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message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Van Merksteijn Motorsport</b> is a Dutch motorsport company active in both circuit racing and rallying. Established in 2008, under the ownership of <a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Sr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Sr.">Peter van Merksteijn Sr.</a> and with <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Grouve" title="Gerard Grouve">Gerard Grouve</a> as team principal, this motorsport company won both the <a href="/wiki/LMP2" class="mw-redirect" title="LMP2">LMP2</a> class title in the prestigious <a href="/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="24 Hours of Le Mans">24 Hours of Le Mans</a> and in the gruelling the <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Mans Series">Le Mans Series</a> in its first year of competition. Only one year later the team from <a href="/wiki/Hengelo" title="Hengelo">Hengelo</a> were again unbeatable when contesting the Dutch Rally Championship. For the 2011 season, the team has once more undertaken very ambitious plan: <a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Jr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Jr.">Peter van Merksteijn Jr.</a> will compete in the <a href="/wiki/World_Rally_Championship" title="World Rally Championship">World Rally Championship</a> alongside <a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Sr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Sr.">Peter van Merksteijn Sr.</a> driving a <a href="/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS3_WRC" title="Citroën DS3 WRC">Citroën DS3 WRC</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Circuit">Circuit</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Van_Merksteijn_Motorsport&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Circuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Sr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Sr.">Peter van Merksteijn Sr.</a> has been active in motorsport since 1985. As of 2002, all international motorsport activities of van Merksteijn have been handled by <a href="/w/index.php?title=System_Force_Motorsport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System Force Motorsport (page does not exist)">System Force Motorsport</a>, the predecessor of Van Merksteijn Motorsport. The newly formed team started their competition debut with a <a href="/wiki/Porsche_911_GT3_RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Porsche 911 GT3 RS">Porsche 911 GT3 RS</a> in the <a href="/wiki/FIA_GT_Championship" title="FIA GT Championship">FIA GT Championship</a> with drivers Peter van Merksteijn Sr. and Phil Bastiaans and also participated in selected rounds of the <a href="/wiki/Belcar" title="Belcar">Belcar</a> Championship. The following year the team entered the 24-hour endurance races of Daytona, Spa-Francorchamps and Zolder. In 2005 it acquired a <a href="/wiki/Spyker_C8" title="Spyker C8">Spyker C8</a> Spyder GT2-R that debuted at the <a href="/wiki/2005_12_Hours_of_Sebring" title="2005 12 Hours of Sebring">12 Hours of Sebring</a> only to retire one hour into the race due to a wheel coming loose from the car. As the <a href="/wiki/Spyker" title="Spyker">Spyker</a> factory was allocated only a single entry into the <a href="/wiki/2005_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="2005 24 Hours of Le Mans">24 Hours of Le Mans</a> that year, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=System_Force_Motorsport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="System Force Motorsport (page does not exist)">System Force Motorsport</a> entry was placed on the reserve list with Peter van Merksteijn sharing the factory <a href="/wiki/Spyker" title="Spyker">Spyker</a> car with <a href="/wiki/Tom_Coronel" title="Tom Coronel">Tom Coronel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donny_Crevels" title="Donny Crevels">Donny Crevels</a>. </p><p>After changing their name to Van Merksteijn Motorsport for the beginning of 2008 season, the team undertook programmes in both endurance circuit racing and in rallying. At the end of 2007 the team received the first <a href="/wiki/Porsche_RS_Spyder" title="Porsche RS Spyder">Porsche RS Spyder</a> built for the European market for participation in the <a href="/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="24 Hours of Le Mans">24 Hours of Le Mans</a>. With the <a href="/wiki/Porsche" title="Porsche">Porsche</a>, the team’s aim of the project was to claim victory at the <a href="/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="24 Hours of Le Mans">24 Hours of Le Mans</a> within two years and to realise a sporting dream for team owner Peter van Merksteijn. The drivers on the Van Merksteijn Motorsport <a href="/wiki/Porsche_RS_Spyder" title="Porsche RS Spyder">Porsche RS Spyder</a> were Peter van Merksteijn, <a href="/wiki/Jos_Verstappen" title="Jos Verstappen">Jos Verstappen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeroen_Bleekemolen" title="Jeroen Bleekemolen">Jeroen Bleekemolen</a>. </p><p>In preparation for the famous race at <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans" title="Le Mans">Le Mans</a>, Van Merksteijn Motorsport tested twice with the <a href="/wiki/Porsche_RS_Spyder" title="Porsche RS Spyder">Porsche RS Spyder</a>. a private test at the <a href="/wiki/Guadix" title="Guadix">Guadix</a> circuit and a long test with a 1.000 km race simulation during the <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Mans Series">Le Mans Series</a> pre-season test at <a href="/wiki/Circuit_Paul_Ricard" title="Circuit Paul Ricard">Le Castellet</a>. Their <a href="/wiki/Porsche_RS_Spyder" title="Porsche RS Spyder">Porsche RS Spyder</a>’s first race was the 1000 km of Catalunya on the Formula 1 track of Barcelona. This first round of the <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Mans Series">Le