Peter Hickman

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Peter John Hickman (born 8 April 1987 in Burton-upon-Trent) is an English professional motorcycle racer and business owner for preparation of racing machines.^[1]

Peter Hickman
Hickman with his BMW S1000RR at the Isle of Man TT races in 2015
Nationality	English
Born	(1987-04-08) 8 April 1987 (age 38) Burton-upon-Trent, England
Current team	8TEN Racing
Bike number	60
Website	Hicky 60
Motorcycle racing career statistics Superbike World Championship Active years 2022– Manufacturers BMW Championships 0 2022 championship position 30th (2 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 6 0 0 0 0 2 British Superbike Championship Active years 2006–2007, 2009–present Manufacturers BMW, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha Championships 0 2019 championship position 6th Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 183 4 10 2 2 0 Isle of Man TT career TTs contested 9 (2014–2019, 2022-Present) TT wins 14 First TT win 2018 Superstock TT Last TT win 2024 Superbike TT TT podiums 31

For 2021, he competed in the British Superbike Championship class aboard a BMW M1000RR, initially with superbike teammate Xavi Forés for new team FHO Racing, formed from some elements of Hickman's old team Smiths Racing, which closed at the end of the 2020 season.^[2][3] He continued with the same team during 2022, and again into 2023 with a teammate, Josh Brookes.

Hickman started TT racing in 2014. He won two in 2018, three in 2019, followed by four in 2022 and 2023, following the resumption of TT racing after two years of no Isle of Man TT events during COVID-19 travel restrictions.^[4] The tally of four wins in one week of racing has only been achieved by two other riders, Phillip McCallen and Michael Dunlop,^[5] and Ian Hutchinson who scored five in 2010.^[6] Hickman has 14 TT victories in total, which puts him in 6th on the all-time winners list.^[7]

Hickman currently holds the all-time lap record at the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course, set in 2023 during the Superstock TT race 2, with an average of 136.358 mph (219.447 km/h) over the 37.73 mi (60.72 km) long race circuit.^[8]

Hickman 2021

Racing background

Short circuit

Hickman at Snetterton in 2009

Hickman took his first BSB race win at Cadwell Park in 2014. After starting the season without a ride he rode for Tsingtao WK Kawasaki for a single round before joining the RAF Reserves Honda team for the rest of the season at Knockhill.^[9]

Hickman took a career best championship position of 4th in 2017.^[10] He finished the 2019 British Superbike Championship season in sixth place, the 2020 season in 14th, 2021 in fifth place, 2022 in ninth, and 2023 in 12th.

In 2022, Peter Hickman was announced as a wild card for the Donington Park World Superbike event, riding his usual British Superbike BMW M1000RR, with suitable alterations including a World Superbike specification CPU.^[11] He later replaced Michael van der Mark at the factory BMW team for the Autodrom Most round, taking his first points with a 14th-place result in race 2.^[12]

Isle of Man TT races

In his debut year (2014) he reached the record as the fastest-ever newcomer at the Isle of Man TT,^[13] with a fastest average lap speed of 129.104 mph (207.773 km/h),^[9] and a race-average speed of 125.38 mph (201.78 km/h).^[14] In 2022, the record was surpassed by Glenn Irwin, who reached 129.85 mph (208.97 km/h).^[15] He prepared for his TT race debut by travelling to the Isle of Man and driving 70 laps of the near-38 mile course in a hire car, and by watching videos. Hickman's father Dave was a Manx Grand Prix winner and entered two TTs.^[9][16]

Hickman clinched his first victory at the Isle of Man TT in a close race from Michael Dunlop and Dean Harrison, breaking Ian Hutchinson's lap record twice in the 2018 Superstock event.^[17] Hickman won the Senior TT, raising the absolute lap record to 135.452 mph (217.989 km/h) on the final lap, winning from Dean Harrison with Manxman Conor Cummins in third.^[18]

Hickman won three TTs in 2019, and four in 2022 and 2023. In 2024 he won one, bringing his all-time total to 14.^[19]

