Marc VDS Racing Team explained

Short Name:Marc VDS Racing Team
Last Season:2024
Long Name:ELF Marc VDS Racing Team
Base:Gosselies, Belgium
Principal:Joan Olivé
Riders:Moto2:
12. Filip Salač
96. Jake Dixon
World Superbike:
14. Sam Lowes
Rider Coach:Leon Camier
Motorcycle:Boscoscuro B-25
Ducati Panigale V4 R (WSBK)
Tyres:Pirelli

Marc VDS Racing Team is a motorcycle racing team founded by Belgian owner Marc-Oswald van der Straten-Ponthoz, descendant of the founder of the Stella Artois brewery.[1]

The team competes in motorcycle racing in the Moto2 World Championship under the name ELF Marc VDS Racing Team, and from 2024 in the Superbike World Championship. The team has previously competed in the MotoGP and MotoE classes. It also previously competed in many auto racing championships, particularly in grand touring classes - namely the FIA GT1 World Championship, the Blancpain Endurance Series, and the European Le Mans Series - as well as the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. They have also previously contested in rallying at various rally raid events, such as the Dakar Rally.

History

Mixed motorsport era

Based in Gosselies, Belgium, Marc VDS began competing in the Belcar series as part of the racing program for the Gillet Vertigo, a Belgian sports car, under the Belgian Racing title. By 2005 the Gillet program expanded to include the international FIA GT Championship, although the team was not allowed to compete for the season championship due to the low production of road legal Vertigos. Despite continued development for several years, the Gillet program ended in 2008 and van der Straten rebranded the team as Marc VDS for the 2009 season. The team however remained involved in the FIA GT Championship at the behest of Jean Michel Delporte and Bas Leinders by becoming one of two development teams for the Matech Ford GT, shifting the team to the GT1 category.[2] Marc VDS also expanded their program through the purchase of a Volkswagen Buggy TDI Rally raid for the 2010 Dakar Rally.

After their year of development in FIA GT, Marc VDS was one of twelve teams granted entry in the inaugural FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010, where they would retain their Ford GT. The 2010 GT1 program also included an entry in the Le Mans Series' 1000 km of Spa as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Shortly after entering FIA GT1, Marc VDS also announced their merger with Michael Bartholemy and Didier de Radiguès' entry in the new Moto2 category of Grand Prix motorcycle racing,[3] where riders Scott Redding and Héctor Faubel would compete on Suter bikes. Marc VDS also added a fourth program to 2010 by co-developing a Ford Mustang with Multimatic Motorsports of Canada for use in the FIA GT3 European Championship.

In 2013, Marc VDS had a good showing in Moto2, with their riders Scott Redding and Mika Kallio finishing 2nd and 4th in the championship. The team also expanded their motorcycle grand prix programme into the Moto3 category with Kalex-built and KTM-powered machinery with Belgian rider Livio Loi. This expansion proved a challenge, with Loi and Marc VDS barely managing to finish in the points in 4 out of 15 entered races that season. The troubles continued the following season, and despite a good 4th place finish at the third race in Argentina, Livio failed to place better than 19th in the following 6 races. Livio was ultimately replaced mid-season with Spanish rider Jorge Navarro for the remainder of the season. 2014 was, however, the first taste of major success for Marc VDS in the Moto2 class, where their riders Tito Rabat and Mika Kallio finished 1st and 2nd respectively in the rider's championship.

For 2015, Marc VDS dropped their difficult Moto3 programme, as they were presented with the opportunity to run a satellite Honda bike in the premier MotoGP class. Former long-time Marc VDS rider Scott Redding returned for this season. Redding and Marc VDS were reasonably successful from the off, consistently finishing in points-scoring positions and even achieving a 3rd place podium position in San Marino. The team finished a respectable 8th in the team's championship, significantly ahead of even some teams who regularly fielded two riders.

In July 2015, Bas Leinders announced he had parted from the team.[4] In October 2015, Marc van der Straten announced that the sportscar racing programme would end at the conclusion of the 2015 season. He claimed he had lost confidence in his managers because they had taken too great a risk with his money.[5] In addition, the SRO Motorsports Group, organizer of the Blancpain GT Series, introduced a new regulation for the 24 Hours of Spa which stated that pro teams must compete in all races of the series to be eligible for the 24 Hours. Van der Straten did not like this decision, as the team only wished to participate in the 24 Hours of Spa. Accordingly, the Marc VDS Racing Team decided to concentrate solely on two-wheeled motorsports.

Motorcycle Grand Prix era

In 2016, Marc VDS fielded two bikes in the MotoGP class, ridden by Australian Jack Miller and their former Moto2 champion Tito Rabat. Rabat was able to finish consistently in the points, but it was Jack Miller who gave the Marc VDS team their first taste of ultimate success at the pinnacle of motorcycle racing, by winning a rain-soaked Assen TT. The win was the first for a non-factory team in nearly a decade, dating back to the 2006 Portuguese GP.

2017 was another strong year for Marc VDS. In MotoGP, both riders continued with the team, and thanks to more consistent performances from both, Marc VDS finished 7th in the team's championship with 117 points, their best finish in the class to date. In the Moto2 class, rider Franco Morbidelli achieved 8 wins from 18 rounds, sealing another rider's championship for the team. Second rider Álex Márquez also managed three further wins, securing 4th place on the year.

