🏳️ Esteban Peinado

Esteban Peinado is a club-level racer with a rating of 1,348, placing him at the developing end of competitive motorsport. This rating reflects a driver consistently finishing outside the front of their field; across 46 starts in NASA racing from 2021 to 2026, Peinado averaged a sixth-place finish and scored four podiums without a win. The evidence shows a driver still building consistency rather than one competing at a professional standard.[1]

Peinado has raced exclusively in NASA 944 Spec competition, a single-make series where he faced a stable group of rivals. His record against them tells a clear story. Against Charles Buzzetti, the 2024 and 2025 NASA 944 Spec champion, Peinado finished ahead only 4 times in 35 races. Against Kevin Fry, the 2022 champion, the margin was even wider: 2 victories in 29 meetings. Kalem Fletcher, the 2023 champion, defeated Peinado 24 times from 25 encounters. The driver with whom Peinado has had his closest competitive record is Charles Sharp, a considerably less accomplished rival, yet even there Sharp finished ahead in 33 of their 45 shared races. Peinado's only clear head-to-head advantage lies against Jim Richmond, a much lower-rated driver, whom he beat 19 times in 23 races. In his most recent season, 2026, Peinado finished fourth in the final standings with three podiums across 12 rounds, indicating some improvement but no fundamental shift in his competitive position.

The calibre of opposition and the consistency of the deficit suggest Peinado is a developing club racer who has found a home in 944 Spec but has not yet achieved the level of performance needed to move beyond that tier. His career remains active as of 2026, though five years and 46 races have not produced the breakthrough results that would indicate progression toward semi-professional racing.