Marc VDS Racing Team explained

Short Name:	Marc VDS Racing Team
Last Season:	2024
Long Name:	ELF Marc VDS Racing Team
Base:	Gosselies, Belgium
Principal:	Joan Olivé
Riders:	Moto2: 12. Filip Salač 14. Tony Arbolino
Motorcycle:	Kalex Moto2
Tyres:	Pirelli

Marc VDS Racing Team is a motorcycle racing team founded by Belgian owner Marc-Oswald van der Straten-Ponthoz, descendant of the founder of the Stella Artois brewery.^[1] The team competes in motorcycle racing in the Moto2 World Championship under the name ELF Marc VDS Racing Team. The team has previously competed in the MotoGP and MotoE classes. It also previously competed in many auto racing championships, particularly in grand touring classes - namely the FIA GT1 World Championship, the Blancpain Endurance Series, and the European Le Mans Series - as well as the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. They have also previously contested in rallying at various rally raid events, such as the Dakar Rally.

History

Mixed motorsport era

Based in Gosselies, Belgium, Marc VDS began competing in the Belcar series as part of the racing program for the Gillet Vertigo, a Belgian sports car, under the Belgian Racing title. By 2005 the Gillet program expanded to include the international FIA GT Championship, although the team was not allowed to compete for the season championship due to the low production of road legal Vertigos. Despite continued development for several years, the Gillet program ended in 2008 and van der Straten rebranded the team as Marc VDS for the 2009 season. The team however remained involved in the FIA GT Championship at the behest of Jean Michel Delporte and Bas Leinders by becoming one of two development teams for the Matech Ford GT, shifting the team to the GT1 category.^[2] Marc VDS also expanded their program through the purchase of a Volkswagen Buggy TDI Rally raid for the 2010 Dakar Rally.

After their year of development in FIA GT, Marc VDS was one of twelve teams granted entry in the inaugural FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010, where they would retain their Ford GT. The 2010 GT1 program also included an entry in the Le Mans Series' 1000 km of Spa as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Shortly after entering FIA GT1, Marc VDS also announced their merger with Michael Bartholemy and Didier de Radiguès' entry in the new Moto2 category of Grand Prix motorcycle racing,^[3] where riders Scott Redding and Héctor Faubel would compete on Suter bikes. Marc VDS also added a fourth program to 2010 by co-developing a Ford Mustang with Multimatic Motorsports of Canada for use in the FIA GT3 European Championship.

In 2013, Marc VDS had a good showing in Moto2, with their riders Scott Redding and Mika Kallio finishing 2nd and 4th in the championship. The team also expanded their motorcycle grand prix programme into the Moto3 category with Kalex-built and KTM-powered machinery with Belgian rider Livio Loi. This expansion proved a challenge, with Loi and Marc VDS barely managing to finish in the points in 4 out of 15 entered races that season. The troubles continued the following season, and despite a good 4th place finish at the third race in Argentina, Livio failed to place better than 19th in the following 6 races. Livio was ultimately replaced mid-season with Spanish rider Jorge Navarro for the remainder of the season. 2014 was, however, the first taste of major success for Marc VDS in the Moto2 class, where their riders Tito Rabat and Mika Kallio finished 1st and 2nd respectively in the rider's championship.

For 2015, Marc VDS dropped their difficult Moto3 programme, as they were presented with the opportunity to run a satellite Honda bike in the premier MotoGP class. Former long-time Marc VDS rider Scott Redding returned for this season. Redding and Marc VDS were reasonably successful from the off, consistently finishing in points-scoring positions and even achieving a 3rd place podium position in San Marino. The team finished a respectable 8th in the team's championship, significantly ahead of even some teams who regularly fielded two riders.

