Peter Dumbreck

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Peter Dumbreck
Peter Dumbreck 2012 WEC Fuji.jpg
Dumbreck at Fuji Speedway in 2012
NationalityScottish
Born (1973-10-13) 13 October 1973 (age 47)
Kirkcaldy, Fife
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1999, 2006, 2008, 2010, 20122013
TeamsAMG Mercedes
Spyker Squadron
JRM
Best finish6th (2012)
Class wins0

Peter Dumbreck (born 13 October 1973) is a Scottish professional racing driver.

Biography[]

Born in Kirkcaldy, Dumbreck dominated the 1994 British Formula Vauxhall Junior championship and followed this in 1996 with a similarly strong performance when he won ten races to take the full Formula Vauxhall Championship.

After finishing third in British Formula 3 in 1997, he took the 1998 Japanese Formula 3 title with a record-breaking eight wins out of ten races. The climax of Dumbreck's 1998 season was victory at the Macau Grand Prix – a race that traditionally attracts entries from all the world's top flight Formula 3 drivers.

In 1999 Dumbreck escaped uninjured from a violent crash during the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans race when his No. 5 Mercedes-Benz CLR somersaulted into the woods at about 300 km/h (190 mph). An aerodynamic design flaw caused the front of the car to rise and then flip without any external contact; Mark Webber had already suffered similar crashes in the No. 4 car during the Thursday night practice and the Saturday morning Warm-up. The remaining No. 6 car was retired immediately, and the team withdrew from all other planned entries in endurance racing and the American Le Mans Series.

When the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) returned from the 2000 season onwards, Dumbreck continued to race for Mercedes-Benz in the DTM touring car championship until 2002. A third place in the final standings of the 2001 season was his best result. He then moved to the Opel team in 2003 and 2004 where he suffered another major accident at Zandvoort track in 2004.

In 2005 Dumbreck returned to Japanese Super GT (JGTC/Super GT) in the midst of the season, driving a Toyota which became Lexus from 2006 to 2008. His first victory for Lexus came at Fuji on 4 May 2006.

In 2006, he returned to Le Mans and drove the No. 85 Spyker Spyder for Spyker Squadron in the GT2 class, but that car retired with only 40 laps completed resulting in 47th finish overall. The same result occurred two years later 52nd overall only 43 laps completed. In 2010, Dumbreck returned again with Spyker and finally finished the race 27th overall, a classified finisher, and ninth place in GT2.

In 2015, he won third place overall at the 43rd ADAC Zurich Nürburgring 24 Hour Endurance Race with Falken Motorsports.

On 12 May 2017 he broke the lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with the full electric Supercar NIO EP9 by Chinese manufacturer NIO with a 6:45.90. It was the first time a full electric car held the lap record at the Nordschleife.[1]

Racing record[]

24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1999 Germany AMG-Mercedes France Christophe Bouchut
Germany Nick Heidfeld
Mercedes-Benz CLR LMGTP 75 DNF DNF
2006 Netherlands Spyker Squadron b.v. Netherlands Donny Crevels
Netherlands Tom Coronel
Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R GT2 40 DNF DNF
2008 Netherlands Snoras Spyker Squadron Germany Ralf Kelleners
Russia Alexey Vasilyev
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R GT2 43 DNF DNF
2010 Netherlands Spyker Squadron Netherlands Tom Coronel
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R GT2 280 27th 9th
2012 United Kingdom JRM Australia David Brabham
India Karun Chandhok
HPD ARX-03a LMP1 357 6th 6th
2013 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
Germany Stefan Mücke
Aston Martin Vantage GTE LMGTE Pro 314 17th 3rd

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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
2000 Persson Motorsport AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM HOC
1

5
HOC
2

5
OSC
1

11
OSC
2

5
NOR
1

14
NOR
2

9
SAC
1

2
SAC
2

2
NÜR
1

6
NÜR
2

12
LAU
1

C
LAU
2

C
OSC
1

NC
OSC
2

6
NÜR
1

10
NÜR
2

9
HOC
1

7
HOC
2

Ret
8th 75
2001 Team D2 AMG AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM HOC
QR