Mans Series</a> saw the team of van Merksteijn and Verstappen claim the <a href="/wiki/LMP2" class="mw-redirect" title="LMP2">LMP2</a> class victory. The next race on the calendar was held at <a href="/wiki/2008_1000_km_of_Monza" title="2008 1000 km of Monza">Monza</a> and the team settled for second place after their car sustained damage as a result of a collision with a <a href="/wiki/Spyker" title="Spyker">Spyker</a> and having lost valuable time in the pits for repairs. The third race of the season, the <a href="/wiki/2008_1000_km_of_Spa" title="2008 1000 km of Spa">1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps</a>, produced another victory for the all Dutch team. Van Merksteijn was not able to start in the fourth race of the championship at the <a href="/wiki/2008_1000_km_of_N%C3%BCrburgring" title="2008 1000 km of Nürburgring">Nürburgring</a> as he took in the <a href="/wiki/World_Rally_Championship" title="World Rally Championship">WRC</a> <a href="/wiki/2008_Rallye_Deutschland" title="2008 Rallye Deutschland">Rallye Deutschland</a> that was held in nearby <a href="/wiki/Trier" title="Trier">Trier</a> at the same time. With replacement driver <a href="/wiki/Jeroen_Bleekemolen" title="Jeroen Bleekemolen">Jeroen Bleekemolen</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Porsche_RS_Spyder" title="Porsche RS Spyder">Porsche RS Spyder</a> alongside Verstappen, Van Merksteijn Motorsport clinched another victory. Verstappen secured the Driver’s Championship in the <a href="/wiki/LMP2" class="mw-redirect" title="LMP2">LMP2</a> class with one race remaining on the calendar. The final race of the championship provided Van Merksteijn and Verstappen with another victory and added the <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Mans Series">Le Mans Series</a> <a href="/wiki/LMP2" class="mw-redirect" title="LMP2">LMP2</a> title for Teams to their list of successes that season. Highlighting their speed, the Porsche of Van Merksteijn Motorsport claimed the fastest race lap and pole position on every event. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Le_Mans">Le Mans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Van_Merksteijn_Motorsport&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Le Mans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2008 edition of the <a href="/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="24 Hours of Le Mans">24 Hours of Le Mans</a> was the main objective of the Porsche RS Spyder project for Van Merksteijn Motorsport. The team made its <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans" title="Le Mans">Le Mans</a> debut in June on the <a href="/wiki/Circuit_de_la_Sarthe" title="Circuit de la Sarthe">Circuit de la Sarthe</a> for the most famous race in the world with drivers Van Merksteijn, Verstappen and Bleekemolen. During the test session prior to the <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans" title="Le Mans">Le Mans</a> race, the team proved to be the fastest of the <a href="/wiki/LMP2" class="mw-redirect" title="LMP2">LMP2</a> cars and this was underlined when Verstappen claimed another LMP2 pole position during the qualifying for the race. The Porsche RS Spyder started from 14th position on the start grid and left nine faster LMP1 cars behind him. Bleekemolen was chosen to start the race in the Porsche and was locked in a fierce battle early on in the race with the <a href="/wiki/Porsche" title="Porsche">Porsche</a> of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Team_Essex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Team Essex (page does not exist)">Team Essex</a>. Late in the evening the Van Merksteijn Motorsport car was handed over to Verstappen again and after doing a run of no less than four stints the team had built a considerable lead over the rest of the field. Team owner Van Merksteijn, driving with his characteristic white helmet, was given the honour to drive his car to the finish line and thereby take the LMP2 victory in the biggest race for his team with a lead of over 7 laps to runners up, Team Essex. The victory of Van Merksteijn Motorsport is a unique achievement as it was the first time a Dutch team had won the <a href="/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="24 Hours of Le Mans">24 Hours of Le Mans</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rallying">Rallying</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Van_Merksteijn_Motorsport&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rallying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 2007 Van Merksteijn Motorsport has once again been actively involved in rallying. Van Merksteijn, Jr., in his debut in rallying, won the 2007 Dutch Rally Championship’s group N class with the Belgian co-driver <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddy_Chevaillier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eddy Chevaillier (page does not exist)">Eddy Chevaillier</a>. In that same year the team from <a href="/wiki/Hengelo" title="Hengelo">Hengelo</a>, took delivery of a <a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus_RS_WRC" title="Ford Focus RS WRC">Ford Focus RS WRC</a> 06, the first <a href="/wiki/World_Rally_Championship" title="World Rally Championship">WRC</a> car of the new generation <a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus" title="Ford Focus">Ford Focus</a> to be delivered by <a href="/wiki/M-Sport" title="M-Sport">M-Sport</a> to a customer team. In the <a href="/wiki/2007_Rallye_Deutschland" title="2007 Rallye Deutschland">2007 Rallye Deutschland</a>, Van Merksteijn, Sr. made his comeback to the sport in the Focus RS WRC. During the same event Van Merksteijn, Jr. made his <a href="/wiki/World_Rally_Championship" title="World Rally Championship">WRC</a> debut with a Group N <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Lancer_Evolution_IX" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX">Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX</a>. Later