Pedro Perino

Pedro Alexandre Martins Perino (born 27 May 2005) is a Portuguese-Mozambican^[1] racing driver who drives for Inter Europol Competition in the European Le Mans Series.

Pedro Perino
Perino in 2022
Nationality	Mozambican Portuguese[N 1]
Born	(2005-05-27) 27 May 2005 (age 20) Maputo, Mozambique
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2023
Current team	Inter Europol Competition
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	34
Starts	15
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	6th (LMP3) in 2023
Previous series
2022 2020-2022	ADAC Formula 4 Italian F4 Championship

Early career

Having tested Formula 4 machinery in Cremona at the back end of 2020, the Mozambican would make his car racing debut, driving for DR Formula RP Motorsport in the final round of the Italian F4 Championship.^[2][3] Perino completed further F4 tests in December in preparation for a full assault of the Italian series.^[4] That year, he also competed in karting, driving for KR Motorsport in the OK category of the European and World championships.

The following season, Perino remained with DR Formula to race in Italian F4 on a full-time basis.^[5] However, a disappointing first half of the season led to a switch to the race-winning US Racing outfit, with whom the Mozambican would score a best finish of tenth at the Red Bull Ring.^[6]

Perino returned to US Racing for the 2022 season, where he partnered Alex Dunne, Kacper Sztuka, Nikhil Bohra and Marcus Amand.^[7][8] One points finish, a sixth place during Race 1 in Monza, was all the Mozambican could muster up, becoming the first African driver ever to score points, and which also left him 19th in the standings out of the mega 55 drivers grid.^[9][10][11]

Sportscar career

For 2023, Perino joined DKR Engineering in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series for his first venture into endurance racing.^[12][13][14] With two podiums at the end of the year, Perino and his teammates — experienced prototype competitor James Winslow and bronze-ranked Alexander Bukhantsov — ended up sixth in the standings.

For 2024, Perino and Bukhantsov moved to Inter Europol Competition in order to partner Kai Askey.^[15]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2019	IAME Winter Cup — X30 Junior	Monlau Competición Spain	NC
	Campeonato de Portugal de Karting — Junior		7th
	CIK-FIA Academy Trophy	Perino, João	47th
2020	IAME Winter Cup — X30 Senior	Cabo Junior Team	NC
	Campeonato de Portugal de Karting — X30		12th
	WSK Euro Series — OK	KR Motorsport Srl	52nd
	Champions of the Future — OK		NC
	CIK-FIA European Championship — OK		42nd
	CIK-FIA World Championship — OK		55th
Sources:[16][17]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2020	Italian F4 Championship	DR Formula RP Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	44th
2021	Italian F4 Championship	DR Formula RP Motorsport	12	0	0	0	0	1	33rd
		US Racing	9	0	0	0	0
2022	Italian F4 Championship	US Racing	20	0	0	0	0	8	19th
	ADAC Formula 4 Championship		3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2023	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	DKR Engineering	6	0	0	0	2	51	6th
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3
	Prototype Cup Germany		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3	TS Corse	1	0	0	0	0	24	15th
2024	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	Inter Europol Competition	6	0	0	0	1	10	20th
	Prototype Winter Series - Class 3		1	0	1	0	1	7.86	13th
	Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3		5	2	2	1	4	95	3rd
2025	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Inter Europol Competition	3	0	0	0	0	11*	11th*

^† As Perino was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* 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	22	DC	Points
2020	DR Formula RP Motorsport	MIS 1	MIS 2	MIS 3	IMO1 1	IMO1 2	IMO1 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	IMO2 1	IMO2 2	IMO2 3	VLL 1 28	VLL 2 C	VLL 3 31		44th	0
2021	DR Formula RP Motorsport	LEC 1 36†	LEC 2 23	LEC 3 25	MIS 1 27	MIS 2 24	MIS 3 25	VLL 1 27	VLL 2 13	VLL 3 Ret	IMO 1 23	IMO 2 18	IMO 3 27†											33rd	1
	US Racing													RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 19	RBR 3 10	MUG 1 21	MUG 2 16	MUG 3 24	MNZ 1 15	MNZ 2 15	MNZ 3 15
2022	US Racing	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 18	IMO 3 12	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 21	MIS 3 19	SPA 1 17	SPA 2 21	SPA 3 16	VLL 1 14	VLL 2 13	VLL 3 33†	RBR 1 13	RBR 2 25†	RBR 3	RBR 4 27	MNZ 1 6	MNZ 2 16	MNZ 3 C	MUG 1 Ret	MUG 2 27	MUG 3 18	19th	8

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
2023	DKR Engineering	LMP3	Duqueine M30 - D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	CAT 10	LEC 5	ARA 8	SPA 7	PRT 3	ALG 3	6th	51
2024	Inter Europol Competition	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	CAT 6	LEC Ret	IMO 9[N 2]	SPA 9	MUG 3[N 2]	ALG Ret	20th	10
2025	Inter Europol Competition	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 9	LEC 10	IMO 6	SPA	SIL	ALG	11th*	11*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Ultimate Cup Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2023	TS Corse	LMP3	Duqueine M30 - D08	LEC1	NAV	HOC	EST 11	MAG	LEC2	15th	24
2024	Inter Europol Competition	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	LEC1 4	ALG 10	HOC	MUG 9	MAG 7	LEC2 3	3rd	95

^* Season still in progress.

Notes

1. Perino competed under a Portuguese racing licence earlier in his career. He currently represents Mozambique.
2. Perino did not fulfil his mandated minimum drive time at the 2024 4 Hours of Imola and the 2024 4 Hours of Mugello, meaning that he did not receive points for those events.