Petrus Dionysius Lambertus Theodorus Kox (born 23 February 1964 in

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) is a racing driver from the

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. Kox began racing in

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in 1978, winning five titles until 1982. In 1983 he moved to automobiles, winning the Marlboro

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Challenge and was second and third in the Benelux and Dutch Formula Ford 2000 Championships, respectively, the following year. His single-seater racing career was interrupted several times and only took off in 1989 when he won the Benelux Formula Opel Championship in 1989. In 1990 Kox raced in the British Formula 3 Championship where he came third with two victories. He moved up to

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in 1991, staying there for two seasons and winning one race. Unable to find a seat in

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, Kox moved to

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driving a BMW, winning five races in the Dutch series in 1993 on his way to the championship title. In 1995 he became a works

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driver in the German Supertouring Championship, coming second in the series, and also winning the Spa 24 Hours. In 1996 he joined BMW Motorsport, making a handful of

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appearances but focusing his efforts on the development program for the McLaren F1 GTR, winning a race in the BPR Global GT Series. The following year he drove the car in the FIA GT Championship, winning once more. He also took a class win in the Spa 24 Hours with a Diesel-powered BMW. From 1998 to 2000 Kox returned to touring cars, becoming a

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works driver. He raced full-time in the BTCC in 1998 and 1999 (coming 7th overall in 1999), before taking second place in the Euro STC in 2000. The following year he joined the Carly Motors squad in a BMW and also took a win in a one-off race in the FIA GT Championship, with the

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Ferrari 550 Maranello. Kox continued with Prodrive for the following seasons, winning the GTS class in the Laguna Seca ALMS race in 2002 and the 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2004 and 2005 he raced for several different teams, including Prodrive (in the Ferrari and Aston Martin DBR9) and Reiter Engineering (in the

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). In 2006 he split his time between the MenX team, Aston Martin and

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, in FIA GT, Le Mans,

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and ALMS. In 2007 and 2008 Peter Kox is a works driver for Lamborghini, driving in the FIA GT Championship and

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. He took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2007 with the works Aston Martin and 2008 with IPB Spartak Lamborghini. He did win the Sepang 12 Hours in 2010 for Arrows Racing in a Lamborghini LP560. Peter Kox was a development driver for the Acura NSX GT3 in 2016, and will drive it in the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge for RealTime Racing. His daughter Stéphane Kox is also a racing driver.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

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

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results

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

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point given 1998 onwards)

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

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

Complete European Super Production Championship results

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

V8 Supercar results

† Not Eligible for points

FIA GT competition results

Complete FIA GT Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.) ^† Not eligible for points

Complete GT1 World Championship results

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

Complete FIA GT Series results

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

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

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