Racing for Holland is a Dutch motor racing team started by Jan Lammers in 1999. The team is initially specialised in endurance races such as 24 hours of Le Mans and FIA sportscars series. The team also participated in the A1 Grand Prix as the A1 Team The Netherlands. It would eventually continue as Racing Team Nederland under ownership of Frits van Eerd and Jumbo.

History Racing for Holland wascreated in 1999 as Talkline Racing for Holland. The team would participate in that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans in collaboration with Konrad Motorsport. Drivers for the race were Jan Lammers, Tom Coronel and Peter Kox. Talkline would withdraw sponsorship after the 2000 race, in which the team was disqualified after Tom Coronel left the car for more than 30 meter to collect his lost rear tire, starting a struggle to find funding. In 2001, Racing for Holland for the first time took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans without help from Konrad Motorsport, resulting again in a retirement. However, Racing for Holland were showing a fast pace ever since their debut on Le Mans and they finished for the first time in 2002, in 8th place, and a year later a best ever finish in 6th place.

Sportscar Racing

Racing for Holland had for many years campaigned a Dome S101 prototype powered by a Judd engine in the FIA Sportscar Championship, Le Mans Series, and the most of all the 24 Hours of Le Mans, including a best of sixth place overall in 2003.

With the Dome-Judd combination, Racing for Holland was successful in winning the FIA Sportscar Championship in 2002 and 2003 after having finished third in 2001. In the Le Mans Series, Racing for Holland has not had as much success, finishing ninth in the LMP1 standings in both 2005 and 2006.

Sponsors Unable to find one major sponsor for the team after Talkline's withdraw from sponsorship, Jan Lammers started an unusual sponsor programme. Instead of a few major sponsors, he set out to find many minor sponsors. The team sold small square spaces on the car, either in white lettering on a black background or vice versa. This gives the car a chequered appearance with the only other notable colours being red, blue (colours of the Dutch flag) and orange (the colour of the Dutch royal house).

Later on, after the team's success in various events, the cars became more prominently styled with large orange or black and silver colours; however a hint of the chequered sponsorship squares always remains visible.

Shortly before the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Racing For Holland liveried their cars for the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans in the motif of a soccer ball, having received support from Dutch soccer legend Johan Cruijff. The move was also intended to show their support for the Dutch team.

Racing record A1 Grand Prix ResultsA1GP complete resultsresults.a1gp.com Year Car Team Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points T.C. 2005-06 Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team Netherlands 22 1 0 0 69 7th 2006-07 Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team Netherlands 22 1 1 0 57 5th 2007-08 Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team Netherlands 20 0 1 0 87 7th 2008–09 A1GP-Ferrari A1 Team Netherlands 14 2 3 1 75 4th

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps 1999 Konrad Motorsport 26 Lola B98/10-Ford (Roush) Tom Coronel Peter Kox Jan Lammers LMP 213 DNF DNF 2000 Konrad Motorsport 20 Lola B2K/10-Ford (Roush) Tom Coronel Peter Kox Jan Lammers LMP900 38 DNF DNF 2001 Racing for Holland 9 Dome S101-Judd Jan Lammers Donny Crevels Val Hillebrand LMP900 156 DNF DNF 2002 Racing for Holland 16 Dome S101-Judd Jan Lammers Donny Crevels Tom Coronel LMP900 341 8th 7th 2003 Racing for Holland 15 Dome S101-Judd Jan Lammers John Bosch Andy Wallace LMP900 360 6th 4th 16 Felipe Ortiz Beppe Gabbiani Tristan Gommendy 316 DNF DNF 2004 Racing for Holland 15 Dome S101-Judd Jan Lammers Chris Dyson Katsutomo Kaneishi LMP1 341 7th 7th 16 Tom Coronel Justin Wilson Ralph Firman 313 NC NC 2005 Racing for Holland 10 Dome S101-Judd Jan Lammers Elton Julian John Bosch LMP1 348 7th 5th 2006 Racing for Holland 14 Dome S101Hb-Judd Jan Lammers Alex Yoong Stefan Johansson LMP1 182 DNF DNF 2007 Racing for Holland b.v. 14 Dome S101.5-Judd Jan Lammers Jeroen Bleekemolen David Hart LMP1 305 25th 8th

FIA Sportscar Championship resultsFIA Sportscar complete results wsrp.ic.cz Year Class Car Drivers Wins Poles Fast laps Points T.C. 2001 SR1 Dome S101-Judd GV4 4.0L V10 Jan Lammers Val Hillebrand 1 82 3rd 2002 SR1 Dome S101-Judd GV4 4.0L V10 Jan Lammers Val Hillebrand 3 97 1st 2003 SR1 Dome S101-Judd GV4 4.0L V10 Jan Lammers John Bosch 4 62 1st T.C. = Teams' Championship position, DNF = Did not finish NC = Not Classified.

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