In July 2015, Bas Leinders announced he had parted from the team.^[4] In October 2015, Marc van der Straten announced that the sportscar racing programme would end at the conclusion of the 2015 season. He claimed he had lost confidence in his managers because they had taken too great a risk with his money.^[5] In addition, the SRO Motorsports Group, organizer of the Blancpain GT Series, introduced a new regulation for the 24 Hours of Spa which stated that pro teams must compete in all races of the series to be eligible for the 24 Hours. Van der Straten did not like this decision, as the team only wished to participate in the 24 Hours of Spa. Accordingly, the Marc VDS Racing Team decided to concentrate solely on two-wheeled motorsports.

Motorcycle Grand Prix era

In 2016, Marc VDS fielded two bikes in the MotoGP class, ridden by Australian Jack Miller and their former Moto2 champion Tito Rabat. Rabat was able to finish consistently in the points, but it was Jack Miller who gave the Marc VDS team their first taste of ultimate success at the pinnacle of motorcycle racing, by winning a rain-soaked Assen TT. The win was the first for a non-factory team in nearly a decade, dating back to the 2006 Portuguese GP.

2017 was another strong year for Marc VDS. In MotoGP, both riders continued with the team, and thanks to more consistent performances from both, Marc VDS finished 7th in the team's championship with 117 points, their best finish in the class to date. In the Moto2 class, rider Franco Morbidelli achieved 8 wins from 18 rounds, sealing another rider's championship for the team. Second rider Álex Márquez also managed three further wins, securing 4th place on the year.

For 2018, Morbidelli was promoted to the MotoGP squad alongside his Moto2 runner-up Thomas Lüthi. Morbidelli was able to consistently finish in the low point-scoring positions, thus being crowned rookie of the year, but Lüthi failed to score a single point that season. The team finished second-to-last in the team's championship in 11th. During the course of the season, team leader Bartholemy left the team by “mutual agreement”, according to a Marc VDS statement, after reports in German media claimed he had been embezzling team funds.^[6] As a result of this upheaval and a desire of the MotoGP commercial rights holder Dorna Sports to reduce grid sizes, Marc VDS was dropped from the MotoGP class at the end of 2018.^[7] In Moto2 the team finished 3rd in the team standings despite not earning a single win in the class, at the end of the season Joan Mir prematurely ended his three year contract with Marc VDS early to move up to the MotoGP class to take over the vacant Suzuki seat.

In 2019, Marc VDS returned to winning ways in Moto2 with Álex Márquez taking 5 wins and 10 podiums en route to the rider's championship. Teammate Xavi Vierge's inconsistent results however relegated the team to just 4th place in the team's championship. The team also joined in the inaugural MotoE season with Mike Di Meglio taking pole, fastest lap, and the win at the Austrian round.

In 2020, the team achieved second place in the Moto2 teams' championship on the backs of riders Sam Lowes' and Augusto Fernández's performances (3 wins, 4 further podiums and 6 further top 5 finishes). It was the team's best result since the teams' championship was counted in Moto2. In MotoE, Di Miglio achieved two podium finishes and ended the season in fourth position overall.

2021 saw Marc VDS and rider Di Meglio elect to leave the MotoE class, citing scheduling conflicts with Di Meglio's Endurance World Championship commitments.^[8] The team continued in Moto2 with Lowes and Fernández, the former sweeping both races of the season-opening double header from pole in Qatar.^[9] With a further win in Emilia-Romagna and two further podium finishes from Lowes and six podium finishes from Fernández, Marc VDS again achieved second place in the teams' championship.

