24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2002, 2006–2007, 2009
TeamsAudi Sport Team Joest, Swiss Spirit, PSI Experience, G.A.C Racing Team
Best finish3rd (2002)
Class wins0

Philipp Peter (born 6 April 1969 in Vienna) is a race car driver from Austria.

He started in junior formula cars with the highlight winning the Austria Formula 3 Cup in 1992. He represented Austria in the 1990 EFDA Nations Cup and also raced in Indy Lights finishing third in the Championship in 1999.

In 2003 he won the 12 Hours of Sebring in a Team Joest Audi R8 with teammates Marco Werner and Frank Biela. He previously competed in Indy Lights in 1998 and 1999, capturing victories in 1999 at Long Beach, Portland and Michigan and finishing 11th and 3rd in series points in his two years, respectively.

In 2006 Peter raced in the FIA GT Championship for RaceAlliance Motorsport in an Aston Martin DBR9 with Karl Wendlinger, scoring one win in Mugello. For 2007 he remained in the FIA GT Championship, but this time for PSI Experience driving a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R with Luke Hines and scoring a second place in Zhuhai. He also ran for JMB Racing in a Maserati MC12 with Joe Macari, Ben Aucott, and Marino Franchitti in the Spa 24 Hours, finishing seventh. He later switched to the GT2 class at Nogaro, running an Advanced Engineering Ferrari F430 with Rui Águas and finishing seventh in class. For the last race of the 2007 season, Peter teamed once again with Luke Hines in an Aston Martin DBR9 for Gigaware Motorsport, but was unable to finish the event. Peter finished 26th in the GT1 Drivers Championship standings and 39th in the GT2 Drivers Championship Standings.

Peter also competed in the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans with PSI Experience driving a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R with Claude-Yves Gosselin and David Hallyday, finishing 28th overall.

Career Results

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship 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. Pts
1995 HKS Opel Team Japan Opel Vectra FUJ
1 		FUJ
2 		SUG
1 		SUG
2 		TOK
1 		TOK
2 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
2 		MIN
1 		MIN
2 		AID
1 		AID
2 		SEN
1 		SEN
2 		FUJ
1
10 		FUJ
2
22 		29th 1
Source:[1]

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup 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 17 18 19 20 Pos. Pts
1995 MIG Motorsport Interessen Audi 80 Quattro ZOL
1
8 		ZOL
2
13 		SPA
1
15 		SPA
2
11 		ÖST
1
21 		ÖST
2
12 		HOC
1
16 		HOC
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
16 		NÜR
2
21 		SAL
1
18 		SAL
2
19 		AVU
1
13 		AVU
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
15 		NÜR
2
12 		15th 122
1996 A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro ZOL
1
2 		ZOL
2
14 		ASS
1
6 		ASS
2
21 		HOC
1
2 		HOC
2
Ret 		SAC
1
1 		SAC
2
19 		WUN
1
12 		WUN
2
6 		ZWE
1
4 		ZWE
2
17 		SAL
1
10 		SAL
2
11 		AVU
1
Ret 		AVU
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
5 		NÜR
2
4 		9th 256
1997 A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro HOC
1
16 		HOC
2
14 		ZOL
1
6 		ZOL
2
5 		NÜR
1
21 		NÜR
2
Ret 		SAC
1
6 		SAC
2
21 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
8 		WUN
1
17 		WUN
2
19 		ZWE
1
5 		ZWE
2
3 		SAL
1
16 		SAL
2
15 		REG
1
Ret 		REG
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
17 		16th 205
Source:[2]

Complete Indy Lights Results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
1998 Dorricott Racing MIA
11 		LBH
4 		NZR
19 		STL
2 		MIL
9 		DET
10 		POR
22 		CLE
7 		TOR
4 		MIS
23 		TRS
11 		VAN
9 		LAG
16 		FON
12 		11th 62
1999 Dorricott Racing MIA
13 		LBH
1 		NZR
8 		MIL
11 		POR
1 		CLE
4 		TOR
7 		MIS
1 		DET
8 		CHI
12 		LAG
8 		FON
10 		3rd 101
Source:[3]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2002 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany Marco Werner
Germany Michael Krumm 		Audi R8 LMP900 372 3rd 3rd
2006 Switzerland Swiss Spirit Switzerland Harold Primat
Switzerland Marcel Fässler 		Courage LC70-Judd LMP1 132 DNF DNF
2007 Belgium PSI Experience France Claude-Yves Gosselin
France David Hallyday 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 289 28th 12th
2009 Switzerland GAC Racing Team Saudi Arabia Karim Ojjeh
France Claude-Yves Gosselin 		Zytek 07S/2 LMP2 102 DNF DNF
Sources:[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Philipp Peter". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Philipp Peter race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Philipp Peter". Motor Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Philipp Peter". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Philipp Peter Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

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Sporting positions Preceded byJosef Neuhauser Austria Formula 3 Cup champion 1992 Succeeded byMax Angelelli


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