Racing Team Nederland


Racing Team Nederland is a Dutch endurance racing team founded by F1 driver and Le Mans winner Jan Lammers and businessman Frits van Eerd.

History

Frits van Eerd was with his company one of the sponsors of Racing for Holland, owned by Lammers from 2001 onwards. During this sponsorship Frits and Jan have said: "... and since then we said it would be nice to do one day Le Mans together.".
The main sponsor for the team is the Dutch orientated supermarket concern Jumbo of which Frits is one of the owners. The colours of the team are mainly influenced by the Jumbo colours, which have been influenced by the early years of the Minardi F1 Team.

2017

The team started in the 2017 European Le Mans Series with a Dallara P217 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 Rubens Barrichello. 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.

2018

One season later the team made the step to the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship.
For the WEC Superseason Racing Team Nederland has added ex-Formula 1 driver Giedo 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. Formula 2 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 they have finished 7th in class and 11th overall.

2019

In 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans they have finished 15th in class and 26th overall. They finished the 2018-2019 WEC season in 6th place.
They entered the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship with a new team and a new car. They were operated by TDS Racing and entered an Oreca 07. They finished 3rd in the 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone in the first race with their new car, 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, in what was described as 'LMP2 thriller' by media.

Results

European Le Mans Series

FIA World Endurance Championship

*Season in progress

24 Hours of Le Mans