World Superbike

Marc VDS entered the Superbike World Championship with long-time Moto2 rider Sam Lowes racing on a Ducati Panigale V4R, beginning from the 2024 season.^[10]

Motorsports results

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By rider

Year	Class	Team name	Bike	Riders	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points	Pos.
2022	Moto2	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex Moto2	Senna Agius	4	0	0	0	0	7	26th
				Tony Arbolino	20	3	5	0	2	191.5	4th
				Sam Lowes	20	0	2	0	0	55	19th
2023	Moto2	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex Moto2
				Tony Arbolino	18	3	8	0	1	243.5*	2nd*
				Sam Lowes	18	1	1	2	1	91*	12th*

By season

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Motorcycle	Riders	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Points	Pos.
	Moto2	Suter MMX		QAT	ESP	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT	GER	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL					rowspan="3"	-	rowspan="3"	-
			Scott Redding	23	16	11	21	4	11	Ret	Ret	22	3	Ret	8	5	Ret	2	4	5
			Héctor Faubel	22	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	25	Ret	25	12	Ret	16	17	30	11	Ret	11	21
	Moto2	Suter MMXI		QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL					rowspan="3"	-	rowspan="3"	-
			Mika Kallio	20	17	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	13	9	15	10	10	16	6	2
			Scott Redding	31	23	25	16	11	5	24	27	7	26	5	5	15	20	7	10	30
2012	Moto2	Kalex		QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	IND	CZE	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL					rowspan="3"	-	rowspan="3"	-
			Mika Kallio	10	7	9	5	9	10	10	2	11	4	9	4	15	16	6	Ret	7
			Scott Redding	6	4	11	3	10	2	3	Ret	6	6	Ret	7	3	4	11	3	22
2013	Moto2	Kalex		QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL					rowspan="3"	-	rowspan="3"	-
			Mika Kallio	5	3	Ret	2	5	9	4	12	7	1	6	9	5	4	7	2	14
			Scott Redding	2	5	2	1	1	4	2	7	3	8	1	6	4	7	DNS	Ret	15
	Moto3	Kalex-KTM	Livio Loi			15	16	25	Ret	23	22	14	21	19	22	15	18	18	12	Ret					rowspan="2"	-	rowspan="2"	-
	Moto3	Kalex-KTM	Jules Danilo				Ret						24
2014	Moto2	Kalex		QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL				rowspan="4"	-	rowspan="4"	-
			Mika Kallio	2	4	7	1	1	6	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	7	5	4	2	Ret
			Esteve Rabat	1	2	1	4	3	1	1	8	4	4	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2
			Aiden Wagner																26
	Moto3	Kalex-KTM	Livio Loi	17	12	4	Ret	20	19	25	25														rowspan="3"	-	rowspan="3"	-
		KTM RC250GP	Livio Loi									Ret
		Kalex-KTM	Jorge Navarro										14	Ret	27	15	Ret	Ret	12	12	Ret
2015	MotoGP	Honda RC213V		QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL				84	8th
	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Scott Redding	13	Ret	9	13	Ret	11	7	13	Ret	13	12	6	3	12	10	11	11	15				84	8th
	Moto2	Kalex	Tito Rabat	Ret	4	12	3	2	1	3	2	Ret	5	2	3	2	1	DNS	DNS		1				rowspan="2"	-	rowspan="2"	-
	Moto2	Kalex	Álex Márquez	11	15	15	9	Ret	12	11	9	18	10	4	4	Ret	Ret	18	9	Ret	12
2016	MotoGP	Honda RC213V		QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL				87	11th
			Jack Miller	14	Ret	DNS	17	Ret	Ret	10	1	7	DNS		16	DNS		Ret	10	8	15
