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''This article is about the group itself. For the racing arm, see [[High Performance Racing]]''
''This article is about the group. For the team, see [[Peak Motorsport]]''.


[[File:HP group.png|200px|right|thumb|HPG logo]]
[[File:Peak Motorsport logo.png|200px|thumb|right|PMG logo]]  


'''High Performance Group''' (abbreviated to '''HPG''') is a New Zealand motorsport consortium.
The '''Peak Motorsport Group''' (or '''PMG''') is an international motorsport consortium headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand; though it also has divisions in other countries, most notably Canada. They are the owners of [[Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series|ARWS]] team [[Peak Aeroracing Engineering]].


HPG is based in Auckland, New Zealand.
==History==
The Peak Motorsport Group was formed in 2017 when Edward Summers' Peak Motorsport Canada merged with the New Zealand-based High Performance Group. HPG had been formed at the beginning of 2016 by Raymond Douglas (head of the Douglas Media Group), Dominic Spearman (CEO of Spearman Industries) and Craig Harris (founder & CEO of Harris Finance). They ran a number of teams in various series during 2016, most notably High Performance Racing in F1RSTC and RRC and Harris Finance Racing in Lupo GTI.


They currently have a driver management arm, known as High Performance Driver Talent Management, and a racing arm known as [[High Performance Racing]].
As part of the merger, Ziegler Holdings and the Clark Corporation purchased the shareholdings held by Douglas and Spearman.


==Driver management==
===Ownership===
The current ownership structure is as follows:


Current drivers signed to HPDTM:
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
 
! colspan=4| Organisation<br><small>owner(s)<small>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Driver
! Current Team
! Series
|-
|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
|rowspan=2|[[High Performance Racing]]
|[[2016-17 F1RSTC season|F1RSTC]] (TBC)
|-
|[[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|RRC]] (TBC)
|-
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
|[[RonDen Racing Engineering|Octan Young Drivers]] (TBC)
|[[2016 F3RWRS season|F3RWRS]] (TBC)
|-
|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
|[[Best In The World|Best In The World Motorsport]]
|[[2016 GT-R World Championship season|GT-R]]
|-
|[[High Performance Racing]]
|[[2016-17 F1RSTC season|F1RSTC]] (TBC)
|-
|-
|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
| align=center| Peak Motorsport Canada (2006-2017)<br><small>Summers Incorporated (100%)<small>
|TBA
| align=center| High Performance Group (2016-2017)<br><small>Harris Family Trust/Harris Finance (50%)<br> Douglas Media Group (25%)<br>Spearman Industries (25%)<small>
|TBA
|-
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
|[[High Performance Racing]]
|[[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|RRC]] (TBC)
|-
|-
| colspan=4 align=center| Peak Motorsport Group (2017-)<br><small>Summers Incorporated (50%)<br>Harris Family Trust (25%)<br>Ziegler Holdings AG (12.5%)<br>Clark Corporation Ltd. (12.5%)<small>
|}
|}


==Racing operations==
==Operations==
''See [[High Performance Racing]]''
The headquarters of PMG is in Auckland, New Zealand along with their main workshop. Other workshops are located in Coventry ([[Peak Aeroracing Engineering]]), Vancouver ([[Peak Motorsport Canada]]), Berlin ([[Ziegler Auto Racing]]) and Grenoble ([[Mont Blanc Racing]]).  
 
HPG currently runs the team known as High Performance Racing.
 
===Drivers schedule===
 
====2016-17 F1RSTC====
'''High Performance Racing'''
 
Mazda 323 GT-X
#3 Julian Clark
#32 Randall Wade
 
====2016 GT-R====
'''Best In The World Motorsport'''
 
#11 Randall Wade
 
====2016 RRC====
'''High Performance Racing'''


Holden Astra
The group currently run three racing teams - [[Peak Aeroracing Engineering]] in open-wheel series, [[Peak Motorsport Canada]] in lower-level formulae, the [[Mont Blanc Racing]] endurance racing squad, and the [[Ziegler Auto Racing]] touring car operation. They also formerly ran the now defunct [[Everest Rally Team]] out of the Auckland workshop.
#3 Julian Clark
#32 Alvin Ziegler


====2016 F3RWRS====
===Driver management===
'''Octan Young Drivers'''
The following is the roster of drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent, the driver management arm of PMG:


