Jordan Pepper

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South African race driver (born 1996)

Nationality

South African

BornJordan Lee Pepper
(1996-07-31) 31 July 1996 (age 29)

Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa

RelativesIain Pepper (father)
Tasmin Pepper (sister)

Racing licence

FIA Silver (until 2018)

FIA Gold (2019–2022)

FIA Platinum (2023–)

Jordan Pepper
Pepper in 2025
Nationality	South African
Born	Jordan Lee Pepper (1996-07-31) 31 July 1996 (age 29) Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa
Relatives	Iain Pepper (father) Tasmin Pepper (sister)
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2018) FIA Gold (2019–2022) FIA Platinum (2023–)
Years active	2017–2019
Teams	Bentley Team Abt Bentley Team M-Sport
Starts	11
Wins	1
Poles	1
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	14th in 2018
Previous series
2012 2013–14 2015–16	Volkswagen Polo Cup South Africa Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup Germany ADAC GT Masters
Championship titles
2014	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup Germany

Jordan Lee Pepper (born 31 July 1996) is a South African racing driver, currently competing in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.^[1] He is the son of former South African Touring Car driver Iain Pepper and younger brother of W Series driver Tasmin Pepper.^[2]

Pepper was the winner of the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour for Bentley with Jules Gounon and Maxime Soulet.^[3] In 2023, he became a Lamborghini factory driver.^[4] Together with Mirko Bortolotti and Luca Engstler, Pepper won the 2025 24 Hours of Spa.^[5]

After last taking part in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in 2020 with Bentley, Pepper returned to the series in 2023. As a newly minted Lamborghini factory driver, he joined fellow factory drivers Andrea Caldarelli and Mirko Bortolotti in Iron Lynx's Pro class entry.^[6] In the Sprint Cup, Pepper joined Franck Perera in Vincenzo Sospiri Racing's Pro class entry.^[7]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	Volkswagen Polo Cup South Africa	N/A	20	1	?	?	7	332	3rd
2013	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup Germany	N/A	9	1	0	1	2	256	3rd
2014	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup Germany	N/A	10	6	7	3	9	379	1st
2014	Volkswagen Castrol Cup	N/A	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	ADAC GT Masters	C. Abt Racing	16	1	0	0	2	87	12th
2016	ADAC GT Masters	Bentley Team Abt	13	0	0	0	1	33	22nd
2017	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team Abt	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 LG		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	3	0	0	0	1	29	14th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	3	0	0	0	0	4	23rd
	Blancpain GT Series Asia	Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Kamlung Racing	4	0	0	0	0	39	17th
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	5	1	1	0	2	49	4th
2019	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	5	0	0	0	0	10	25th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Bentley K-PAX Racing	4	0	0	0	0	15	16th
	ADAC GT Masters	T3-HRT-Motorsport	11	0	0	0	0	7	38th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	2	1	0	0	1	28	7th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	K-PAX Racing	2	0	0	0	0	28	7th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	6.88	68th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2021	International GT Open	Team Lazarus	2	1	1	2	1	21	11th
	GT World Challenge America - Pro	K-PAX Racing	12	9	8	7	11	270	1st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	K-PAX Racing	1	0	0	0	1	15	13th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Inception Racing	5	0	0	2	2	1445	14th
	GT World Challenge America - Pro	K-PAX Racing	13	2	1	4	11	229	2nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Orange 1 K-PAX Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Orange 1 K-PAX Racing
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	K-PAX Racing
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Konrad Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Iron Lynx	4	0	0	0	0	1137	7th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Iron Lynx	5	0	0	0	1	15	14th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	VSR	6	0	1	0	0	11.5	12th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	ABT Sportsline	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Iron Lynx	4	1	0	0	2	1211	16th
	International GT Open	Oregon Team	12	2	1	0	4	100	4th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Red Bull Team ABT	1	0	0	1	1	*	*
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Red Bull Team ABT	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GRT Grasser Racing Team	4	1	0	2	2	63	2nd
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Lamborghini Team TGI by GRT	2	0	0	0	0	6	22nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar	Lamborghini Iron Lynx	Reserve driver
2025	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	TGI Lamborghini Team by GRT	16	1	3	0	3	164	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Pfaff Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	206	42th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Red Bull Team ABT
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Red Bull Team ABT	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GRT - Grasser Racing Team	5	1	0	0	1	44	5th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	GRT - Grasser Racing Team	10	2	2	2	6	81.5	2nd
2025-26	24H Series Middle East - GT3	Team WRT
2026	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Rowe Racing
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Team WRT
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Team WRT