Other UK road races

Hickman achieved his first international road race win at the 2015 Ulster Grand Prix, winning the feature race ahead of Conor Cummins.^[20]

Macau Grand Prix

Hickman won the last race of the 2015 season in November, the Macau Grand Prix, riding a Briggs Equipment/RAF Reserves BMW S1000RR.^[21]

In November 2016, he retained his Macau Grand Prix title, after he worked his way through from fourth position, winning by just 0.533 seconds from eight-time winner Michael Rutter.^[22]

In the 2017 event, Hickman was placed second, in front of event team-mate Michael Rutter, both riding Bathams BMWs.^[23]

In 2018 Hickman won the Macau event for a third time, riding his BMW S1000RR prepared by Smiths Racing for Aspire Ho, ahead of Rutter (Bathams Aspire Ho Honda RC213V-S) and Martin Jessop (PBM Ducati).

In 2019, Hickman was again the man to beat, taking pole in front of Rutter.^[24] The race was a controversial affair, as it was stopped by two red flags due to accidents, with insufficient laps completed to declare a result. It was initially declared null and void,^[25] before Michael Rutter was declared the winner as he was leading the last completed lap, even though Hickman was leading the field when both red flags were deployed.^[26]

The race was not held in 2020 and 2021,^[27] and Hickman, like most top British riders, did not take part in 2022 due to travel restrictions.^[28] Hickman took a comfortable fourth win in 2023, 28 seconds in front of Davey Todd and the first win for FHO BMW. ^[29]

Career statistics

By class

• 2008 - NC, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Yamaha YZF-R1

British Superbike Championship

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		Pos	Pts	Ref
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2006	Kawasaki	BHI 21	BHI 17	DON Ret	DON 16	THR 18	THR Ret	OUL 19	OUL 20	MON C	MON C	MAL 14	MAL 19	SNE 14	SNE 10	KNO 17	KNO 16	OUL 14	OUL 16	CRO 14	CRO 8	CAD 14	CAD 15	SIL 10	SIL 15	BHGP 16	BHGP 11	18th	42	[30]
2007	Kawasaki	BHGP 15	BHGP 12	THR 12	THR 12	SIL 18	SIL 19	OUL	OUL	SNE 17	SNE Ret	MON 17	MON 14	KNO 23	KNO	OUL 13	OUL 13	MAL 14	MAL 16	CRO	CRO	CAD	CAD	DON	DON	BHI	BHI	22nd	23	[31]
2008	Honda	THR	THR	OUL	OUL	BHGP	BHGP	DON	DON	SNE	SNE	MAL	MAL	OUL	OUL	KNO	KNO	CAD	CAD	CRO	CRO	SIL 14	SIL 16	BHI 25	BHI 16			33rd	2

