Peak Motorsport Group

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

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The Peak Motorsport Group (or PMG) is an international motorsport consortium headquartered in Austria; though it also has divisions in other countries, most notably New Zealand and Canada. They were the owners of ARWS team Peak Aeroracing Engineering. The group was revived ahead of the 2024 AutoReject World Series season in its current Austrian-based form.

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.

However, financial issues hit the Peak Motorsport Group in the 2020s, forcing the withdrawal of Peak Aeroracing Engineering from the ARWS and eventually bringing its junior series teams under. The group collapsed outright in 2022; unable to further bankroll the careers of its junior drivers like Aurora Summers.

In December 2023, a consortium led by the recently merged Team Bert Anderwald and Union Saver Developments acquired the Peak Motorsport Group and rejuvenated it with the goals of becoming one of the world's top driver programmes.

Ownership

The 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 (2017-2022)
Summers Incorporated (50%)
Harris Family Trust (25%)
Ziegler Holdings AG (12.5%)
Clark Corporation Ltd. (12.5%)
Peak Motorsport Group (2023-present)
Team Bert Anderwald/Union Saver Developments consortium (100%)

Operations

The headquarters of the original PMG was in Auckland, New Zealand along with their main workshop. Other workshops were located in Coventry (Peak Aeroracing Engineering), Vancouver (Peak Motorsport Canada), Berlin (Ziegler Auto Racing) and Grenoble (Mont Blanc Racing). The Coventry base was purchased by Racing Point in 2023.

The group ran three primary 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 Everest Rally Team out of the Auckland workshop.

Following their 2023 revival, the PMG's activities in the ARWS and European junior formulae operate from the USD base in Vienna, with GT and sportscars based at the TBA Salzburg headquarters. Overseas series rely on the establishments in New Zealand and Vancouver.

Peak Motorsport Group drivers

Current drivers

Driver Years
Flag of Venezuela svg.png Jorge Agramonte 2019-
Flag of France svg.png Bernard Beauchene 2017-
Flag of the United States svg.png Joey Bennett 2018-
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Simon Bourne 2017-
Flag of Turkey svg.png Ahmet Burakgazi 2018-
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Ryan Carlton 2017-
Flag of Portugal svg.png Hugo Carvalho 2018-
Flag of South Korea svg.png Seong-Jin Cho 2018-
Flag of Switzerland svg.png Théo Christen 2019-
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Julian Clark 2017-
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Ross Clark 2017-
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire svg.png Akua Cugoano 2018-
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Gerallt Davies 2018-
Flag of Canada svg.png Clara Descoteaux 2024-
Flag of Canada svg.png Cesaire Descoteaux 2024-
Flag of Italy svg.png Michelangela Dioli 2018-
Flag of Japan svg.png Kazuomi Endo 2024-
Flag of Cameroon svg.png Samson Enoh 2024-
Flag of Australia svg.png Benjamin Foster-Thompson 2018-
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kaitlyn Harris 2017-
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kelly Harris 2017-
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kristina Harris 2017-
Flag of the Falkland Islands svg.png Nigel Hill 2024-
Flag of Croatia svg.png Marina Ivanović 2024-
Flag of Serbia svg.png Iva Janković 2018-
Flag of Belgium svg.png Eugenie Joosens 2019-
Flag of Austria svg.png Verna Klien 2017-
Flag of Denmark svg.png Ludvig Kristoffersen 2017-
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Steven Mackintosh 2017-
Flag of Botswana svg.png Nonofo Masisi 2024-
Flag of Sweden svg.png Ragnar Larsen 2017-
Flag of France svg.png Emma Le Blan 2024-
Flag of South Africa svg.png Thomas Lee 2024-
Flag of Vietnam svg.png Thi Nhat 2019-
Flag of Nigeria svg.png Nelson Odewa 2024-
Flag of Iceland svg.png Jake Olsen 2024-
Flag of Russia svg.png Viktor Pasitchnjuk 2017-
Flag of France svg.png Ethan Renaud 2024-
Flag of the United States svg.png Tony Scrugham III 2017-
Flag of Japan svg.png Sakura Sekai 2024-
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Amara Singh 2024-
Flag of Canada svg.png Arienne Sorel 2018-
Flag of Canada svg.png Aurora Summers 2017-
Flag of Canada svg.png Dakota Summers 2017-
Flag of Canada svg.png Skye Summers 2017-
Flag of Cambodia svg.png Saloth Vichara 2024-

Former drivers

Driver Notes Years
Flag of Tropico svg.png Renaldo Jiménez Abandoned his motorsport career. 2017-18
Flag of Mexico svg.png Angelica Lopez Switched to MarchSixteen Racing's academy. 2017-20
Flag of Poland svg.png Danuta Popławski Departed when the PMG was looking worse for wear. 2018-22
Flag of Senegal svg.png Mohammed Siki Mutually parted ways from the new owners. 2018-23
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Jemma Triggs Left to join the Red Bull Junior Team. 2018-20
Flag of the United States svg.png Randall Wade Found a career in NASCAR and departed; no longer needing the PMG's aid. 2017-21
Flag of Japan svg.png Daisuke Yanagawa Did not renew membership contract, citing that he was content racing independently in Super Taikyu. 2017-23
Flag of China svg.png Catalina Zhang Took a sabbatical from racing. 2017-23
Flag of Germany svg.png Alvin Ziegler Stopped racing to pursue a career in engineering; eventually became Peak Motorsport's Technical Director. 2017-19