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Jan Lammers
Born (1956-06-02) 2 June 1956 (age 68)
Zandvoort, Netherlands
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Active years19791982, 1992
TeamsShadow, ATS, Ensign, Theodore and March
Entries41 (23 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1979 Argentine Grand Prix
Last entry1992 Australian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years19831984, 19871990, 19921993, 19982008, 2011, 2017, 2018
TeamsRichard Lloyd Racing, GTi Engineering, Tom Walkinshaw Racing, Toyota Team Tom's, Racing for Holland, Hope Racing, Racing Team Nederland
Best finish1st (1988)
Class wins1 (1988)

Johannes Antonius "Jan" Lammers (born 2 June 1956) is a Dutch racecar driver, most notable for winning the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans world endurance race, for Silk Cut Jaguar/TWR; after four seasons in Formula One racing, from 1979 through 1982, for the F1 teams of Shadow, ATS, Ensign and Theodore, respectively. After a world-record setting ten-year hiatus, Lammers made a brief Formula One comeback, for two races, with team March in 1992. Aside from racing in these two of the highest leagues of global auto-sports, Lammers has raced in an exceptionally wide number of racing series and competitions, domestic and abroad, over four decades.

Later in life, Lammers became a team owner as well, first setting up his own Formula Opel Lotus team, Vitaal Racing, winning the EFDA Opel Lotus Euroseries with Peter Kox in 1989, then creating the Racing for Holland outfit that raced in sportscars class in 2001-2007. Between 2005 and 2009, he was the seatholder of the Dutch A1 Grand Prix team. During his Racing for Holland days, Lammers combined racing and management duties to win the 2002 and 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship.

One of the most versatile drivers in modern motor racing history, Lammers started in touring cars, to become the youngest Dutch champion in history in 1973 while repeating the act in 1976. He also raced in the European Renault 5 Turbo Cup, taking the 1983 and 1984 European titles. As a single-seater driver, his steps towards Formula One include securing the title in the 1978 European Formula 3 Championship. He remains the only Dutch driver to have done so. At the zenith of his career in Group C sports-prototypes, Lammers lifted the crown in the 1992 Japanese Sportscar Championship.

Lammers has further raced in Formula Ford, Formula 2, IndyCar racing, International F3000, Japanese F3000, the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), BPR Global GT, FIA GT, the European Le Mans Series, the IMSA SportsCar Championship, the American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am, and the Dakar Rally.

Guest appearances include the Grand Prix Masters for retired F1 drivers, the BMW M1 Procar Series, the Dutch Supercar Challenge, the Dubai 24 Hours and Gulf 12 Hours endurance races, the VW Scirocco R-Cup and the Dutch domestic Tulpenrallye.

In recent years, Lammers was an important figurehead / ambassador for reviving the Dutch Formula One GP on the coastal dunes situated Zandvoort circuit, achieved since 2021.

Early career

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Touring cars

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Lammers racing the Simca Rallye 2 at Zandvoort.
Lammers racing the Simca Rallye 2 at Zandvoort.

Born in Zandvoort, Lammers grew up washing cars at the nearby school for advanced and anti-skid driving skills training, run by Dutch touring-car legend Rob Slotemaker. Encouraged by Slotemaker, and while still under-age for a regular Dutch driving licence, the teenager nicknamed ‘Jantje’ (‘Little John’) was also hired to teach drivers on a private, closed track, how to safely recover a car from a skid situation. Having recognised Lammers' talent, Slotemaker set him up in a Simca Rallye 2 for the 7,500-9,000 guilder Group 1 production car class in the 1973 Dutch Touring Car Championship.[1] At 16 years of age, Lammers won his first-ever car race and continued to take the season title in his rookie year, becoming the youngest Dutch national auto racing champion in history.

Two more years in the Simca followed in a revised 8,000-10,000 guilder class, Lammers taking four more wins in 1974 but narrowly missing out on a title repeat.[2] Wins elude him in 1975 but his name has already been made.[3] In 1976, he switched to an Opel Dealer Team Holland-run Opel Kadett GT/E to take his second Dutch title.[4]

Road to Formula One

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Formula Ford

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Dovetailing his 1976 touring-car campaign with a first season in Formula Ford, Lammers quickly realises his future is in single-seaters. Driving a Crosslé in the Benelux, German and European Championship, the touring-car boy wonder surprises everyone by grabbing pole position at his first race, winning at the Jyllandring and Mengen and shining in the soaking wet finale of the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch.[5]

Formula 3

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Lammers showing the way around at a wet Zandvoort in Formula 3.
Lammers showing the way around at a wet Zandvoort in Formula 3.

Stepping up with Hawke to Formula 3 in 1977 proves to be a false dawn, as the Hawke proves no match for the Marches and the Ralts. For 1978, he switches to the Racing Team Holland outfit run by Alan Docking, with fellow future Formula 1 driver Huub Rothengatter and later Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendijk as his team mates. This is an inspired move as it leads to Lammers winning the 1978 European Formula 3 Championship after a close battle with Swede Anders Olofsson, while beating highly touted rivals such as Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell. Lammers takes wins at Zandvoort, Magny-Cours, Karlskoga and in the famous Lotteria race at Monza to lift the crown. At the time, leading British magazine Autosport predicts: "He just has to be a World Champion of the eighties."[5]

Formula 2

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Having received an offer from the works March Formula 2 team, Lammers decides to jump the category to go straight into Formula One with Shadow in 1979. He will make his single Formula 2 appearance in 1980, driving a March-BMW in his home race at Zandvoort, where he retires from third place.[5]

Formula One

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Lammers spends four seasons in Formula One, racing largely uncompetitive machinery and failing to score a World Championship point in any of his 41 appearances.[6] His talent is universally recognised, though, and the Dutchman only narrowly misses out on the chance to join Ferrari in 1982 as a replacement of Gilles Villeneuve who was killed at Zolder earlier in the year. The drive goes to Patrick Tambay instead.

