Leonel Adrián Pernía (born September 27, 1975 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentineracing driver.[1] He has run in different series, with major success in TC 2000, where he finished 3rg in 2009 and 2nd in 2010 driving for the works Honda team.
In 2006, Pernía retired from football and returned to Argentina to race professionally. That year he competed at the TC Pista in a Chevrolet (12th) and the TC2000 in a Honda (3 races). The next season, Pernía raced two TC Pista races, half of the TC2000 season in a Fineschi Honda and the rest of the year in a works Honda, ending up 13th.
The next years, he continued racing for Honda and was vice-championship in 2009 and 2010. He also raced at the Turismo Nacional Clase 3 in 2008, the Top Race V6 in 2009 and Turismo Carretera since 2009. In 2009 he also won the Drivers Masters karting all-star race in the downtown Buenos Aires streets.
In 2013, 2014 and 2015 he was runner-up in Super TC 2000 (successor to TC 2000) behind Matías Rossi and Néstor Girolami (twice), already with the Renault Argentina factory team. In 2018 he won the Turismo Nacional Clase 3 championship with Chetta Racing and the following year the Súper TC 2000 with Renault.[1]
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March 07, 2023
leonel, pernía, leonel, adrián, pernía, born, september, 1975, buenos, aires, argentine, racing, driver, different, series, with, major, success, 2000, where, finished, 2009, 2010, driving, works, honda, team, leonel, pernianationalityargentineborn, 1975, sept. Leonel Adrian Pernia born September 27 1975 in Buenos Aires is an Argentine racing driver 1 He has run in different series with major success in TC 2000 where he finished 3rg in 2009 and 2nd in 2010 driving for the works Honda team Leonel PerniaNationalityArgentineBorn 1975 09 27 September 27 1975 age 47 Buenos Aires Argentina World Touring Car Championship careerDebut season2010Current teamChevrolet Motorsport SwedenCar number34Starts2Wins0Poles0Fastest laps0He is the son of former footballer and racing driver Vicente Pernia and brother of Spanish international footballer Mariano Pernia In fact he played for Boca Juniors First Division in 1997 in the National Professional Soccer League the next two years then raced at the Argentine Turismo Nacional in 2000 and 2001 Because of the crisis he returned to the United States to compete in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 2002 to 2005 In 2006 Pernia retired from football and returned to Argentina to race professionally That year he competed at the TC Pista in a Chevrolet 12th and the TC2000 in a Honda 3 races The next season Pernia raced two TC Pista races half of the TC2000 season in a Fineschi Honda and the rest of the year in a works Honda ending up 13th The next years he continued racing for Honda and was vice championship in 2009 and 2010 He also raced at the Turismo Nacional Clase 3 in 2008 the Top Race V6 in 2009 and Turismo Carretera since 2009 In 2009 he also won the Drivers Masters karting all star race in the downtown Buenos Aires streets In 2013 2014 and 2015 he was runner up in Super TC 2000 successor to TC 2000 behind Matias Rossi and Nestor Girolami twice already with the Renault Argentina factory team In 2018 he won the Turismo Nacional Clase 3 championship with Chetta Racing and the following year the Super TC 2000 with Renault 1 Contents 1 Career 1 1 Complete World Touring Car Championship results 2 References 3 External linksCareer EditComplete World Touring Car Championship results Edit 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 Position Points2010 Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Cruze BRA MAR ITA BEL POR UK CZE GER ESP JPN MAC 18th 118 10References Edit a b Leonel Pernia Racing career profile Driver Database www driverdb com Retrieved 2020 12 06 External links Edit Leonel Pernia s website Archived from the original on 2010 06 08 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leonel Pernia amp oldid 1142535772, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
