Jan Lammers


Johannes Antonius "Jan" Lammers is a racing driver and team principal from the Netherlands.
In 1979, Lammers made his debut in Formula One driving for Shadow and moved to ATS for 1980. He moved to Ensign midway through the season but rejoined ATS for four races in 1981. He joined Theodore for 1982. Ten years later he returned to Formula One for the final two races of the 1992 season.
He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1988 and later participated in the race with his own team Racing for Holland. He was also the seatholder of the Dutch A1 Grand Prix team.

Early years

Lammers grew up as a kid washing cars at a sliding school in Zandvoort. As a 12-year-old he started to show customers how to slide safely, encouraged by sliding school owner and racing driver Rob Slotemaker who quickly recognized Lammers's talent. When he was 16 years old, he started his first race at the local racing track. In the following years he starred in Dutch touring car and Formula Ford races before moving up to European Formula 3 in 1977. He did not get good results with his Hawke and for his second season he joined Racing Team Holland run by Alan Docking.
The other drivers of the team were fellow future Formula 1 driver Huub Rothengatter and later Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendijk. It was a successful move as Lammers won the 1978 European Formula 3 Championship after a close battle with Swede Anders Olofsson.

Career

Formula One and CART

Lammers began his Formula One career with Shadow in 1979 with Elio de Angelis as his teammate. He did not have a great debut as de Angelis was the team's number one driver. His best result was a ninth place in Canada.
In 1980 he moved to Günther Schmidt's ATS team. In the first three races he failed to qualify but in Long Beach he qualified a very strong fourth. This would be the highlight of his F1 career. Later that year he moved to the Ensign Team but there he only managed to qualify three times. In 1981 he returned to ATS but only raced the first four races of the year. For 1982, he moved to Theodore but his season was something of a disaster. He did manage to start in his home race. He scored no championship points during his F1 career.
In 1985 and 1986, Lammers made 10 CART World Series starts for four different teams. His best finish was fifth at Laguna Seca Raceway in 1985 for Forsythe Racing. He was entered and practiced for the 1986 Indianapolis 500 in a Mike Curb entry, but did not make a qualifying attempt. He finished 26th and 22nd in points in his two seasons, respectively. After that he turned his attention to sports car racing.

Le Mans

In 1988, Lammers, together with Andy Wallace and Johnny Dumfries, won the Le Mans with the Silk Cut Jaguar/TWR team. Lammers drove 13 out of the 24 hours, and beat the Porsche team who had remained unbeaten since 1981. Lammers and the team managed to finish first despite a broken gearbox. It was the first victory for Jaguar since 1957.
For this feat, Jan Lammers received the title Honorary Member of the BRDC, a title rarely awarded to non-British residents. Enzo Ferrari and Juan Manuel Fangio have also received the award.
In 1990 Lammers won the 24 Hours of Daytona driving a Jaguar XJR-12 along with Davy Jones and Andy Wallace.
Lammers returned to Le Mans in 2011 with Hope Racing in the LMP1 category.

Return to Formula One

In 1992, Lammers made a two-race comeback in Formula One for March, in Japan and Australia. These races marked his first Formula One appearance since 1982, which is the longest gap between successive Grands Prix in the history of Formula One. He was signed for the team in 1993 alongside French driver Jean-Marc Gounon but the team went bankrupt before the season started.

BTCC

In 1994 Lammers teamed up with TWR again to race in the British Touring Car Championship driving the Volvo 850 estate.

Team principal

In 1999 Jan Lammers started his own Sportcar team, Racing for Holland. He raced in the FIA Sportscar Championship together with his teammate and pupil Val Hillebrand. In 2002 and 2003 he earned the FIA Awards for his world championships in the Sportscar series.
Since 2005 Jan Lammers has run the Dutch A1 Grandprix team for the A1 Grand Prix series, with drivers including Jos Verstappen and Jeroen Bleekemolen and Renger van der Zande.
Lammers participated in all three Grand Prix Masters events. A seventh place in the Qatar race was his best result.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213141516Pts
1979Shadow Racing TeamShadow DN9Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARG
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		NC0
1980Team ATSATS D3Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARG
DNQ		BRA
DNQ		RSA
DNQ		NC0
1980Team ATSATS D4Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8USW
Ret		BEL
12		MON
NC		NC0
1980Unipart Racing TeamEnsign N180Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8FRA
DNQ		GBR
DNQ		GER
14		AUT
DNQ		NED
DNQ		ITA
DNQ		CAN
12		USA
Ret		NC0
1981Team ATSATS D4Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8USW
Ret		BRA
DNQ		ARG
12		SMR
DNQ		BELMONESPFRAGBRGERAUTNEDITACANCPLNC0
1982Theodore Racing TeamTheodore TY02Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8RSABRAUSWSMRBEL
DNQ		MON
DNQ		DET
DNQ		CANNED
Ret		GBR
DNQ		FRA
DNQ		GERAUTSUIITACPLNC0
1992March F1March CG911Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10RSAMEXBRAESPSMRMONCANFRAGBRGERHUNBELITAPORJPN
Ret		AUS
12		NC0

