Eshan Pieris (born 24 June 1998) is a Sri Lankan racing driver who last competed in the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup for Rutronik Racing. He previously competed in the 2024 GT World Challenge Asia for Absolute Racing.
Junior career
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship In 2017, Pieris made his car racing debut in the 2017–18 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship driving at rounds 1 and 4 for Meritus.GP. In the first race of the season at Sepang International Circuit, Pieris finished on the podium in third. During his return to the series in round 4 at Sepang, he won his first race of the season in race two.
Asian Formula Renault Series For 2018, Pieris switched over to the Asian Formula Renault Series for the 2018 season, driving for Eurasia Motorsport. He marked his best result of third in the final race at Sepang and finished ninth in the standings.
F3 Asian Championship Pieris continued his open-wheel racing career and signed with Absolute Racing to compete in the 2019 F3 Asian Championship. He had a consistent season, finishing in the top-ten in every race. Pieris finished fifth in the championship.
Later in the year, Pieris was confirmed as an entry for the 2019 F3 Asian Winter Series, once again driving for Absolute Racing. He displayed consistency across the season and won the final race of the season at Sepang, finishing ahead of Victor Martins and champion Rinus Veekay.
Sportscar racing career
GT World Challenge Asia
2023 Following a three year hiatus, Pieris returned to racing, making a switch to sportscar racing. He signed with B-Quik Racing to compete in the 2023 GT World Challenge Asia - Pro-Am Cup, alongside Henk Kiks. For the final round of the season, Pieris switched to the No. 62 car to compete in the Silver Cup alongside Akash Nandy.
2024 Pieris returned for a full-time campaign in the series for the 2024 season with Absolute Racing. He competed in the silver cup, driving the No. 911 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) alongside Tanart Sathienthirakul. The pair had a successful season in the Silver Cup, with three wins and eight podiums. They contended for the Silver Cup title with the No. 36 FAW Audi Sport Asia Racing Team but came up short, finishing 19 points behind in second.
GT World Challenge Europe
2025 Following his success in the GT World Challenge Asia, Pieris moved over to Europe to compete in the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup driving the No. 97 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) for Rutronik Racing. He drove alongside 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup North America champion Loek Hartog.
Karting record
Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2018 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – DD2 KMS Europe KFT 26th 2019 IAME Series Asia – Senior RL Karting 41st Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – DD2 49th Sources:
Racing record
Racing career summary
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2017-18 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Meritus.GP1012128812th2018 Asian Formula Renault Series Eurasia Motorsport100001689th2019 F3 Asian ChampionshipAbsolute Racing1500001255th F3 Asian Winter Series81001676th2023 GT World Challenge Asia - GT3 B-Quik Racing200000NCB-Quik Absolute Racing200002024 GT World Challenge Asia Absolute Racing1200003022nd2025GT World Challenge Europe Sprint CupRutronik Racing1000000NC GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver4000014*13th*GT World Challenge Europe Endurance CupDinamic GT100000NC2025-2624H Series Middle East - GT3Dinamic GT
* Season still in progress
Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 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 Pos Points 2017–18 Meritus.GP SEP11 SEP12 SEP13 SEP14 SEP15 SEP16 CLA1 CLA2 CLA3 CLA4 CLA5 CLA6 CHA1 CHA2 CHA3 CHA4 CHA5 CHA6 SEP21 SEP22 SEP23 SEP24 SEP25 SEP26 SEP31 SEP32 SEP33 SEP34 SEP35 SEP36 12th 88
Complete F3 Asian Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2019 Absolute Racing SEP1 SEP2 SEP3 CHA1 CHA2 CHA3 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 SIC11 SIC12 SIC13 SIC21 SIC22 SIC23 5th 125
Complete F3 Asian Winter Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2019 Absolute Racing CHA1 CHA2 CHA3 SEP11 SEP12 SEP13 SEP21 SEP22 SEP23 6th 67
Complete GT World Challenge Asia results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2024 Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Silver SEP1 SEP2 BUR1 BUR2 FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ1 SUZ2 OKA1 OKA2 SIC1 SIC2 2nd 201
Complete GT World Challenge Europe results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year TeamCarClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos. Points2025Rutronik RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R (992)Silver LEC BRH BRH ZAN ZAN MNZ MIS MIS MAG MAG NÜR VAL VAL BAR 17th* 14*Dinamic GTPorsche 911 GT3 R (992) SPA SPA SPA * Season still in progress.
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