			Tito Rabat	15	9	13	18	Ret	DNS	14	11	16	14	10	15	17	Ret	14	16	18	17
			Nicky Hayden														15
	Moto2	Kalex	Franco Morbidelli	7	25	14	4	4	8	11	3	Ret	2	8	2	5	3	3	2	2	3				rowspan="2"	-	rowspan="2"	-
	Moto2	Kalex	Álex Márquez	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	16	18	8	Ret	6	5	25	10	2	Ret	DNS	7	Ret
2017	MotoGP	Honda RC213V		QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL				117	7th
			Jack Miller	8	9	10	Ret	8	15	Ret	6	15	14	Ret	16	6	13		7	8	7
			Tito Rabat	15	12	13	Ret	11	11	15	12	18	17	19	12	Ret	15	15	16	18	10
			Hiroshi Aoyama															18
	Moto2	Kalex	Franco Morbidelli	1	1	1	Ret	1	4	5	1	1	8	1	3	Ret	1	8	3	3	2				rowspan="2"	-	rowspan="2"	-
	Moto2	Kalex	Álex Márquez	5	21	4	1	4	3	1	6	Ret	2	2	14	DNS	Ret	1	6	Ret	5
2018	MotoGP	Honda RC213V		QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL			50	11th
			Thomas Lüthi	16	17	18	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	20	17	16	22	C	22	17	20	20	16	16	Ret
			Franco Morbidelli	12	14	21	9	13	15	14	DNS	WD	13	19	C	12	11	14	11	8	12	Ret
			Stefan Bradl									16
	Moto2	Kalex	Joan Mir	11	7	4	11	3	3	Ret	5	2	Ret	8	C	5	6	Ret	11	2	10	Ret			328	3rd
	Moto2	Kalex	Álex Márquez	3	5	2	Ret	2	5	3	3	13	Ret	Ret	C	18	4	Ret	4	7	7	3			328	3rd
2019	Moto2	Kalex		QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL			343	4th
			Álex Márquez	7	3	5	24	1	1	1	Ret	1	1	2	Ret	3	3	5	6	8	2	30
			Xavi Vierge	10	DNS	Ret	6	5	12	8	Ret	Ret	24	Ret	10	8	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	7
	MotoE	Energica Ego		GER	AUT	RSM		VAL																	-	-
	MotoE	Energica Ego	Mike Di Meglio	3	1	Ret	10	10	6																-	-
2020	Moto2	Kalex		QAT	SPA	ANC	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	ARA	POR							262	2nd
			Sam Lowes	DNS	4	4	2	4	DSQ	8	3	2	1	1	1	Ret	14	3
			Augusto Fernández	Ret	13	13	5	8	Ret	5	18	Ret	4	11	8	DNS	15	8
	MotoE	Energica Ego		SPA	ANC	RSM	EMI		FRA																-	-
	MotoE	Energica Ego	Mike Di Meglio	10	7	6	Ret	6	2	2															-	-
2021	Moto2	Kalex		QAT	DOH	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	STY	AUT	GBR	ARA	RSM	AME	EMI	ALR	VAL				364	2nd
			Sam Lowes	1^P	1^PF	Ret^P	3^F	Ret	Ret^F	7	5	4	14	4^P	4	Ret^P	4	Ret	1^P	3	7
			Augusto Fernández	14	6	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	3	3	3	6	3	6	4	2^F	9	3
2022	Moto2	Kalex		QAT	INA	ARG	AME	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	RSM	ARA	JPN	THA	AUS	MAL	VAL		253.5	5th
			Senna Agius																				9
			Tony Arbolino	5	8	6	1	Ret	3	Ret	4	10	10	7	12	Ret	7	5	6	1^F	Ret	1^F	3
			Sam Lowes	3	4	10	Ret	Ret	Ret^F	DNS	Ret	Ret	3^F	Ret	DNS				DNS	19	12	DNS
2023	Moto2	Kalex		POR	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	JPN	INA		THA	MAL	QAT	VAL		353.5	2nd
			Tony Arbolino	3	1	2	4	1	2	2	7	10	6	17	4	2	11	6	1^F	4	10	10	16
			Sam Lowes	7	10	13	1^{P F}	15^P	Ret	7	11	7	Ret	9	Ret	19	Ret	10	Ret	14	7	12^F	7
2024	Moto2	Kalex		QAT	POR	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	KAZ	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	ARA	RSM	IND	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	VAL	36	6th
			Filip Salač	21		15	11	12
			Tony Arbolino	20	12	11	7	8

