50 Facts About Hunter Abbott

Hunter Abbott has raced sportscars, GT cars and Touring Cars.

Hunter Abbott was 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia Champion and won the RAC Trophy after victory in the 2021 Silverstone 500 race.

Hunter Abbott is founder, owner and managing director of AlcoSense Laboratories, which designs, develops and manufactures alcohol breathalysers under the AlcoSense brand name.

In 2017, Hunter 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, Hunter Abbott was enrolled as a member of the BRDC as a result of his motor racing successes in the UK and abroad.

Hunter Abbott began his racing career in 1995, in karting, winning the HKC Junior TKM Championship during his first year racing.

Hunter Abbott moved to Senior TKM competing in the 1996 Super 1 National Kart Championships finishing 15th overall on his debut year.

For 1998 Hunter Abbott moved to Formula 100C Super 1 National Kart Championships where he finished the season 4th overall and ran as high as 2nd in the European Intercontinental A Championships.

In 1999 Hunter Abbott moved to Formula A and competed in the Super 1 National Kart Championships.

Hunter Abbott did not race between 2000 and March 2003 due to lack of funding.

In 2003, Hunter Abbott competed in a handful of Radical Enduro championship races driving a Radical Prosport and had several podium finishes.

For 2004, Hunter Abbott raced in the Radical Enduro championship with Martin Donnelly Racing partnering Nigel Redwood.

Hunter Abbott missed the first two rounds of the championship but took eight victories and 11 pole positions in the remainder of the season, the most races any driver has ever won in one season of Radical Enduro.

In 2005, Hunter Abbott moved into the UK Oval Racing, joining the SCSA racing series in the RyanAir sponsored car run by Torquespeed Racing.

Hunter Abbott had a successful debut season, winning the Rookie Championship.

Hunter Abbott didn't compete in the 2006 season, instead competing in British GT, but returned in 2007 and finished runner-up to series champion Colin White.

Hunter Abbott entered the 2006 British GT season, driving in the GTC class with a Porsche 996 GT3 racing for RPM Motorsport.

At the Oulton Park round of the championship, Hunter Abbott had a spectacular 100mph crash in his Ginetta, flipping several time before coming to rest on its roof where it burst into flames.

Hunter Abbott was trapped in the car for 18 seconds while on fire.

Hunter Abbott contested the first half of the 2009 season, with Hunter Abbott taking 4 class wins and several podium finishes along with new partner Gary Simms before stopping before the Knockhill event.

Hunter Abbott had a one-off outing after a late call from Stark Racing for the Snetterton round of the championship where he scored two-second places in the GT4 class.

Hunter Abbott finished 4th in the GT4 championship after missing the second half of the season.

Hunter Abbott continued into the 2010 GT4 European Cup, entering the first three rounds and scoring one 2nd place and finishing fifth in the overall drivers standings.

In 2016 Hunter Abbott made a one-off appearance in the Spa-Francorchamps round of the British GT Championship.

Hunter Abbott drove for Grasser Racing driving a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 car, qualifying 2nd and leading the race until retirement due to technical reasons on the final lap.

For 2017 Hunter Abbott returned to GT racing in three series.

Hunter Abbott won the overall GT3 title and Pro-AM GT3 title in the Blancpain GT Series Asia driving for GruppeM Racing sponsored by Pagani Cars China and GruppeM in a Mercedes-AMG GT GT3.

Hunter Abbott raced in selected VLN races in a BMW 235 Cup Car for Walkenhorst Motorsport taking a best place of 3rd.

Hunter Abbott drove for HTP Motorsport at the 2017 Silverstone round of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, standing in for injured Michael Avenatti, finishing 4th in class and at the Barcelona event of the same championship for Barwell Motorsport driving a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 where he won his class partnering Patrick Kujala and Martin Kodric, standing in for injured Adrian Amstutz.

In 2018 Hunter Abbott joined Walkenhorst Motorsport driving a PlayStation sponsored BMW M6 GT3 in VLN, partnered with Jonathan Hirschi, Christian Krognes and Jordan Tressonn.

In 2019 Hunter Abbott raced again for Walkenhorst Motorsport driving the sister BMW M6 GT3 car sponsored by Total in VLN, partnered with a range of drivers including Henry Walkenhorst, Andreas Ziegler, Rudi Adams and Jordan Tresson.

In 2020 Hunter Abbott competed in the opening round of the European Le Mans Series at Circuit Paul Ricard with JMW Motorsport driving a Ferrari 488 GTE, finishing 4th.

Hunter Abbott did not race for the remainder of the season citing concerns around travelling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2008, Hunter Abbott made a one-off appearance in the Ginetta G50 Cup at the Brands Hatch GP after one of the Rob Austin Racing drivers was delayed after returning from a US trip.

Hunter Abbott did not finish race 1 after contact with Tom Dunstone but won race 2 from Frank Wrathall and Christian Dick.

Hunter Abbott entered the 2012 Ginetta GT Supercup, driving a Ginetta G55 for Century Motorsport sponsored by Armour Electronics and Outback BBQs.

Hunter Abbott finished sixth overall, with two 3rd places his best results.

Hunter Abbott finished the season in second place behind former Midland F1 test driver Jeffrey van Hooydonk and ahead of factory Audi driver Christiaan Frankenhout.

Hunter Abbott announced that he was making the switch to touring car racing, entering the British Touring Car Championship with his previous GT team Rob Austin Racing.

Hunter Abbott entered the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season with Rob Austin Racing, driving a NGTC Audi A4.

Hunter Abbott scored points on his debut, securing a single point by finishing 15th during race 3 at Brands Hatch.

Hunter Abbott featured in the top 10 at several races and was top Rookie in the Jack Sears Trophy with 96 overtakes, awarded to the driver who overtook the most cars during the season.

In 2015, Hunter Abbott stayed with Rob Austin Racing in the British Touring Car Championship under the Exocet Racing banner with title sponsorship from Exocet Fuel Additives.

Abbott again featured in the top 10 in many races but after missing the Knockhill round of the championship to be there for the birth of his son, Hunter finished the year 21st in the Drivers Championship.

For 2016, Hunter Abbott switched to the front wheel drive Chevrolet Cruze of Power Maxed Racing in the British Touring Car Championship with title sponsorship from Power Maxed, a company making car polishes and accessories.

Hunter Abbott holds or has held lap records at the following circuits:.

On Saturday 22 March 2008, Hunter Abbott had a spectacular 100+mph crash in the Rob Austin Racing Ginetta G50 in the opening round of the 2008 British GT Championship at Oulton Park.

Hunter Abbott was trapped in the car for 18 seconds while on fire.

On Sunday 31 July 2016, Hunter Abbott was involved in a crash while racing for Power Maxed Racing in the Snetterton round of the British Touring Car Championship.

Hunter Abbott was clipped by Mark Howard's spinning car and rolled several times, knocking over a TV tower and coming to rest on top of the barriers.