Wilco Zeelenberg

Wilco Zeelenberg (born 19 August 1966) is a Dutch former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and former team manager with the Trackhouse Racing MotoGP team

Born in Bleiswijk, Zeelenberg began racing motorcycles in motocross competitions before switching to road racing. Zeelenberg made his Grand Prix debut in the 80cc class in 1986. He won his first and only world championship race at the 1990 250cc German Grand Prix. His best season was in 1991, when he finished the season ranked fourth in the 250cc world championship riding a Honda.

Zeelenberg managed the Yamaha factory racing team in the Supersport World Championship with riders Cal Crutchlow and Fabien Foret. Crutchlow claimed the 2009 Supersport World Championship. In 2010, Zeelenberg took on the role as team manager for Jorge Lorenzo in the Yamaha MotoGP team. He later served the same role for Maverick Viñales after Lorenzo's departure from the squad.

With the new entry of the Petronas Yamaha SRT into MotoGP, Zeelenberg moved to become team manager with the new Yamaha satellite team.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts 1985 80cc Huvo-Casal SPA GER NAT YUG NED12 FRA RSM NC 0 1986 80cc Casal SPA NAT GER AUT YUG NEDRet GBR9 RSM15 BWU5 11th 8 1987 80cc Casal SPA18 GER18 NAT12 AUT16 YUGDNS NED18 GBRRet CZE19 RSM18 POR15 NC 0 125cc Casal SPADNS GERNC NAT AUT NEDDNQ FRA GBR SWE CZEDNQ RSM POR NC 0 1988 250cc Yamaha JPN USA SPA EXP NAT GER AUT NED15 BEL26 YUG FRA GBR18 SWE12 CZE BRA 38th 5 1989 250cc Honda JPN AUS USA SPA10 NAT14 GER14 AUT15 YUG9 NED8 BEL19 FRARet GBR10 SWE12 CZE11 BRA 13th 41 1990 250cc Honda JPN3 USA3 SPA22 NAT3 GER1 AUT4 YUGDNS NED3 BELRet FRARet GBRRet SWE8 CZE8 HUN9 AUS5 5th 127 1991 250cc Honda JPN3 AUS4 USA2 SPARet ITA5 GER3 AUT3 EUR4 NED3 FRA7 GBR5 RSM5 CZERet VDM4 MALRet 4th 158 1992 250cc Suzuki JPN7 AUS4 MAL7 SPA14 ITA5 EURRet GER NED11 HUN5 FRA7 GBRRet BRA11 RSA22 11th 38 1993 250cc Aprilia AUS11 MALRet JPN16 SPA6 AUTRet GERRet NED7 EUR8 RSMRet GBR11 CZE12 ITA9 USARet FIM14 13th 50 1994 250cc Honda AUS9 MAL9 JPNRet SPA9 AUTRet GER10 NED3 ITA9 FRA10 GBR11 CZE9 USA9 ARG11 EUR12 11th 84 1995 250cc Honda AUS MAL JPN SPA GER ITA NEDRet FRA GBR CZE BRA ARG EUR NC 0

Supersport World Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts 1997 Yamaha SMR16 GBR7 GER7 ITA19 EUR10 AUT7 NED1 GER4 SPA12 JPN12 INA11 9th 84 1998 Yamaha GBR7 ITA5 SPA5 GER6 SMRRet RSA13 USA7 EUR18 AUT5 NEDRet 8th 64 1999 Yamaha RSA8 GBRRet SPARet ITA1 GER14 SMR10 USA8 EUR15 AUT3 NED10 GER9 9th 79 2000 Yamaha AUS7 JPN15 GBRRet ITA14 GER13 SMR16 SPA15 EUR25 NED9 GER16 GBRRet 20th 23