Lammers presenting the Samson-liveried Shadow DN9B at Zandvoort.
Lammers presenting the Samson-liveried Shadow DN9B at Zandvoort.

In 1979, Lammers and fellow rookie Elio de Angelis join Shadow, but the team led by American Don Nichols is in its death throes, and the pair fail to make an impact with a poor car, with de Angelis scoring the team's only points that year, being an excellent fourth place, at Watkins Glen. Lammers’ best result is a ninth place in the Canadian GP. Both are invited by Colin Chapman to test for Lotus, with De Angelis getting the job for 1980, as Lammers is unwilling to wait for Chapman’s decision. Instead, he decides to sign for the German-owned ATS team.

Multiple 500cc champion Kenny Roberts chats with Lammers at the 1980 Dutch GP.
Multiple 500cc champion Kenny Roberts chats with Lammers at the 1980 Dutch GP.

The underfunded outfit hands Lammers the old D3 car while team leader Marc Surer debuts with the new D4, but when Surer breaks his legs in an accident, Lammers gets his hands on the new D4. He immediately qualifies fourth on the grid at Long Beach but the car breaks on the opening lap of the race. This would remain the highpoint of his F1 career.[7] Other notable ATS performances include battling Jody Scheckter’s Ferrari at Zolder, and retiring from a points-scoring position at Jarama. When Surer makes a return to ATS, Lammers is forced to jump ship to Ensign. In contrasting fortunes, his former teammate De Angelis has a fine season at Lotus while Lammers fails to qualify the cumbersome Ensign on several occasions.

For 1981, Lammers is invited for a test to become Nelson Piquet’s teammate at Brabham, but team principal Bernie Ecclestone chooses to go with Mexican pay driver Hector Rebaque.[5] Instead, Lammers rejoins ATS and shines in the controversial non-championship South African GP at Kyalami where he fights De Angelis for second place until he is hit by brake problems. When Swede Slim Borgudd arrives with healthy funding from pop band ABBA, Lammers has to move over.

Jan Lammers driving the Theodore TY02 at the Dutch Grand Prix in 1982
Lammers in talks at the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix.
Lammers in talks at the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix.

In 1982, Lammers switches to Theodore but the underfunded team fails to hand him the opportunity to shine. At Monaco, Lammers’ TY02 has to stay on nude rims for a day because the team doesn't get any tyres. Still seen as a natural talent, he is asked by Renault to replace the injured Prost at Detroit, only for the championship leader to recover in time. Lammers steps back into the Theodore but before the start of the first session he is approached by Ferrari to replace Gilles Villeneuve from Zandvoort on. In a twist of fate, the Theodore’s throttle sticks during the session and Lammers hits the wall to break his thumb. As a result, Patrick Tambay signs the Ferrari contract.[5] At Zandvoort, instead of driving the Ferrari, Lammers takes part in his last Grand Prix before Tommy Byrne takes over the seat.

Late 1985, Lammers is given a test by Toleman at Estoril but with the team unable to get a tyre contract for 1986, plans for a Formula One return fall through. In 1989, another Formula One opportunity comes to nothing when Lammers is asked by Ken Tyrrell to replace Michele Alboreto, but the Dutchman decides to stick with TWR Jaguar, and Tyrrell signs up Jean Alesi instead.[5]

Then in 1992, Lammers makes a surprise Formula One comeback when he steps in at March for the final two races of the season – a full ten years after his initial final Grand Prix, a record career gap in Formula One. Replacing Karl Wendlinger, Lammers laps sixth fastest in wet free practice at Suzuka, before retiring from the race with a broken gearbox. At Adelaide, he finishes 12th. Looking set to continue with March in 1993, his Formula One ambitions receive a blow when the team is denied an engine deal by Ilmor unless bills are paid. This leaves Lammers a spectator at Kyalami, after which the team folds.[8]

Another Formula One option hits the rocks when Lammers is signed by the DAMS F3000 team for its debut season in 1996, having already tested their GD-01 car all through 1995. The project remains stillborn when DAMS fails to gather sufficient funding.[5]

Sportscars

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Fed up with driving inferior machines at the back of the Formula One grid, Lammers decides to switch to sportscar racing where he becomes a mainstay for the next three decades, both as a driver and a team owner.[9] His time in Group C includes seasons with Richard Lloyd Racing’s private Porsche 956, the works Jaguar team and the works Toyota team, while in the days of LMP900 and LMP1, Lammers runs his own Racing for Holland team with the Japanese Dome S101 chassis. His final call at Le Mans comes in 2017 and 2018 when he races the Racing Team Nederland Dallara in LMP2, sharing with Rubens Barrichello and Jumbo Supermarkets CEO and team owner Frits van Eerd.[10]

Prototypes

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Having turned his back on Formula One, Lammers starts his World Sportscar Championship career in 1983 by joining top Porsche privateer Richard Lloyd Racing, taking several podium finishes with Thierry Boutsen, Keke Rosberg and Jonathan Palmer, while finishing sixth on his Le Mans debut. In 1984, he is paired with Palmer, and the Canon-liveried 956 takes victory over the works cars at Brands Hatch. The two add podiums at Monza, the Nürburgring, Sandown Park and Imola, and retire from Le Mans in a winning position.

Teaming up with John Watson at Silk Cut Jaguar in 1987.
Teaming up with John Watson at Silk Cut Jaguar in 1987.