2
HOC
CR

3
NÜR
QR

3
NÜR
CR

8
OSC
QR

5
OSC
CR

4
SAC
QR

1
SAC
CR

6
NOR
QR

7
NOR
CR

5
LAU
QR

4
LAU
CR

1
NÜR
QR

Ret
NÜR
CR

DNS
A1R
QR

2
A1R
CR

Ret
ZAN
QR

3
ZAN
CR

7
HOC
QR

3
HOC
CR

2
3rd 88
2002 Persson Motorsport AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM HOC
QR

7
HOC
CR

16†
ZOL
QR

16
ZOL
CR

13
DON
QR

17
DON
CR

10
SAC
QR

12
SAC
CR

10
NOR
QR

12
NOR
CR

9
LAU
QR

16
LAU
CR

15
NÜR
QR

17
NÜR
CR

8
A1R
QR

15
A1R
CR

18
ZAN
QR

18
ZAN
CR

13
HOC
QR

13
HOC
CR

12
17th 0
2003 OPC Team Phoenix Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2003 HOC
6
ADR
6
NÜR
5
LAU
2
NOR
4
DON
6
NÜR
10
A1R
Ret
ZAN
10
HOC
4
7th 31
2004 OPC Team Phoenix Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004 HOC
6
EST
9
ADR
Ret
LAU
11
NOR
7
SHA1 NÜR
8
OSC
11
ZAN
Ret
BRN
11
HOC
Ret
10th 12
  • † – Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

1 – A non-championship one-off race was held in 2004, in Shanghai, China.

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 Pos. Pts
2005 Porsche AG Porsche 997 GT3 ITA ESP MON GER USA USA FRA GBR
11
GER HUN ITA BEL NC‡ 0‡

‡ – Not eligible for points for entering as a guest driver.

Complete Super GT results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
2005 Toyota Team Kraft Toyota Supra GT500 OKA FUJ SEP SUG MOT
5
FUJ
6
AUT
9
SUZ
13
18th 13
2006 Toyota Team Kraft Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ
14
OKA
12
FUJ
1
SEP
11
SUG
7
SUZ
3
MOT
7
AUT
9
FUJ
2
9th 64
2007 Toyota Team Kraft Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ
8
OKA
9
FUJ
7
SEP SUG SUZ
Ret
MOT
9
AUT
11
FUJ
11
21st 12
2008 Toyota Team Kraft Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ
6
OKA
6
FUJ
5
SEP
10
SUG
2
SUZ
10
MOT
6
AUT
15
FUJ
6
9th 45

Complete GT1 World Championship results[]

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
2010 Sumo Power GT Nissan ABU
QR

11
ABU
CR

16
SIL
QR

8
SIL
CR

Ret
BRN
QR

3
BRN
CR

3
PRI
QR

9
PRI
CR

2
SPA
QR

8
SPA
CR

Ret
NÜR
QR

Ret
NÜR
CR

15
ALG
QR

1
ALG
CR

4
NAV
QR

16
NAV
CR

Ret
INT
QR

2
INT
CR

6
SAN
QR

6
SAN
CR

Ret
9th 71
2011 JR Motorsports Nissan ABU
QR

2
ABU
CR

2
ZOL
QR

Ret
ZOL
CR

Ret
ALG
QR

1
ALG
CR

12
SAC
QR

6
SAC
CR

7
SIL
QR

Ret
SIL
CR

Ret
NAV
QR

7
NAV
CR

9
PRI
QR

4
PRI
CR

Ret
ORD
QR

2
ORD
CR

2
BEI
QR

7
BEI
CR

7
SAN
QR

NC
SAN
CR

8
9th 78

References[]

External links[]

Awards
Preceded by
Guy Smith
Autosport
British Club Driver of the Year

1996
Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Tom Coronel
All-Japan Formula Three
Champion

1998
Succeeded by
Darren Manning
Preceded by
Soheil Ayari
Macau Grand Prix
Winner

1998
Succeeded by
Darren Manning
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