Peter Dumbreck, driver

Born: Fife, Scotland, October 13
Current Residence: Adderbury, England
Marital status: married, Claire
Helmet: white, blue and gold e
Web: www.PeterDumbreck.com
Unique Note: Peter Dumbreck has been a factory “works” driver since 1999; first with Mercedes, then Opel and now Toyota.

Major Accomplishments:
Championships: All-Japan Formula 3 (’98), Formula Vauxhall (’96), Formula Vauxhall Junior (’94)
Major Sports Car Wins: Fuji 500k (’06), two DTM victories (’01)
Major Formula Car Victories: Macau Grand Prix (’98)
Major Awards: Autosport British Club Driver of the Year (’96), Scottish Driver of the Year (’94, ’96), Autosport Young Driver of the Year finalist (’96)
Endurance Races: 24 Hours of Le Mans (’99, ‘06), 24 Hours of Nürburgring (’03 - ‘05, ‘07)
Career ALMS Starts: 0

Brief
2007- Peter Dumbreck joined Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing just past the mid-point of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. Dumbreck’s debut with co-driver Dirk Müller (a native of Germany now living in Monaco) came at the Road America round of the GT2 championship. The No. 31 Ferrari is his first experience racing the Italian supercar. Dumbreck continues in his third season as a Toyota “works”/factory driver in the Super GT Japan series.
2006- Drove to victory at the prestigious Fuji 500km Super GT Japan Series event for Kraft Bandai GT500. Raced in several Le Mans Series races for Spyker in the GT2 class finishing as high as third. Driving for Spyker, made his second career 24 Hours of Le Mans start. Toyota factory driver.
2005- Finished tenth in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Made his first career start in the Super GT Japan Series as a works driver for Toyota. His best finish would be a fifth in Super GT despite only racing for half the season. Was signed as Toyota factory driver.
2004- Raced in his last season of DTM (German Touring Cars) for Opel in a Vectra GTS V8. Was a Valvoline Racing Driver. 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Final season as an Opel factory driver.
2003- Earned seventh in the DTM championship as the highest finishing Opel Astra Coupe V8. Debuted in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Opel factory driver.
2002- Ended his long-standing association with Mercedes driving the factory AMG Mercedes CLK entry in the DTM series. Mercedes factory driver.
2001- Ran to third in the DTM championship with two race victories (Sachsenring and Lausitzring) in the AMG Mercedes CLK factory effort. Mercedes factory driver.
2000- Ended his long-standing association with Mercedes driving the factory AMG Mercedes CLK entry in the DTM series. Mercedes factory driver.
1999- Debuted in the 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Mercedes GTR prototype for the official factory team, AMG. While a dominating program, the GTR is best known for an aerodynamic instability issue that caused three to go airborne on the Mulsanne Straight. Dumbreck was part of one such incident during the race which sent his GTR flipping to twice its height and landing, right side-up, in the trees off the side of the course. Dumbreck was uninjured but will forever be linked to the flip. Finished seventh in the Formula Nippon (Japanese equivalent of F3) championship in his final season of formula car racing. Mercedes factory driver.
1998- Won the All-Japan Formula 3 Championship with eight wins in 10 races (a record for victories in one season) driving for the famous Tom’s Toyota program. Won the world famous Macau Grand Prix. Competed for half of a season in the Japanese GT Championship, his first year of racing road-based cars, finishing sixth in the point standings.
1997- Drove his final season of Formula 3 for Stewart Racing. Finished third in the championship with one win and six podium finishes. Was running fourth in the Macau Grand Prix when a mechanical failure dropped him out of the race.
1996- Won the Formula Vauxhall Championship for Stewart Racing with 10 wins in 14 races, a record number of victories in one season. Won the Autosport British Club Driver of the Year and the Scottish Driver of the Year Awards. Was named an Autosport Young Driver of the Year finalist. .
His start- He completed his first racing school at fifteen. Forced to wait until 16 to compete, Enge took his first green flag just hours after coming of age. His first race came in 1992 in the Ford Fiesta Cup.
1995- Moved into the Formula Vauxhall Championship finishing fifth as a rookie.
1994- Raced in the highly competitive Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship setting a record for most victories (8) on his way to the title. The championship earned him the Scottish Driver of the Year Award for the first time.
His Start- Dumbreck began racing karts in his native Fife, Scotland at the age of 11. Drove to his first automobile championship, the Jim Russell Racing School Series title, in his debut season of racing cars in 1993.

Outside the Cockpit
Dumbreck spends his rare free time near his home in Oxfordshire training, golfing and mountain biking. Once a week he gathers with other drivers and friends to play five-a-side football (soccer). A native of Kirkcaldy on the East coast of Scotland, he moved to England in 1994 to pursue a career in racing which has since taken him to live in Japan and Germany. He is married to Claire and has a young daughter, Laurie.