A mid-season switch sees Lammers snapped up by Tom Walkinshaw at TWR Jaguar, and on his debut for the team at a very hot Shah Alam in Malaysia he brings home the Jag in second place. Meanwhile, he makes his IMSA GTP debut racing a March-Buick at Miami with Roberto Guerrero. In the 1986 Daytona 24 Hours, driving the BF Goodrich Porsche 962, he is heading for victory when his brakes fail, leading to a sizeable crash that he is lucky to escape from. Later in the season, when his promising IndyCar adventure collapses with the disappointing Eagle, Walkinshaw is quick to lure Lammers back to TWR. The Dutchman is immediately competitive with second at Spa and third at Jerez, before racing for Nissan at Watkins Glen in IMSA GTP.

In 1987, Lammers joins TWR Jaguar – now sponsored by Silk Cut – as a proper works driver, and is teamed with Grand Prix veteran John Watson. They win at Jarama, Monza and Fuji and take podiums at Silverstone, Brands Hatch and Spa. At Le Mans, third driver Win Percy crashes their car out of the race. Team orders mean that they finish second in the championship.

1988 would become Lammers’ most successful season in Group C racing. Now paired with ex-Lotus Formula One driver Johnny Dumfries, the two finish second at Spa and third at Brno, before being joined by Andy Wallace at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Lammers drives for 13 hours to be the anchor in a popular win for TWR Jaguar, the first for the marque since 1957. For this, he is congratulated by Queen Elizabeth II and rewarded with the title of Honorary Member of the BRDC. In IMSA, Lammers is part of the crew that wins the Daytona 24 Hours, after he is moved over from his retired car to join Martin Brundle, Raul Boesel and John Nielsen in the lead Jaguar entry, winning the race. With regular teammate Davy Jones, Lammers wins at Del Mar and ends up on the podium at West Palm Beach, Lime Rock, Mid-Ohio and Sears Point.[11]

The Jan Lammers/Andy Wallace Toyota TS010 leads the example of Geoff Lees/Hitoshi Ogawa at the 1992 FIA WSC round at Silverstone.
The Jan Lammers/Andy Wallace Toyota TS010 leads the example of Geoff Lees/Hitoshi Ogawa at the 1992 FIA WSC round at Silverstone.

In 1989, the Jaguars were outclassed by the resurgent Mercedes effort, with Lammers only managing to score a second place at Jarama with Patrick Tambay. In the US, Lammers is more successful, winning in Portland and Del Mar, taking second in the Daytona 24 Hours, Lime Rock, Mid-Ohio and Road America and third at Sears Point and Topeka. The following year, Lammers wins the Daytona 24 Hours again, this time paired with Andy Wallace and Davy Jones, before taking third in the Sebring 12 Hours. In the WSC, however, Jaguar’s new turbo engine proves fast but unreliable, and together with Wallace, Lammers only picks up a pair of second places. Switching to the proven atmospheric V12 for Le Mans, Jaguar takes the double, but Lammers is in the second Jaguar across the line, having to recover from an earlier crash by teammate Franz Konrad.

Having opted for a switch to Toyota, Lammers decides to wait in the wings for the new programme to come alive in 1992. In the World Championship, mated with Geoff Lees, Lammers takes two podium finishes, second at Suzuka and third at Magny-Cours. In the Japanese Sports-Prototype Championship, however, two wins at Fuji and Mine add up to another title for the Dutchman. One more Toyota appearance follows in 1993, finishing sixth for the Japanese constructor in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

With Mario Andretti and Derek Warwick in the Courage-Porsche C36 at the 1996 Le Mans 24 Hours.
With Mario Andretti and Derek Warwick in the Courage-Porsche C36 at the 1996 Le Mans 24 Hours.

In 1995, Lammers returns to IMSA to compete at Daytona and Sebring in the Auto Toy Store Spice-Chevrolet SE90. With Andy Wallace, he wins the Sebring 12 Hours on the road but a timekeeping error declares the Fermín Velez/Andy Evans/Eric van de Poele Ferrari 333SP as the winner, while as a guest driver, Lammers joins Derek Warwick and Mario Andretti in a Courage-Porsche C36 to finish sixth in the 1996 Le Mans 24 Hours.

In 1999 and 2000, Lammers returns to prototype racing, as Konrad Motorsport moves up to the LMP class with a Ford-engined Lola B98/10, followed by a B2K/10, while in the US he joins J&P Motorsports to race a Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S. In the meantime, he progresses with setting up his own team for 2001. At Konrad, teaming up with countrymen Tom Coronel and Peter Kox serves as a prequel to that.

Lammers in the Dome S101 in the Ford chicane at the 2003 Le Mans 24 Hours.
Lammers in the Dome S101 in the Ford chicane at the 2003 Le Mans 24 Hours.

Lammers embarks on a new era of sportscar success in 2001 when he rekindles his ties with Japanese manufacturer Dome to race their Judd-engined S101, entering it in the new FIA Sportscar Championship and the Le Mans 24 Hours with young Dutch-born but Belgian-licensed Val Hillebrand as his teammate. For Le Mans, the Dutchman offers small segments of bodywork to small, private sponsors, giving the car the look of a driving chequered flag. A contribution of 2200 euros is enough to become a Racing for Holland sponsor. Lammers and Hillebrand dominate the final round of the championship before going into the new season as clear favourites, while placing themselves amongst the Audis at Le Mans. With three wins and five podiums Lammers and Hillebrand indeed take the 2002 title in the leading SR1 class, before doubling up in 2003, again with three wins and five podiums. Meanwhile in 2002, Lammers races the Crawford SSC2K at Daytona and joins Champion for Sebring to take third in their Audi R8.

