Philipp Peter

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2002, 2006 - 2007, 2009
Teams	Audi Sport Team Joest, Swiss Spirit, PSI Experience, G.A.C Racing Team
Best finish	3rd (2002)
Class wins	0

Philipp Peter (born 6 April 1969 in Vienna) is a race car driver from Austria.

He started in junior formula cars with the highlight winning the Austria Formula 3 Cup in 1992. He represented Austria in the 1990 EFDA Nations Cup and also raced in Indy Lights finishing third in the Championship in 1999.

In 2003 he won the 12 Hours of Sebring in a Team Joest Audi R8 with teammates Marco Werner and Frank Biela. He previously competed in Indy Lights in 1998 and 1999, capturing victories in 1999 at Long Beach, Portland and Michigan and finishing 11th and 3rd in series points in his two years, respectively.

In 2006 Peter raced in the FIA GT Championship for RaceAlliance Motorsport in an Aston Martin DBR9 with Karl Wendlinger, scoring one win in Mugello. For 2007 he remained in the FIA GT Championship, but this time for PSI Experience driving a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R with Luke Hines and scoring a second place in Zhuhai. He also ran for JMB Racing in a Maserati MC12 with Joe Macari, Ben Aucott, and Marino Franchitti in the Spa 24 Hours, finishing seventh. He later switched to the GT2 class at Nogaro, running an Advanced Engineering Ferrari F430 with Rui Águas and finishing seventh in class. For the last race of the 2007 season, Peter teamed once again with Luke Hines in an Aston Martin DBR9 for Gigaware Motorsport, but was unable to finish the event. Peter finished 26th in the GT1 Drivers Championship standings and 39th in the GT2 Drivers Championship Standings.

Peter also competed in the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans with PSI Experience driving a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R with Claude-Yves Gosselin and David Hallyday, finishing 28th overall.

Career Results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
1998	Dorricott Racing	MIA 11	LBH 4	NZR Ret	STL 2	MIL 9	DET 10	POR Ret	CLE 7	TOR 4	MIS Ret	TRS 11	VAN 9	LS 16	FON 12	11th	62
1999	Dorricott Racing	MIA 13	LBH 1	NZR 8	STL 11	MIL 1	DET 4	POR 7	CLE 1	TOR 8	MIS 12	TRS 8	VAN 10			3rd	62

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2002	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marco Werner Michael Krumm	Audi R8	LMP900	372	3rd	3rd
2006	Swiss Spirit	Harold Primat Marcel Fässler	Courage LC70-Judd	LMP1	132	DNF	DNF
2007	PSI Experience	Claude-Yves Gosselin David Hallyday	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GT1	289	28th	12th
2009	GAC Racing Team	Karim Ojjeh Claude-Yves Gosselin	Zytek 07S/2	LMP2	102	DNF	DNF

Sporting positions
Preceded by Josef Neuhauser	Austria Formula 3 Cup champion 1992	Succeeded by Max Angelelli

Winners of the 12 Hours of Sebring

Six-time	Tom Kristensen

Five-time	Rinaldo Capello

Four-time	Frank Biela Allan McNish

Three-time	Hans-Joachim Stuck Mario Andretti Marco Werner

Two-time	Bob Akin Geoff Brabham Derek Daly Andy Evans Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio II Olivier Gendebien Hurley Haywood Hans Herrmann Phil Hill Al Holbert Jacky Ickx Stefan Johansson JJ Lehto Emanuele Pirro Brian Redman Eric van de Poele Fermín Vélez Andy Wallace Phil Walters

One-time	Aïello Alboreto Baker Baldi Barbosa Barbour Behra Bernhard Bianchi Bonnier Bourdais Gary Brabham Brown Castellotti Collard Collins Daigh Dalmas Davidson de Narváez Derani Dumas Duval Dyer Earl Elford Fässler Fitch Fittipaldi Fitzpatrick Foyt Franchitti Frisselle Garretson Gartner Gené Giunti Gray Gregg Gurney Hall Hawthorn Helmick Herbert Heyer Jarvis Kaffer Keyser Kulok Lapierre Larrousse Leven Lloyd Ludwig Luyendyk Maglioli Mass McFarlin McLaren Mendez Miles Millen Moffat Moretti Morton Moss Mullen Müller Nierop O'Connell Oliver Pace Panis Parkes Paul, Jr. Paul, Sr. Pescatori Peter Pruett Rahal Robinson Rojas Ruby Scarfiotti H. Sharp S. Sharp Siffert Surtees Taylor Theys Tréluyer Vaccarella Van Overbeek Wollek Woods Wurz

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