Peter Scharmach

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Peter Scharmach (born 31 May 1964 in Remscheid) is an auto racing driver who is of both German and New Zealand nationality, who lives in Christchurch.

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Career

Scharmach started his career in the rally sport during the 80s. During the 1990s Scharmach raced in a number of touring car racing series in Germany and New Zealand, such as the Deutsche Tourenwagen Challenge. [1]

Between 2000 and 2005 he competed in selected races of series such as the Renault Eurocup, Porsche Supercup and SEAT Leon Supercopa Germany. [1] In 2005, he raced at the season-ending round of the World Touring Car Championship at Macau for Engstler Motorsport. [1]

He finished third in the New Zealand Mini Challenge in 2006-07 and has also raced in the German equivalent. [1] He finished fourth at the 2007 24 Hours Nürburgring. [1] He raced in the Peugeot THP Spider Cup in 2008, and in ADAC GT Masters in 2009. [1]

Racing record

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

YearTeam123456789101112DCPoints
2003 Land-Motorsport PZ Siegen ITA ESP AUT MON GER1 FRA GBR GER2 HUN ITA USA
12
USA
12
NC†0
2005 Konrad Motorsport ITA ESP MON GER USA USA FRA GBR GER HUN ITA BEL
11
NC†0
2010 Konrad Motorsport BHR BHR ESP MON ESP GBR GER HUN BEL
19
ITA NC†0
2011 MRS GT-Racing
Lechner Racing Team
TUR ESP MON GER GBR GER HUN BEL
17
ITA UAE UAE NC†0
2015 MRS GT-Racing ESP MON AUT GBR HUN BEL
30
BEL
22
ITA ITA USA USA NC†0

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/3481/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database