^† As Pepper was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
*Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC GT Masters 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	15	16	DC	Points
2015	C. Abt Racing	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	OSC 1 8	OSC 2 15	RBR 1 12	RBR 2 13	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 4	LAU 1 11	LAU 2 14	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 Ret	SAC 1 Ret	SAC 2 9	ZAN 1 5	ZAN 2 3	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 1	12th	87
2016	Bentley Team Abt	Bentley Continental GT3	OSC 1 15	OSC 2 18	SAC 1 20	SAC 2 Ret	LAU 1 17	LAU 2 Ret	RBR 1 DNS	RBR 2 2	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 11	ZAN 1 10	ZAN 2 21	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 9			22nd	33
2020	T3-HRT-Motorsport	Bentley Continental GT3	LAU1 1 21	LAU1 2 Ret	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 30	HOC 1 26	HOC 2 28	SAC 1	SAC 2	RBR 1 DSQ	RBR 2 Ret	LAU2 1 10	LAU2 2 15	OSC 1 23	OSC 2 17			38th	7

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
2017	Bentley Team Abt	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MNZ	SIL	LEC	SPA 6H 16	SPA 12H 18	SPA 24H Ret	CAT	NC	0
2018	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MNZ	SIL	LEC 2	SPA 6H 11	SPA 12H 5	SPA 24H 25	CAT 21	14th	29
2019	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MNZ 12	SIL 12	LEC 1	SPA 6H 16	SPA 12H 28	SPA 24H 49	CAT 3	4th	49
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2020	Bentley K-PAX Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	IMO 17	NÜR 6	SPA 6H 10	SPA 12H 5	SPA 24H 10	LEC 13		16th	15
2021	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	Pro-Am	MNZ	LEC	SPA 6H 53	SPA 12H 42	SPA 24H 28	NÜR	CAT	34th	4
2022	Orange 1 K-PAX Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Pro	IMO	LEC	SPA 6H 31	SPA 12H 22	SPA 24H 11	HOC	CAT	NC	0
2023	Iron Lynx	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	MNZ 3	LEC 39†	SPA 6H 61	SPA 12H Ret	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR Ret	CAT 20	14th	15
2024	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	LEC	SPA 6H 17	SPA 12H 8	SPA 24H 5	NÜR 1	MNZ 10	JED 2	2nd	63
2025	GRT - Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	LEC 12	MNZ 46†	SPA 6H 23	SPA 12H 2	SPA 24H 1	NÜR 5	CAT 16	5th	44
2026	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	Pro	LEC 4	MNZ	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	ALG	4th*	15*

* Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2023	VSR	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	BRH 1 6	BRH 2 25†	MIS 1 7	MIS 2 8	HOC 1 32†	HOC 2 9	VAL 1	VAL 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	12th	11.5
2025	GRT - Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	BRH 1 24	BRH 2 16	ZAN 1 2	ZAN 2 3	MIS 1 9	MIS 2 11	MAG 1 1	MAG 2 2	VAL 1 1	VAL 2 2	2nd	81.5

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	Bentley Team Abt	Christopher Brück Christer Jöns Christian Mamerow	Bentley Continental GT3	SP9 LG	26	DNF	DNF
2020	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Mikkel Jensen Christian Krognes David Pittard	BMW M6 GT3	SP9	83	12th	12th
2022	Konrad Motorsport	Michele Di Martino Maximilian Hackländer Axcil Jefferies	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	SP9 Pro-Am	156	10th	2nd
2023	ABT Sportsline	Marco Mapelli Nicki Thiim Kelvin van der Linde	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	SP9 Pro	160	9th	7th
2024	Red Bull Team ABT	Marco Mapelli Kelvin van der Linde	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	SP9 Pro	50	5th	5th
2025	Red Bull Team ABT	Mirko Bortolotti Daniel Juncadella	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	SP9 Pro	126	DNF	DNF

