A1 Team Netherlands | |
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Founded | 2005 |
Seat holder(s) | Jan Lammers |
Team principal | - |
Race driver(s) | Jeroen Bleekemolen Robert Doornbos Jos Verstappen Renger van der Zande |
Car nickname | - |
First race | 2005–06 Great Britain |
Rounds entered | 39 (77 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Sprint race victories | 3 |
Feature race victories | 1 |
Pole positions | 5 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Total points | 294 |
2008-09 position | 4th (75 pts) |
A1 Team Netherlands was theDutch team ofA1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.
A1 Team Netherlands' owner was formerFormula One driver andLe Mans winnerJan Lammers. The team was managed by Lammers's racing teamRacing for Holland, notable for their participation in the24 hours of Le Mans andFIA sportscars series.
The2005-06 season had a difficult start for Team Netherlands. In the first two sprint races the car was hit in the first turn on both theBrands Hatch andEuroSpeedway circuits. Despite these setbacks,Jos Verstappen showed impressive overtaking action in the main races moving from the back of the grid to the seventh position. The season continued with average results, with 4th up to 19th positions as end results.
The street circuit ofDurban,South Africa brought the first victory for A1 Team Netherlands as in the last turn of the main race, Jos Verstappen managed to take the lead from theSwiss car. A similar manoeuvre that failed during the sprint race forced Verstappen to start from the 16th place on the grid.
In2006-07 Team Netherlands finished 5th in the championship, with one victory.
In2007-08 Team Netherlands finished 7th in the championship, with 2 podiums.
For the2008-09 season Jeroen Bleekemolen returned as a driver, alongside A1GP rookieRobert Doornbos. Both drivers alternated races, starting with Bleekemolen atZandvoort.[1] Team Netherlands finished 4th in the championship, with both drivers having scored one victory in a sprint race.
Name | Seasons | Rounds (Starts) | Titles | Wins | Sprint wins | Feature wins | 2nd | 3rd | Poles | Fastest Laps | Points |
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Jeroen Bleekemolen | 2006-07,2007-08,2008-09 | 24 (47 starts) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 187[* 1] | |||
Robert Doornbos | 2008-09 | 3 (5 starts) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | ||
Renger van der Zande | 2006-07 | 2 (3 starts) | 7 | ||||||||
Jos Verstappen | 2005-06 | 11 (22 starts) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 69 |
(key), "spr" indicates the Sprint Race, "fea" indicates the Feature Race.(results inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Racing team | Chassis, Engine, Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Points | Rank |
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2005–06 | Racing for Holland | Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon | ![]() GBR | ![]() GER | ![]() POR | ![]() AUS | ![]() MYS | ![]() UAE | ![]() RSA | ![]() INA | ![]() MEX | ![]() USA | ![]() CHN | 69 | 7th | ||||||||||||
spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||
Jos Verstappen | Ret | 7 | Ret | 7 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 17 | |||||
2006–07 | Racing for Holland | Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon | ![]() NED | ![]() CZE | ![]() BEI | ![]() MYS | ![]() INA | ![]() NZL | ![]() AUS | ![]() RSA | ![]() MEX | ![]() SHA | ![]() GBR | 57 | 5th | ||||||||||||
spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||
Jeroen Bleekemolen | 9 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 13 | DSQ | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||
Renger van der Zande | 9 | 9 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–08 | Racing for Holland | Lola, Zytek, Cooper Avon | ![]() NED | ![]() CZE | ![]() MYS | ![]() ZHU | ![]() NZL | ![]() AUS | ![]() RSA | ![]() MEX | ![]() SHA | ![]() GBR | 87 | 7th | |||||||||||||
spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||||
Jeroen Bleekemolen | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 6 | |||||||
2008–09 | Racing for Holland | Ferrari, Ferrari, Michelin | ![]() NED | ![]() CHN | ![]() MYS | ![]() NZL | ![]() RSA | ![]() POR | ![]() GBR | 75 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | spr | fea | ||||||||||||||
Jeroen Bleekemolen | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Robert Doornbos | 2 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | DNS |