that year father and son Van Merksteijn competed in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Catalunya" title="2007 Rally Catalunya">Rally Catalunya</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_GB" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Rally GB">Wales Rally GB</a>. </p><p>Regardless of the activities of Van Merksteijn in the <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Mans Series">Le Mans Series</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Porsche_RS_Spyder" title="Porsche RS Spyder">Porsche RS Spyder</a>, the team entered a select number of <a href="/wiki/World_Rally_Championship" title="World Rally Championship">WRC</a> events in 2008. Their rally campaign started in <a href="/wiki/Karlstad" title="Karlstad">Karlstad</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2008_Swedish_Rally" title="2008 Swedish Rally">2008 Swedish Rally</a> followed up in May, immediately after the <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Mans Series">Le Mans Series</a> race at <a href="/wiki/Spa-Francorchamps" class="mw-redirect" title="Spa-Francorchamps">Spa-Francorchamps</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_d%27Italia_Sardegna" title="2008 Rally d'Italia Sardegna">Rally d’Italia Sardegna</a>. In July the team took delivery of a second <a href="/wiki/World_Rally_Championship" title="World Rally Championship">WRC</a> car, this time the <a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus_RS_WRC" title="Ford Focus RS WRC">Ford Focus RS WRC</a> 07, again the first new-generation to be delivered to a customer team by <a href="/wiki/M-Sport" title="M-Sport">M-Sport</a>. This enabled Van Merksteijn, Jr. to make the switch to the Focus that his father had previously driven. In this setup Van Merksteijn Motorsport started the <a href="/wiki/2008_Rallye_Deutschland" title="2008 Rallye Deutschland">Rally Deutschland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_Catalunya" title="2008 Rally Catalunya">Rally Catalunya</a>. </p><p>After achieving its sole objective of 2008 by winning the <a href="/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="24 Hours of Le Mans">24 Hours of Le Mans</a>, Van Merksteijn Motorsport sold their Porsche RS Spyder to focus primarily on rallying. In 2009 the team was involved in the Dutch Rally Championship with Bernhard Ten Brinke. Van Merksteijn Motorsport trained the rookie rally driver and quickly prepared Ten Brinke to drive the Focus WRC with co-driver Hans van Goor at the front of the strong Dutch entry list. Once again Van Merksteijn Motorsport created a champion who would win the national title in his first year in the sport. Internationally the team was active but with a reduced calendar that only saw the team enter the <a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Norway" title="2009 Rally Norway">Rally Norway</a> and <a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Rally Portugal">Rally Portugal</a>. </p><p>In 2010 Van Merksteijn Motorsport entered the <a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Sweden" title="2010 Rally Sweden">Rally Sweden</a> for the second time, the favorite event of father and son Van Merksteijn, where they both drove <a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus_RS_WRC" title="Ford Focus RS WRC">Ford Focus RS WRC</a> cars. Later that year during the <a href="/wiki/2010_Rallye_Deutschland" title="2010 Rallye Deutschland">Rallye Deutschland</a> Bernhard Ten Brinke made his <a href="/wiki/World_Rally_Championship" title="World Rally Championship">WRC</a> debut. The Dutch Champion driving the Focus with co-driver <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eddy_Chevaillier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eddy Chevaillier (page does not exist)">Eddy Chevaillier</a> recorded an amazing result by finishing in 12th position overall in <a href="/wiki/Trier" title="Trier">Trier</a>. In <a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Sweden" title="2010 Rally Sweden">Rally Sweden</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_de_Portugal" title="2010 Rally de Portugal">Rally de Portugal</a> and <a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_GB" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Rally GB">Wales Rally GB</a> Van Merksteijn Motorsport was also present in a support role for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ipatec_Racing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ipatec Racing (page does not exist)">Ipatec Racing</a> as organizers and managers of their WRC activities. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_van_Merksteijn_jr._-_2011_Rallye_Deutschland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Peter_van_Merksteijn_jr._-_2011_Rallye_Deutschland.jpg/220px-Peter_van_Merksteijn_jr._-_2011_Rallye_Deutschland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Peter_van_Merksteijn_jr._-_2011_Rallye_Deutschland.jpg/330px-Peter_van_Merksteijn_jr._-_2011_Rallye_Deutschland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Peter_van_Merksteijn_jr._-_2011_Rallye_Deutschland.jpg/440px-Peter_van_Merksteijn_jr._-_2011_Rallye_Deutschland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Jr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Jr.">Peter van Merksteijn Jr.</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2011_Rallye_Deutschland" title="2011 Rallye Deutschland">2011 Rallye Deutschland</a></figcaption></figure> <p>For the 2011 season the team announced ambitious plans. Van Merksteijn Motorsport will enter the <a href="/wiki/World_Rally_Championship" title="World Rally Championship">World Rally Championship</a> as a private WRC team with a <a href="/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS3_WRC" title="Citroën DS3 WRC">Citroën DS3 WRC</a>. Van Merksteijn, Jr. will start in ten rounds of the Championship and father Van Merksteijn, Sr. intends to drive in a second DS3 in three WRC events. It is unique that a private Dutch team will have the latest specification WRC cars from <a href="/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn" title="Citroën">Citroën</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="WRC_Results">WRC Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Van_Merksteijn_Motorsport&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: WRC Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Entrant </th> <th>Car </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>1 </th> <th>2 </th> <th>3 </th> <th>4 </th> <th>5 </th> <th>6 </th> <th>7 </th> <th>8 </th> <th>9 </th> <th>10 </th> <th>11 </th> <th>12 </th> <th>13 </th> <th>14 </th> <th>15 </th> <th>16 </th> <th>WDC </th> <th>Points </th> <th>TC </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2007_World_Rally_Championship_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 World Rally Championship season">2007</a> </td> <th rowspan="2">Van Merksteijn Motorsport </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus_WRC" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Focus WRC">Ford Focus RS WRC 06</a> </th> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Sr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Sr.">Peter van Merksteijn Sr.</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Monte_Carlo_Rally" title="2007 Monte Carlo Rally">MON</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Swedish_Rally" title="2007 Swedish Rally">SWE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Norway" title="2007 Rally Norway">NOR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_M%C3%A9xico" title="2007 Rally México">MEX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Rally Portugal">POR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Argentina" title="2007 Rally Argentina">ARG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_d%27Italia_Sardegna" title="2007 Rally d'Italia Sardegna">ITA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Acropolis_Rally" title="2007 Acropolis Rally">GRE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Finland" title="2007 Rally Finland">FIN</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Deutschland" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Rally Deutschland">GER</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">40</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_New_Zealand" title="2007 Rally New Zealand">NZL</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Catalunya" title="2007 Rally Catalunya">ESP</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">29</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Tour_de_Corse" title="2007 Tour de Corse">FRA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Japan" title="2007 Rally Japan">JPN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Ireland" title="2007 Rally Ireland">IRE</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_GB" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Rally GB">GBR</a><br /><small>43</small> </td> <th>- </th> <th>0 </th> <th rowspan="2">- </th> <th rowspan="2">0 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Lancer_Evo" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsubishi Lancer Evo">Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX</a> </th> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Jr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Jr.">Peter van Merksteijn Jr.</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Monte_Carlo_Rally" title="2007 Monte Carlo Rally">MON</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Swedish_Rally" title="2007 Swedish Rally">SWE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Norway" title="2007 Rally Norway">NOR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_M%C3%A9xico" title="2007 Rally México">MEX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Rally Portugal">POR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Argentina" title="2007 Rally Argentina">ARG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_d%27Italia_Sardegna" title="2007 Rally d'Italia Sardegna">ITA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Acropolis_Rally" title="2007 Acropolis Rally">GRE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Finland" title="2007 Rally Finland">FIN</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Deutschland" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Rally Deutschland">GER</a><br /><small>70</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_New_Zealand" title="2007 Rally New Zealand">NZL</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Catalunya" title="2007 Rally Catalunya">ESP</a><br /><small>60</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Tour_de_Corse" title="2007 Tour de Corse">FRA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Japan" title="2007 Rally Japan">JPN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_Ireland" title="2007 Rally Ireland">IRE</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2007_Rally_GB" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Rally GB">GBR</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">29</span> </td> <th>- </th> <th>0 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/2008_World_Rally_Championship_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 World Rally Championship season">2008</a> </td> <th rowspan="4">Van Merksteijn Motorsport </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus_WRC" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Focus WRC">Ford Focus RS WRC 06</a> </th> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Sr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Sr.">Peter van Merksteijn Sr.