- Philipp Peter
Philipp Peter (born
6 April 1969 inVienna ) is a race car driver fromAustria .In 2003 he won the
12 Hours of Sebring in a Team Joest Audi R8 with teammatesMarco Werner andFrank Biela . He previously competed inIndy 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 aAston Martin DBR9 withKarl Wendlinger , scoring one win in Mugello. For 2007 he remained in the FIA GT Championship, but this time for PSI Experience driving aChevrolet Corvette C6.R with Luke Hines and scoring a second place in Zhuhai. He also ran forJMB Racing in aMaserati MC12 with Joe Macari, Ben Aucott, andMarino Franchitti in the Spa 24 Hours, finishing seventh. He later switched to the GT2 class at Nogaro, running an Advanced EngineeringFerrari 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 anAston 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 aChevrolet Corvette C6.R with Claude-Yves Gosselin andDavid Hallyday , finishing 28th overall.External links
* [http://www.phpeter.com/ Official Website]
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