Racing for Holland

Racing for Holland

Founded	1999
Founder(s)	Jan Lammers
Folded	2009
Base	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team principal(s)	Jan Lammers
Former series	FIA Sportscar Championship A1 Grand Prix Le Mans Series Superleague Formula
Noted drivers	Jeroen Bleekemolen John Bosch Val Hillebrand Jan Lammers Jos Verstappen
Teams' Championships	2002 FIA Sportscars 2003 FIA Sportscars

Racing for Holland is a Dutch motor racing team started by Jan Lammers in 1999. The team is initially specialised in endurance races such as 24 hours of Le Mans and FIA sportscars series. The team also participated in the A1 Grand Prix as the A1 Team The Netherlands. It would eventually continue as Racing Team Nederland under ownership of Frits van Eerd and Jumbo.

History

Racing for Holland was incepted in 1999 as Talkline Racing for Holland. The team would participate in that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans in collaboration with German Konrad Motorsport, with drivers Jan Lammers, Tom Coronel and Peter Kox, and Talkline serving as mainsponsor. Talkline would withdraw sponsorship after the 2000 race, in which the team was disqualified after Tom Coronel left the car for more than 30 meter to collect his lost rear tire, starting a struggle to find funding. In 2001 Racing for Holland for the first time took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans without help of Konrad Motorsport, resulting again in a DNF. However, Racing for Holland were showing a fast pace ever since their debut on Le Mans and they finished for the first time in 2002, in 8th place, and a year later a best ever finish in 6th place.

Sportscar Racing

Racing for Holland has for many years campaigned a Dome S101 sportscar powered by a Judd engine in the FIA Sportscar Championship, Le Mans Series, and the most of all the 24 Hours of Le Mans, including a best of sixth place overall in 2003.

With the Dome-Judd combination, Racing for Holland was successful in winning the FIA Sportscar Championship in 2002 and 2003 after having finished third in 2001. In the Le Mans Series, Racing for Holland has not had as much success, finishing ninth in the LMP1 standings in both 2005 and 2006.

Sponsors

Unable to find one major sponsor for the team after Talkline's withdraw from sponsorship, Jan Lammers started an unusual sponsor programme. Instead of a few major sponsors, he set out to find many minor sponsors. The team sold small square spaces on the car, either in white lettering on a black background or vice versa. This gives the car a chequered appearance with the only other notable colours being red, blue (colours of the Dutch flag) and orange (the colour of the Dutch royal house).

Later on, after the team's success in various events, the cars became more prominently styled with large orange or black and silver colours; however a hint of the chequered sponsorship squares always remains visible.

Shortly before the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Racing For Holland liveried their cars for the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans in the motif of a soccer ball, having received support from Dutch soccer legend Johan Cruijff.^[1] The move was also intended to show their support for the Dutch team.

Complete series results

A1 Grand Prix Results[2]
Year	Car	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	T.C.
2005-06	Lola A1GP-Zytek	A1 Team Netherlands	22	1	0	0	69	7th
2006-07	Lola A1GP-Zytek	A1 Team Netherlands	22	1	1	0	57	5th
2007-08	Lola A1GP-Zytek	A1 Team Netherlands	20	0	1	0	87	7th
2008–09	A1GP-Ferrari	A1 Team Netherlands	14	2	3	1	75	4th

24 Hours of Le Mans results[3]
Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Drivers	Pole	Fast lap	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1999	LMP	26	D	Lola B98/10 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 with Konrad Motorsport	Jan Lammers Peter Kox Tom Coronel	no	no	213 (DNF)	28th	12th
2000	LMP900	20	D	Lola B2K/10 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 with Konrad Motorsport	Jan Lammers Tom Coronel Peter Kox	no	no	38 (DNF)	42nd	18th
2001	LMP900	9	M	Dome S101 Judd GV4 4.0L V10L V8	Jan Lammers Donny Crevels Val Hillebrand	no	no	156 (DNF)	24th	7th
2002	LMP900	16	M	Dome S101 Judd GV4 4.0L V10L V8	Jan Lammers Donny Crevels Tom Coronel	no	no	341	8th	7th
2003	LMP900	15	M	Dome S101 Judd GV4 4.0L V10L V8	Jan Lammers John Bosch Andy Wallace	no	no	360	6th	4th
	LMP900	16	M	Dome S101 Judd GV4 4.0L V10	Felipe Ortiz Beppe Gabbiani Tristan Gommendy	no	no	316 (DNF)	31st	10th
2004	LMP1	15	D	Dome S101 Judd GV4 4.0L V10L V8	Jan Lammers Chris Dyson Katsutomo Kaneishi	no	no	341	7th	7th
	LMP1	16	D	Dome S101 Judd GV4 4.0L V10L V8	Tom Coronel Justin Wilson Ralph Firman	no	no	313 (NC)	28th	10th
2005	LMP1	10	D	Dome S101 Judd GV4 4.0L V10L V8	Jan Lammers Elton Julian John Bosch	no	no	348	7th	5th
2006	LMP1	14	M	Dome S101Hb Judd GV5 5.0L V10	Jan Lammers Alex Yoong Stefan Johansson	no	no	182 (DNF)	37th	9th
2007	LMP1	14	M	Dome S101.5 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	Jan Lammers Jeroen Bleekemolen David Hart	no	no	305	25th	8th

FIA Sportscar Championship results[4]
Year	Class	Car	Drivers	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	T.C.
2001	SR1	Dome S101-Judd GV4 4.0L V10	Jan Lammers Val Hillebrand	1			82	3rd
2002	SR1	Dome S101-Judd GV4 4.0L V10	Jan Lammers Val Hillebrand	3			97	1st
2003	SR1	Dome S101-Judd GV4 4.0L V10	Jan Lammers John Bosch	4			62	1st

• T.C. = Teams' Championship position, DNF = Did not qualify, NC = Not Classified.

References

External links

• Official website