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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 1966 Bleiswijk, South Holland, Netherland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wilco Zeelenberg (born 19 August 1966) is a Dutch former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and current team manager with the Trackhouse Racing MotoGP team
Born in Bleiswijk, he began racing motorcycles in motocross competitions before switching to road racing. Zeelenberg made his Grand Prix debut in the 80cc class in 1986. He won his first and only world championship race at the 1990 250cc German Grand Prix. His best season was in 1991, when he finished the season ranked fourth in the 250cc world championship riding a Honda.[1]
Zeelenberg managed the Yamaha factory racing team in the Supersport World Championship with riders Cal Crutchlow and Fabien Foret.[2] Crutchlow claimed the 2009 Supersport World Championship. In 2010, Zeelenberg took on the role as team manager for Jorge Lorenzo in the Yamaha MotoGP team.[3] He later served the same role for Maverick Viñales after Lorenzo's departure from the squad.[4]
With the new entry of the Petronas Yamaha SRT into MotoGP, Zeelenberg moved to become team manager with the new Yamaha satellite team.[4]
- ^ Wilco Zeelenberg career statistics at MotoGP.com
- ^ Yamaha World Supersport team[permanent dead link]
- ^ Yamaha MotoGP Team at www.yamaha-racing.com Archived 2008-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Morrison, Neil (12 June 2019). "Exclusive: Wilco Zeelenberg Interview". Crash.net. Retrieved 8 January 2021.