article_title name years nationality
peter kox
 peter kox 1996 -- -- 1997 , 1999 -- 2000 , 2002 dutch
peter kox

peter kox -lrb- born 23 february 1964 in eindhoven -rrb- is a racecar driver from the netherlands .
kox began racing in karts in 1978 , winning five titles until 1982 .
in 1983 he moved to automobiles , winning the marlboro formula ford challenge and was second and third in the benelux and dutch formula ford 2000 championships , respectively , the following year .
his single-seater racing career was interrupted several times and only took off in 1989 when he won the benelux formula opel championship in 1989 .
in 1990 kox raced in the british formula three championship where he came third with two victories .
he moved up to formula 3000 in 1991 , staying there for two seasons and winning one race .
unable to find a seat in formula one , kox moved to touring cars winning five races in the dutch series in 1993 .
in 1995 he became a works bmw driver in the german supertouring championship , coming second in the series , and also winning the spa 24 hours .
in 1996 he joined the bmw motorsport , making a handful of british touring car championship appearances but focusing his efforts on the development program for the mclaren f1 gtr , winning a race in the bpr global gt series .
the following year he drove the car in the fia gt championship , winning once more .
he also took a class win in the spa 24 hours with a diesel-powered bmw .
from 1998 to 2000 kox returned to touring cars , becoming a honda works driver .
he raced full-time in the btcc in 1998 and 1999 -lrb- coming 7th overall in 1999 -rrb- , before taking second place in the euro stc in 2000 .
the following year he joined the carly motors squad in a bmw and also took a win in a one-off race in the fia gt championship , with the prodrive ferrari 550 maranello .
kox continued with prodrive for the following seasons , winning the gts class in the laguna seca alms race in 2002 and the 2003 24 hours of le mans .
in 2004 and 2005 he raced for several different teams , including prodrive -lrb- in the ferrari and aston martin dbr9 -rrb- and reiter engineering -lrb- in the lamborghini murcielago -rrb- .
in 2006 he split his time between the menx team , aston martin and spyker , in fia gt , le mans , le mans series and alms .
in 2007 and 2008 peter kox is a works driver for lamborghini , driving in the fia gt championship and adac gt masters .
he took part in the 24 hours of le mans in 2007 with the works aston martin and 2008 with ipb spartak lamborghini .
