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Background
Peter
began his racing career in 1997 in the Junior TKM karting
championship and his promising form in the early years
led to him being awarded the Protrain
driver of the Year in 2000, after securing
wins at Kimbolton, Shenington, Whilton Mill and Rowrah.
Despite a relatively late start in karting, Peter graduated
successfully to top level British Karting in Junior
Intercontinental A and ranked among the top 12 juniors
in Britain. He claimed fourth in the PF Winter Series
in 2001.
Graduating
to the Senior ICA class in November 2001, Peter won
a heat at his first Senior level race, the British Open
Championship at Rowrah. He followed this with an excellent
fourth at the first round of the Winter Super Libre
Series at PF International on November 4th against top
level opposition, capping a superb season with five
wins in total.
2002
season
Peter
started the 2002 season with an excellent 5th in the
Winter Super Libre and moved on to the Garda Winter
Cup held annually in Italy, Peter acquitted himself
well in the wet conditions in which qualifying and the
heats took place, comfortably earning himself a slot
in the final, in which he drove through the field well
to10th (7th on the road but was dropped back to 10th
due to penalties incurred when his engine failed at
the start)
Peter
Then moved on to the Margutti trophy held in Parma Italy
where he showed excellent pace all weekend to qualify
well and finish in the top 5 in one of his heats. In
the final Peter made a rare error and failed to finish
the race where he felt he could have comfortably finished
in the top six.
The
Super One Series was hard fought throughout the season.
Peter completed the season gaining several top finishes,
notably two fourth places at Rowrah on his way
to a well earned 9th in the British Intercontinental
A Championship despite engine problems mid-season .
2003
season
In
2003 Peter made the step up to Formula A in the MSA
British championships, continued to race ICA in the
European championships.
The year didn't start well with Peter Struggling
to get to grips with the new class in the British championships.
As the season progressed things began to look up With
some encouraging performances in the Italian Winter
cup in Garda and the Margutti Trophy in Parma.
At the European championship qualifier in Lyon
Peter finished an Excellent 6th overall, thus qualifying
for the European championship final in Corridonia Italy.
In
the mean time Peter was moving up the order in the British
Championship with some impressive results. In late August
Peter took part in the ICA European championship final
at Corridonia in Italy, finishing a stunning 10th and
top British driver. This result meant that Peter had
qualified to take part in the Formula A World championship
At Sarno in Southern Italy.
Peter
continued to impress in the British Championship with
several top four finishes putting him in a strong position
entering the last round of the Championship, where a
technical problem lead to his first DNF of the year
dropping him to 7th in the championship.
At the World championship Peter struggled with a lack
of track time to learn the new tyres and track but did
respectably in qualifying and the heats enabling him
to finish an acceptable 9th in the Federation cup.
Career
Highlights
- Represented
Great Britain in 2000 European
- Championships(Angerville
France)
- 5th
British Super Libre Winter Series 2002
- 10th
Winter Cup, South Garda, Italy 2002
- 9th
British Intercontinental A Championship 2002
- 6th
ICA European Qualifyer Lyon France July 2003
- 10th
in European ICA Championship and 1st British Driver
Corridonia Italy August 2003 Qualifying for the World
Championships in Sarno Italy in October 2003
- 9th
Federation Cup @ World Championships Sarno Italy 2003
- 7th
MSA British formula A Championship 2003
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