Van Merksteijn Motorsport

Netherlands Van Merksteijn Motorsport
Founded1985
Team principal(s)Gerard Grouve
Current seriesWorld Rally Championship
Former seriesFIA GT Championship
European Le Mans Series
Noted driversPeter van Merksteijn Jr.
Peter van Merksteijn Sr.

Van Merksteijn Motorsport is a Dutch motorsport company active in both circuit racing and rallying. Established in 2008, under the ownership of Peter van Merksteijn Sr. and with Gerard Grouve as team principal, this motorsport company won both the LMP2 class title in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans and in the gruelling the Le Mans Series in its first year of competition. Only one year later the team from Hengelo were again unbeatable when contesting the Dutch Rally Championship. For the 2011 season, the team has once more undertaken very ambitious plan: Peter van Merksteijn Jr. will compete in the World Rally Championship alongside Peter van Merksteijn Sr. driving a Citroën DS3 WRC.