When the FIA Sportscar Championship collapses after 2003, the Dome continues at Le Mans, where Lammers takes seventh in 2004 along with Elton Julian and countryman John Bosch, the trio copying the result in 2005. In the meantime, the Dutchman guests at Doran-Lista to take fourth in the 2004 Daytona 24 Hours and with Dyson Racing at Sebring and the Petit Le Mans, finishing third in the latter. In the 2005 Daytona 24 Hours, Lammers steps into the Howard-Boss Motorsports Crawford DP03 to claim another US podium with third. Rejoining them for 2006, their second cooperation gains no results.

With the start of the Le Mans Series in 2005, Racing for Holland signs up for assorted rounds in 2005, 2006 and 2007, but by now the Dome is outclassed by the more recent LMP1 designs. After he shuts down the team while continuing to pay off its debts well into the next decade, Lammers returns as a gun for hire in 2008. In an LMP2 season dominated by Jos Verstappen and the Van Merksteijn Porsche RS Spyder, Lammers teams up with the Swiss Horag-Lista team’s RS Spyder to finish the year fourth in class, along with teammate Didier Theys. At Le Mans in 2008, he joins Greg Pickett and Klaus Graf in the Charouz Racing System Lola-Judd B07/17, but the car fails to finish.

Jan Lammers shared the Racing Team Nederland Dallara P217 with Rubens Barrichello and Frits van Eerd.
Jan Lammers shared the Racing Team Nederland Dallara P217 with Rubens Barrichello and Frits van Eerd.

Having gone into semi-retirement from 2010, Lammers hooks up with Hope Racing to race the experimental SwissHyTech Hybrid-engined ORECA 01, and does one 2016 Le Mans Cup round in the Racing Team Holland Ligier-Nissan JSP3, but waits until 2017 for his final foray in top-level prototype racing, signing up for a three-year spell with Racing Team Nederland, the team funded by Dutch supermarket mogul Frits van Eerd. Racing their Dallara-Gibson P217 in the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series, Lammers and Van Eerd claim a seventh and eighth as their best results in a full 2017 ELMS season. In 2018 and 2019, Lammers acts as third driver to Van Eerd and Giedo van der Garde at Le Mans before closing the curtain on his active career.[12]

GTs

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On the back of the failed DAMS Formula One project, Lammers joins the Lotus Racing outfit for BPR Global GT in 1996. The GTI team is headed by countryman Toine Hezemans along with Ian Foley and George Howard-Chappell and runs a pair of Lotus Esprit V8s in the GT1 category. Teamed with Alex Portman, Perry McCarthy, Chris Goodwin, Andy Wallace, Fabien Giroix and Mike Hezemans, he claims pole at the Nürburgring and takes second at Silverstone, but apart from that the car proves very unreliable. In 1997, its Lotus Elise GT1 successor is outclassed by McLaren-BMW and Mercedes in the inaugural FIA GT Championship. After the Lotus takeover by Proton, the GT1 programme is quickly canned.

With Mike Hezemans and Alexander Grau at the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours.
With Mike Hezemans and Alexander Grau at the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours.

In 1998, Lammers races the Bitter GT1 for Team Hezemans before switching to GT2 with Roock Racing and Konrad Motorsport, while helping to develop Nissan’s new R390 GT1 car. At Le Mans, he joins Erik Comas and Andrea Montermini to finish sixth, as the Nissans get beaten by Porsche’s 911 GT1. Late in the season, Lammers returns to Konrad to share a 911 GT2 with Franz Konrad in the Petit Le Mans, followed by a win at Laguna Seca.

Following a five-year GT break, the Dutchman teams up with Prodrive to drive their Ferrari 550 Maranello in the 2003 Petit Le Mans, finishing fourth in the GTS class, and then in 2008, having closed down his own team, Lammers makes a few guest appearances in GT racing, driving the Spa 24 Hours in the Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT for the IPB-Spartak team. Meanwhile, he does a full season of ADAC GT sharing Reiter Engineering’s Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 with countryman Marius Ritskes, with three second places as his best results. Continuing in 2009 under the Racing Team Holland banner (not to be confused with Racing for Holland), the duo fails to score any more points. A one-off at Spa in the team’s GT4 Ford Mustang FR500C fails to materialise.

Another single GT4 appearance takes place in 2016 with a Ginetta G55 GT4 drive in the Paul Ricard 24 Hours for Team Africa Le Mans. His final two GT races come at his farewell weekend at Le Mans in 2019, sharing a Bentley Continental GT3 with Greg Mills for the same Team Africa Le Mans.[13]

Other championships

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IndyCar

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In 1985, Lammers grabs the opportunity to make his IndyCar debut, taking a drive with the small AMI Racing team. His strong performance in their March-Cosworth 85C allows him to be snapped up by the Forsythe-Green team, racing their Lola-Cosworth T800 and T900 in the final three races of the season, The Dutchman immediately scores points for them with fifth at Laguna Seca. At Miami, Lammers challenges Danny Sullivan for victory before making a mistake towards the end. This leads to Dan Gurney’s All-American Racers signing Lammers as their lead driver for the 1986 season, but that year’s Eagle GC86 proves uncompetitive and Gurney withdraws the team ahead of the Indianapolis 500. Taking over the Machinists Union GC86 for three races later in the season leads to an eighth at Laguna Seca and ninth at Miami.[5]

F3000

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1986 is a season that proves Lammers’ ultimate versatility, as he races in IndyCars, the WSC and Formula 3 while also taking up on an offer from Eddie Jordan Racing to replace Russell Spence in the team’s March-Cosworth 86B. His single appearance at the Le Mans-Bugatti circuit results in an 11th-place finish.

