Peter Elkmann (born 16 September 1981 in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

Steinfurt Steinfurt (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Steinfurt. From –1806, it was the capital of the County of Steinfurt. Geography Steinfurt is situated north-west of Münster, North Rhine-Westp ...

) is a German racing driver. He has competed in such series as the

Formula Three Euroseries The Formula 3 Euro Series was a European-based junior single seater formula for Formula Three chassis that was launched (in its current form) in 2003 as a merger of the French Formula Three Championship and German Formula Three Championship. The ...

and the

German Formula Three Championship The German Formula Three Championship was the national Formula Three championship of Germany, and the former West Germany, from 1950 to 2002, then as Formel 3 until 2014. In 2003, the series had merged with the French Formula Three Championship ...

Performer by Elkmann

Peter Elkmann launched his own racing car in 2015, the Performer 1000. The car is a more powerful version of a

superkart Superkart is a form of motorsport road racing that uses karts on long circuits. The bigger difference between a superkart and most other forms of kart is that they have full aerodynamic bodykits, as well as having a longer wheel base than sprint ...

. The car weighing in at 290 kg is powered by a 1000cc

Suzuki GSX-R1000 The Suzuki GSX-R1000 (often called a Gixxer) is a sports motorcycle made by Suzuki. It was introduced in 2001 to replace the Suzuki GSX-R1100, GSX-R1100, and is powered by a water cooling, liquid-cooled Inline-four engine, transverse four-cylind ...

engine. The car is allowed to race in the Seven Mania Racing Club and Carbonia Cup.

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elkmann, Peter 1981 births Living people People from Steinfurt Sportspeople from Münster (region) German racing drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers Formula 3 Euro Series drivers Racing drivers from North Rhine-Westphalia German racecar constructors Karting World Championship drivers Jo Zeller Racing drivers RC Motorsport drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers