Peter van Merksteijn Sr.

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.

Peter van Merksteijn Sr.

Van Merksteijn at the 2011 Acropolis Rally
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1956-06-10) June 10, 1956 (age 68)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2007–2012
Co-driver	Erwin Berkhof Hans van Beek Erwin Mombaerts Hans van Goor Eddy Chevallier
Teams	Van Merksteijn Motorsport
Rallies	12
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	0
First rally	2007 Rallye Deutschland
Last rally	2012 Monte Carlo Rally

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2004	Seikel Motorsport	Gabrio Rosa Alex Caffi	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	148	DNF	DNF
2005	Spyker Squadron	Tom Coronel Donny Crevels	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	GT2	76	DNF	DNF
2008	Van Merksteijn Motorsport	Jeroen Bleekemolen 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.

External links

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