In 1991, while waiting for Toyota’s new sportscar programme to come on song, Lammers is in Japan to help Dome with the development of the Mugen-engined F102, their new F3000 car. Rewarded with a one-off race outing at Suzuka, he takes third in his single appearance in the All-Nippon F3000 Championship.

More F3000 follows in 1993 after his Formula One deal with March fails to materialise. Accepting an offer to join the Italian Il Barone Rampante team to follow in the footsteps of Rubens Barrichello, Lammers takes fourth at Enna as his best result before the team is forced to close shop before the end of the season.

Two years later, Lammers is back in F3000 as he joins the Vortex team owned by Dutch transport magnate Henny Vollenberg. He wins the F3000 South African GP at Kyalami, beating Kenny Bräck and teammate Tarso Marques, and does three more European rounds before quitting the team when key staff decide to leave.[5]

Macau GP

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Making a surprise return to Formula 3, Lammers joins the Macau GP grid in 1985, racing a Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 for Intersport Racing. He embarrasses many of the regulars by qualifying and finishing third. In 1986, he repeats the trick with Murray Taylor Racing’s similar Ralt, again finishing third. Returning to Intersport in 1987, Lammers goes one better to take second place in their Ralt-Toyota RT31, storming up from 11th on the grid, while his final Macau appearance comes in 1988, again with Intersport. This time, he hauls his Ralt-Toyota RT32 up to sixth from 17th on the grid.[5]

Lammers turning the Volvo 850 Estate into Clark Curve at Brands Hatch.
Lammers turning the Volvo 850 Estate into Clark Curve at Brands Hatch.

BTCC

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After his less successful 1993 season, Lammers makes a surprise move to join the touring car trail during the BTCC’s burgeoning Super Touring era. Teaming with his old friends from TWR, he becomes teammate to Rickard Rydell in a pair of Volvo 850 SE cars. With its estate shape, the 850 SE is a crowd puller but it lacks ultimate pace and Lammers finishes no higher than fifth.[5]

One-make series

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BMW Procar

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In 1980, during his time at ATS and Ensign, Lammers takes part in the second season of the BMW M1 Procar Series that is run on Grand Prix weekends, with several Grand Prix drivers such as Jones, Lauda, Pironi and Piquet being part of the show. Lammers wins the opening race at Donington Park, finishes second at Avus and the Norisring, starts from pole position at Monaco and is the title favourite until Hans-Joachim Stuck drives him off the track at Imola.[5]

Renault 5 Turbo Cup

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In his final Formula One season, Lammers becomes a regular in the European Renault 5 Turbo Cup, representing Renault Netherlands and taking home one win. He continues in the series in 1983 to take four wins and the championship, and repeats the trick in even more dominant fashion in 1984, lifting eight victories on his way to the title.[5]

Grand Prix Masters

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In 2005 and 2006, the Grand Prix Masters are set up as a one-make motor racing series featuring retired Formula One drivers. Lammers takes part in the sole event of 2005, finishing ninth at Kyalami, and also races in both 2006 events, taking seventh at Losail and retiring from the race at Silverstone.[14]

VW Scirocco R-Cup

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Having already retired as a full-time professional driver, Lammers guests in four races across three seasons (2010, 2011 and 2013) of the VW Scirocco R-Cup, with ninth in the 2013 Hockenheim round as his best result.[14]

Other appearances

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Rallies

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Racing for Holland's familiar chequered-flag livery returned for Lammers' Dakar adventure.
Racing for Holland's familiar chequered-flag livery returned for Lammers' Dakar adventure.

As further proof of his versatility, Lammers adds the Dutch Tulpenrallye to his portfolio in 1979, driving for the Opel Dealer Team.[5] Over two decades later, he is invited to join Frits van Eerd’s new Dakar Rally enterprise in 2010. In the first of five Dakar outings in the Ginaf X2222 4x4 truck, Lammers fails to finish, before returning in the Ginaf works team in 2011, finishing 19th, and three more years with his own Ginaf-supported team, with 25th place in 2013 as his best result. In 2012, Lammers revives the chequered Racing for Holland livery for a sponsorship concept similar to the one he explored in the previous decade.[14]

Team principal

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Next to his career as a professional racing driver, Lammers has acted as the team principal of his own team on three very different occasions.

Vitaal Racing

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Between 1989 and 1991, Lammers runs his Opel Dealerteam Holland-supported Vitaal Racing outfit in Formula Opel Lotus. In his first year, he joins forces with Marlboro Challenge winner Peter Kox, and together they win the EFDA Opel Lotus Euroseries as well as the Benelux series. In 1990, Lammers takes on another Marlboro Challenge winner, as Marcel Albers is promoted from Formula Ford, resulting in sixth in the final European standings.[5]

Racing for Holland

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Setting up Racing for Holland at the start of the 21st century proves to be the birth of Lammers’ final period of sportscar success at the highest level. With their Dome-Judd S101, Racing for Holland takes two consecutive titles in the FIA Sportscar Championship in 2002 and 2003 and continues with the Dome until 2007. Lammers later revives the Racing for Holland moniker – and a similar sponsorship scheme – for three of his Dakar outings in the following decade.

A1GP

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Not known as Racing for Holland as such, the team is the seatholder for the Netherlands in the A1 Grand Prix series that runs between 2005 and 2009. Lammers starts off with Jos Verstappen as his driver, who takes victory at Durban in the opening 2005-’06 season, while Jeroen Bleekemolen acts as the team’s reserve driver. Bleekemolen steps up into the leading role for in 2006-’07, winning the Beijing street race, as Renger van der Zande takes his place as a backup driver, himself taking part in three races. Bleekemolen continues in 2007-’08, now supported by Arie Luyendyk Jr. Ditching its cheap Avon-shod Lola-Zytek chassis for pukka Michelin-tyred Ferrari cars, the A1GP organisation hurry into bankruptcy in a final 2008-‘09 season in which Robert Doornbos and Jeroen Bleekemolen take turns at the wheel, each winning a sprint race on their way to fourth for the Netherlands in the final standings.

New responsibilities

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Dutch GP

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After his decision to go into full retirement after the 2019 season, Lammers quickly assumes another duty, as he steps in to become sporting director of the organisation founded to revive the Dutch GP at Zandvoort. Starting in 2020, Lammers is more than just an ambassador for the event, and after a Covid-induced postponement in 2020, the Dutch dream is finally realised in 2021, when the first Dutch GP since 1985 is staged.[15]

Personal life

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Lammers has two children from his marriage with Fardous Hashem.

Currently, Lammers is in a relationship since 2001 with Mariska Hoyinck. Together they have a son, René.

Lammers’ youngest son René Lammers is currently competing in karts. The 15-year-old is a frontrunner in the FIA European Karting Championship, having won both the WSK Super Masters Series and WSK Champions Cup in 2021 as well as the WSK Euro Series in 2020 in the 60 Mini category. Young Lammers is also a two-time winner of the Trofeo Andrea Margutti and also competed in the shootout for a place in the Ferrari Driver Academy.[citation needed][16]

Racing record

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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Pts
1979 Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
Ret
BRA
14
RSA
Ret
USW
Ret
ESP
12
BEL
10
MON
DNQ
FRA
18
GBR
11
GER
10
AUT
Ret
NED
Ret
ITA
DNQ
CAN
9
USA
DNQ
NC 0
1980 Team ATS ATS D3 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
DNQ
BRA
DNQ
RSA
DNQ
NC 0
ATS D4 USW
Ret
BEL
12
MON
NC
Unipart Racing Team Ensign N180 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 FRA
DNQ
GBR
DNQ
GER
14
AUT
DNQ
NED
DNQ
ITA
DNQ
CAN
12
USA
Ret
1981 Team ATS ATS D4 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 USW
Ret
BRA
DNQ
ARG
12
SMR
DNQ
BEL MON ESP FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN CPL NC 0
1982 Theodore Racing Team Theodore TY02 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA BRA USW SMR BEL
DNQ
MON
DNQ
DET
DNQ
CAN NED
Ret
GBR
DNQ
FRA
DNQ
GER AUT SUI ITA CPL NC 0
1992 March F1 March CG911 Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10 RSA MEX BRA ESP SMR MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN
Ret
AUS
12
NC 0
Sources:[17][18]

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

[edit]

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

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Pts
1979 Zakspeed Racing Gr.5 Ford Capri Turbo Ford 1.4 L4t DAY MUG DIJ SIL NÜR
Ret
PER GLN BRH VAL [N 1]
1983 GTi Engineering C Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6 F6t MNZ
6
SIL
3
NÜR
3
LMS
8
SPA
9
FUJ KYA
5
7th 43
1984 GTi Engineering C1 Porsche 956 Porsche Type-935 2.6 F6t MNZ
5
SIL
5
LMS
Ret
NÜR
4
BRH
1
MOS 6th 75
Porsche 956 GTi SPA
Ret
IMO
2
FUJ
9
KYA SAN
3
1985 GTi Engineering C1 Porsche 956 GTi Porsche Type-935 2.6 F6t MUG MNZ
5
SIL
5
LMS HOC MOS SPA 26th 16
TWR Jaguar Jaguar XJR-6 Jaguar 6.2 V12 BRH
Ret
FUJ SHA
2
1986 Silk Cut Jaguar C1 Jaguar XJR-6 Jaguar 6.5 V12 MNZ SIL LMS NOR BRH JER
3
NÜR
Ret
SPA
2
FUJ
17
19th 27
1987 Silk Cut Jaguar C1 Jaguar XJR-8 Jaguar 7.0 V12 JAR
1
JER
Ret
MNZ
1
SIL
2
NOR
Ret
BRH
3
NÜR
Ret
SPA
2
FUJ
1
2nd 102
Jaguar 6.9 V12 LMS
Ret
1988 Silk Cut Jaguar C1 Jaguar XJR-9 Jaguar 7.0 V12 JER
Ret
JAR
Ret
MNZ
Ret
SIL
Ret
LMS
1
BRN
3
BRH
Ret
NÜR
8
SPA
2
FUJ
Ret
SAN
4
10th 118
1989 Silk Cut Jaguar C1 Jaguar XJR-9 Jaguar 7.0 V12 SUZ
Ret
DIJ
Ret
JAR
2
MEX
6
8th 30
Jaguar XJR-11 Jaguar JV6 3.5 V6t BRH
5
NÜR
10
DON
Ret
SPA
Ret
1990 Silk Cut Jaguar C1 Jaguar XJR-11 Jaguar JV6 3.5 V6t SUZ
Ret
MNZ
4
SIL
2
SPA
2
DIJ
4
NÜR
4
DON
DSQ
CGV
15
MEX
Ret
7th 21
1992 Toyota Team Tom's C1 Toyota TS010 Toyota RV10 3.5 V10 MNZ
Ret
SIL
Ret
LMS
5
DON
Ret
SUZ
2
MAG
3
6th 35
Sources:[17][18][19]
Footnotes
  1. ^ No drivers' Championship.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