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2019	Bentley Team M-Sport	Jules Gounon Steven Kane	Bentley Continental GT3	APP	311	8th	8th
2020	Bentley Team M-Sport	Jules Gounon Maxime Soulet	Bentley Continental GT3	AP	314	1st	1st
2026	Team WRT	Kelvin van der Linde Charles Weerts	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	Pro	262	12th	8th

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2022	Inception Racing	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 5	SEB 5	LBH	LAG	MDO 11†	DET	WGL 2	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET 2	14th	1445
2023	Iron Lynx	GTD Pro	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 4	SEB 4	LBH	MON	WGL 9	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET 6		7th	1137
2024	Iron Lynx	GTD Pro	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 7	SEB 3	LGA	DET	WGL 9	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET 1			16th	1211
2025	Pfaff Motorsports	GTD Pro	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 13	SEB	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			42nd	206

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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	15	16	Pos	Points
2024	Lamborghini Team TGI by GRT	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SAC 1 10	SAC 2 Ret	RBR 1	RBR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	22nd	6
2025	TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	OSC 1 2²	OSC 2 4²	LAU 1 11	LAU 2 4	ZAN 1 7¹	ZAN 2 Ret	NOR 1 1¹	NOR 2 9	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 9	SAC 1 2¹	SAC 2 Ret	RBR 1 7	RBR 2 6	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 DSQ	7th	164

References

↑ "JORDAN PEPPER". Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
↑ "LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER: TASMIN PEPPER RETURNS TO ENGEN VOLKSWAGEN CUP". WomenOnWheels. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
↑ "Bentley takes comprehensive win in Bathurst 12 Hour". Speedcafe. 2 February 2020.
↑ Lloyd, Daniel (11 January 2023). "Lamborghini Signs Pepper as Factory Driver". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
↑ Euwema, Davey (29 June 2025). "Pepper: Lamborghini's Efforts "Finally Paid Off" With Spa Win – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
↑ Kilbey, Stephen (6 March 2023). "Iron Lynx & Dames Line-Ups Confirmed For World Challenge Endurance Cup". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
↑ Goodwin, Graham (9 March 2023). "VSR Confirm Three Car Sprint Cup Programme". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

External links

Official website
Profile at Driver Database

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Matthew Campbell
Dennis Olsen
Dirk Werner

Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour
2020
With: Jules Gounon & Maxime Soulet

Succeeded by

Incumbent

Teams and drivers who are competing in the GTD Pro class of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship

Paul Miller Racing	Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	Pfaff Motorsports
1. Connor De Phillippi / Madison Snow / Kelvin van der Linde / Neil Verhagen 48. Augusto Farfus / Dan Harper / Max Hesse / Jesse Krohn	3. Antonio Garcia / Daniel Juncadella / Alexander Sims 4. Nicky Catsburg / Tommy Milner / Nico Varrone	9. Andrea Caldarelli / James Hinchcliffe / Marco Mapelli / Jordan Pepper

Vasser Sullivan Racing	Proton Competition	Ford Multimatic Motorsports	GetSpeed
14. Ben Barnicoat / Townsend Bell / Kyle Kirkwood / Aaron Telitz	20. Matteo Cressoni / Richard Lietz / Thomas Preining / Claudio Schiavoni	64. Austin Cindric / Sebastian Priaulx / Mike Rockenfeller 65. Christopher Mies / Dennis Olsen / Frédéric Vervisch	69. Anthony Bartone / Maxime Martin / Callum Ilott / Fabian Schiller / Luca Stolz

75 Express	AO Racing	DragonSpeed	Trackhouse by TF Sport
75. Maro Engel / Jules Gounon / Mikaël Grenier / Kenny Habul	77. Klaus Bachler / Laurin Heinrich / Alessio Picariello	81. Albert Costa / Miguel Molina / Thomas Neubauer / Davide Rigon	91. Shane van Gisbergen / Ben Keating / Scott McLaughlin / Connor Zilisch

