Peter Sadler

Peter Sadler drove a Ford GT40 in 1968 and 1969 sports car races

Peter Bill Sadler (born March 29, 1941 - December 19, 2009 ) was a British racing car driver .

Career

Peter Sadler was active as a sports car driver in the 1960s and was best known for his work with the Ford GT40 . His first racing cars were the Lotus 23 and 30 models . In 1966 he achieved his first notable success with tenth place overall in the RAC Tourist Trophy (winner Denis Hulme in a Lola T70 ).

In 1968 he entered the World Sports Car Championship with the Ford . He made his debut with partner Willie Green and finished 22nd overall in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring . The highlight of the year was third place overall in the 1000 km race in Paris at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry . However, the race was not part of the world championship.

In 1969 , in addition to the starts in the world championship, there was also a one-off event at the 24-hour race in Le Mans . After damage to the electrical system on the GT40, he had to give up the race early.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1969	Peter Sadler	Ford GT40 Mk.I	Paul Vestey	failure	Electrics

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
1968	Peter Sadler	Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
								22nd	9
1969	Peter Sadler	Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
					11	DNF		9		DNF
1970	Paul Vestey	Porsche 910	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
								14th

Web links

• Peter Sadler at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ RAC Tourist Trophy 1966