Racing Team Nederland is a

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endurance racing team founded by F1 driver and Le Mans winner

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and businessman .

History

, was one of the sponsors of

Racing for Holland 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 ...

with his company ( Jumbo Supermarket), owned by Lammers from 2001 onward. During this sponsorship Frits and Jan have said: "''... and since then we said it would be nice to do one day of Le Mans together''". The main sponsor for the team is the Dutch oriented supermarket concern Jumbo of which Frits is one of the owners. The colors of the team are mainly influenced by the Jumbo colors, which have been influenced by the early years (1985-1992) of the

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2017

The team started in the

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with a

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from Day V TEC Engineering ending the season on 11th place in LMP2 with 12.5 points. During the Le Mans race that year the third driver was former F1 driver

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. Jan and Rubens know each other from when Rubens tested a Formula Opel Lotus from Jan years ago. In 2017 they have finished Le Mans 13th overall (11th in the class).

2018

One season later the team made the step to the

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. For the WEC Superseason Racing Team Nederland has added ex-Formula 1 driver Guido van der Garde as their new driver. After the 2018 race of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Jan Lammers has stepped down as an active driver for Racing Team Nederland.

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driver Nyck de Vries has taken over the seat from Lammers for the rest of the season. In the

2018 24 Hours of Le Mans The 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 86e 24 Heures du Mans) was an 24-hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars held from 16 to 17 June 2018 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, close t ...

they finished 7th in the class and 11th overall.

2019

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they have finished 15th in the class and 26th overall. They finished the 2018-2019 WEC season in 6th place. They entered the

2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship The 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship was the eighth season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, an auto racing series co-organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). ...

with a new team and a new car. They were operated by TDS Racing and entered an

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. In the first race with their new car they finished 3rd in the

2019 4 Hours of Silverstone The 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone, officially known as the 2019 WEC 4 Hours of Silverstone, was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 1 September 2019, as the opening round of the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship. This was the inaug ...

, which was their first podium. They continued their good form in the next race with their first victory, in the

2019 6 Hours of Fuji The 2019 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sports car race held on the 6th of October 2019, at the Fuji Speedway. It was the 2nd round of the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship. The race was won overall by the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyot ...

, in what was described as 'LMP2 thriller' by media.

2022

In December 2021, Racing Team Nederland announced that they would be switching their focus to racing in North America, to take on the full Michelin Endurance Cup schedule in LMP2 as part of the

2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship The 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship) is a championship of racing, the 52nd racing season sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), which ...

Results

European Le Mans Series

FIA World Endurance Championship

*Season in progress

24 Hours of Le Mans

References

External links

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