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{{short description|Dutch racing driver (born 1964)}}
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'''PeterPetrus Dionysius Lambertus Theodorus Kox'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.24h-en-piste.com/en/AfficherPilote.php?Pilote=1510 |title=Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Petrus Dionysius Lambertus Theodorus Kox |website=www.24h-en-piste.com |language=fr|access-date=3 July 2023}}</ref> (born 23 February 1964 in [[Eindhoven]]) is a racing driver from the [[Netherlands]].
 
Kox began racing in [[Kart racing|karts]] in 1978, winning five titles until 1982. In 1983 he moved to automobiles, winning the Marlboro [[Formula Ford]] 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.
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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 [[Lamborghini Murcielago]]). In 2006 he split his time between the MenX team, Aston Martin and [[Spyker]], in FIA GT, Le Mans, [[Le Mans Series]] and ALMS.
 
In 2007 and 2008 Peter Kox is a works driver for Lamborghini, driving in the FIA GT Championship and [[ADAC GT Masters]]. 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 an Lamborghini LP560.
 
Peter Kox was a development driver for the [[Honda NSX (second generation)|Acura NSX]] [[Group GT3|GT3]] in 2016, and will drive it in the 2017 [[Pirelli World Challenge]] for [[RealTime Racing]].
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} IPB Spartak Racing<br>{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Reiter Engineering]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Mike Hezemans]]<br>{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Roman Rusinov]]
|align="left"| [[Lamborghini Murciélago]] R-GT
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{DriverDB driver|peter-kox}}
* {{official website|http://www.koxracing.com/|Kox Racing official site}}
 
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{{succession box | title = [[ADAC GT Masters|ADAC GT Masters Champion]] | years=[[2010 ADAC GT Masters season|2010]] <small> with:</small><br>[[Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis|Albert von Thurn und Taxis]]| before = [[Christian Abt]] | after=[[Dino Lunardi]]<br>[[Alexandros Margaritis]]}}
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{{Spa 24 Hours winners}}
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