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

24 Hours of Daytona

PPG Indycar Series

YearTeamChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617Pts
1985AMI RacingMarch 85CFord Cosworth DFXLBHINDYMILPOR
16		MEA
12		CLE
DNS		MCHROAPOCMDOSANMCH26th11
1985Forsythe RacingLola T900Ford Cosworth DFXLAG
5		PHX
20		MIA
13		26th11
1986Curb-Agajanian RacingEagle 86GCFord Cosworth DFXPHX
9		LBH
14		INDY
DNQ		MILPORMEACLETORMCHPOCMDOSANMCHROA22nd13
1986Machinists Union RacingEagle 86GCFord Cosworth DFXLAG
8		PHX
23		MIA
9		22nd13

Indianapolis 500

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112Pts
March Racing LtdMarch 802BMWTHRHOCNÜRVALPAUSILZOLMUGZAN
Ret		PERMISHOCNC0

Complete International Formula 3000 results

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011Pts
1986Jordan RacingMarch 86BCosworthSILVALPAUSPAIMOMUGPERÖSTBIRBUG
11		JARNC0
1993Il Barone RampanteReynard 93DCosworthDON
9		SIL
9		PAU
10		PER
4		HOC
7		NÜR
Ret		SPAMAGNOG15th3
1995Vortex MotorsportReynard 95DCosworthSIL
11		CAT
10		PAU
10		PERHOCSPAESTMAGNC0

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011DCPts
1987DomeMarch 87BCosworthSUZ
4		FUJ
12		MINSUZ
11		SUZ
7		SUG8th34
1987DomeMarch 87BCosworth-YamahaFUJ
1		SUZSUZ
Ret		8th34
1991Team LeMansDome F102MugenSUZ
3		AUT
9		FUJ
5		MIN
Ret		SUZ
10		SUG
Ret		FUJ
6		SUZ
Ret		FUJ
C		SUZ
7		FUJ
Ret		11th7

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021DCPts
1994Volvo 850 RacingVolvo 850 SE/GLTTHR
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		15th18

Complete FIA GT Championship results

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011Pts
1997GT1 Lotus RacingLotus Elise GT1GT1HOC
Ret		SIL
Ret		HELNÜR
11		SPA
Ret		A1R
Ret		SUZDON
17		MUG
11		SEB
11		LAG
9		NC0
1998Team HezemansBitter GT1GT1OSCSIL
Ret		HOC
DNS		DIJHUNNC0
1998Roock RacingPorsche 911 GT2GT2SUZ
7		DONA1RNC0
1998Konrad MotorsportPorsche 911 GT2GT2HOM
Ret		LAG
Ret		NC0
2008IPB Spartak RacingLamborghini Murciélago R-GTGT1SILMNZADROSCSPA
8		BUCBUCBRNNOGZOLSAN31st8

Complete European Le Mans Series results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456Pts
2005Racing for HollandLMP1Dome S101Judd GV4 4.0 V10SPAMNZ
7		SIL
Ret		NÜR
8		IST30th3
2006Racing for HollandLMP1Dome S101HbMugen MF408S 4.0 V8IST
Ret		SPA23rd6
2006Racing for HollandLMP1Dome S101HbJudd GV5 5.0 V10NÜR
3		DONJAR23rd6
2007Racing for HollandLMP1Dome S101.5Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 V10MNZ
8		VAL
Ret		NÜR
7		SPASILINT33rd3
2008Horag RacingLMP2Porsche RS Spyder EvoPorsche MR6 3.4 V8CAT
6		MNZ
3		SPA
2		NÜR
12		SIL
2		5th25
2017Racing Team NederlandLMP2Dallara P217Gibson GK428 4.2 V8SIL
11		MNZ
10		RBR
7		LEC
12		SPA
11		ALG
8		17th12.5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345678RankPoints
2018–19Racing Team NederlandLMP2Dallara P217Gibson GK428 4.2 V8SPA
7		LMS
5		SILFUJSHASEBSPALMS14th21