Peter van Merksteijn, Sr.

Peter Lambertus van Merksteijn (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. 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 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 NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR43 NC 0 2008 van Merksteijn Motorsport Ford Focus RS WRC 06 MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR NC 0 Ford Focus RS WRC 07 FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR 2009 van Merksteijn Motorsport Ford Focus RS WRC 07 IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POL FIN AUS ESP GBR NC 0 2010 van Merksteijn Motorsport Ford Focus RS WRC 08 SWE 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 ARG GRE FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0 2012 Van Merksteijn Motorsport Citroën DS3 WRC MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP NC 0