[edit]
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1983 United Kingdom Canon Racing
United Kingdom GTi Engineering
United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer
United Kingdom Richard Lloyd
Porsche 956 C 339 8th 8th
1984 United Kingdom GTi Engineering United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Porsche 956 C1 239 DNF DNF
1987 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing
United States Eddie Cheever
Brazil Raul Boesel
Jaguar XJR-8LM C1 325 5th 5th
1988 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing
United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
Jaguar XJR-9LM C1 394 1st 1st
1989 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing
France Patrick Tambay
United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Jaguar XJR-9LM C1 380 4th 4th
1990 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
Austria Franz Konrad
Jaguar XJR-12 C1 355 2nd 2nd
1992 Japan Toyota Team Tom's United Kingdom Andy Wallace
Italy Teo Fabi
Toyota TS010 C1 331 8th 5th
1993 Japan Toyota Team Tom's United Kingdom Geoff Lees
Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio II
Toyota TS010 C1 353 8th 5th
1996 France Courage Compétition United States Mario Andretti
United Kingdom Derek Warwick
Courage C36-Porsche LMP1 315 13th 3rd
1997 United Kingdom GT1 Lotus Racing Netherlands Mike Hezemans
Germany Alexander Grau
Lotus Elise GT1 GT1 121 DNF DNF
1998 Japan Nissan Motorsports
United Kingdom TWR
France Érik Comas
Italy Andrea Montermini
Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 342 6th 6th
1999 Germany Konrad Motorsport
Netherlands Talkline Racing for Holland
Netherlands Peter Kox
Netherlands Tom Coronel
Lola B98/10-Ford LMP 213 DNF DNF
2000 Germany Konrad Motorsport
Netherlands Racing for Holland
Netherlands Tom Coronel
Netherlands Peter Kox
Lola B2K/10-Ford LMP900 38 DNF DNF
2001 Netherlands Racing for Holland Netherlands Donny Crevels
Belgium Val Hillebrand
Dome S101-Judd LMP900 156 DNF DNF
2002 Netherlands Racing for Holland Netherlands Tom Coronel
Belgium Val Hillebrand
Dome S101-Judd LMP900 351 9th 8th
2003 Netherlands Racing for Holland Netherlands John Bosch
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
Dome S101-Judd LMP900 360 6th 4th
2004 Netherlands Racing for Holland United States Chris Dyson
Japan Katsutomo Kaneishi
Dome S101-Judd LMP1 341 7th 6th
2005 Netherlands Racing for Holland United States Elton Julian
Netherlands John Bosch
Dome S101-Judd LMP1 346 7th 5th
2006 Netherlands Racing for Holland Malaysia Alex Yoong
Sweden Stefan Johansson
Dome S101Hb-Judd LMP1 182 DNF DNF
2007 Netherlands Racing for Holland Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Netherlands David Hart
Dome S101.5-Judd LMP1 305 25th 8th
2008 Czech Republic Charouz Racing System
United States Team Cytosport
United States Greg Pickett
Germany Klaus Graf
Lola B07/17-Judd LMP1 146 DNF DNF
2011 Switzerland Hope Racing Switzerland Steve Zacchia
Denmark Casper Elgaard
Oreca 01-Swiss HyTech LMP1 115 DNF DNF
2017 Netherlands Racing Team Nederland Brazil Rubens Barrichello
Netherlands Frits van Eerd [nl]
Dallara P217-Gibson LMP2 344 13th 11th
2018 Netherlands Racing Team Nederland Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
Netherlands Frits van Eerd [nl]
Dallara P217-Gibson LMP2 356 11th 7th
Sources:[19][20]

24 Hours of Daytona

[edit]

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos.
1986 GTP 68 United States B.F. Goodrich Porsche 962 United Kingdom Derek Warwick
United States John Morton
512 12 DNF 5 DNF
1988 GTP 61 United Kingdom Castrol Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJR-9D United States Danny Sullivan
United States Davy Jones
512 26 DNF 10 DNF
GTP 60 United Kingdom Castrol Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJR-9D United Kingdom Martin Brundle
Brazil Raul Boesel
Denmark John Nielsen
728 1 1
1989 GTP 60 United Kingdom Castrol Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJR-9 United States Davy Jones
Brazil Raul Boesel
288 43 DNF 15 DNF
1990 GTP 61 United Kingdom Castrol Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJR-12D United States Davy Jones
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
761 1 1
1995 WSC 9 United States Auto Toy Store Inc. Spice SE90-Chevrolet United Kingdom Derek Bell
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
100 64 DNF 15 DNF
1999 CA 32 Germany Konrad Motorsport Lola B98/10-Lotus Austria Franz Konrad
Italy Vincenzo Sospiri
43 71 DNF 21 DNF
2000 SR 31 Germany Konrad Motorsport Lola B98/10-Ford Austria Franz Konrad
Germany Sascha Maassen
209 63 DNF 12 DNF
2002 SRP 2 United States Crawford Racing Crawford SSC2K-Judd United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
United States Tony Stewart
346 46 DNF 11 DNF
2004 DP 27 United States Doran Lista Racing Doran JE4-Lexus Belgium Didier Theys
Belgium Marc Goossens
Switzerland Fredy Lienhard
521 4 2
2005 DP 20 United States CITGO - Howard - Boss Motorsports Crawford DP03-Pontiac United Kingdom Andy Wallace
United States Tony Stewart
699 3 3
2006 DP 2 United States Howard-Boss Motorsports Crawford DP03-Pontiac United States Danica Patrick
United Kingdom Allan McNish
United States Rusty Wallace
273 50 DNF 24 DNF
Source:[19]

PPG Indycar Series

[edit]

