Peter van Merksteijn Sr.

Peter van Merksteijn Sr.
Van Merksteijn at the 2011 Acropolis Rally
Personal information
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (1956-06-10) June 10, 1956 (age 68)
World Rally Championship record
Active years2007–2012
Co-driverNetherlands Erwin Berkhof
Netherlands Hans van Beek
Belgium Erwin Mombaerts
Netherlands Hans van Goor
Belgium Eddy Chevallier
TeamsVan Merksteijn Motorsport
Rallies12
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points0
First rally2007 Rallye Deutschland
Last rally2012 Monte Carlo Rally

Peter van Merksteijn Sr. (born 10 June 1956) is a Dutch racing driver and rally driver who drove for the Van Merksteijn Motorsport team in the 2011 World Rally Championship season with Citroën DS3 WRC.[1] He also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans on three occasions, scoring a class win with co-drivers Jeroen Bleekemolen and Jos Verstappen in 2008.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2004 Germany Seikel Motorsport Italy Gabrio Rosa
Italy Alex Caffi 		Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 148 DNF DNF
2005 Netherlands Spyker Squadron Netherlands Tom Coronel
Netherlands Donny Crevels 		Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R GT2 76 DNF DNF
2008 Netherlands Van Merksteijn Motorsport Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Netherlands Jos Verstappen 		Porsche RS Spyder Evo LMP2 354 10th 1st

WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2007 Van Merksteijn Motorsport Ford Focus RS WRC 06 MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER
40 		NZL ESP
29 		FRA JPN IRE GBR
43 		NC 0
2008 van Merksteijn Motorsport Ford Focus RS WRC 06 MON SWE
23 		MEX ARG JOR ITA
Ret 		GRE TUR NC 0
Ford Focus RS WRC 07 FIN GER
21 		NZL ESP
Ret 		FRA JPN GBR
2009 van Merksteijn Motorsport Ford Focus RS WRC 07 IRE NOR
20 		CYP POR
Ret 		ARG ITA GRE POL FIN AUS ESP GBR NC 0
2010 van Merksteijn Motorsport Ford Focus RS WRC 08 SWE
28 		MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN GER JPN FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2011 Van Merksteijn Motorsport Citroën DS3 WRC SWE MEX POR JOR ITA
Ret 		ARG GRE
Ret 		FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2012 Van Merksteijn Motorsport Citroën DS3 WRC MON
Ret 		SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP NC 0

References

  1. ^ "Van Merksteijn Jr makes Citroen switch". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 2010-12-10. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2011-01-04.

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