Year	Make	1		2		3			4		5		6			7			8			9			10		11		12			Pos	Pts	Ref
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3
2009	Yamaha	BHI 21	BHI 23	OUL 18	OUL 15	DON 16	DON 14		THR 16	THR 15	SNE 17	SNE 15	KNO 12	KNO 14		MAL 12	MAL 14		BHGP Ret	BHGP 20	BHGP 20	CAD 14	CAD 11		CRO 11	CRO 15	SIL 15	SIL 13	OUL 14	OUL Ret	OUL DNS	22nd	35
2010	Yamaha	BHI 15	BHI Ret	THR 11	THR 13	OUL 12	OUL 17		CAD 13	CAD 13	MAL Ret	MAL 15	KNO Ret	KNO C		SNE 15	SNE Ret	SNE 11	BHGP 19	BHGP 13	BHGP 14	CAD Ret	CAD 16		CRO 12	CRO 16	SIL 20	SIL 10	OUL 14	OUL Ret	OUL Ret	19th	43
2011	Honda	BHI 13	BHI 9	OUL 13	OUL 8	CRO 7	CRO 9		THR 5	THR 2	KNO 13	KNO 8	SNE 10	SNE DNS		OUL Ret	OUL C		BHGP 25	BHGP 10	BHGP 9	CAD 8	CAD 5	CAD 5	DON 7	DON Ret	SIL Ret	SIL 7	BHGP Ret	BHGP 14	BHGP 9	9th	155
2012	Kawasaki	BHI 16	BHI C	THR Ret	THR 12	OUL 16	OUL 11	OUL Ret	SNE	SNE																						17th	65
	BMW										KNO Ret	KNO 13	OUL 8	OUL 13	OUL 12	BHGP Ret	BHGP Ret		CAD 10	CAD 8		DON 18	DON 15		ASS Ret	ASS 16	SIL 14	SIL 10	BHGP Ret	BHGP 10	BHGP 7
2013	Honda	BHI 12	BHI 13	THR 11	THR 10	OUL 6	OUL Ret		KNO 10	KNO 9	SNE 13	SNE 13	BHGP 13	BHGP 13		OUL 12	OUL 12	OUL 13	CAD 8	CAD 7		DON 11	DON 13		ASS 12	ASS 7	SIL 7	SIL Ret	BHGP 15	BHGP Ret	BHGP 12	11th	113	[32]
2014	Kawasaki	BHI	BHI	OUL	OUL	SNE 19	SNE Ret																									11th	120
	Honda								KNO 14	KNO 13	BHGP 12	BHGP 13	THR 12	THR 10		OUL 7	OUL Ret	OUL 13	CAD 6	CAD 1		DON 7	DON 7		ASS 12	ASS Ret	SIL 9	SIL 9	BHGP 13	BHGP 11	BHGP 9
2015	BMW	DON 5	DON 4	BHI Ret	BHI 14	OUL DNS	OUL DNS		SNE 12	SNE 15	KNO 10	KNO 9	BHGP Ret	BHGP 13		THR Ret	THR Ret		CAD 2	CAD 2		OUL 10	OUL 6	OUL Ret	ASS 9	ASS 13	SIL 3	SIL 8	BHGP 12	BHGP 12	BHGP 11	9th	150
2016	Kawasaki	SIL Ret	SIL 1	OUL 12	OUL 12	BHI 7	BHI 8		KNO 5	KNO 4	SNE Ret	SNE 8	THR 12	THR 6		BHGP 11	BHGP 11		CAD 7	CAD 4		OUL 3	OUL 7	OUL 7	DON 5	DON 4	ASS 16	ASS 14	BHGP 1	BHGP 3	BHGP 12	7th	233
2017	BMW	DON 4	DON 8	BHI 9	BHI 7	OUL 5	OUL 7		KNO 6	KNO 9	SNE 7	SNE 6	BHGP 4	BHGP 4		THR 2	THR 1		CAD 4	CAD 3		SIL 9	SIL 8	SIL Ret	OUL 8	OUL 4	ASS 7	ASS 6	BHGP 7	BHGP 6	BHGP 6	4th	578
2018	BMW	DON 8	DON Ret	BHI 10	BHI 14	OUL Ret	OUL 11		SNE 7	SNE 6	KNO 10	KNO 10	BHGP 6	BHGP 10		THR 3	THR 2		CAD 7	CAD 4		SIL 8	SIL Ret	SIL 19	OUL 8	OUL 8	ASS 4	ASS 3	BHGP 5	BHGP 6	BHGP 9	5th	577
2019	BMW	SIL 14	SIL 14	OUL 6	OUL 11	DON 10	DON 9	DON 7	BRH 5	BRH 7	KNO 11	KNO 6	SNE 7	SNE 5		THR 5	THR 3		CAD 5	CAD 5		OUL DNS	OUL 8	OUL 8	ASS 8	ASS 8	DON 4	DON Ret	BHGP 7	BHGP 8	BHGP 5	6th	558

