Eshan Pieris
Sri Lankan racing driver (born 1998)
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Eshan Pieris (born 24 June 1998) is a Sri Lankan racing driver who last competed in the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup for Rutronik Racing.[1] He previously competed in the 2024 GT World Challenge Asia for Absolute Racing.[2]
| Eshan Pieris | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Sri Lankan |
| Born | 24 June 1998 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| GTWC Europe Sprint Cup career | |
| Debut season | 2025 |
| Current team | Rutronik Racing |
| Categorisation |  FIA Silver |
| Car number | 97 |
| Starts | 4 (4 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Previous series | |
| 2023–24 2019 2019 2018 2017–18 | GT World Challenge Asia F3 Asian Winter Series F3 Asian Championship Asian Formula Renault Series F4 South East Asia Championship |
Junior career
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
In 2017, Pieris made his car racing debut in the 2017–18 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship driving at rounds 1 and 4 for Meritus.GP. In the first race of the season at Sepang International Circuit, Pieris finished on the podium in third. During his return to the series in round 4 at Sepang, he won his first race of the season in race two.
Asian Formula Renault Series
For 2018, Pieris switched over to the Asian Formula Renault Series for the 2018 season, driving for Eurasia Motorsport. He marked his best result of third in the final race at Sepang and finished ninth in the standings.
F3 Asian Championship
Pieris continued his open-wheel racing career and signed with Absolute Racing to compete in the 2019 F3 Asian Championship.[3] He had a consistent season, finishing in the top-ten in every race. Pieris finished fifth in the championship.
Later in the year, Pieris was confirmed as an entry for the 2019 F3 Asian Winter Series, once again driving for Absolute Racing.[4] He displayed consistency across the season and won the final race of the season at Sepang, finishing ahead of Victor Martins and champion Rinus Veekay.
Sportscar racing career
GT World Challenge Asia
2023
Following a three year hiatus, Pieris returned to racing, making a switch to sportscar racing. He signed with B-Quik Racing to compete in the 2023 GT World Challenge Asia - Pro-Am Cup, alongside Henk Kiks.[5] For the final round of the season, Pieris switched to the No. 62 car to compete in the Silver Cup alongside Akash Nandy.[6]
2024
Pieris returned for a full-time campaign in the series for the 2024 season with Absolute Racing.[7] He competed in the silver cup, driving the No. 911 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) alongside Tanart Sathienthirakul. The pair had a successful season in the Silver Cup, with three wins and eight podiums. They contended for the Silver Cup title with the No. 36 FAW Audi Sport Asia Racing Team but came up short, finishing 19 points behind in second.
GT World Challenge Europe
2025
Following his success in the GT World Challenge Asia, Pieris moved over to Europe to compete in the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup driving the No. 97 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) for Rutronik Racing.[1] He drove alongside 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup North America champion Loek Hartog.
Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – DD2 | KMS Europe KFT | 26th |
| 2019 | IAME Series Asia – Senior | RL Karting | 41st |
| Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – DD2 | 49th | ||
| Sources:[8] | |||
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Formula 4 South East Asia Championship | Meritus.GP | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 88 | 12th |
| 2018 | Asian Formula Renault Series | Eurasia Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 9th |
| 2019 | F3 Asian Championship | Absolute Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 5th |
| F3 Asian Winter Series | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 6th | ||
| 2023 | GT World Challenge Asia - GT3 | B-Quik Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| B-Quik Absolute Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | GT World Challenge Asia | Absolute Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 22nd |
| 2025 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | Rutronik Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14* | 13th* | ||
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Dinamic GT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2025-26 | 24H Series Middle East - GT3 | Dinamic GT |
* Season still in progress
Complete Formula 4 South East Asia 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | Meritus.GP | SEP1 1 3 |
SEP1 2 6 |
SEP1 3 5 |
SEP1 4 6 |
SEP1 5 5 |
SEP1 6 C |
CLA 1 |
CLA 2 |
CLA 3 |
CLA 4 |
CLA 5 |
CLA 6 |
CHA 1 |
CHA 2 |
CHA 3 |
CHA 4 |
CHA 5 |
CHA 6 |
SEP2 1 8 |
SEP2 2 1 |
SEP2 3 Ret |
SEP2 4 DNS |
SEP2 5 8 |
SEP2 6 Ret |
SEP3 1 |
SEP3 2 |
SEP3 3 |
SEP3 4 |
SEP3 5 |
SEP3 6 |
12th | 88 |
Complete F3 Asian Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete F3 Asian Winter Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete GT World Challenge Asia results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete GT World Challenge Europe results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
