Peter Hackett | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Sydney, New South Wales | September 17, 1972
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 Hackett 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]
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]
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]
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]
Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
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2001 | Carlin Motorsport | Dallara F399- Mugen-Honda | 28th | 27th | 7th |
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Overall position | Class position |
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2003 | Mark Coffey Racing | Paul Stokell Allan Simonsen Luke Youlden | Lamborghini Diablo GTR | A | 487 | 8th | 6th |
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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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 |
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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