Peak Motorsport Group
This article is about the group itself. For the team, see Peak Motorsport.
The Peak Motorsport Group (abbreviated to PMG) is a New Zealand motorsport consortium founded in 2016.
History
The High Performance Group was formed in 2016 by businessmen Raymond Douglas (head of the Douglas Media Group), Craig Harris (owner of Harris Finance), and Dominic Spearman (CEO of Spearman Industries). It competed in the F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup, Rejects Rallycross Championship, and the Lupo GTI Championship.
In the off-season between 2016 and 2017, Spearman and Douglas sold their shares to British supermarket magnate Roger Clark (father of Julian) and Mexican telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim. The group was renamed as the Peak Motorsport Group.
Operations
The Peak Motorsport Group is based in Auckland, New Zealand (although Glacier Mont Blanc Racing is based in Grenoble, France). They operate three racing teams, an engine division known as Peak Motorsport Engines, and a driver management arm known as Peak Driver Talent.
Racing operations
For more information, see Peak Motorsport and Mont Blanc Racing.
Peak Motorsport is the senior open-wheel team.
Mont Blanc Racing (MBR) is the endurance racing arm. It operates an LMP1 team in the Le Mans Cup and also a GT team, known as Harris Finance MBR.
Everest Rally Team is the rally team. It has been placed on hiatus due to the collapse of the Reject Rally Trophy and Rejects Rallycross Championship series that it was competing in.
Speed Collective Racing is the junior open-wheel team.
Ziegler Auto Racing is the touring car team that competes in the F1RSTC and also in the Lupo GTI Cup under the Harris Finance ZAR name.
Additionally, PMG operates the Dodge SRT Racing Team in the Women's GT Junior Cup and Team New Zealand in the Community Racing Series.
Structure
The new structure from 2017 onwards is as follows:
Overall group: Peak Motorsport Group
- Open-wheel team:
Peak Motorsport
- Junior team:
Speed Collective Racing
- Junior team:
- Touring car team:
Ziegler Auto Racing
- Junior team: / Harris Finance ZAR
- Junior team:
- Endurance racing team:
Mont Blanc Racing
- Junior team: / Harris Finance MBR
- Junior team:
- Rallying team: Everest Rally Team (on hiatus)
- Engines: Peak Motorsport Engines
- Driver management: Peak Driver Talent
Team and driver schedule
2016
Please note: PMG was known as the High Performance Group during the 2016 RWRS season
HPG's team and driver schedule for the current 2016 Reject World Race Series season is as follows:
| Teams run by HPG | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series (season) | Series organiser | Team name | Car | No | Driver | Rounds |
| 2016 Aston 24 Hours | Nuppiz |  Speed Collective Racing
|
FXR | 24 |  Karl van der Zwaart
|
NC |
 Ragnar Larsen
| ||||||
 Verna Klien
| ||||||
| F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup (2016-17) | WaffleCat |  High Performance Racing
|
 Mazda 323
|
23 |  Julian Clark
|
1-5 |
 Catalina Zhang
|
6-12 | |||||
| 33 |  Alvin Ziegler
|
1-2, 4-12 | ||||
| Verna Klien
|
3 | |||||
| Lupo GTI Championship (2016) | Rated | Harris Finance Racing
|
Volkswagen Lupo GTI
|
23 | Kristina Harris
|
5-7, NC 1, NC 2 |
| 24 | Kaitlyn Harris
|
NC 1, NC 2 | ||||
| John Deere Racing
|
32 |  Angelica Lopez
|
NC 1 | |||
| 33 |  Hugo Carvalho
|
NC 1 | ||||
| Teams not run by HPG | ||||||
| Series (season) | Series organiser | Team name (owner) | Car | No | Driver | Rounds |
| GT-Rejects World Championship (2016) | RealRacingRoots | Best In The World Motorsport (Klon) |
 Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT
|
11 | Randall Wade
|
5-14 |
| International Formula Reject Challenge (2016) | Nuppiz | Takagi Racing Enterprises (FMecha) |
Lola FN06-Honda-Judd
|
8 | Verna Klien
|
10-12 |
| Rejects Touring Car Championship (2016) | pasta_maldonado |  / Onyx Toyota Racing(Onxy Wrecked) |
Toyota Carina
|
30 | Julian Clark
|
4-13 |
2017
PMG's provisional team and driver schedule for the 2017 Reject World Race Series season is as follows:
PLEASE NOTE: This is completely provisional and is subject to change.
| Teams run by HPG | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series (season) | Series organiser | Team name | Car | No | Driver | Rounds | |
| F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup (2017-18) | WaffleCat | Ziegler Auto Racing
|
TBA | 23 | Karl van der Zwaart
|
All | |
| 33 | TBA | ||||||
| Le Mans Cup (2017) | pi314159 |  Mont Blanc Racing
|
Onroak LMP1-Zytek
|
3 | Sébastien Bourdais
|
All | |
| Vic Sunset
| |||||||
| Ragnar Larsen
| |||||||
| 24 | Randall Wade
| ||||||
| Serge Blanco
| |||||||
| J.C. Wolf
| |||||||
| / Harris Finance MBR
|
Porsche 991 GT
|
25 | "Dragon"
| ||||
| Ryan Carlton
| |||||||
| Kelly Harris
| |||||||
| AutoReject GTi (2017) | Rated | / Harris Finance ZAR
|
VW Lupo GTI
|
23 | Kaitlyn Harris
|
All | |
| 24 | Romain Hadamard
| ||||||
| Toyota Reject Racing Series (2017) | Biscione | Speed Collective Racing
|
Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ
|
22 |  Viktor Pasitchnjuk
|
All | |
| 33 | John Bean
| ||||||
| Teams not run by HPG | |||||||
| Series (season) | Series organiser | Team name (owner) | Car | No | Driver | Rounds | |
| AutoReject 2.0 (2017) | Ataxia |  Octan Young Drivers (This)
|
Dallara
|
23 | Angelica Lopez
|
1- | |
NOTES:
- Some PMG drivers may be available for driving duties. Inquire with PMG management.
- Teams/cars marked "TBA" in the round column have not yet been confirmed.
Other operations
Driver management
Current drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent are:
| Drivers | |
|---|---|
| Hugo Carvalho
|
Verna Klien
|
| Julian Clark
|
Ragnar Larsen
|
| Randall Wade
|
Angelica Lopez
|
| Kaitlyn Harris
|
Skye Summers
|
| Kelly Harris
|
Catalina Zhang
|
| Kristina Harris
|
Alvin Ziegler
|
Engines
PMG supply their own engines through a subsidiary, Peak Motorsport Engines.