Peter van Merksteijn, Jr.

Peter van Merksteijn, Jr. is a Dutch racing driver and rally driver who will be driving for the Van Merksteijn Motorsport team in the 2011 World Rally Championship season. He won the Dutch Rally Championship in 2007 in the Group N class with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX. He made his WRC dbut in 2007 at the Rallye Deutschland. He is the son of Peter van Merksteijn Sr., who raced in the WRC before and won the 2008Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class, using a Porsche RS Spyder.

Van Merksteijn was born in Hengelo, Netherlands. He started his rallying career in 2006 with a Renault Mgane and entered in national events. With the help of his fathers team, Van Merksteijn Motorsport with team principal Gerard Grouve, he entered the 2007 Dutch Rally Championship with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX. His codriver was Francis Strikker for the start of the season but Eddy Chevaillier took Strikkers place and has been van Merksteijns codriver since. He won the 2007 season in the group N class.

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