3		 13th 23

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2022 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
17		 IMO
15		 MNZ
9		 CAT
8		 SPA
10		 ALG
Ret		 21st 7
Pro-Am Cup 7 6 3 3 3 Ret 6th 59

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2023 GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Bronze MNZ
Ret		 LEC
Ret		 SPA
6H
54		 SPA
12H
40		 SPA
24H
32		 NÜR
50		 CAT 30th* 2*

* Season still in progress.

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