(key)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos. Pts Ref
1985 AMI Racing March 85C Ford Cosworth DFX LBH INDY MIL POR
16
MEA
12
CLE
DNS
MCH ROA POC MDO SAN MCH 26th 11 [21]
Forsythe Racing Lola T900 LAG
5
PHX
20
MIA
13
1986 Curb-Agajanian Racing Eagle 86GC Ford Cosworth DFX PHX
9
LBH
14
INDY
DNQ
MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MCH POC MDO SAN MCH ROA 22nd 13 [22]
Machinists Union Racing LAG
8
PHX
23
MIA
9

Indianapolis 500

[edit]
Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
1986 Eagle Ford-Cosworth DNQ Curb-Agajanian Racing
Source:[18]

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

[edit]

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
1980 March Racing Ltd March 802 BMW THR HOC NÜR VAL PAU SIL ZOL MUG ZAN
Ret
PER MIS HOC NC 0
Source:[18]

Complete International Formula 3000 results

[edit]

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Pts
1986 Jordan Racing March 86B Cosworth SIL VAL PAU SPA IMO MUG PER ÖST BIR BUG
11
JAR NC 0
1993 Il Barone Rampante Reynard 93D Cosworth DON
9
SIL
9
PAU
10
PER
4
HOC
7
NÜR
Ret
SPA MAG NOG 15th 3
1995 Vortex Motorsport Reynard 95D Cosworth SIL
11
CAT
10
PAU
10
PER HOC SPA EST MAG NC 0
Sources:[17][18]

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship results

[edit]

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts
1987 Dome March 87B Cosworth SUZ
4
FUJ
12
MIN SUZ
11
SUZ
7
SUG 8th 34
Cosworth-Yamaha FUJ
1
SUZ SUZ
Ret
1991 Team LeMans Dome F102 Mugen SUZ
3
AUT
9
FUJ
5
MIN
Ret
SUZ
10
SUG
Ret
FUJ
6
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
C
SUZ
7
FUJ
Ret
11th 7
Source:[17]

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

[edit]

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Pts
1994 Volvo 850 Racing Volvo 850 SE/GLT THR
1

Ret
BRH
1

12
BRH
2

16
SNE
1

11
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

16
OUL
1

13
DON
1

14
DON
2

15
BRH
1

7
BRH
2

16
SIL
1

12
KNO
1

NC
KNO
2

12
OUL
1

7
BRH
1

9
BRH
2

5
SIL
1

16
SIL
2

17
DON
1

13
DON
2

16
15th 18
Sources:[17][23]

Complete FIA GT Championship results

[edit]

(key)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Pts
1997 GT1 Lotus Racing Lotus Elise GT1 GT1 HOC
Ret
SIL
Ret
HEL NÜR
11
SPA
Ret
A1R
Ret
SUZ DON
17
MUG
11
SEB
11
LAG
9
NC 0
1998 Team Hezemans Bitter GT1 GT1 OSC SIL
Ret
HOC
DNS
DIJ HUN NC 0
Roock Racing Porsche 911 GT2 GT2 SUZ
7
DON A1R NC 0
Konrad Motorsport HOM
Ret
LAG
Ret
2008 IPB Spartak Racing Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT GT1 SIL MNZ ADR OSC SPA
8
BUC BUC BRN NOG ZOL SAN 31st 8
Sources:[17][18]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

[edit]

(key)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Pts
2005 Racing for Holland LMP1 Dome S101 Judd GV4 4.0 V10 SPA MNZ
7
SIL
Ret
NÜR
8
IST 30th 3
2006 Racing for Holland LMP1 Dome S101Hb Mugen MF408S 4.0 V8 IST
Ret
SPA 23rd 6
Judd GV5 5.0 V10 NÜR
3
DON JAR
2007 Racing for Holland LMP1 Dome S101.5 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 V10 MNZ
8
VAL
Ret
NÜR
7
SPA SIL INT 33rd 3
2008 Horag Racing LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder Evo Porsche MR6 3.4 V8 CAT
6
MNZ
3
SPA
2
NÜR
12
SIL
2
5th 25
2017 Racing Team Nederland LMP2 Dallara P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 V8 SIL
11
MNZ
10
RBR
7
LEC
12
SPA
11
ALG
8
17th 12.5
Sources:[17][18]

Complete Grand Prix Masters results

[edit]

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

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5
2005 Team LG Delta Motorsport GPM Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 RSA
9
2006 Team LG Delta Motorsport GPM Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 QAT
7
ITA
C
GBR
Ret
MAL
C
RSA
C
Source:[18]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

[edit]

(key)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2018–19 Racing Team Nederland LMP2 Dallara P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 V8 SPA
7
LMS
5
SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 14th 21
Sources:[17][19]

Books

[edit]
  • Klis, Hans van der (2007, 3rd ed.), Dwars door de Tarzanbocht: de dertien Nederlandse Formule 1-coureurs. Amsterdam, pp. 98–115, ISBN 9789046700495.
  • Koense, Mark (2020). Jan Lammers, De biografie van een leven met 300 km/h. Amgini Autosport Store, 2020, no ISBN.

References

[edit]
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  3. ^ De Jong, Frank. "Nederlands Toerwagen Kampioenschap - 1975". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
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[edit]
Sporting positions
Preceded by European Formula 3 Championship
Champion

1978
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Joël Gouhier
Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo
Champion

1983-1984
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1988
With: Johnny Dumfries & Andy Wallace
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Marco Zadra
FIA Sportscar Championship
Champion

2002-2003
With: Val Hillebrand (2002) & John Bosch (2003)
Succeeded by
None
(Series ended)