# Peter Dumbreck

Peter James Dumbreck (born 13 October 1973) is a Scottish professional racing driver.

## 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, he 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 300 km/h (190 mph). 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, he 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, he won third place overall at the 43rd ADAC Zurich Nürburgring 24 Hour Endurance Race with Falken Motorsports.
On 12 May 2017 he 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.

## 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 5 | SIL 2 | THR 3 | BRH 2 | SIL 4 | CRO 3 | OUL 1 | SIL 13 | PEM 1 3 | PEM 2 Ret | DON 5 | SNE 1 6 | SNE 2 5 | SPA DNS | SIL 7 | THR 4 | 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 1 | TSU 3 | MIN 1 | FUJ 1 | MOT 2 | SUZ 1 | SUG 1 | TAI 1 | SEN 1 | SUG 1 | 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 |
| 1998 | Apex | Toyota MR2 | GT300 | SUZ | FUJ | SEN | FUJ 2 | MOT 4 | MIN 4 | SUG Ret | | | 6th | 35 |
| 2005 | Toyota Team Kraft | Toyota Supra | GT500 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | MOT 5 | FUJ 6 | AUT 9 | SUZ 13 | | 18th | 13 |
| 2006 | Toyota Team Kraft | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | SUZ 14 | OKA 12 | FUJ 1 | SEP 11 | SUG 7 | SUZ 3 | MOT 7 | AUT 9 | FUJ 2 | 9th | 64 |
| 2007 | Toyota Team Kraft | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | SUZ 8 | OKA 9 | FUJ 7 | SEP | SUG | SUZ Ret | MOT 9 | AUT 11 | FUJ 11 | 21st | 12 |
| 2008 | Toyota Team Kraft | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | SUZ 6 | OKA 6 | FUJ 5 | SEP 10 | SUG 2 | SUZ 10 | MOT 6 | AUT 15 | FUJ 6 | 9th | 45 |

### 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 4 | MOT 6 | MIN 5 | FUJ 2 | SUZ Ret | SUG Ret | FUJ 5 | MIN 5 | MOT 10 | SUZ 10 | 7th | 16 |

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
| 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 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2000 | Persson Motorsport | AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM | HOC 1 5 | HOC 2 5 | OSC 1 11 | OSC 2 5 | NOR 1 14 | NOR 2 9 | SAC 1 2 | SAC 2 2 | NÜR 1 6 | NÜR 2 12 | LAU 1 C | LAU 2 C | OSC 1 NC | OSC 2 6 | NÜR 1 10 | NÜR 2 9 | HOC 1 7 | HOC 2 Ret | | | 8th | 75 |
| 2001 | Team D2 AMG | AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM | HOC QR 2 | HOC CR 3 | NÜR QR 3 | NÜR CR 8 | OSC QR 5 | OSC CR 4 | SAC QR 1 | SAC CR 6 | NOR QR 7 | NOR CR 5 | LAU QR 4 | LAU CR 1 | NÜR QR Ret | NÜR CR DNS | A1R QR 2 | A1R CR Ret | ZAN QR 3 | ZAN CR 7 | HOC QR 3 | HOC CR 2 | 3rd | 88 |
| 2002 | Persson Motorsport | AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM | HOC QR 7 | HOC CR 16† | ZOL QR 16 | ZOL CR 13 | DON QR 17 | DON CR 10 | SAC QR 12 | SAC CR 10 | NOR QR 12 | NOR CR 9 | LAU QR 16 | LAU CR 15 | NÜR QR 17 | NÜR CR 8 | A1R QR 15 | A1R CR 18 | ZAN QR 18 | ZAN CR 13 | HOC QR 13 | HOC CR 12 | 17th | 0 |
| 2003 | OPC Team Phoenix | Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2003 | HOC 6 | ADR 6 | NÜR 5 | LAU 2 | NOR 4 | DON 6 | NÜR 10 | A1R Ret | ZAN 10 | HOC 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 7th | 31 |
| 2004 | OPC Team Phoenix | Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004 | HOC 6 | EST 9 | ADR Ret | LAU 11 | NOR 7 | SHA$^1$ | NÜR 8 | OSC 11 | ZAN Ret | BRN 11 | HOC Ret | | | | | | | | | | 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 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2005 | Porsche AG | Porsche 997 GT3 | ITA | ESP | MON | GER | USA | USA | FRA | GBR 11 | 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 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2010 | Sumo Power GT | Nissan | ABU QR 11 | ABU CR 16 | SIL QR 8 | SIL CR Ret | BRN QR 3 | BRN CR 3 | PRI QR 9 | PRI CR 2 | SPA QR 8 | SPA CR Ret | NÜR QR Ret | NÜR CR 15 | ALG QR 1 | ALG CR 4 | NAV QR 16 | NAV CR Ret | INT QR 2 | INT CR 6 | SAN QR 6 | SAN CR Ret | 9th | 71 |
| 2011 | JR Motorsports | Nissan | ABU QR 2 | ABU CR 2 | ZOL QR Ret | ZOL CR Ret | ALG QR 1 | ALG CR 12 | SAC QR 6 | SAC CR 7 | SIL QR Ret | SIL CR Ret | NAV QR 7 | NAV CR 9 | PRI QR 4 | PRI CR Ret | ORD QR 2 | ORD CR 2 | BEI QR 7 | BEI CR 7 | SAN QR NC | SAN CR 8 | 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 12 | SPA 9 | LMS 5 | SIL 7 | SÃO 9 | BHR Ret | FUJ 5 | SHA 5 | 10th | 50.5 |
| 2013 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA 4 | LMS 3 | 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 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2014 | Krohn Racing | GTLM | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 | DAY 7 | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | IMS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 32nd | 25 |