Perera in FR 3.5 and Superleague?

In reality, Franck Perera had already tasted the flagship discipline of the World Series by Renault end of 2006. It was already in Barcelona during the last meeting, and already with Interwetten Racing. With some success since the former world champion karting had scored points in quick succession for 4th and 6th places. We understand better that Walter Raus and Michael Schneider, respectively owner and team manager of the Austrian team, had the idea of ​​inviting the Frenchman for the final pre-season tests before Barcelona kicks off in three weeks. At Montmelo Interwetten, the German Tobias Hegewald (who is training for the F2 where he signed up), and the Romanian Mihai Marinescu. But no starter has been announced, even if it is said that the Mexican Salvador Duran, who offered good results to Interwetten for two seasons and took 4th place in the 2008 championship, could renew his collaboration. We bet that a Perera-Duran pair would look great!

On Monday, Franck therefore reconnected with a FR 3.5 paddock. “It’s already been more than 5 months since I last rode. A difficult period where I even thought about stopping running. I had some contacts in the United States, but that didn't really stimulate me. It's been two years since I was there and the goal was to move into Champ Car, which has disappeared, or into Indy. But I didn't want to stay in small categories like Indy Light or Formula Atlantic, where I think I have nothing left to prove. So I took the risk of staying in Europe this year. And this opportunity to ride with Interwetten has arrived. »

Not so easy a reunion, within a field having accumulated four days of testing in Jerez then Valencia:
“I don't know if it's because I've gotten used to driving bigger cars where you have to hit the brakes, but I had a hard time getting used to the brakes on this one . There is a lot of work to do,” he admitted Monday evening, after setting the 11th fastest time of the first day.

Awaiting a possible agreement with Interwetten, Perera is eyeing another interesting prospect to continue piloting a car high level :
“I really plan to continue in the Superleague. It went really well and I really enjoyed it. I have contact with three teams. AS Roma, who would like to keep me, and two others? »

Franck remains discreet on this last point, no agreement being sealed, but we can easily imagine the Languedocian representing the colors of one of the two French clubs candidates for this second season of the discipline.