Peter Hackett (racing driver)
Australian GT champion and Mercedes-Benz AMG chief driving instructor.
Peter James Hackett (born 17 September 1972) is an Australian racing driver and driving instructor. Born in Sydney and residing in Melbourne, he has competed in Australian motor racing categories since 2000, with a focus on the Australian Endurance Championship. Following his win at the 2017 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park event, Hackett tied with David Wall and the late Allan Simonsen as the most successful drivers in Australian GT history, each with 17 victories.
Quick Facts
- Birthplace
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Born
- 17 September 1972
- Racing licence
- FIA Bronze
- First year
- 2000
- Current team
- Eggleston Motorsport
- Starts
- 178
- Wins
- 46
- Poles
- 19
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Did You Know?
- Since 2001, Hackett has served as Chief Driving Instructor for Mercedes-Benz AMG Australasia.
- He also acts as MC for Mercedes-Benz vehicle launches and special events.
- Hackett was excluded from the 2016 Australian GT Championship event in Adelaide after hitting James Koundouris's Audi R8, receiving a $10,000 fine with a further $10,000 suspended.
Early years
Hackett began racing in the United Kingdom from 1995 to 1997, competing in British Formula Vauxhall Junior and British Formula Ford Championship without major success. He returned to Australia in the late 1990s and, in 2000, raced in Australian Formula 3 and Australian Formula 2. A full season of Formula 3 in 2001 brought his first championship victory. In 2002, he split his time between Australian Formula 3 and Formula Holden, scoring one win and sixth overall in Formula 3 (eight of 16 races) and seventh in Formula Holden (six of 12 races).
Australian GT Racing
The CAMS sanctioned Australian GT series and the Australian Endurance Championship became Hackett's primary categories. In 2016, he and teammate Dominic Storey, driving an Eggleston Motorsport prepared Mercedes-AMG GT3, finished second in the CAMS Australian Endurance Championship to Tekno Autosports' Grant Denyer and Nathan Morcom. The following year, Hackett and Storey won the CAMS Australian Endurance Championship.
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