Peter Hackett (racing driver)

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Peter Hackett
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NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian
Born (1972-09-17) 17 September 1972 (age 52)
Sydney, New South Wales
Debut season 2000
Current team Eggleston Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Bronze Driver.png FIA Bronze
Teams Eggleston 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

Peter James Hackett (born 17 September 1972) 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.

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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] [ circular reference ]

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

SeasonSeriesTeamWinsPodiumsPointsPosition
1997 British Formula Ford Winter Series unknown ? ? ?3rd
2000 Australian Formula 3 Piccola Scuderia Corse361312nd
2001 Australian Formula 3 Piccola Scuderia Corse8122381st
Macau Grand Prix Carlin Motorsport 00-7th
2002 Australian Formula 3 Piccola Scuderia Corse14866th
2003 Australian Formula 3 Aircon Racing011055th
2004 Australian Formula 3 Piccola Scuderia Corse02439th
Australian Nations Cup Championship Team Lamborghini Australia013810th
2005 Australian Formula 4000 Ralt Australia9102011st
Australian GT Championship Team Lamborghini Australia10114142nd
2006 Australian GT Championship Team Lamborghini Australia1191.526th
2007 Australian GT Championship Team Lamborghini Australia01-NC
2008 Australian GT Championship Team Aston Martin 018223rd
2010 Australian GT Championship Consolidated Chemical053975th
Australian Tourist Trophy 021952nd
2011 Australian GT Championship Erebus Motorsport 285704th
Australian Tourist Trophy 131604th
2012 Australian GT Championship Erebus Motorsport 391732nd
Australian Tourist Trophy 03-1st
2013 Australian GT Championship Erebus Motorsport 002627th
2016 Australian Endurance Championship Erebus Motorsport 014342nd
2017 Australian Endurance Championship Eggleston Motorsport 126601st
2018 Australian GT Championship Eggleston Motorsport 2710413rd
2019 Australian GT Championship Eggleston Motorsport 41014382nd
2021 Australian GT Championship - Pro/Am Triple Eight Race Engineering 011516th
2022 GT World Challenge Australia - Pro/Am Harrolds Racing002014th
2024 GT World Challenge Australia - Pro/Am Triple Eight Race Engineering 141214th

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

YearTeamCarQualifyingQuali RaceMain race
2001 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carlin Motorsport Dallara F399- Mugen-Honda 28th27th7th

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsOverall
position
Class
position
2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Coffey Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Stokell
Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Youlden
Lamborghini Diablo GTR A4878th6th

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Erebus Racing Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of the United States.svg Bret Curtis
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG A2702nd2nd
2013 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Erebus Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG A2636th6th

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]

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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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Paul Stephenson
Winner of the Australian Formula 3 Championship
2001
Succeeded by
James Manderson
Preceded by
Neil McFayden
Winner of the Australian F4000
2005
Succeeded by
Derek Pingel
Preceded by
Mark Eddy
Winner of the Australian Tourist Trophy
2012
Succeeded by
Richard Muscat
Preceded by Winner of the Australian Endurance Championship
2017
with Dominic Storey
Succeeded by
Max Twigg
Tony D'Alberto