</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Monte_Carlo_Rally" title="2008 Monte Carlo Rally">MON</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2008_Swedish_Rally" title="2008 Swedish Rally">SWE</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">23</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_M%C3%A9xico" title="2008 Rally México">MEX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_Argentina" title="2008 Rally Argentina">ARG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Jordan_Rally" title="2008 Jordan Rally">JOR</a> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_d%27Italia_Sardegna" title="2008 Rally d'Italia Sardegna">ITA</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Acropolis_Rally" title="2008 Acropolis Rally">GRE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_of_Turkey" title="2008 Rally of Turkey">TUR</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th rowspan="2">- </th> <th rowspan="2">0 </th> <th rowspan="4">- </th> <th rowspan="4">0 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus_WRC" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Focus WRC">Ford Focus RS WRC 07</a> </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_Finland" title="2008 Rally Finland">FIN</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_Deutschland" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Rally Deutschland">GER</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">21</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_New_Zealand" title="2008 Rally New Zealand">NZL</a> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_Catalunya" title="2008 Rally Catalunya">ESP</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Tour_de_Corse" title="2008 Tour de Corse">FRA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_Japan" title="2008 Rally Japan">JPN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_GB" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Rally GB">GBR</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Lancer_Evo" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsubishi Lancer Evo">Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX</a> </th> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Jr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Jr.">Peter van Merksteijn Jr.</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Monte_Carlo_Rally" title="2008 Monte Carlo Rally">MON</a> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2008_Swedish_Rally" title="2008 Swedish Rally">SWE</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_M%C3%A9xico" title="2008 Rally México">MEX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_Argentina" title="2008 Rally Argentina">ARG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Jordan_Rally" title="2008 Jordan Rally">JOR</a> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_d%27Italia_Sardegna" title="2008 Rally d'Italia Sardegna">ITA</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Acropolis_Rally" title="2008 Acropolis Rally">GRE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_of_Turkey" title="2008 Rally of Turkey">TUR</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th rowspan="2">- </th> <th rowspan="2">0 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus_WRC" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Focus WRC">Ford Focus RS WRC 06</a> </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_Finland" title="2008 Rally Finland">FIN</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_Deutschland" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Rally Deutschland">GER</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">17</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_New_Zealand" title="2008 Rally New Zealand">NZL</a> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_Catalunya" title="2008 Rally Catalunya">ESP</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Tour_de_Corse" title="2008 Tour de Corse">FRA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_Japan" title="2008 Rally Japan">JPN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rally_GB" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Rally GB">GBR</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2009_World_Rally_Championship_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 World Rally Championship season">2009</a> </td> <th rowspan="2">Van Merksteijn Motorsport </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus_WRC" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Focus WRC">Ford Focus RS WRC 07</a> </th> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Sr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Sr.">Peter van Merksteijn Sr.</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Ireland" title="2009 Rally Ireland">IRE</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Norway" title="2009 Rally Norway">NOR</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">20</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Cyprus_Rally" title="2009 Cyprus Rally">CYP</a> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Rally Portugal">POR</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Argentina" title="2009 Rally Argentina">ARG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_d%27Italia_Sardegna" title="2009 Rally d'Italia Sardegna">ITA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Acropolis_Rally" title="2009 Acropolis Rally">GRE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Poland" title="2009 Rally Poland">POL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Finland" title="2009 Rally Finland">FIN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Australia" title="2009 Rally Australia">AUS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Catalunya" title="2009 Rally Catalunya">ESP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_GB" title="2009 Rally GB">GBR</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th>- </th> <th>0 </th> <th rowspan="2">- </th> <th rowspan="2">0 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus_WRC" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Focus WRC">Ford Focus RS WRC 06</a> </th> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Jr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Jr.">Peter van Merksteijn Jr.