Jan Lammers
Lammers at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans Drivers' Parade | |
Born |
Zandvoort, Netherlands | 2 June 1956
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Dutch |
Active years | 1979–1982, 1992 |
Teams | Shadow, ATS, Ensign, Theodore and March |
Entries | 41 (23 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1979 Argentine Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1992 Australian Grand Prix |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Participating years | 1983–1984, 1987–1990, 1992–1993, 1998–2008, 2011 |
Teams | Richard Lloyd Racing, GTi Engineering, Tom Walkinshaw Racing, Toyota Team Tom's, Racing for Holland, Hope Racing |
Best finish | 1st (1988) |
Class wins | 1 (1988) |
Johannes "Jan" Lammers (born 2 June 1956 in Zandvoort) is a racing driver and team principal from the Netherlands.
In 1979, Lammers made his debut in Formula One driving for Shadow and moved to ATS for 1980. He moved to Ensign midway through the season but rejoined ATS for four races in 1981. He joined Theodore for 1982. Ten years later he returned to Formula One for the final two races of the 1992 season.
He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1988 and later participated in the race with his own team Racing for Holland. He was also the seatholder of the Dutch A1 Grand Prix team.
Early years
Lammers grew up as a kid washing cars at a sliding school in Zandvoort. As a 12-year-old he started to show customers how to slide safely, encouraged by sliding school owner and racing driver Rob Slotemaker who quickly recognized Lammers's talent. When he was 16 years old, he started his first race at the local racing track. In the following years he starred in Dutch touring car and Formula Ford races before moving up to European Formula 3 in 1977. He did not get good results with his Hawke and for his second season he joined Racing Team Holland run by Alan Docking.[1] The other drivers of the team were fellow future Formula 1 driver Huub Rothengatter and later Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendijk. It was a successful move as Lammers won the 1978 European Formula 3 Championship after a close battle with Swede Anders Olofsson.[2]
Career
Formula One and CART
Lammers began his Formula One career with Shadow in 1979 with Elio de Angelis as his teammate. He did not have a great debut as de Angelis was the team's number one driver. His best result was a ninth place in Canada.
In 1980 he moved to Günther Schmidt's ATS team. In the first three races he failed to qualify but in Long Beach he qualified a very strong fourth. This would be the highlight of his F1 career. Later that year he moved to the Ensign Team but there he only managed to qualify three times. In 1981 he returned to ATS but only raced the first four races of the year. For 1982, he moved to Theodore but his season was something of a disaster. He did manage to start in his home race. He scored no championship points during his F1 career.
In 1985 and 1986, Lammers made 10 CART World Series starts for four different teams. His best finish was fifth at Laguna Seca Raceway in 1985 for Forsythe Racing. He was entered and practiced for the 1986 Indianapolis 500 in a Mike Curb entry, but did not make a qualifying attempt. He finished 26th and 22nd in points in his two seasons, respectively. After that he turned his attention to sports car racing.
Le Mans
In 1988, Lammers, together with Andy Wallace and Johnny Dumfries, won the Le Mans with the Silk Cut Jaguar/TWR team. Lammers drove 13 out of the 24 hours, and beat the Porsche team who had remained unbeaten since 1981. Lammers and the team managed to finish first despite a broken gearbox. It was the first victory for Jaguar since 1957.
For this feat, Jan Lammers received the title Honorary Member of the BRDC, a title rarely awarded to non-British residents. Enzo Ferrari and Juan Manuel Fangio have also received the award.
In 1990 Lammers won the 24 Hours of Daytona driving a Jaguar XJR-12 along with Davy Jones and Andy Wallace.
Lammers returned to Le Mans in 2011 with Hope Racing in the LMP1 category.
Return to Formula One
In 1992, Lammers made a two-race comeback in Formula One for March, in Japan and Australia. These races marked his first Formula One appearance since 1982, which is the longest gap between successive Grands Prix in the history of Formula One. He was signed for the team in 1993 alongside French driver Jean-Marc Gounon but the team went bankrupt before the season started.[3]
BTCC
In 1994 Lammers teamed up with TWR again to race in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) driving the Volvo 850 estate.
Team principal
In 1999 Jan Lammers started his own Sportcar team, Racing for Holland. He raced in the FIA Sportscar Championship together with his teammate and pupil Val Hillebrand. In 2002 and 2003 he earned the FIA Awards for his world championships in the Sportscar series.
Since 2005 Jan Lammers has run the Dutch A1 Grandprix team for the A1 Grand Prix series, with drivers including Jos Verstappen (2005/6) and Jeroen Bleekemolen and Renger van der Zande(2006/7).
Lammers participated in all three Grand Prix Masters events. A seventh place in the Qatar race was his best result.
