Peter Peter (racing driver)

Peter Peter (left) with Günther Huber at the Hockenheimring in 1967

Peter Peter in the BMW 2002ti at the 6-hour race at the Nürburgring in 1969

Peter "Handschuh" Peter (* 1943 in Vienna ) is an Austrian entrepreneur and former racing driver . He is the father of Philipp Peter .

Racing career

In the 1960s, Peter Peter was one of the young Austrian racing drivers who, as wild dogs, dominated the then new Formula Vee. This successful troop included Dieter Quester , Helmut Marko , Gerold Pankl , Günther Huber , Michael Walleczek and Lothar Schörg, among others . Later Erich Breinsberg , Harald Ertl and Niki Lauda also joined this racing series. Peter Peter drove the Kaimann racing car of the legendary Kurt "Masta" Bergmann , was twice European Vice Champion and competed several times in the Formula Vee match between the USA and Europe at the Daytona International Speedway .

In addition to Formula Vee racing , Peter competed in touring and sports car races . His greatest successes came in 1969 in the European Touring Car Championship . Together with Günther Huber, he finished the 6-hour race at Brands Hatch and the 6-hour race at the Nürburgring in a BMW 2002 ti in third place in the overall standings. Together with his partner Niki Lauda, ​​he finished sixth overall in the 1970 1000 km race in Zeltweg in a Porsche 906 .

The death of Jochen Rindt during training for the Italian Grand Prix in 1970 meant that Peter Grund had to give up his racing career in the autumn of that year. Shocked by Rindt's accident and after a word of power from his father, he ended his driving career. His only serious accident was not during a race, but during a private training drive. With Michael Walleczek as co-driver, he explored the Nürburgring - Nordschleife in a Porsche 911 in the 1960s . In the Antoniusbuche section of the route, the Porsche got off the lane and, after rolling over several times, got stuck in bushes. What remained, in addition to a total write-off and a frightened passenger, was an irreparable hip and spine injury, which did not prevent him from racing.

Entrepreneur

Peter Peter is the offspring of a Viennese entrepreneurial family and, after his driving career, led the glove manufacturer Handschuhpeter, founded in 1838, in the fourth generation for decades . This family background led to his nickname Glove .

family

Peter Peter is married for the third time and has three children, two daughters and a son. Son Philipp became a professional racing driver. In contrast to his father, whose start in 1969 with Rudi Lins in the Porsche 910 did not materialize, Philipp Peter also drove successfully in Le Mans . In 2002 he finished third overall with Michael Krumm and Marco Werner in the factory Audi R8 .

gallery

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  Günther Huber (in the car) during the 1966 driver training course in Aspern. With Peter Peter, Jochen Rindt , Erich Breinsberg and Dieter Quester

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  With Günther Huber in Aspern in 1967

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  With Roland Müller (2nd) and Günther Huber (3rd) on the podium after a Formula Vee race in Hockenheim in 1967

statistics

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
1967	Racing Team Holland	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
						DNF
1968	Peter Peter	Porsche 910	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
											10
1969	Elan Racing Team	Porsche 910	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
												15th
1970	Bosch Racing Team	Porsche 908	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
												6th

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Commons : Peter Peter  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Peter Peter at Racing Sports Cars
• Rainer Braun on Formula Vee
• About Peter Peter
• Official website of Handschuhpeter

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brands Hatch 6-hour touring car race in 1969
2. ↑ 6-hour race on the Nürburgring in 1969
3. ↑ 175 years of Glove Peter