Peter Hirt (30 March 1910 – 28 June 1992) was a racing driver from Switzerland.
He participated in five World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 27 May 1951. He scored no championship points. He was a member of the Ecurie Espadon. Info from Wiki
Agentleman Swiss driver who occasionally took part in major races.
Hirt was a gentleman Swiss driver who occasionally took part in major races and never remotely troubled the leaders.
He purchased one of Loof’s Veritas-Meteors with fellow countryman Paul Glauser, and ran it during the 1950 and 1951 seasons, but it proved very unreliable in his hands, regularly posting early retirements.
He was glad to join forces with Rudi Fischer in 1952 when the Swiss pair ran Formula 2 Ferraris under the Ecurie Espadon (Swordfish) banner. Peter ran the old T212 car with no great success, and after having a bash in the team’s T500 at Bremgarten late in 1953 he was seen no more on the circuits at major level.
(c) ‘Who is Who’ by Steve Small, 2000
