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 1997, Dumbreck took the 1998 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. 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 . 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.
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.
In 2006, Dumbreck 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, Dumbreck won third place overall at the 43rd ADAC Zurich Nürburgring 24 Hour Endurance Race with Falken Motorsports.
On 12 May 2017, Dumbreck 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.TopGear Report: Video: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/video-watch-nio-ep9s-645-ring-record
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 SIL THR BRH SIL CRO OUL SIL PEM1 PEM2 DON SNE1 SNE2 SPA SIL THR 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 TSU MIN FUJ MOT SUZ SUG TAI SEN SUG 1st 63
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 1998Apex Toyota MR2GT300SUZFUJSENFUJMOTMINSUG6th35 2005 Toyota Team Kraft Toyota SupraGT500OKAFUJSEPSUGMOTFUJAUTSUZ18th13 2006 Toyota Team Kraft Lexus SC430GT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ9th64 2007 Toyota Team Kraft Lexus SC430GT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ21st12 2008 Toyota Team Kraft Lexus SC430GT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ9th45
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 MOT MIN FUJ SUZ SUG FUJ MIN MOT SUZ 7th 16
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 1999 AMG-Mercedes Christophe Bouchut Nick Heidfeld Mercedes-Benz CLR LMGTP 75 DNF DNF 2006 Spyker Squadron b.v. Donny Crevels Tom Coronel Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R GT2 40 DNF DNF 2008 Snoras Spyker Squadron Ralf Kelleners Alexey Vasilyev Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R GT2 43 DNF DNF 2010 Spyker Squadron Tom Coronel Jeroen Bleekemolen Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R GT2 280 27th 9th 2012 JRM David Brabham Karun Chandhok HPD ARX-03a LMP1 357 6th 6th 2013 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner 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 Pts 2000 Persson Motorsport AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM HOC1 HOC2 OSC1 OSC2 NOR1 NOR2 SAC1 SAC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 8th 75 2001 Team D2 AMG AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM HOCQR HOCCR NÜRQR NÜRCR OSCQR OSCCR SACQR SACCR NORQR NORCR LAUQR LAUCR NÜRQR NÜRCR A1RQR A1RCR ZANQR ZANCR HOCQR HOCCR 3rd 88 2002 Persson Motorsport AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM HOCQR HOCCR ZOLQR ZOLCR DONQR DONCR SACQR SACCR NORQR NORCR LAUQR LAUCR NÜRQR NÜRCR A1RQR A1RCR ZANQR ZANCR HOCQR HOCCR 17th 0 2003 OPC Team Phoenix Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2003 HOC ADR NÜR LAU NOR DON NÜR A1R ZAN HOC 7th 31 2004 OPC Team Phoenix Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004 HOC EST ADR LAU NOR SHA1 NÜR OSC ZAN BRN HOC 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 Pts 2005 Porsche AG Porsche 997 GT3 ITA ESP MON GER USA USA FRA GBR GER HUN ITA BEL NC‡ 0‡ ‡ – Not eligible for points for entering as a guest driver.
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 Pts 2010 Sumo Power GT Nissan ABUQR ABUCR SILQR SILCR BRNQR BRNCR PRIQR PRICR SPAQR SPACR NÜRQR NÜRCR ALGQR ALGCR NAVQR NAVCR INTQR INTCR SANQR SANCR 9th 71 2011 JR Motorsports Nissan ABUQR ABUCR ZOLQR ZOLCR ALGQR ALGCR SACQR SACCR SILQR SILCR NAVQR NAVCR PRIQR PRICR ORDQR ORDCR BEIQR BEICR SANQR SANCR 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 SPA LMS SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA 10th 50.5 2013 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS 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 Pts 2014 Krohn Racing GTLM Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET 32nd 25
References
External links
DTM career Peter Dumbreck
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