Jan Lammers

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Jan Lammers
Formula One World Championship career
Jan Lammers at the 2007 Open Day of Ajax. Photo: Niels Kim
Nationality Dutch
Active years	1979 - 1982, 1992
Teams	Shadow, ATS, Ensign, Theodore and March
Races	41 (23 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1979 Argentine Grand Prix
Last race	1992 Australian Grand Prix

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1983 - 1984, 1987 - 1990, 1992 - 1993, 1998 - 2008
Teams	Richard Lloyd Racing, GTi Engineering, Tom Walkinshaw Racing, Toyota Team Tom's, Racing for Holland
Best finish	1st (1988)
Class wins	1 (1988)

Johannes "Jan" Lammers, (born June 2, 1956 in Zandvoort), is a racing driver and team principal from the Netherlands. He participated in 41 Formula One Grand Prix races, debuting on January 21, 1979. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1988 and later participated the race with his own team Racing for Holland. Also, Jan Lammers is the seatholder of the Dutch A1 Grand Prix team.

1 Early Years
2 Formula 1
3 Le Mans
4 Formula 1 Comeback
5 BTCC
6 Team Principal
7 Formula One results
- 7.1 Complete World Championship results
- 7.2 Non-Championship results
8 External links
9 References

Early Years

Lammers starts in 1977 in the European Formula 3 Championship, but he does not get good results with his Hawke.^[1] Lammers won the 1978 European Formula 3 Championship with Racing Team Holland.^[2].

Formula 1

Lammers began his F1 career with Shadow in 1979. In 1980 and 1981, Lammers spent two seasons in the Formula One as an ATS driver, as well as driving for Ensign. For 1982, he moved to Theodore but his season was something of a disaster. He scored no championship points during his F1 career, and tried IndyCar racing before turning 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 1982. 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.

Formula 1 Comeback

In 1992, Lammers made a two-race comeback in F1 for March, his first F1 appearance since 1982, which is the longest gap between two Grands Prix in the history of Formula One. He was signed for the team in 1993 as well, but they went bankrupt before the season started.

BTCC

In 1994 Lammers teamed up with TWR again to race in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) 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 (2005/6) and Jeroen Bleekemolen and Renger van der Zande(2006/7).

Lammers participated in all three Grand Prix Masters events. A seventh place in the Qatar race was his best result.

Formula One results

Complete World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1979	Samson Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN9	Ford V8	ARG 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		NC	0
1980	Team ATS	ATS D3	Ford V8	ARG DNQ	BRA DNQ	RSA DNQ														NC	0
	Team ATS	ATS D4	Ford V8				USW Ret	BEL 12	MON NC
	Unipart Racing Team	Ensign N180	Ford V8							FRA DNQ	GBR DNQ	GER 14	AUT DNQ	NED DNQ	ITA DNQ	CAN 12	USA Ret
1981	Team ATS	ATS D4	Ford V8	USW Ret	BRA DNQ	ARG 12														NC	0
1981	Team ATS	ATS HGS	Ford V8				SMR DNQ	BEL	MON	ESP	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	CPL		NC	0
1982	Theodore Racing Team	Theodore TY02	Ford V8	RSA	BRA	USW	SMR	BEL DNQ	MON DNQ	DET DNQ	CAN	NED Ret	GBR DNQ	FRA DNQ	GER	AUT	SUI	ITA	CPL	NC	0
1992	March F1	March CG911	Ilmor V10	RSA	MEX	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN Ret	AUS 12	NC	0

Non-Championship results