▁Ver st appen , ▁Christ ij an ▁Al bers , ▁Rich ie ▁Stan away , ▁Marcel ▁Al bers , ▁Tom ▁Cor onel , ▁Ren ger ▁van ▁der ▁Z ande ▁and ▁Dennis ▁H au ger . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁First ▁steps ▁( 1 9 7 5 - 1 9 9 6 ) ▁The ▁team ▁was ▁formed ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁by ▁F rit s ▁van ▁Am ers fo ort . ▁They ▁competed ▁in ▁such ▁series ▁as ▁Formula ▁Op el ▁Lot us ▁Ben el ux , ▁Op el ▁Lot us ▁Euro series ▁and ▁Dutch ▁Formula ▁Ford . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁they ▁reached ▁their ▁first ▁major ▁success , ▁winning ▁Formula ▁Ford ▁ 1 6 0 0 ▁Netherlands ▁championship ▁with ▁Marcel ▁Al bers . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁they ▁won ▁Formula ▁Op el ▁Lot us ▁Ben el ux ▁with ▁Jos ▁Ver st appen . ▁ ▁German ▁Formula ▁Three ▁Championship ▁( 1 9 9 7 - 2 0 0 2 ) ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁the ▁team ▁bought ▁their ▁first ▁Formula ▁Three ▁car ▁with ▁Op el ▁engine ▁to ▁comp ete ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁German ▁Formula ▁Three ▁Championship ▁with ▁Bas ▁Le ind ers . ▁The ▁team ▁collected ▁three ▁pod iums ▁and ▁Le ind ers ▁finished ▁season ▁sevent h . ▁For ▁the ▁next ▁year ▁the ▁team ▁expanded ▁to ▁two ▁cars , ▁keeping ▁Le ind ers ▁and ▁signing ▁Christ ij an ▁Al bers ▁Both ▁drivers ▁won ▁nine ▁from ▁ 2 0 ▁races , ▁with ▁Le ind ers ▁taking