Jan Lammers

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Jan Lammers : biography

June 2, 1956 –

Johannes "Jan" Lammers, (born June 2, 1956 in Zandvoort), is a racing driver and team principal from the Netherlands.

In 1979, Lammers made his debut in Formula One driving Shadow and moved to ATS for 1980. He moved to Ensign mid-way 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. 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.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1979 Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN9 Ford 3.0 V8 ARGRet BRA14 RSARet USWRet ESP12 BEL10 MONDNQ FRA18 GBR11 GER10 AUTRet NEDRet ITADNQ CAN9 USADNQ NC 0
1980 Team ATS ATS D3 Ford 3.0 V8 ARGDNQ BRADNQ RSADNQ NC 0
ATS D4 USWRet BEL12 MONNC
Unipart Racing Team Ensign N180 Ford 3.0 V8 FRADNQ GBRDNQ GER14 AUTDNQ NEDDNQ ITADNQ CAN12 USARet
1981 Team ATS ATS D4 Ford 3.0 V8 USWRet BRADNQ ARG12 NC 0
ATS HGS SMRDNQ BEL MON ESP FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN CPL
1982 Theodore Racing Team Theodore TY02 Ford 3.0 V8 RSA BRA USW SMR BELDNQ MONDNQ DETDNQ CAN NEDRet GBRDNQ FRADNQ 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 JPNRet AUS12 NC 0