</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Ireland" title="2009 Rally Ireland">IRE</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Norway" title="2009 Rally Norway">NOR</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">18</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Cyprus_Rally" title="2009 Cyprus Rally">CYP</a> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Rally Portugal">POR</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Argentina" title="2009 Rally Argentina">ARG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_d%27Italia_Sardegna" title="2009 Rally d'Italia Sardegna">ITA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Acropolis_Rally" title="2009 Acropolis Rally">GRE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Poland" title="2009 Rally Poland">POL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Finland" title="2009 Rally Finland">FIN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Australia" title="2009 Rally Australia">AUS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_Catalunya" title="2009 Rally Catalunya">ESP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Rally_GB" title="2009 Rally GB">GBR</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th>- </th> <th>0 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/2010_World_Rally_Championship_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 World Rally Championship season">2010</a> </td> <th rowspan="3">Van Merksteijn Motorsport </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus_WRC" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Focus WRC">Ford Focus RS WRC 06</a> </th> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Sr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Sr.">Peter van Merksteijn Sr.</a></b> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Sweden" title="2010 Rally Sweden">SWE</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">28</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Rally Mexico">MEX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Jordan_Rally" title="2010 Jordan Rally">JOR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_of_Turkey" title="2010 Rally of Turkey">TUR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_New_Zealand" title="2010 Rally New Zealand">NZL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_de_Portugal" title="2010 Rally de Portugal">POR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Bulgaria" title="2010 Rally Bulgaria">BUL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Finland" title="2010 Rally Finland">FIN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rallye_Deutschland" title="2010 Rallye Deutschland">GER</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Japan" title="2010 Rally Japan">JPN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rallye_de_France" title="2010 Rallye de France">FRA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Catalunya" title="2010 Rally Catalunya">ESP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_GB" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Rally GB">GBR</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th>- </th> <th>0 </th> <th rowspan="3">- </th> <th rowspan="3">0 </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus_WRC" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Focus WRC">Ford Focus RS WRC 08</a> </th> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Jr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Jr.">Peter van Merksteijn Jr.</a></b> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Sweden" title="2010 Rally Sweden">SWE</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">17</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Rally Mexico">MEX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Jordan_Rally" title="2010 Jordan Rally">JOR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_of_Turkey" title="2010 Rally of Turkey">TUR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_New_Zealand" title="2010 Rally New Zealand">NZL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_de_Portugal" title="2010 Rally de Portugal">POR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Bulgaria" title="2010 Rally Bulgaria">BUL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Finland" title="2010 Rally Finland">FIN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rallye_Deutschland" title="2010 Rallye Deutschland">GER</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Japan" title="2010 Rally Japan">JPN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rallye_de_France" title="2010 Rallye de France">FRA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Catalunya" title="2010 Rally Catalunya">ESP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_GB" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Rally GB">GBR</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th>- </th> <th>0 </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Bernhard ten Brinke</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Sweden" title="2010 Rally Sweden">SWE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Rally Mexico">MEX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Jordan_Rally" title="2010 Jordan Rally">JOR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_of_Turkey" title="2010 Rally of Turkey">TUR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_New_Zealand" title="2010 Rally New Zealand">NZL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_de_Portugal" title="2010 Rally de Portugal">POR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Bulgaria" title="2010 Rally Bulgaria">BUL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Finland" title="2010 Rally Finland">FIN</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2010_Rallye_Deutschland" title="2010 