Peter Dumbreck

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Peter Dumbreck
Dumbreck at Fuji Speedway in 2012
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1973-10-13) 13 October 1973 (age 50)
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Racing licence FIA Gold
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1999, 2006, 2008, 2010, 20122013
TeamsAMG Mercedes
Spyker Squadron
JRM
Best finish6th (2012)
Class wins0

Peter James Dumbreck (born 13 October 1973) is a British professional racing driver from Scotland.

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

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.

This dominant outing in Japanese Formula 3 enabled Dumbreck to move up to the

Formula Nippon championship for the 1999 season.[1] Driving for Team LeyJun, his performances were good enough for seventh in the championship (including both a second place finish and a pole position in Round 4 at Fuji
) as well as scoring all of the team's points for the season.

In that same year, 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).[2] 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.[3][4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

Racing record

Complete British Formula 3 results

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

Year Entrant Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Pts
1997 Stewart Racing Mugen A DON
5
SIL
2
THR
3
BRH
2
SIL
4
CRO
3
OUL
1
SIL
13
PEM
1

3
PEM
2

Ret
DON
5
SNE
1

6
SNE
2

5
SPA
DNS
SIL
7
THR
4
3rd 149

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

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

Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Pts
1998 TOM'S Toyota SUZ
1
TSU
3
MIN
1
FUJ
1
MOT
2
SUZ
1
SUG
1
TAI
1
SEN
1
SUG
1
1st 63

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
1999
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
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
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
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 JGTC/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
1998 Apex Toyota MR2 GT300 SUZ FUJ SEN FUJ
2
MOT
4
MIN
4
SUG
Ret
6th 35
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 Formula Nippon results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
1999
Team LeyJun
SUZ

4
MOT
6
MIN
5
FUJ
2
SUZ

Ret
SUG

Ret
FUJ
5
MIN
5
MOT
10
SUZ

10
7th 16

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

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2012
JRM LMP1 HPD ARX-03 Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 SEB
12
SPA
9
LMS
5
SIL
7
SÃO
9
BHR
Ret
FUJ
5
SHA
5
10th 50.5
2013
Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
SPA
4
LMS
3
SÃO
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
13th 42

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Pts
2014 Krohn Racing GTLM Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 DAY
7
SEB
LBH LGA
WGL
MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET
32nd 25

References

  1. ^ 1999 Formula Nippon Round 5 Suzuka, retrieved 22 April 2023
  2. ^ 24 Hours of Le Mans 1999 | Peter Dumbreck's Shocking Mercedes flip!, retrieved 22 April 2023
  3. ^ Peter Dumbreck crash DTM Zandvoort 2004, retrieved 22 April 2023
  4. ^ Magazine, Speedsport. "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) - Season 2004: Results". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  5. ^ "SUPERGT.net | 2006 Round3 Race Result". supergt.net. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  6. ^ TopGear Report: Video: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/video-watch-nio-ep9s-645-ring-record

External links

Awards
Preceded by Autosport
British Club Driver of the Year

1996
Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by
All-Japan Formula Three

Champion

1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by Macau Grand Prix
Winner

1998
Succeeded by