Ivan Peklin

Ivan Peklin
Іван Пеклін
Born
Ivan Peklin

(2001-10-23) 23 October 2001
Kyiv, Ukraine
Nationality Ukrainian
Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe career
Current teamGT Sports Technology
Racing licence FIA Silver

Ivan Peklin (Ukrainian: Іван Пеклін; born 23 October 2001) is a Ukrainian racing driver currently competing for GT Sports Technology in the Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe.

Career

Peklin began karting at the age of eleven.[1] He won the Ukrainian Karting Championship twice: in the Bezkorobka Junior class in 2015 and in KZ2 in 2017.[2][3] Internationally, he represented Ukraine in the 2016 Karting Academy Trophy and competed for Maranello Kart and Birel ART in the KZ2 class during his final year of karting in 2018.[4]

After losing a fully-paid seat for the 2020 F4 British Championship to Marijn Kremers in the 2019 FEED Racing Program,[5] Peklin made his single-seater debut with Xcel Motorsport in the Formula 4 UAE Championship trophy round in late 2019.[6] He finished seventh in the only race he contested,[7] and also competed in the final round of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship at Sepang, achieving a best result of sixth in race one.[8]

In 2020, Peklin competed in the French F4 Championship run by the FFSA Academy for his first full season in single-seaters.[9] He scored his maiden podium in race two at Nogaro.[10] In the next round at Magny-Cours, he became the first Ukrainian to win a single-seater race by taking victory in race two.[11] Peklin struggled to maintain this form in the remaining rounds, with a best finish of seventh and ended the season 10th in the standings.[12]

Peklin moved to International GT Open in 2021, joining Team Lazarus alongside Jordan Pepper.[13] The duo won the season opener at Le Castellet and finished fifth in race two.[14][15] Lazarus withdrew from the series after this round, leaving Peklin sidelined.[16]

In late 2021, Peklin made a one-off appearance in the Italian GT Sprint Championship and was set to contest the 2022 ADAC GT4 Germany season, but the campaign was delayed due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[17] He eventually debuted at the season finale at Hockenheimring for PROsport Racing,[18] and also represented Ukraine in the 2022 FIA Motorsport Games GT discipline.[19][20]

In 2023, Peklin joined Seyffarth Motorsport in the GTC Race series, taking a lone GT4 class win at Oschersleben to finish seventh in the standings.[21][22] He also made a one-off appearance in TCR Europe at Monza,[23] finishing ninth and 14th in his two races,[24] but did not participate in the following round at Barcelona despite appearing on the entry list.[25]

In 2024, Peklin returned to the GTC Race series with Land-Motorsport, driving an Audi R8 LMS GT3.[26] He won at Spa and finished second in the Semi-pro standings.[27] He also represented Ukraine in the FIA Motorsport Games GT discipline, finishing sixth despite an early-race spin.[28][29]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2014 South Garda Winter Cup – KF-J Energy Corse NC
IAME International Final – X30 Junior NC
2015 Ukrainian Karting Championship – Bezkorobka Junior Victory Racing Team 1st
2016 Karting Academy Trophy Peklin Oleksandr 41st
2017 Ukrainian Karting Championship – KZ2 Victory Racing Team 1st
2018 South Garda Winter Cup – KZ2 Maranello Kart NC
Trofeo Andrea Margutti – KZ2 35th
Deutsche Kart-MeisterschaftKZ2 Victory Racing Team 16th
Karting European ChampionshipKZ2 Birel ART Racing 60th
WSK Open Cup – KZ2 26th
International Super CupKZ2 NC
Sources:[30][31]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2019 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Meritus.GP 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Formula 4 UAE Championship – Trophy Round Xcel Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/a NC
2020 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 21 1 0 0 2 53 10th
2021 International GT Open Team Lazarus 2 1 0 0 1 21 17th
Italian GT Sprint Championship – GT3 Pro-Am Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 2 0 0 0 0 11 NC
2022 FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup Team Ukraine 1 0 0 0 0 N/a 11th
ADAC GT4 Germany PROsport Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 46th
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – V5 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2023 GTC Race – GT4 Seyffarth Motorsport 4 1 0 0 1 28 7th
TCR Europe Touring Car Series Volcano Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 16 25th
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – V5 Adrenalin Motorsport Team Motec 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2024 GTC Race – GT3 Semi-pro Land-Motorsport 5 1 0 0 5 86 2nd
FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup Team Ukraine 1 0 0 0 0 N/a 6th
Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe GT Sports Technology 2 0 0 0 1 30 12th
2025 Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe GT Sports Technology 6 3 0 0 3 75 4th
Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup Mühlner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Sources:[30]

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

Complete F4 SEA Championship results

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

Year 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 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Pos Points
2019 SEP1
1

SEP1
2

SEP1
3

SEP1
4

SEP2
1

SEP2
2

SEP2
3

SEP2
4

BUR1
1

BUR1
2

BUR1
3

BUR1
4

BUR2
1

BUR2
2

BUR2
3

BUR2
4

MAD1
1

MAD1
2

MAD1
3

MAD1
4

MAD2
1

MAD2
2

MAD2
3

MAD2
4

SEP3
1

SEP3
2

SEP3
3

SEP3
4

SEP4
1

SEP4
2

SEP4
3

SEP4
4

SEP5
1

SEP5
2

SEP5
3

SEP5
4

SEP6
1

6
SEP6
2

7
SEP6
3

7
SEP6
4

Ret
NC† 0†

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

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2020 NOG
1

7
NOG
2

3
NOG
3

6
MAG
1

9
MAG
2

1
MAG
3

11
ZAN
1

9
ZAN
2

Ret
ZAN
3

13†
LEC1
1

7
LEC1
2

11
LEC1
3

10
SPA
1

10
SPA
2

12
SPA
3

12
LEC2
1

9
LEC2
2

9
LEC2
3

11
LEC3
1

12
LEC3
2

12
LEC3
3

12
10th 53

† – Peklin did not finish the race but was classified, as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete ADAC GT4 Germany results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2022 PROsport Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 OSC
1

OSC
2

RBR
1

RBR
2

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

SAC
1

SAC
2

HOC
1

23
HOC
2

23
46th 0

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2023 Volcano Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) ALG
1

ALG
2

PAU
1

PAU
2

SPA
1

SPA
2

HUN
1

HUN
2

LEC
1

LEC
2

MNZ
1

9
MNZ
2

14
CAT
1

WD
CAT
2

WD
25th 16

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