Rallye Deutschland">GER</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">12</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Japan" title="2010 Rally Japan">JPN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rallye_de_France" title="2010 Rallye de France">FRA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_Catalunya" title="2010 Rally Catalunya">ESP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rally_GB" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Rally GB">GBR</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th>- </th> <th>0 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2011_World_Rally_Championship_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 World Rally Championship season">2011</a> </td> <th rowspan="2">Van Merksteijn Motorsport </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS3_WRC" title="Citroën DS3 WRC">Citroën DS3 WRC</a> </th> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Jr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Jr.">Peter van Merksteijn Jr.</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_Sweden" title="2011 Rally Sweden">SWE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Rally Mexico">MEX</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_de_Portugal" title="2011 Rally de Portugal">POR</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">22</span> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Jordan_Rally" title="2011 Jordan Rally">JOR</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_d%27Italia_Sardegna" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Rally d'Italia Sardegna">ITA</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_Argentina" title="2011 Rally Argentina">ARG</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Acropolis_Rally" title="2011 Acropolis Rally">GRE</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_Finland" title="2011 Rally Finland">FIN</a> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Rallye_Deutschland" title="2011 Rallye Deutschland">GER</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">9</span> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_Australia" title="2011 Rally Australia">AUS</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">13</span> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Rallye_de_France" title="2011 Rallye de France">FRA</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_Catalunya" title="2011 Rally Catalunya">ESP</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">17</span> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_GB" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Rally GB">GBR</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th>25th </th> <th>2 </th> <th rowspan="2">9th </th> <th rowspan="2">16 </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Sr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Sr.">Peter van Merksteijn Sr.</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_Sweden" title="2011 Rally Sweden">SWE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Rally Mexico">MEX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_de_Portugal" title="2011 Rally de Portugal">POR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Jordan_Rally" title="2011 Jordan Rally">JOR</a> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_d%27Italia_Sardegna" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Rally d'Italia Sardegna">ITA</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_Argentina" title="2011 Rally Argentina">ARG</a> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2011_Acropolis_Rally" title="2011 Acropolis Rally">GRE</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_Finland" title="2011 Rally Finland">FIN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Rallye_Deutschland" title="2011 Rallye Deutschland">GER</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_Australia" title="2011 Rally Australia">AUS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Rallye_de_France" title="2011 Rallye de France">FRA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_Catalunya" title="2011 Rally Catalunya">ESP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Rally_GB" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Rally GB">GBR</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th>- </th> <th>0 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2012_World_Rally_Championship_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 World Rally Championship season">2012</a> </td> <th rowspan="2">Van Merksteijn Motorsport </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS3_WRC" title="Citroën DS3 WRC">Citroën DS3 WRC</a> </th> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Jr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Jr.">Peter van Merksteijn Jr.</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Monte_Carlo_Rally" title="2012 Monte Carlo Rally">MON</a> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_Sweden" title="2012 Rally Sweden">SWE</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">19</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_M%C3%A9xico" title="2012 Rally México">MEX</a> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;"><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_de_Portugal" title="2012 Rally de Portugal">POR</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">10</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_Argentina" title="2012 Rally Argentina">ARG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Acropolis_Rally" title="2012 Acropolis Rally">GRE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_New_Zealand" title="2012 Rally New Zealand">NZL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_Finland" title="2012 Rally Finland">FIN</a> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2012_Rallye_Deutschland" title="2012 Rallye Deutschland">GER</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Wales_Rally_GB" title="2012 Wales Rally GB">GBR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rallye_de_France-Alsace" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Rallye de France-Alsace">FRA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_d%27Italia" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Rally d'Italia">ITA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_de_Espa%C3%B1a" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Rally de España">ESP</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th>33rd </th> <th>1 </th> <th rowspan="2">- </th> <th rowspan="2">0 </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Sr." title="Peter van Merksteijn Sr.">Peter van Merksteijn Sr.