Other drivers: Roman De Angelis (Heart of Racing Team), Ross Gunn (Heart of Racing Team), Alex Riberas (Heart of Racing Team), Marco Sørensen (Heart of Racing Team)

v t e Lamborghini Squadra Corse Factory Drivers
Factory Drivers	Mirko Bortolotti (2015—19, 2021—) Andrea Caldarelli (2017—) Marco Mapelli (2017—) Christian Engelhart (2017—18, 2024—) Franck Perera (2019—) Sandy Mitchell (2021—) Romain Grosjean (2023—) Daniil Kvyat (2023—) Jordan Pepper (2023—) Leonardo Pulcini (2023—) Matteo Cairoli (2024—) Edoardo Mortara (2024—) Loris Spinelli (2024—)

v t e Spa 24 Hours winners
Five-time	Eric van de Poele
Four-time	Jean-Michel Martin Thierry Tassin
Three-time	Michael Bartels Pierre Dieudonné Marc Duez Philipp Eng Hans Heyer Attilio Marinoni Dieter Quester Roberto Ravaglia
Two-time	Andrea Bertolini Christophe Bouchut Frédéric Bouvy Alexander Burgstaller Luigi Chinetti Romain Dumas Fabrizio Gollin Jules Gounon Armin Hahne Altfrid Heger Mike Hezemans Eddy Joosen Helmut Kelleners Philippe Martin Kurt Mollekens Win Percy René Rast Timo Scheider Bernd Schneider Francesco Severi Steve Soper Laurens Vanthoor Tom Walkinshaw Markus Winkelhock Jean Xhenceval
One-time	Uwe Alzen Jean-Claude Andruet Claude Ballot-Lena Earl Bamber Maurice Becquet Anthony Beltoise Jean-Philippe Belloc Robert Benoist Gerhard Berger Jörg Bergmeister Tom Blomqvist André Boillot Mirko Bortolotti Sébastien Bourdais David Brabham Gianfranco Brancatelli Antonio Brivio Lilian Bryner Maximilian Buhk Nicolas Caerels Enzo Calderari Luca Cappellari Nick Catsburg Johnny Cecotto Guy Chasseuil Louis Chiron Michael Christensen Emmanuel Collard Robert Crevits Alain Cudini Christian Danner Hughes de Fierlandt Didier Defourny Jean-Denis Délétraz Nico Demuth Didier de Radiguès Jean Desvignes Jean-Marie Detrin Mattia Drudi Mattias Ekström Luca Engstler Kévin Estre Marcel Fässler Giuseppe Farina Christian Fittipaldi Greg Franchi Jean-Pierre Gaban Pietro Ghersi Fabien Giroix Dieter Glemser Maximilian Götz Gustave Gosselin Christopher Haase Hubert Hahne Naoki Hattori Mike Hawthorn Éric Hélary Wolf Henzler Toine Hezemans St. John Horsfall Günther Huber Jacky Ickx Pascal Ickx Boris Ivanowski Jean-Pierre Jarier Leslie Johnson Dimitri Jorjadze Daniel Juncadella Willi Kauhsen Peter Kox Erwin Kremer Christian Krognes Anthony Kumpen André Lagache Gérard Langlois van Ophem Côme Ledogar René Léonard Marc Lieb Richard Lietz Jean Lucas Lucas Luhr Norbert Mahé Raffaele Marciello Maxime Martin Jochen Mass Jos Menten Jörg Müller Nicklas Nielsen Markus Östreich Anders Olofsson Stéphane Ortelli Markus Palttala Alain Peltier Jordan Pepper Andrea Piccini Alessandro Pier Guidi Teddy Pilette Carlo Maria Pintacuda Martin Ragginger Louis Rigal Stéphane Sarrazin Robert Sénéchal Eugenio Siena Alexander Sims Alex Soler-Roig Raymond Sommer Marco Sørensen Gordon Spice Henri Springuel Frank Stippler Hans-Joachim Stuck Marc Surer Nick Tandy David Terrien Didier Theys Nicki Thiim Noël van Assche Charles van Stalle Vincent Vosse Joachim Winkelhock Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly Goffredo Zehender

Career summary

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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