Hunter Abbott
British racing driver and businessman (Born 1980) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hunter Abbott (born 4 December 1980 in Windsor, Berkshire) is a British racing driver and businessman. He has raced sportscars, GT cars and Touring Cars. He was 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia Champion [1] and won the RAC Trophy after victory in the 2021 Silverstone 500 race.[2]
Hunter Abbott | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | (1980-12-04) 4 December 1980 (age 43) Windsor, Berkshire, England |
VLN career | |
Debut season | 2017 |
Current team | Walkenhorst Motorsport |
Racing licence | FIA Bronze |
Car number | 35 |
Former teams | GruppeM Motorsport |
Starts | 15 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 3rd in 2018 |
Previous series | |
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010-11 2012 2013 2014-15 2016 2017 | Radical SR3 Championship SCSA British GT Championship (GTC) SCSA British GT Championship (GT4) British GT Championship (GT4) & GT4 European Series Did not race Ginetta GT Supercup Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux British Touring Car Championship British Touring Car Championship, 24H Series (GT4) & British GT Championship (GT3) Blancpain GT Series Asia, VLN & Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
Championship titles | |
1995 2005 2007 2008 2013 2017 2021 | HKC Junior TKM Champion SCSA Rookie Champion SCSA Vice-Champion British GT Vice-Champion Porsche Cup Challenge Benelux Vice-Champion Blancpain GT Series Asia Pro-AM & Overall GT3 Champion Silverstone 500 (RAC Trophy) |
Awards | |
2005 2005 2017 | Roush Driver of the Year Autosport One to Watch AMG Wall of Champions |
He is founder, owner and managing director of AlcoSense Laboratories,[3] which designs, develops and manufactures alcohol breathalysers under the AlcoSense brand name.
In 2017, Abbott was awarded a "Gold Star" on the Wall of Champions at the Mercedes-AMG factory in Affalterbach, Germany, as a result of winning the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia championship while driving a Mercedes-AMG GT GT3 race car for GruppeM Motorsport, an AMG Performance racing team.
In 2018, Abbott was enrolled as a member of the BRDC[4] as a result of his motor racing successes in the UK and abroad.