born 15 September 2005
Career
Karting
After starting to race in karts at the age of six, Barter progressed into national competitions, where he came second in the Australian Kart Championship in 2019 and won the opening round of the 2020 season, prior to the season being abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He also competed in the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals on two occasions, where he achieved eighth and ninth places in 2016 and 2019 respectively.
Lower formulae
2021
Barter began racing in cars in 2021, having signed up for the French F4 Championship. The first round at
Nogaro Circuit brought immediate success, as the Australian took victory on Sunday, whilst the following event at Magny-Cours heralded a triple of podiums, bringing Barter into the championship fight. However, the middle part of the season would not yield the strongest results, with just two podiums coming his way in the space of four rounds, which meant that Barter had lost a lot of ground to fellow contenders
Esteban Masson and Macéo Capietto going into the season finale. There, Barter showed some more good form, scoring a pair of podiums in the main races, and after a disqualification for Capietto, Barter inherited the win of the final race, which put him second in the standings.
2022
For the 2022 season, Barter opted to remain in Formula 4, citing his lack of pole positions and their importance in higher-level championships, such as Formula Regional, as a main reason for him to stay in the category.
The Australian remained in French F4, whilst also competing for
Campos Racing in the F4 Spanish Championship. In the latter, Barter started his campaign out strongly, being victorious in the season opener at
Portimao Circuit.
After this however, teammate
Nikola Tsolov would become the dominant force within the championship, leading Barter to only take one podium from the subsequent two rounds.
He would experience a more successful weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, finishing second in all three races to Tsolov, cementing himself in second place overall.
At the next round in Aragón, Barter would add to his tally with two victories, as well as a third place in Race 2,
before taking a hattrick of wins at Navarra, where he also took a pair of pole positions.
By this stage, Tsolov had been crowned as the champion, with Barter ending his season by scoring two further podiums at Barcelona, securing himself the runner-up spot.
In the latter championship, the Australian proved his experience within the category by taking pole position for and winning the main races in Nogaro Circuit,
FIA Formula 3 Championship
In late September 2022, Barter partook in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test with
Campos Racing during the second and third days.
In January 2023, Campos announced that Barter had signed with the team for the full 2023 season.
Barter had a difficult season, having to wait until the fifth round at the Red Bull Ring to score points, placing eighth in the feature race.
He finished sixth in the Silverstone sprint race after a right gamble, and again finished sixth in the Spa sprint race having started on reverse pole.
Shortly before the Monza finale, it was announced that Barter would be unable to complete the season due to unspecified issues, and was replaced by FRECA racer
Joshua Dufek.
He placed 19th overall, with 14 points.
Formula E
In April 2023, Barter participated in the
Formula E Berlin rookie test with Maserati MSG Racing.
Two years later in July 2025, Barter will return to the Berlin rookie test, driving for
Lola Cars Yamaha
Abt Sportsline.
E-Sports
Hugh Barter races for
Drago Racing Esports Team in iRacing.
Personal life
Barter was born in
Nagoya to a Japanese mother and Australian father and grew up in
Melbourne.
Karting record
Karting career summary
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| Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Mini MAX | International Karting Distribution | 8th |
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| Rotax Pro Tour Championship — J-Max | | 3rd |
| Victoria Kart Championship — KA4 | | 1st |
| Victoria Kart Championship — KA3 | | 2nd |
| Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Rotax Junior | | 9th |
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‡ The championship was cancelled after two rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Racing record
Racing career summary
* Season still in progress.
Complete French F4 Championship results
() (Races in
bold indicate pole position) (Races in
italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results
() (Races in
bold indicate pole position) (Races in
italics indicate fastest lap)
|
| 2022
!nowrap | Campos Racing | ALG
1
| ALG
2
| ALG
3
| JER
1
| JER
2
| JER
3
| CRT
1
| CRT
2
| CRT
3
| SPA
1
| SPA
2
| SPA
3
| ARA
1
| ARA
2
| ARA
3
| NAV
1
| NAV
2
| NAV
3
| CAT
1
| CAT
2
| CAT
3
! style=background:#DFDFDF | 2nd
! style=background:#DFDFDF | 287 |
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results
(
key) (Races in
bold indicate pole position) (Races in
italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
|
| 2023
!nowrap | Campos Racing | BHR
SPR
| BHR
FEA
| MEL
SPR
| MEL
FEA
| MON
SPR
| MON
FEA
| CAT
SPR
| CAT
FEA
| RBR
SPR
| RBR
FEA
| SIL
SPR
| SIL
FEA
| HUN
SPR
| HUN
FEA
| SPA
SPR
| SPA
FEA
| MNZ
SPR | MNZ
FEA
! 19th
! 14 |
Complete F4 Indian Championship results
() (Races in
bold indicate pole position) (Races in
italics indicate fastest lap)
|
| 2024
! nowrap | Godspeed Kochi | MAD1
1
| MAD1
2
| MAD1
3
| CHE
1
| CHE
2
| MAD2
1 | MAD2
2 | MAD2
3 | MAD2
4 | KAR1
1 | KAR1
2 | KAR1
3 | KAR2
1 | KAR2
2 | KAR2
3
! 5th
! 95 |
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