A1 Team Netherlands Explained

Team Name:A1 Team Netherlands
Flag Name:Netherlands
Country:Netherlands
Founded:2005
Seat Holder:Jan Lammers
Chairman:-
Drivers:Jeroen Bleekemolen
Robert Doornbos
Jos Verstappen
Renger van der Zande
Car Name:-
First Race:2005–06 Great Britain
Events:39 (77 starts)
Championships:0
Sprint Wins:3
Main Wins:1
Poles:5
Fastest Laps:1
Total Points:294
Current Season:2008-09
Current Position:4th
Current Points:75

A1 Team Netherlands was the Dutch team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series.

Management

A1 Team Netherlands' owner was former Formula One driver and Le Mans winner Jan Lammers. The team was managed by Lammers's racing team Racing for Holland, notable for their participation in the 24 hours of Le Mans and FIA sportscars series.

History

The 2005-06 season had a difficult start for Team Netherlands. In the first two sprint races the car was hit in the first turn on both the Brands Hatch and EuroSpeedway circuits. Despite these setbacks, Jos Verstappen showed impressive overtaking action in the main races moving from the back of the grid to the seventh position. The season continued with average results, with 4th up to 19th positions as end results.

The street circuit of Durban, South Africa brought the first victory for A1 Team Netherlands as in the last turn of the main race, Jos Verstappen managed to take the lead from the Swiss car. A similar manoeuvre that failed during the sprint race forced Verstappen to start from the 16th place on the grid.

In 2006-07 Team Netherlands finished 5th in the championship, with one victory.

In 2007-08 Team Netherlands finished 7th in the championship, with 2 podiums.

For the 2008-09 season Jeroen Bleekemolen returned as a driver, alongside A1GP rookie Robert Doornbos. Both drivers alternated races, starting with Bleekemolen at Zandvoort.[1] Team Netherlands finished 4th in the championship, with both drivers having scored one victory in a sprint race.

Drivers

NameSeasonswidth=90pxRounds
(Starts)
width=40pxTitleswidth=40pxWinswidth=40pxSprint
wins
width=40pxFeature
wins
width=40px2ndwidth=40px3rdwidth=40pxPoleswidth=40pxFastest
Laps
width=40pxPoints
Jeroen Bleekemolen2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-0924 (47 starts)22214187[2]
Robert Doornbos2008-093 (5 starts)11111131
Renger van der Zande2006-072 (3 starts)7
Jos Verstappen2005-0611 (22 starts)11169
  1. News: Netherlands names its drivers . a1gp.com . 2008-09-18 . 2008-09-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080919051251/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=42042 . 2008-09-19 .
  2. This includes the 6 points scored during the 2008–09 Malaysian Grand Prix, where the team scored its worst result of the 2008–09 season and the points of which were therefore later deducted.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key), "spr" indicates the Sprint Race, "fea" indicates the Feature Race.(results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Yearwidth=66pxRacing
team
width=66pxChassis,
Engine,
Tyres
Driverswidth=22px1width=22px2width=22px3width=22px4width=22px5width=22px6width=22px7width=22px8width=22px9width=22px10width=22px11width=22px12width=22px13width=22px14width=22px15width=22px16width=22px17width=22px18width=22px19width=22px20width=22px21width=22px22PointsRank
2005–06Racing for HollandLola,
Zytek,
Cooper Avon

GBR

GER

POR

AUS

MYS

UAE

RSA

INA

MEX

USA

CHN
697th
sprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfea
Jos VerstappenRet7Ret74Ret74516119161764214RetRet17
<--2006-07-->
2006–07Racing for HollandLola,
Zytek,
Cooper Avon

NED

CZE

BEI

MYS

INA

NZL

AUS

RSA

MEX

SHA

GBR
575th
sprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfea
Jeroen Bleekemolen941191Ret7913DSQ4554461765
Renger van der Zande994
<--2007-08-->
2007–08Racing for HollandLola,
Zytek,
Cooper Avon

NED

CZE

MYS

ZHU

NZL

AUS

RSA

MEX

SHA

GBR
877th
sprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfea
Jeroen Bleekemolen38521849Ret58985484171896
<--2008-09-->
2008–09Racing for HollandFerrari,
Ferrari,
Michelin

NED

CHN

MYS

NZL

RSA

POR

GBR
754th
sprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfeasprfea
Jeroen Bleekemolen45681462
Robert Doornbos216351DNS

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