Philipp Peter

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

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

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 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
Ret		 STL
2		 MIL
9		 DET
10		 POR
Ret		 CLE
7		 TOR
4		 MIS
Ret		 TRS
11		 VAN
9		 LS
16		 FON
12		 11th 62
1999 Dorricott Racing MIA
13		 LBH
1		 NZR
8		 STL
11		 MIL
1		 DET
4		 POR
7		 CLE
1		 TOR
8		 MIS
12		 TRS
8		 VAN
10		 3rd 62

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2002 Audi Sport Team Joest Marco Werner
Michael Krumm		 Audi R8 LMP900 372 3rd 3rd
2006 Swiss Spirit Harold Primat
Marcel Fässler		 Courage LC70-Judd LMP1 132 DNF DNF
2007 PSI Experience Claude-Yves Gosselin
David Hallyday		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 289 28th 12th
2009 GAC Racing Team Karim Ojjeh
Claude-Yves Gosselin		 Zytek 07S/2 LMP2 102 DNF DNF
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Josef Neuhauser		 Austria Formula 3 Cup champion
1992		 Succeeded by
Max Angelelli


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