David Perel

David Perel
David Perel
	Perel in 2024
Nationality	South African
Born	David Slingsby Perel; 7 May 1985 (age 41); Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Categorisation	FIA Bronze (2016–2017); FIA Silver (2018–)
Previous series
2023; 2021–22; 2021–22; 2020; 2019; 2016, 2018; 2015, 2019, 2021; 2014–15; 2008, 2010, 2012–14	GT Cup Open Europe; FIA World Endurance Championship; Asian Le Mans Series; Le Mans Cup; 24H Series; International GT Open; Italian GT Championship; Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe; Formula Volkswagen South Africa
Championship titles
2017; 2017; 2017	Blancpain GT Series – Am Cup; Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Am Cup; Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup – Am Cup

David Slingsby Perel (born 7 May 1985 in Cape Town) is a South African racing driver competing in the European Le Mans Series for Spirit of Race, the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for Rinaldi Racing and the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi.

A Ferrari specialist, Perel was the champion of the Overall, Endurance and Sprint Am Cup classes in the 2017 Blancpain GT Series. He is an avid simracer, and the founder of SimGrid and Coach Dave Academy.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Position
2003	RCM South Africa - Senior Max	18th
2004	RCM South Africa - Senior Max	?
2006	RCM South Africa - Senior Max	4th
2007	RMC Grand Finals - Senior Max	6th
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Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	Formula Volkswagen South Africa	Sam Racing	7	0	0	0	1	26	10th
2010	Formula Volkswagen South Africa		2	0	0	0	0	8	14th
2012	Formula Volkswagen South Africa		2	0	0	0	0	1	20th
2013	Formula Volkswagen South Africa		?	0	0	0	1	11	11th
2014	Formula Volkswagen South Africa		4	0	0	0	1	18	9th
2014	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro/Am		1	0	0	0	0	?	?
2015	Italian GT Championship - Sprint GTC	Bonaldi Motorsport	14	5	4	4	7	143	2nd
2015	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Gallardo Am	Bonaldi Motorsport	2	2	0	1	2	30	10th
2016	Blancpain GT Series	Kessel Racing Team Parker Racing	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series - Am		6	1	2	2	2	58	10th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Am		4	0	2	1	0	29	13th
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Kessel Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Am		2	1	0	1	2	29	4th
	International GT Open - GT3 AM		2	1	0	0	1	0	NC
2017	Blancpain GT Series	Kessel Racing	11	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series - Am		11	7	6	8	9	195	1st
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Am		5	2	3	4	4	118	1st
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Am		6	5	3	6	5	77	1st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Rinaldi Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am		1	1	0	0	1	43	8th
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		2	0	0	0	0	0.5	27th
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Pro-Am		2	1	0	0	1	16.5	5th
2019	24H Series - Europe - A6	Wochenspiegel Team Monschau	3	0	0	0	0	34	16th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Rinaldi Racing	5	0	0	0	0	4	31st
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Silver		5	0	0	0	1	46	7th
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe		10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe - Silver		10	3	3	2	5	102.5	2nd
	Italian GT Championship - Endurance - GT3 Pro/Am		1	1	0	0	1	?	?
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Wochenspiegel Team Monschau by Rinaldi	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Kessel Racing	2	0	0	0	1	28	11th
	VLN Series - Cup 5	Pixum Team Adrenalin Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	6.9	54th
	VLN Series - V6	Pixum Team Adrenalin Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	?	?
	VLN Series - V5		1	0	0	0	0	?	?
2020	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Kessel Racing	5	2	1	0	4	99	2nd
	Le Mans Cup - GT3	Kessel Racing	7	1	2	1	5	92	2nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Rinaldi Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am		2	0	0	0	0	18	18th
2021	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Rinaldi Racing	4	0	0	0	2	49	3rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver		3	0	0	0	0	22	21st
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		2	0	0	0	0	2	30th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver		2	0	0	0	0	7.5	17th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Spirit of Race	6	1	1	1	4	89	2nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE	Spirit of Race	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3	Kessel Racing	3	0	0	0	0	11	12th
2022	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Rinaldi Racing	4	1	0	0	2	57	3rd
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Spirit of Race	4	0	0	0	2	39	10th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE	Spirit of Race	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	43rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2023	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Spirit of Race	6	0	0	0	1	55	5th
2023	GT Cup Open Europe - Pro-Am	Kessel Racing	2	0	1	0	0	0	13th
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Rinaldi Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze		5	0	0	0	0	10	31st
	Gulf 12 Hours		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3	Spirit of Race	6	1	0	0	1	45	9th
2025	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3	Spirit of Race	6	0	0	0	1	52	6th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Rinaldi Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze		3	0	0	0	0	5	36th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro	Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro-Am	Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi	1	0	0	0	0	4	30th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Rinaldi Racing	1	0	0	0	0	4	30th
2026	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3	Spirit of Race	6	0	0	0	0	38	9th
	Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup - GT3		4	0	1	1	1	31	7th
	Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup - GT3		5	0	0	0	0	6	18th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Rinaldi Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	International GT Open	AF Corse	2	0	0	0	0	7	36th
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^* Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2016	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Am	MNZ Ret	SIL Ret	LEC 28					13th	29
2016	Team Parker Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	Am				SPA 6H 61	SPA 12H 53	SPA 24H 54	NÜR	13th	29
2017	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	Am	MNZ Ret	SIL 39	LEC 28	SPA 6H 29	SPA 12H 26	SPA 24H 22	CAT 39	1st	118
2018	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	Pro-Am	MNZ	SIL	LEC	SPA 6H 18	SPA 12H 21	SPA 24H 15	CAT	8th	43
2019	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	Silver	MNZ 25	SIL 13	LEC 16	SPA 6H 57	SPA 12H 61	SPA 24H Ret	CAT 8	7th	46
2020	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	Pro-Am	IMO	NÜR	SPA 6H 40	SPA 12H 33	SPA 24H 22	LEC Ret		18th	18
2021	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Silver	MON	LEC	SPA 6H 22	SPA 12H 17	SPA 24H 30	NÜR 32	CAT 17	21st	22
2022	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Gold	IMO	LEC	SPA 6H 52	SPA 12H 47	SPA 24H 33	HOC	CAT	26th	6
2024	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	Bronze	LEC 32	SPA 6H Ret	SPA 12H Ret	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 36	MNZ 25	JED Ret	31st	10
2025	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	Bronze	LEC 41	MNZ 38	SPA 6H 44	SPA 12H 49	SPA 24H 41			36th	5
2025	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	Silver						NÜR DNS	CAT 38	NC	0
2026	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo	Silver	LEC 42	MNZ 19	SPA 6H 42	SPA 12H 29	SPA 24H 14	NÜR Ret	ALG 41	13th	35
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GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2016	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	Am	MIS QR	MIS CR	BRH QR	BRH CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	HUN QR 31	HUN CR 25	CAT QR	CAT CR	4th	29
2017	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Am	MIS QR	MIS CR	BRH QR	BRH CR	ZOL QR 30	ZOL CR 4	HUN QR 30	HUN CR Ret	NÜR QR 28	NÜR CR 27	1st	77
2018	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	Pro-Am	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 10	5th	16.5
2019	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	Pro-Am	BRH 1 13	BRH 2 16	MIS 1 12	MIS 2 22	ZAN 1 25	ZAN 2 15	NÜR 1 20	NÜR 2 24	HUN 1 25	HUN 2 Ret	2nd	102.5
2021	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Silver	MAG 1	MAG 2	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 8	MIS 1	MIS 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	17th	7.5
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Complete Intercontinental GT Challenge results