Vaillante F316
* {{VEN}} [[Jorge Agramonte]]
#4 Kristina Harris
* {{FRA}} [[Bernard Beauchene]]
* {{USA}} [[Joey Bennett]]
* {{NZL}} [[Simon Bourne]]
* {{TUR}} [[Ahmet Burakgazi]]
* {{GBR}} [[Ryan Carlton]]
* {{POR}} [[Hugo Carvalho]]
* {{KOR}} [[Seong-Jin Cho]]
* {{SUI}} [[Théo Christen]]
* {{GBR}} [[Julian Clark]]
* {{GBR}} [[Ross Clark]]
* {{CIV}} [[Akua Cugoano]]
* {{GBR}} [[Gerallt Davies]]
* {{ITA}} [[Michelangela Dioli]]
* {{AUS}} [[Benjamin Foster-Thompson]]
* {{NZL}} [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
* {{NZL}} [[Kelly Harris]]
* {{NZL}} [[Kristina Harris]]
* {{SRB}} [[Iva Janković]]
* {{TRO}} [[Renaldo Jiménez]]
* {{BEL}} [[Eugenie Joosens]]
* {{AUT}} [[Verna Klien]]
* {{DEN}} [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
* {{SWE}} [[Ragnar Larsen]]
* {{MEX}} [[Angelica Lopez]]
* {{VIE}} [[Thi Nhat]]
* {{RUS}} [[Viktor Pasitchnjuk]]
* {{POL}} [[Danuta Popławski]]
* {{GBR}} [[Steven Mackintosh]]
* {{SEN}} [[Mohammed Siki]]
* {{CAN}} [[Arienne Sorel]]
* {{USA}} [[Tony Scrugham III]]
* {{CAN}} [[Dakota Summers]]
* {{CAN}} [[Skye Summers]]
* {{GBR}} [[Jemma Triggs]]
* {{USA}} [[Randall Wade]]
* {{CHN}} [[Catalina Zhang]]
* {{GER}} [[Alvin Ziegler]]
* {{JPN}} [[Daisuke Yanagawa]]
* {{FRA}} [[Lukas Zuber]]


[[Category: High Performance Group]]
[[Category:Peak Motorsport Group]]

Latest revision as of 21:56, 5 November 2017

This article is about the group. For the team, see Peak Motorsport.

PMG logo

The Peak Motorsport Group (or PMG) is an international motorsport consortium headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand; though it also has divisions in other countries, most notably Canada. They are the owners of ARWS team Peak Aeroracing Engineering.

History

The Peak Motorsport Group was formed in 2017 when Edward Summers' Peak Motorsport Canada merged with the New Zealand-based High Performance Group. HPG had been formed at the beginning of 2016 by Raymond Douglas (head of the Douglas Media Group), Dominic Spearman (CEO of Spearman Industries) and Craig Harris (founder & CEO of Harris Finance). They ran a number of teams in various series during 2016, most notably High Performance Racing in F1RSTC and RRC and Harris Finance Racing in Lupo GTI.

As part of the merger, Ziegler Holdings and the Clark Corporation purchased the shareholdings held by Douglas and Spearman.

Ownership

The current ownership structure is as follows:

Organisation
owner(s)
Peak Motorsport Canada (2006-2017)
Summers Incorporated (100%)
High Performance Group (2016-2017)
Harris Family Trust/Harris Finance (50%)
Douglas Media Group (25%)
Spearman Industries (25%)
Peak Motorsport Group (2017-)
Summers Incorporated (50%)
Harris Family Trust (25%)
Ziegler Holdings AG (12.5%)
Clark Corporation Ltd. (12.5%)

Operations

The headquarters of PMG is in Auckland, New Zealand along with their main workshop. Other workshops are located in Coventry (Peak Aeroracing Engineering), Vancouver (Peak Motorsport Canada), Berlin (Ziegler Auto Racing) and Grenoble (Mont Blanc Racing).

The group currently run three racing teams - Peak Aeroracing Engineering in open-wheel series, Peak Motorsport Canada in lower-level formulae, the Mont Blanc Racing endurance racing squad, and the Ziegler Auto Racing touring car operation. They also formerly ran the now defunct Everest Rally Team out of the Auckland workshop.

Driver management

The following is the roster of drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent, the driver management arm of PMG: