Jordan Pepper Explained

Jordan Pepper
Nationality:	South African
Birth Name:	Jordan Lee Pepper
Birth Date:	31 July 1996
Birth Place:	Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa
Relatives:	Iain Pepper (father) Tasmin Pepper (sister)
Last Series:	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Years Active:	2017–2019
Teams:	Bentley Team Abt Bentley Team M-Sport
Starts:	11
Wins:	1
Poles:	1
Fastest Laps:	2
Best Finish:	14th
Year:	2018
Prev Series:	Volkswagen Polo Cup South Africa ADAC GT Masters
Prev Series Years:	2012 2013–14 2015–16
Title Years:	2014

Jordan Lee Pepper (born 31 July 1996) is a South African racing driver, currently competing in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.^[1] He is the son of former South African Touring Car driver Iain Pepper and younger brother of W Series driver Tasmin Pepper.^[2]

Pepper was the winner of the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour for Bentley with Jules Gounon and Maxime Soulet.^[3] In 2023, he became a Lamborghini factory driver.^[4] Together with Mirko Bortolotti and Luca Engstler, Pepper won the 2025 24 Hours of Spa.^[5]

Career

After last taking part in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in 2020 with Bentley, Pepper returned to the series in 2023. As a newly-minted Lamborghini factory driver, he joined fellow factory drivers Andrea Caldarelli and Mirko Bortolotti in Iron Lynx's Pro class entry.^[6] In the Sprint Cup, Pepper joined Franck Perera in Vincenzo Sospiri Racing's Pro class entry.^[7]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	Volkswagen Polo Cup South Africa	N/A	20	1	?	?	7	332	3rd
2013	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup Germany	N/A	9	1	0	1	2	256	3rd
2014	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup Germany	N/A	10	6	7	3	9	379	1st
2014	Volkswagen Castrol Cup	N/A	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	ADAC GT Masters	C. Abt Racing	16	1	0	0	2	87	12th
2016	ADAC GT Masters	Bentley Team Abt	13	0	0	0	1	33	22nd
2017	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team Abt	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 LG		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	3	0	0	0	1	29	14th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	3	0	0	0	0	4	23rd
	Blancpain GT Series Asia	Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Kamlung Racing	4	0	0	0	0	39	17th
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	5	1	1	0	2	49	4th
2019	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	5	0	0	0	0	10	25th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Bentley K-PAX Racing	4	0	0	0	0	15	16th
	ADAC GT Masters	T3-HRT-Motorsport	11	0	0	0	0	7	38th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	2	1	0	0	1	28	7th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	K-PAX Racing	2	0	0	0	0	28	7th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	6.88	68th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2021	International GT Open	Team Lazarus	2	1	1	2	1	21	11th
	GT World Challenge America - Pro	K-PAX Racing	12	9	8	7	11	270	1st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	K-PAX Racing	1	0	0	0	1	15	13th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	align=left nowrap	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Inception Racing	5	0	0	2	2	1445	14th
	GT World Challenge America - Pro	K-PAX Racing	13	2	1	4	11	229	2nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Orange 1 K-PAX Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Orange 1 K-PAX Racing
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	K-PAX Racing
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Konrad Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Iron Lynx	4	0	0	0	0	1137	7th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Iron Lynx	5	0	0	0	1	15	14th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	VSR	6	0	1	0	0	11.5	12th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	ABT Sportsline	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Iron Lynx	4	1	0	0	2	1211	16th
	International GT Open	Oregon Team	12	2	1	0	4	100	4th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Red Bull Team ABT	1	0	0	1	1
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Red Bull Team ABT	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	align=left nowrap	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GRT Grasser Racing Team	4	1	0	2	2	63	2nd
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Lamborghini Team TGI by GRT	2	0	0	0	0	6	22nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar	Lamborghini Iron Lynx	Reserve driver
2025	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	TGI Lamborghini Team by GRT	16	1	3	0	3	164	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Pfaff Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	206	42th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Red Bull Team ABT
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GRT - Grasser Racing Team	5	1	0	0	1	44	5th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	GRT - Grasser Racing Team	10	2	2	2	6	81.5	2nd
2025-26	24H Series Middle East - GT3	Team WRT

^† As Pepper was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
*Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC GT Masters 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	15	16	DC	Points
2015	nowrap	C. Abt Racing	nowrap	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	OSC 1	OSC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	12th	87
2016	nowrap	Bentley Team Abt	nowrap	Bentley Continental GT3	OSC 1	OSC 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	HOC 1	HOC 2			22nd	33
2020	nowrap	T3-HRT-Motorsport	nowrap	Bentley Continental GT3	LAU1 1	LAU1 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	LAU2 1	LAU2 2	OSC 1	OSC 2			38th	7

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

(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
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
2017	nowrap	Bentley Team Abt	nowrap	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MNZ	SIL	LEC	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	CAT	NC	0
2018	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MNZ	SIL	LEC	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	CAT	14th	29
2019	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MNZ	SIL	LEC	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	CAT	4th	49
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2020	Bentley K-PAX Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	IMO	NÜR	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	LEC		16th	15
2021	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	Pro-Am	MNZ	LEC	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	CAT	34th	4
2022	Orange 1 K-PAX Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Pro	IMO	LEC	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	HOC	CAT	NC	0
2023	nowrap	Iron Lynx	nowrap	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	MNZ	LEC	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	CAT	14th	15
2024	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	LEC	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	MNZ	JED	2nd	63
nowrap	2025	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	LEC	MNZ	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	CAT	5th	44

* Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2023	nowrap	VSR	nowrap	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	BRH 1	BRH 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	12th	11.5
2025	GRT - Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	BRH 1	BRH 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	2nd	81.5

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps
2020	Bentley Team M-Sport	Jules Gounon Maxime Soulet	Bentley Continental GT3	AP	315	1st	1st
2026	Team WRT	Kelvin van der Linde Charles Weerts	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	Pro	262	12th	8th

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		Points
2022	nowrap	Inception Racing	GTD	nowrap	McLaren 720S GT3	nowrap	McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	LAG	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	ATL	14th	1445
2023	nowrap	Iron Lynx	nowrap	GTD Pro	nowrap	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	nowrap	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY	SEB	LBH	MON	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET		7th	1137
2024	nowrap	Iron Lynx	nowrap	GTD Pro	nowrap	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	nowrap	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY	SEB	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	ATL			16th	1211
2025	nowrap	Pfaff Motorsports	nowrap	GTD Pro	nowrap	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	nowrap	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY	SEB	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	ATL			42nd	206

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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	15	16	Pos	Points
2024	nowrap	Lamborghini Team TGI by GRT	nowrap	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	22nd	6
2025	TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	7th	164

External links

Official website
Profile at Driver Database

Notes and References

News: JORDAN PEPPER. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 3 June 2019.
News: LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER: TASMIN PEPPER RETURNS TO ENGEN VOLKSWAGEN CUP. WomenOnWheels. 20 March 2017.
News: Bentley takes comprehensive win in Bathurst 12 Hour. Speedcafe. 2 February 2020.
News: Lamborghini Signs Pepper as Factory Driver. Daniel. Lloyd. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 11 January 2023. 11 January 2023.
Web site: Euwema . Davey . 2025-06-29 . Pepper: Lamborghini’s Efforts “Finally Paid Off” With Spa Win – Sportscar365 . 2025-06-30 . sportscar365.com . en-US.
Web site: Iron Lynx & Dames Line-Ups Confirmed For World Challenge Endurance Cup. Stephen. Kilbey. Dailysportscar. 6 March 2023. 6 March 2023.
Web site: VSR Confirm Three Car Sprint Cup Programme. Graham. Goodwin. Dailysportscar. March 9, 2023. March 9, 2023.