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

Year	Manufacturer	Car	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2017	Ferrari	Ferrari 488 GT3	BAT	SPA 22	LAG			NC	0
2019	Ferrari	Ferrari 488 GT3	BAT	LAG	SPA	SUZ	KYA 13	NC	0
2020	Ferrari	Ferrari 488 GT3	BAT	IND	SPA 19	KYA		NC	0
2021	Ferrari	Ferrari 488 GT3	SPA 17	IND	KYA			NC	0
2022	Ferrari	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	BAT	SPA 33	IND	GUL		NC	0
2025	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3	BAT	NÜR 8	SPA 27	SUZ	IND	30th	4
2026	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo	BAT	NÜR Ret	SPA 13	SUZ	IND	NC	0
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^* Season still in progress.

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
2019	Kessel Racing	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC	MNZ	CAT	SIL	SPA 5	ALG 2	11th	28
2020	Kessel Racing	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC 2	SPA 1	LEC 4	MNZ 1	ALG 2		2nd	99
2021	Spirit of Race	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	CAT 3	RBR 2	LEC 2	MNZ 1	SPA NC	ALG 4	2nd	89
2022	Spirit of Race	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC 9	IMO 3	MNZ 8	CAT 2	SPA	ALG	10th	39
2023	Spirit of Race	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	CAT 5	LEC 5	ARA 6	SPA 7	POR 7	ALG 3	5th	55
2024	Spirit of Race	LMGT3	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	CAT 5	LEC 1	IMO 8	SPA Ret	MUG Ret	ALG 7	9th	45
2025	Spirit of Race	LMGT3	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	CAT 4	LEC 4	IMO 3	SPA 10	SIL 8	ALG 6	6th	52
2026	Spirit of Race	LMGT3	Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	CAT 6	LEC 4	IMO 9	SPA 7	SIL 5	ALG 12	9th	38
Source:

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Asian 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	Rank	Points
2021	Rinaldi Racing	GT	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DUB 1 8	DUB 2 2	ABU 1 4	ABU 2 3	3rd	49
2022	Rinaldi Racing	GT	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DUB 1 2	DUB 2 1	ABU 1 7	ABU 2 6	3rd	57
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^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2021	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	LMGTE AM	109	DNF	DNF
2022	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	LMGTE AM	339	43rd	10th
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References

↑ "David Perel Profile". motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
1 2 3 "Driver: David Perel | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "David Perel Results | Motorsport Stats". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ "Champions 2017". GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
↑ Karanja, Earl (2 October 2017). "Blancpain GT: Bortolotti and Engelhart Crowned Champions at Barcelona Season Finale". gtspirit.com. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
↑ "Pirelli Paddock Pass: David Perel". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
↑ Wane, Ewan; Kilbey, Stephen (1 May 2026). ""I Just Clung On To The Dream": 'Coach Dave' Perel's GT Racing Journey". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
↑ "David Perel (ZA) - All Results - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 27 June 2025.

[1] "David Perel Profile". motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

[:0-2] 1 2 3 "Driver: David Perel | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[:1-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "David Perel Results | Motorsport Stats". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[4] "Champions 2017". GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS. Retrieved 27 June 2025.

[5] Karanja, Earl (2 October 2017). "Blancpain GT: Bortolotti and Engelhart Crowned Champions at Barcelona Season Finale". gtspirit.com. Retrieved 27 June 2025.

[6] "Pirelli Paddock Pass: David Perel". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2026.

[7] Wane, Ewan; Kilbey, Stephen (1 May 2026). ""I Just Clung On To The Dream": 'Coach Dave' Perel's GT Racing Journey". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 3 July 2026.

[8] "David Perel (ZA) - All Results - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 27 June 2025.