Peter Broeker

{{Short description|Canadian racing driver (1926{{ndash}}1980)}}

{{Infobox F1 driver

| name = Peter Broeker

| nationality = {{flag|CAN|1957|name=Canadian}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|05|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|11|04|1926|05|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Ottawa, Canada

| Years = {{F1|1963}}

| Team(s) = Stebro

| Races = 1

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 0

| Podiums = 0

| Points = 0

| Poles = 0

| Fastest laps = 0

| First race = 1963 United States Grand Prix

}}

Peter William Broeker (15 May 1926 - 4 November 1980){{cite web|url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Peter_Broeker |title=Peter Broeker |accessdate=19 June 2012 |publisher=oldracingcars.com}} was a racing driver from Canada. He participated in one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix, the 1963 United States Grand Prix, driving a Stebro, a car of his own construction.Hayhoe, David & Holland, David (2006). Grand Prix Data Book (4th edition). Haynes, Sparkford, UK. {{ISBN|1-84425-223-X}} He finished seventh, albeit 22 laps down, and scored no championship points. According to the Toronto Star at the time: "Broeker, first Canadian ever to compete in a world championship Formula One race in a Canadian-built car, finished seventh over-all despite giving away more than 80 horsepower to the rest of the field of 21."Toronto Star, October 7, 1963, Page 10. He owned Stebro, an aftermarkets performance parts company that is still in operation.

In 1973 Broeker wrote and published Olympic Coins: From Antiquity to the Present.Abe Books (http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?tn=Olympic+Coins+Antiquity+Present) He held US citizenship as well as Canadian.

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