Superbike World Championship

Results by season

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

FIA GT1 World Championship

Year	Car	No.	Drivers
				1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Points	Pos.
				QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	Points	Pos.
2010	Ford GT1	40		6	13	19	8	16	Ret	20	4	9	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	5	3	5	11	5	3	Ret	62	8
2010	41		Ret	DNS	18	10	18	15	22	14	14	15	12	17	19	15	12	10	20	15	15	Ret		62	8
2011	40		11	DNS	Ret	10	Ret	10	Ret	8	11	6	12	10	Ret	12	10	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	132	6
2011	41		1	8	5	8	6	Ret	1	Ret	NC	Ret	3	4	5	6	1	1	Ret	4	15	11	132	6

Blancplain Endurance Series results

Year	Team	Class	Car	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points	Pos.
2011	Marc VDS Racing Team	Pro Cup	BMW Z4 GT3	40	Bas Leinders Maxime Martin Markus Palttala (1-2, 4-5) Marc Hennerici (3)			Ret	1	1		85	2nd
			Ford GT3	40		3	13
			Ford GT3	41	Markus Palttala Jonathan Hirschi Antoine Leclerc	DNS	DNS	11
			Alpina B6 GT3	41	Dylan Derdaele Dino Lunardi Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof					6
		Pro-Am Cup	Ford Mustang FR500 GT3	92	Éric Bachelart Marc Duez Jean-Michel Martin			28				-	-
2012	Marc VDS Racing Team	Pro Cup	BMW Z4 GT3	3	Bas Leinders Maxime Martin Markus Palttala	1	1	2	4	Ret	4	122	2nd
2012	Marc VDS Racing Team	Pro Cup	BMW Z4 GT3	4	Mike Hezemens (1-5) Bert Longin Henri Moser Nick Catsburg (6)	11	Ret	6	15	8	12	122	2nd
2013	Marc VDS Racing Team	Pro Cup	BMW Z4 GT3	3	Yelmer Buurman Bas Leinders Maxime Martin	10	Ret	1	Ret	3		99	1st
				4	Nick Catsburg (1-2, 4-5) Henri Moser Markus Palttala Andrea Piccini (3)	36	5	21	Ret	7
				14	Jens Klingmann Dirk Müller Andrea Piccini				Ret
2014	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Pro Cup	BMW Z4 GT3	66	Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin Jörg Müller				Ret			-	-
2014	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Pro Cup	BMW Z4 GT3	77	Lucas Luhr Markus Palttala Dirk Werner				2			-	-
2015	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Pro Cup	BMW Z4 GT3	45	Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin Dirk Werner				31			58	5th
2015	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Pro Cup	BMW Z4 GT3	46	Lucas Luhr Maxime Martin (3) Markus Palttala Nick Catsburg (4)			3	1			58	5th
Blancpain Endurance Series results^[12]

24 Hours of Le Mans

Year	Team	Driver	Car	Class	Laps	Overall result	Class result
2010	Marc VDS Racing Team	Eric de Doncker Bas Leinders Markus Palttala	Ford GT1	GT	26	DNF	DNF
2011	Kronos Racing Marc VDS Racing Team	Vanina Ickx Bas Leinders Maxime Martin	Lola B09/60	LMP1	328	7	7

24 Hours of Nürburgring

Year	Team	Driver	Car	Class	Laps	Overall result	Class result
2012	Marc VDS Racing	Maxime Martin Bas Leinders Markus Palttala	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9	154	4	4
2013	Marc VDS Racing	Maxime Martin Andrea Piccini Yelmer Buurman Richard Göransson	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9	88	2	2
2014	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Maxime Martin Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Marco Wittmann	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9 GT3	60	DNF	DNF
2014	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Bas Leinders Markus Palttala Nick Catsburg Dirk Adorf	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9 GT3	60	DNF	DNF
2015	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Maxime Martin Lucas Luhr Markus Palttala Richard Westbrook	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9 GT3	156	2	2
2015	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Augusto Farfus Jörg Müller Nick Catsburg Dirk Adorf	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9 GT3	155	4	4

