# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-van-merksteijn-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:21:09.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-van-merksteijn-sr"
name: "Peter van Merksteijn, Sr."
slug: "peter-van-merksteijn-sr"
description: "Peter van Merksteijn Sr. is a Dutch racing driver and rally driver who drove for the Van Merksteijn Motorsport team in the 2011 World Rally Championship season with Citroën DS3 WRC. He also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans on three occasions, scoring a class win with co-drivers Jeroen Bleekemolen and Jos Verstappen in 2008."
tagline: "Dutch racing driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Acr2011_352.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1956-06-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.26
  momentum:             13.88157894736842
  historical:           5.673578666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Van_Merksteijn_sr."
    title: "Peter Van Merksteijn sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_senior"
    title: "Peter van Merksteijn senior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn_Sr."
    title: "Peter van Merksteijn Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_van_Merksteijn"
    title: "Peter van Merksteijn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Van_Merksteijn"
    title: "Peter Van Merksteijn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3Sr."
    title: "ペーター・ヴァン・メルクティンSr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1238762"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump