Peter Hackett (racing driver)

Peter Hackett is an Australian Endurance Championship GT race driver and driving instructor. He was born in Sydney, resides in Melbourne and has competed in varying Australian motor racing categories since 2000, but has particularly focused on the Australian Endurance Championship in recent years.

Peter Hackett
Nationality Australian
Born(1982-09-17)September 17, 1982
Sydney, New South Wales
Debut season2000
Current teamEggleston Motorsport
TeamsEggleston Motorsport
Erebus Motorsport
Aston Martin Racing
Ralt
Melbourne Performance Centre
Team Lamborghini Australia
Piccola Scuderia
Aircon Racing, Race Torque
Mark Coffey Racing
Greg Murphy Racing
Piccolo Scuderia Corse
Carlin Motorsport
Starts178
Wins46
Poles19
Fastest laps33
Previous series
2000-2008
2010-2019
2016-2017		Australian GT Production
Australian GT C/ship
Australian Endurance Championship
Championship titles
2001
2005
2012
2017		Australian Formula 3
Formula 4000
Australian Tourist Trophy
Australian Endurance Championship

After his win at the 2017 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park event, Hackett joined "David Wall and the late Allan Simonsen as the most successful drivers in Australian GT history, with 17-victories to their names."[1]

Early Years

Hackett's first forays into motor racing were not in his home country of Australia, but rather the United Kingdom. From 1995-1997 he raced in various categories including British Formula Vauxhall Junior and British Formula Ford Championship. These early years did not yield any major successes, and Hackett returned home to Australia in the late 90s. His return to Australia in 20000 saw him compete in Australian Formula 3 and Australian Formula 2 followed by a full season of Formula 3 in 2001 which resulted in Hackett's first Championship victory.[2]

In 2002 he divided his time between Australian Formula 3 and Formula Holden, scoring 1 win and 6th overall in Formula 3 (competing in 8 of 16 races), while finishing 7th in Formula Holden (Competing in 6 of 12 races)[3]

Australian GT Racing

The CAMS sanctioned Australian GT series and the Australian Endurance Championship became Hackett's preferred racing categories and the place where he made his mark.

In 2016 Hackett and team mate Dominic Storey in an Eggleston Motorsport prepared Mercedes-AMG GT3 was second in the CAMS Australian Endurance Championship to Tekno Autosports Grant Denyer and Nathan Morcom.[4]

In 2017 Hackett went one better, winning the CAMS Australian Endurance Championship again alongside team mate and co-driver Dominic Storey.[5]

Driving Instructor

Since 2001, Hackett has served Mercedes-Benz AMG Australasia as its Chief Driving Instructor for performance drive days and track days

As well as his driving instructor duties, Hackett is also an MC for Mercedes Benz vehicle launches, press launches and special events and has been the featured stunt driver in multiple Mercedes Benz/AMG television advertisements and web clips.[6]

Career Highlights Summary
Season Series Team Wins Podiums Points Position
1997 British Formula Ford Winter Series unknown ? ? ? 3rd
2000 Australian Formula 3 Piccola Scuderia Corse 3 6 131 2nd
2001 Australian Formula 3 Piccola Scuderia Corse 8 12 238 1st
Macau Grand Prix Carlin Motorsport 0 0 - 7th
2002 Australian Formula 3 Piccola Scuderia Corse 1 4 86 6th
2003 Australian Formula 3 Aircon Racing 0 1 105 5th
2004 Australian Formula 3 Piccola Scuderia Corse 0 2 43 9th
Australian Nations Cup Championship Team Lamborghini Australia 0 1 38 10th
2005 Australian Formula 4000 Ralt Australia 9 10 201 1st
Australian GT Championship Team Lamborghini Australia 10 11 414 2nd
2006 Australian GT Championship Team Lamborghini Australia 1 1 91.5 26th
2007 Australian GT Championship Team Lamborghini Australia 0 1 - NC
2008 Australian GT Championship Team Aston Martin 0 1 82 23rd
2010 Australian GT Championship Consolidated Chemical 0 5 397 5th
Australian Tourist Trophy 0 2 195 2nd
2011 Australian GT Championship Erebus Motorsport 2 8 570 4th
Australian Tourist Trophy 1 3 160 4th
2012 Australian GT Championship Erebus Motorsport 3 9 173 2nd
Australian Tourist Trophy 0 3 - 1st
2013 Australian GT Championship Erebus Motorsport 0 0 26 27th
2016 Australian Endurance Championship Erebus Motorsport 0 1 434 2nd
2017 Australian Endurance Championship Eggleston Motorsport 1 2 660 1st
2018 Australian GT Championship Eggleston Motorsport 2 7 1041 3rd
2019 Australian GT Championship Eggleston Motorsport 4 10 1438 2nd

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Overall
Position		 Class
Position
2003 Luke Youlden Paul Stokell
Allan Simonsen
Luke Youlden		 Lamborghini Diablo GTR A 487 8th 6th

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2012 Erebus Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen
Tim Slade
Bret Curtis		 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG A 270 2nd 2nd
2013 Erebus Racing Lee Holdsworth
Tim Slade		 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG A 263 6th 6th

Controversy

Upon his return to Australian GT Championship in 2016 in Adelaide, Hackett was sensationally excluded from the event after an incident at turn nine where Hackett hit the Audi R8 of James Koundouris. Hackett was excluded after he was found to have breached championship rules 183 section 9 that states ‘any action which causes or is likely to cause damage to other persons or property’. Hackett admitted fault and accepted the CAMS fine of $10,000 with a further $10,000 suspended for the incident.[7]

References
  1. Hackett/Storey Win Emotional Hampton Downs 500 Australian Endurance Championship.
  2. 2001 Australian Formula 3 Championship
  3. Peter Hackett - Career and Success SpeedSport Magazine Database
  4. Australian GT 2016 Official Results Australian Endurance Championship.
  5. Australian GT 2017 Official Results Australian Endurance Championship.
  6. LinkedIn- Peter Hackett Peter Hackett's LinKedIn Profile
  7. "Hackett fined $20K, excluded from AGTC opener". Speedcafe.com. 17 March 2016.
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