Racing record
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
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1979 | Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG Ret |
BRA 14 |
RSA Ret |
USW Ret |
ESP 12 |
BEL 10 |
MON DNQ |
FRA 18 |
GBR 11 |
GER 10 |
AUT Ret |
NED Ret |
ITA DNQ |
CAN 9 |
USA DNQ |
NC | 0 | |
1980 | Team ATS | ATS D3 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG DNQ |
BRA DNQ |
RSA DNQ |
NC | 0 | |||||||||||||
ATS D4 | USW Ret |
BEL 12 |
MON NC |
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Unipart Racing Team | Ensign N180 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | FRA DNQ |
GBR DNQ |
GER 14 |
AUT DNQ |
NED DNQ |
ITA DNQ |
CAN 12 |
USA Ret |
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1981 | Team ATS | ATS D4 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | USW Ret |
BRA DNQ |
ARG 12 |
NC | 0 | |||||||||||||
ATS HGS | SMR DNQ |
BEL | MON | ESP | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | CAN | CPL | |||||||||
1982 | Theodore Racing Team | Theodore TY02 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | RSA | BRA | USW | SMR | BEL DNQ |
MON DNQ |
DET DNQ |
CAN | NED Ret |
GBR DNQ |
FRA DNQ |
GER | AUT | SUI | ITA | CPL | NC | 0 |
1992 | March F1 | March CG911 | Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10 | RSA | MEX | BRA | ESP | SMR | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | JPN Ret |
AUS 12 |
NC | 0 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
24 Hours of Daytona
(key)
PPG Indycar Series
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
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1985 | AMI Racing | March 85C | Ford Cosworth DFX | LBH | INDY | MIL | POR 16 |
MEA 12 |
CLE DNS |
MCH | ROA | POC | MDO | SAN | MCH | 26th | 11 | |||||
Forsythe Racing | Lola T900 | LAG 5 |
PHX 20 |
MIA 13 |
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1986 | Curb-Agajanian Racing | Eagle 86GC | Ford Cosworth DFX | PHX 9 |
LBH 14 |
INDY DNQ |
MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | TOR | MCH | POC | MDO | SAN | MCH | ROA | 22nd | 13 | |||
Machinists Union Racing | LAG 8 |
PHX 23 |
MIA 9 |
Complete European Formula Two Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980 | March Racing Ltd | March 802 | BMW | THR | HOC | NÜR | VAL | PAU | SIL | ZOL | MUG | ZAN Ret |
PER | MIS | HOC | NC | 0 |
Complete International Formula 3000 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts |
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1986 | Jordan Racing | SIL | VAL | PAU | SPA | IMO | MUG | PER | ÖST | BIR | BUG 11 |
JAR | NC | 0 |
1993 | Il Barone Rampante | DON 9 |
SIL 9 |
PAU 10 |
PER 4 |
HOC 7 |
NÜR Ret |
SPA | MAG | NOG | 15th | 3 | ||
1995 | Vortex Motorsport | SIL 11 |
CAT 10 |
PAU 10 |
PER | HOC | SPA | EST | MAG | NC | 0 |
Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1987 | Dome | SUZ 4 |
FUJ 12 |
MIN | SUZ 11 |
SUZ 7 |
SUG | FUJ 1 |
SUZ | SUZ Ret |
8th | 34 | ||
1991 | Team LeMans | SUZ 3 |
AUT 9 |
FUJ 5 |
MIN Ret |
SUZ 10 |
SUG Ret |
FUJ 6 |
SUZ Ret |
FUJ C |
SUZ 7 |
FUJ Ret |
11th | 7 |
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Pts |
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1994 | Volvo 850 Racing | Volvo 850 SE/GLT | THR 1 Ret |
BRH 1 12 |
BRH 2 16 |
SNE 1 11 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 16 |
OUL 1 13 |
DON 1 14 |
DON 2 15 |
BRH 1 7 |
BRH 2 16 |
SIL 1 12 |
KNO 1 NC |
KNO 2 12 |
OUL 1 7 |
BRH 1 9 |
BRH 2 5 |
SIL 1 16 |
SIL 2 17 |
DON 1 13 |
DON 2 16 |
15th | 18 |
References
- ↑ "Loopbaan 1977-1978 - Internationale doorbraak een feit.". JanLammers.com. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ↑ "Historie". Racing Team Holland. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ↑ "Jan Lammers — Biography". F1rejects.com. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
External links
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Piercarlo Ghinzani |
European Formula Three Champion 1978 |
Succeeded by Alain Prost |
Preceded by Joël Gouhier |
Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo Champion 1983-1984 |
Succeeded by Oscar Larrauri |
Preceded by Derek Bell Hans-Joachim Stuck Al Holbert |
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1988 with: Johnny Dumfries Andy Wallace |
Succeeded by Jochen Mass Manuel Reuter Stanley Dickens |
Preceded by Marco Zadra |
FIA Sportscar Championship Champion 2002 with: Val Hillebrand |
Succeeded by Jan Lammers John Bosch |
Preceded by Jan Lammers Val Hillebrand |
FIA Sportscar Championship Champion 2003 with: John Bosch |
Succeeded by None |