</a></b> </td> <td style="background:#EFCFFF;"><a href="/wiki/2012_Monte_Carlo_Rally" title="2012 Monte Carlo Rally">MON</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ret</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_Sweden" title="2012 Rally Sweden">SWE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_M%C3%A9xico" title="2012 Rally México">MEX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_de_Portugal" title="2012 Rally de Portugal">POR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_Argentina" title="2012 Rally Argentina">ARG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Acropolis_Rally" title="2012 Acropolis Rally">GRE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_New_Zealand" title="2012 Rally New Zealand">NZL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_Finland" title="2012 Rally Finland">FIN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rallye_Deutschland" title="2012 Rallye Deutschland">GER</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Wales_Rally_GB" title="2012 Wales Rally GB">GBR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rallye_de_France-Alsace" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Rallye de France-Alsace">FRA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_d%27Italia" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Rally d'Italia">ITA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rally_de_Espa%C3%B1a" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Rally de España">ESP</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th>- </th> <th>0 </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dakar_Rally">Dakar Rally</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Van_Merksteijn_Motorsport&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Dakar Rally"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In entering the <a href="/wiki/2009_Dakar_Rally" title="2009 Dakar Rally">2009 Dakar Rally</a>, another wish of team owner Van Merksteijn was fulfilled. For this first <a href="/wiki/Dakar_Rally" title="Dakar Rally">Dakar Rally</a> on the South American continent a 2009 version of the <a href="/wiki/BMW_X3" title="BMW X3">BMW X3</a> CC was made available to Van Merksteijn Motorsport. As part of the factory outfit <a href="/w/index.php?title=X-Raid_Team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="X-Raid Team (page does not exist)">X-Raid Team</a> of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sven_Quandt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sven Quandt (page does not exist)">Sven Quandt</a>, Van Merksteijn achieved a tenth position on the opening day of the event. On the fifth day of the monstrous rally on the stage from <a href="/wiki/Neuquen" class="mw-redirect" title="Neuquen">Neuquen</a> to <a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Raphael&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="San Raphael (page does not exist)">San Raphael</a> things took a turn for the worse near the end of the 500 kilometre long special stage. Thirty kilometres after changing both rear tyres, the rear of the X3 caught fire and the car was burnt down to its bare chassis within minutes. Even though participation in the rally for Van Merksteijn ended prematurely, part of the team remained involved in the event all the way to its finish in <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires,_Argentina" class="mw-redirect" title="Buenos Aires, Argentina">Buenos Aires, Argentina</a>. The management of Van Merksteijn Motorsport was also responsible for the entry in the <a href="/wiki/Dakar_Rally" title="Dakar Rally">Dakar Rally</a> of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ipatec_Racing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ipatec Racing (page does not exist)">Ipatec Racing</a> with driver <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Kuipers" title="René Kuipers">René Kuipers</a> finishing the Dakar 2009 in 19th place with a 2008 model of the <a href="/wiki/BMW_X3" title="BMW X3">BMW X3</a> CC from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=X-Raid_Team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="X-Raid Team (page does not exist)">X-Raid Team</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Van_Merksteijn_Motorsport&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wrc.com/news/van-merksteijn-jr-makes-citroen-switch/?fid=13989">Van Merksteijn jr. makes Citroën switch</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88644">Autosport.com; Van Merksteijn gets Citroën WRC car </a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.marathonrally.com/news/dakar_2009_van_merksteijn_and_rene_kuipers_new_driver_for_x_raid_bmw.10891.0.html">Van Merksteijn new driver for X-Raid BMW</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/02/20/van-merksteijn-motorsport-completes-first-test-day/">Van Merksteijn Motorsport completes first test day</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Van_Merksteijn_Motorsport&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vm-motorsport.com">Official website</a></span></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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