Ivan Peklin
Ukrainian racing driver (born 2001)
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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.
23 October 2001
Ukrainian
FIA SilverIvan Peklin | |
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Іван Пеклін | |
| Born | Ivan Peklin 23 October 2001 Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe career | |
| Current team | GT Sports Technology |
| Racing licence | FIA Silver |
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] The following year, Peklin raced part-time in Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe for GT Sports Technology, in which he won three races and ended the year fourth in points.[30][31]
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 |
| Andrea Margutti Trophy – KZ2 | 35th | ||
| Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft – KZ2 | Victory Racing Team | 16th | |
| Karting European Championship – KZ2 | Birel ART Racing | 60th | |
| WSK Open Cup – KZ2 | 26th | ||
| International Super Cup – KZ2 | NC | ||
| Sources:[32][33] | |||
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 – CUP2 | Mühlner Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| Sources:[32] | |||||||||
† 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 |
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| 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)
† – 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)
Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)