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			Pos	Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
2020	BMW	DON 12	DON 18	DON 11	SNE 13	SNE 11	SNE Ret	SIL 14	SIL 11	SIL 15	OUL 12	OUL 10	OUL 8	DON 12	DON Ret	DON 11	BRH 13	BRH 8	BRH 8																14th	71
2021	BMW	OUL 4	OUL 3	OUL 5	KNO Ret	KNO 7	KNO 8	BHGP Ret	BHGP 9	BHGP 7	THR 3	THR 5	THR 8	DON 9	DON 4	DON 14	CAD 1	CAD 1	CAD 2	SNE 7	SNE 10	SNE 7	SIL Ret	SIL 10	SIL 12	OUL 5	OUL 5	OUL 4	DON Ret	DON Ret	DON 7	BHGP 5	BHGP 5	BHGP 5	5th	1092
2022	BMW	SIL 11	SIL 7	SIL 9	OUL 5	OUL 8	OUL 9	DON 9	DON 4	DON Ret	KNO 13	KNO Ret	KNO 12	BRH 11	BRH 12	BRH 8	THR 5	THR 4	THR Ret	CAD 6	CAD 7	CAD 6	SNE 8	SNE 5	SNE 2	OUL DSQ	OUL 10	OUL 7	DON 3	DON 8	DON 11	BRH 2	BRH 1	BRH 5	9th	283
2023	BMW	SIL 11	SIL Ret	SIL 12	OUL 4	OUL Ret	OUL 6	DON 13	DON 7	DON 11	KNO 16	KNO Ret	KNO 12	SNE 20	SNE DNS	SNE Ret	BRH 8	BRH 12	BRH Ret	THR 10	THR 8	THR 9	CAD 9	CAD Ret	CAD 10	OUL 9	OUL 10	OUL 11	DON 9	DON 10	DON 7	BRH 6	BRH 9	BRH Ret	12th	173
2024	BMW	NAV 12	NAV 10		OUL 13	OUL 15	OUL Ret	DON WD	DON WD	DON WD	KNO Ret	KNO Ret	KNO WD	SNE Ret	SNE 15	SNE 14	BRH 15	BRH 12	BRH 13	THR 10	THR 13	THR 12	CAD 12	CAD 15	CAD 9	OUL 8	OUL 14	OUL 11	DON 14	DON 13	DON Ret	BRH 5	BRH 8	BRH 11	15th	120
2025	BMW	OUL	OUL	OUL	DON	DON	DON	SNE	SNE	SNE	KNO	KNO	KNO	BRH	BRH	BRH	THR	THR	THR	CAD	CAD	CAD	DON	DON	DON	ASS	ASS	ASS	OUL	OUL	OUL	BRH	BRH	BRH

* Season still in progress.

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

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

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			Pos	Pts
		R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2
2022	BMW	SPA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	NED	POR	POR	POR	ITA	ITA	ITA	GBR 22	GBR 16	GBR 19	CZE 22	CZE 19	CZE 14	FRA	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	ARG	ARG	ARG	INA	INA	INA	AUS	AUS	AUS	30th	2

^* Season still in progress.

Isle of Man TT

TT race victories

Year	Race	Motorcycle	Average Speed
2024	Superbike TT	BMW	135.534 mph
2023	Senior TT	BMW	132.526 mph
2023	Supertwin 2 TT	Yamaha	119.318 mph
2023	Superstock 2 TT	BMW	133.676 mph
2023	Superstock 1 TT	BMW	132.937 mph
2022	Senior TT	BMW	129.432 mph
2022	Supertwin TT	Paton	120.006 mph
2022	Superstock TT	BMW	130.552 mph
2022	Superbike TT	BMW	130.634 mph
2019	Supersport 2 TT	Triumph	127.671 mph
2019	Superstock TT	BMW	130.488 mph
2019	Superbike TT	BMW	132.644 mph
2018	Senior TT	BMW	131.700 mph
2018	Superstock TT	BMW	131.553 mph

TT career summary

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	8th	10th	11th	14th	21st	DNF
No of times	14	12	5	2	1	1	4	2	1	1	1	7

Last updated in June 2024^[33]