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]

Peter van Merksteijn Sr.
Van Merksteijn at the 2011 Acropolis Rally
Personal information
Nationality Dutch
Born (1956-06-10) June 10, 1956
World Rally Championship record
Active years2007–present
TeamsVan Merksteijn Motorsport
Rallies12
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points0
First rally2007 Rallye Deutschland

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. Retrieved 2011-01-04.

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