Peter Hackett (racing driver)

Peter Hackett
Nationality	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
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
Starts	178
Wins	46
Poles	19
Fastest laps	33
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.

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 to 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 2000 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 teammate 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 teammate 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

Season	Series	Team	Wins	Podiums	Points	Position
1997	British Formula Ford Winter Series	unknown	?	?	?	3rd
2000	Australian Formula 3	Piccola Scuderia Corse	3	6	131	2nd
2001	Australian Formula 3	Piccola Scuderia Corse	8	12	238	1st
	Macau Grand Prix	Carlin Motorsport	0	0	-	7th
2002	Australian Formula 3	Piccola Scuderia Corse	1	4	86	6th
2003	Australian Formula 3	Aircon Racing	0	1	105	5th
2004	Australian Formula 3	Piccola Scuderia Corse	0	2	43	9th
	Australian Nations Cup Championship	Team Lamborghini Australia	0	1	38	10th
2005	Australian Formula 4000	Ralt Australia	9	10	201	1st
	Australian GT Championship	Team Lamborghini Australia	10	11	414	2nd
2006	Australian GT Championship	Team Lamborghini Australia	1	1	91.5	26th
2007	Australian GT Championship	Team Lamborghini Australia	0	1	-	NC
2008	Australian GT Championship	Team Aston Martin	0	1	82	23rd
2010	Australian GT Championship	Consolidated Chemical	0	5	397	5th
	Australian Tourist Trophy		0	2	195	2nd
2011	Australian GT Championship	Erebus Motorsport	2	8	570	4th
	Australian Tourist Trophy		1	3	160	4th
2012	Australian GT Championship	Erebus Motorsport	3	9	173	2nd
	Australian Tourist Trophy		0	3	-	1st
2013	Australian GT Championship	Erebus Motorsport	0	0	26	27th
2016	Australian Endurance Championship	Erebus Motorsport	0	1	434	2nd
2017	Australian Endurance Championship	Eggleston Motorsport	1	2	660	1st
2018	Australian GT Championship	Eggleston Motorsport	2	7	1041	3rd
2019	Australian GT Championship	Eggleston Motorsport	4	10	1438	2nd
2021	Australian GT Championship - Pro/Am	Triple Eight Race Engineering	0	1	15	16th
2022	GT World Challenge Australia - Pro/Am	Harrolds Racing	0	0	20	14th
2024	GT World Challenge Australia - Pro/Am	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1	4	121	4th

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2001	Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F399- Mugen-Honda	28th	27th	7th

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	Class position
2003	Mark Coffey Racing	Paul Stokell Allan Simonsen Luke Youlden	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	A	487	8th	6th

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2012	Erebus Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen Tim Slade Bret Curtis	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	A	270	2nd	2nd
2013	Erebus Racing	Lee Holdsworth Tim Slade	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	A	263	6th	6th

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]

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.

External links

• Peter Hackett on LinkedIn
• Profile at Australian GT
• Peter Hackett career summary at DriverDB.com
• SpeedSport Database for Peter Hackett

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 Grant Denyer Nathan Morcom	Winner of the Australian Endurance Championship 2017 with Dominic Storey	Succeeded by Max Twigg Tony D'Alberto