Ivan Peklin

Ivan Peklin (; born 23 October 2001) is a Ukrainian racing driver who last competed for GT Sports Technology in the Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe.

Career Peklin began karting at the age of eleven. He won the Ukrainian Karting Championship twice: in the Bezkorobka Junior class in 2015 and in KZ2 in 2017. 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.

After losing a fully-paid seat for the 2020 F4 British Championship to Marijn Kremers in the 2019 FEED Racing Program, Peklin made his single-seater debut with Xcel Motorsport in the Formula 4 UAE Championship trophy round in late 2019. He finished seventh in the only race he contested, 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.

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

Peklin moved to International GT Open in 2021, joining Team Lazarus alongside Jordan Pepper. The duo won the season opener at Le Castellet and finished fifth in race two. Lazarus withdrew from the series after this round, leaving Peklin sidelined. 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. He eventually debuted at the season finale at Hockenheimring for PROsport Racing, and also represented Ukraine in the 2022 FIA Motorsport Games GT discipline.

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. He also made a one-off appearance in TCR Europe at Monza, finishing ninth and 14th in his two races, but did not participate in the following round at Barcelona despite appearing on the entry list. In 2024, Peklin returned to the GTC Race series with Land-Motorsport, driving an Audi R8 LMS GT3. He won at Spa and finished second in the Semi-pro standings. He also represented Ukraine in the FIA Motorsport Games GT discipline, finishing sixth despite an early-race spin. 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.

Karting record Karting career summary

Racing record Racing career summary

† 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 SEP11 SEP12 SEP13 SEP14 SEP21 SEP22 SEP23 SEP24 BUR11 BUR12 BUR13 BUR14 BUR21 BUR22 BUR23 BUR24 MAD11 MAD12 MAD13 MAD14 MAD21 MAD22 MAD23 MAD24 SEP31 SEP32 SEP33 SEP34 SEP41 SEP42 SEP43 SEP44 SEP51 SEP52 SEP53 SEP54 SEP61 SEP62 SEP63 SEP64 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 NOG1 NOG2 NOG3 MAG1 MAG2 MAG3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 LEC11 LEC12 LEC13 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 LEC21 LEC22 LEC23 LEC31 LEC32 LEC33 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 OSC1 OSC2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 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) ALG1 ALG2 PAU1 PAU2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 25th 16