Complete NASCAR Whelen Euro Series results

(key) (

Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1
Year	Car	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		Pts
2014		32	Bas Leinders	VAL 13	VAL 18	BRH 9	BRH 5	TOU 21	TOU 7	NUR 19	NUR 19	UMB 21	UMB 21	BUG 21	BUG 5	14th	464
		46	Markus Palttala		VAL		VAL	BRH 8	BRH 9		TOU		TOU	NUR 6	NUR 21		UMB	UMB		BUG		BUG	22nd	178
		46	Nathalie Maillet		VAL		VAL		BRH		BRH		TOU		TOU		NUR	NUR	UMB DNS	UMB DNS	BUG DNS	BUG DNS	32nd	106
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 2
Year	Car	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		Pts
2014		32	Denis Dupont	VAL 10	VAL DNS	BRH 2	BRH 22	TOU 1*	TOU 1*	NUR 20	NUR 18	UMB 8	UMB 18	BUG 8	*BUG* 3	5th	561
2014		46	Nathalie Maillet	VAL 12	VAL 16	BRH 21	BRH 12	TOU 14	TOU 17	NUR 6	NUR 19	UMB DNS	UMB DNS	BUG 10	BUG 6	12th	481

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year	Entrant	Car	No	Drivers	Class	1	2	3	4	5		Pts
2024	Boutsen VDS	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	9	Adam Christodoulou Thomas Drouet Maximilian Götz	Pro	LEC	SPA	NUR	MON	JED	NC*	0*
2024	Boutsen VDS	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	10	César Gazeau Roee Meyuhas Aurélien Panis	Silver	LEC	SPA	NUR	MON	JED	NC*	0*

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Year	Entrant	Car	No	Drivers	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		Pts
2024	Boutsen VDS	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	9	Maximilian Götz Jules Gounon	Pro	BRH 1	BRH 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	6th*	9.5*
2024	Boutsen VDS	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	10	César Gazeau Aurélien Panis	Silver	BRH 1	BRH 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	8th*	6*

Notes and References

Web site: Marc van der Straten (VDS): Milliardär und Mäzen . SpeedWeek.com . Enrico . Borghi . 12 July 2017 . 24 November 2019 . de.
Web site: Marc VDS Racing Team to enter Ford in 2009 . Planet Le Mans . planetlemans.com . 16 March 2009 . 2 September 2010.
Web site: Ex-Kawasaki MotoGP boss unveils Moto2 plan . . motorcyclenews.com . Matthew Birt . 10 December 2009 . 2 September 2010.
News: Leinders, Marc VDS Part Ways. Sportscar365.com. 31 July 2015. John. Dagys. 30 July 2015. John Dagys Media, LLC.
News: BMW sportscar team Marc VDS Racing stops car racing programme. 6 October 2015. 14 December 2015. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Gary. Watkins.
News: Bartholemy cleared of Marc VDS embezzlement allegations. 6 June 2018. 22 November 2019. motorsport.com. Jamie. Klein.
News: MotoGP outlines reduced 22-bike 2019 field, Marc VDS drops out. 21 September 2018. 22 November 2019. autosport.com. Valentin. Khorounzhiy.
Web site: 2021-01-21. Marc VDS Team withdraws from MotoE Cup. 2021-02-02. GPOne.com.
Web site: McLaren. Peter. 2021-04-07. Doha Moto2: 'We saved the best for last!' - Sam Lowes. 2021-05-16. Crash.net. en.
Web site: McLaren . Peter . 2023-07-13 . Official: Sam Lowes to World Superbike with Marc VDS, Ducati World Superbikes Crash . 2024-01-30 . Crash.net . en.
Web site: 2010 Dakar final standings - Car . 18 Jan 2010 . motorsport.com . 24 Nov 2019.
Web site: Blancpain Endurance Series. RacingSportsCars.com. 24 November 2019.