Jan Lammers (Johannes Antonius Lammers, Zandvoort, 2 June 1956) is a racing driver from the Netherlands whose most notable claim to fame is victory in the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours for Silk Cut Jaguar/TWR, next to a four-season spell in Formula One in 1979-1982, driving for Shadow, ATS, Ensign and Theodore. This was followed by a comeback with March for two races in 1992, after a world-record time gap of ten years. Later in life, Lammers became a team owner as well, first setting up his own Formula Opel Lotus team, Vitaal Racing, winning the EFDA Opel Lotus Euroseries with Peter Kox in 1989, then creating the Racing for Holland outfit that raced in sportscars in 2001-2007. Between 2005 and 2009, he was the seatholder of the Dutch A1 Grand Prix team. During his Racing for Holland days, Lammers combined racing and management duties to win the 2002 and 2003 FIA Sportscar Championship. One of the most versatile drivers in modern motor racing history, Lammers started in touring cars, to become the youngest Dutch champion in history in 1973 while repeating the act in 1976. He also raced in the European Renault 5 Turbo Cup, taking the 1983 and 1984 European titles. As a single-seater driver, his steps towards Formula One include securing the title in the 1978 European Formula 3 Championship. He remains the only Dutch driver to have done so. At the zenith of his career in Group C sports-prototypes, Lammers lifted the crown in the 1992 Japanese Sportscar Championship. Lammers has also raced in Formula Ford, Formula 2, IndyCar, International F3000, Japanese F3000, the BTCC, BPR Global GT, FIA GT, the European Le Mans Series, IMSA, the American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am and the Dakar rally. Guest appearances include the Grand Prix Masters for retired F1 drivers, the BMW M1 Procar Series, the Dutch Supercar Challenge, the Dubai 24 Hours, the Gulf 12 Hours, the VW Scirocco R-Cup and the local Tulpenrallye. Today, Lammers is best known as the figurehead for the revived Dutch Grand Prix. Early career Touring cars Born in Zandvoort, Lammers grows up washing cars at the nearby anti-skid school run by Dutch touring-car legend Rob Slotemaker. Encouraged by Slotemaker, the teenager nicknamed ‘Jantje’ (‘Little John’) starts to show customers how to safely skid cars. Having recognised his talent, Slotemaker sets him up in a Simca Rallye 2 for the 7,500-9,000 guilder Group