Peter Hickman


Peter John Hickman, is an English professional motorcycle racer. For 2020, he will again compete in the British Superbike Championship and International road races aboard a BMW S1000RR, for Smiths Racing with team-mate Alex Olsen. Hickman finished 2019 British Superbike Championship season in sixth place.

Racing background

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.
He currently holds the record as the fastest ever newcomer at the Isle of Man TT, with a fastest average lap speed of, and a race-average speed of. He prepared for his TT race debut by travelling to the Island 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.
Hickman achieved his first international road race win at the 2015 Ulster Grand Prix, winning the feature race ahead of Conor Cummins.
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. Hickman won the Senior TT, raising the absolute lap record to on the final lap, winning from Dean Harrison with Manxman Conor Cummins in third.

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.
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.
In the 2017 event, Hickman was placed second, in front of event team-mate Michael Rutter, both riding Bathams BMWs.
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 and Martin Jessop.

Career statistics

British Superbike Championship