Peter Zbinden

Peter Zbinden (born October 9, 1937 in Basel ) is a former Swiss automobile racing driver .

Career

Zbinden's racing career went through two phases. First he drove touring and sports car races between 1970 and 1982 . Then it disappeared from the international racing tracks for more than a decade. In 1994 he made a surprising comeback and competed in the BRP Global GT series when he was over 50.

Peter Zbinden contested his first races in the early 1970s in the German Automobile Circuit Championship . He celebrated his first race win in 1972 in a national GT race without championship status in Hockenheim . In 1973 he competed in the sports car world championship for the Swiss racing team Porsche Club Romand and made his debut in the Le Mans 24-hour race in this context . He competed four times in the endurance race at Le Mans; his best placement was seventh overall in 1974 .

In 1976 he and Claude Haldi finished third in the 1000 km race in Zeltweg . With Edi Kofel as a teammate, he won the 3-hour race at Hockenheim in 1979 and 1980.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1973	Porsche Club Romand	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Jean-François Piot		failure	Gearbox damage
1974	Porsche Club Romand	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Bernard Chenevière	Michel Dubois	Rank 7
1975	Porsche Club Romand	Porsche 911 Carrera	Bernard Béguin	Claude Haldi	15th place and class win
1976	GVEA Porsche Club Romand	Porsche 934	Bernard Chenevière	Nicolas Buehrer	failure	Valve damage

Web links

• Peter Zbinden at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hockenheim 1972
2. ↑ 1000 km race at the Österreichring in 1976
3. ↑ 3-hour race at Hockenheim 1979
4. ^ 3-hour race at Hockenheim 1980