For 2018, Morbidelli was promoted to the MotoGP squad alongside his Moto2 runner-up Thomas Lüthi. Morbidelli was able to consistently finish in the low point-scoring positions, thus being crowned rookie of the year, but Lüthi failed to score a single point that season. The team finished second-to-last in the team's championship in 11th. During the course of the season, team leader Bartholemy left the team by “mutual agreement”, according to a Marc VDS statement, after reports in German media claimed he had been embezzling team funds.[6] As a result of this upheaval and a desire of the MotoGP commercial rights holder Dorna Sports to reduce grid sizes, Marc VDS was dropped from the MotoGP class at the end of 2018.[7] In Moto2 the team finished 3rd in the team standings despite not earning a single win in the class, at the end of the season Joan Mir prematurely ended his three year contract with Marc VDS early to move up to the MotoGP class to take over the vacant Suzuki seat.

In 2019, Marc VDS returned to winning ways in Moto2 with Álex Márquez taking 5 wins and 10 podiums en route to the rider's championship. Teammate Xavi Vierge's inconsistent results however relegated the team to just 4th place in the team's championship. The team also joined in the inaugural MotoE season with Mike Di Meglio taking pole, fastest lap, and the win at the Austrian round.

In 2020, the team achieved second place in the Moto2 teams' championship on the backs of riders Sam Lowes' and Augusto Fernández's performances (3 wins, 4 further podiums and 6 further top 5 finishes). It was the team's best result since the teams' championship was counted in Moto2. In MotoE, Di Miglio achieved two podium finishes and ended the season in fourth position overall.

2021 saw Marc VDS and rider Di Meglio elect to leave the MotoE class, citing scheduling conflicts with Di Meglio's Endurance World Championship commitments.[8] The team continued in Moto2 with Lowes and Fernández, the former sweeping both races of the season-opening double header from pole in Qatar.[9] With a further win in Emilia-Romagna and two further podium finishes from Lowes and six podium finishes from Fernández, Marc VDS again achieved second place in the teams' championship.

World Superbike

Marc VDS entered the Superbike World Championship with long-time Moto2 rider Sam Lowes racing on a Ducati Panigale V4R, beginning from the 2024 season.[10]

Motorsports results

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By rider

YearClassTeam nameBikeNo.RidersRacesWinsPodiumsPolesF. lapsPointsPos.
Moto2Marc VDS Racing TeamSuter MMX45 Scott Redding1702011028th
55 Héctor Faubel1700001826th
Moto2Marc VDS Racing TeamSuter MMXI36 Mika Kallio1701006116th
45 Scott Redding1700006315th
Moto2Marc VDS Racing TeamKalex Moto236 Mika Kallio1701001306th
45 Scott Redding1705001655th
2013Moto2Marc VDS Racing TeamKalex Moto236 Mika Kallio1714111884th
45 Scott Redding1537312252nd
Moto3Kalex KTM11 Livio Loi150000822nd
95 Jules Danilo200000NC
2014Moto2Marc VDS Racing TeamKalex Moto236 Mika Kallio18310332892nd
53 Tito Rabat187141153461st
41 Aiden Wagner100000NC
Moto3Kalex KTM Moto311 Livio Loi800001721st
KTM RC250R1
Kalex KTM Moto399 Jorge Navarro900001123rd
2015MotoGPEG 0,0 Marc VDSHonda RC213V45 Scott Redding1801008413th
Moto2Kalex Moto21 Tito Rabat15310332313rd
73 Álex Márquez1800007314th
2016MotoGPEG 0,0 Marc VDSHonda RC213V43 Jack Miller1311005718th
53 Tito Rabat1700002921st
69 Nicky Hayden10000126th
Moto2Kalex Moto221 Franco Morbidelli1808032134th
73 Álex Márquez1701006913th
2017MotoGPEG 0,0 Marc VDSHonda RC213V43 Jack Miller1700008211th
53 Tito Rabat1800003519th
7 Hiroshi Aoyama10000030th
Moto2Kalex Moto221 Franco Morbidelli18812683081st
73 Álex Márquez1736332014th
2018MotoGPEG 0,0 Marc VDSHonda RC213V12 Thomas Lüthi180000029th
21 Franco Morbidelli1600005015th
6 Stefan Bradl10000024th
Moto2Kalex Moto236 Joan Mir1804011556th
73 Álex Márquez1806321734th
2019Moto2EG 0,0 Marc VDSKalex Moto273 Álex Márquez19510652621st
97 Xavi Vierge1800108113th
MotoEEnergica Ego Corsa63 Mike Di Meglio61211635th
2020Moto2EG 0,0 Marc VDSKalex Moto222 Sam Lowes1337331963rd
37 Augusto Fernández1400017113th
MotoEEnergica Ego Corsa63 Mike Di Meglio70200754th
Moto2Elf Marc VDS Racing TeamKalex Moto222 Sam Lowes1835631904th
37 Augusto Fernández1806011745th
Moto2Elf Marc VDS Racing TeamKalex Moto28 Senna Agius40000726th
14 Tony Arbolino203502191.54th
22 Sam Lowes2002005519th
Moto2Elf Marc VDS Racing TeamKalex Moto214 Tony Arbolino203801249.52nd
22 Sam Lowes20112210412th
Moto2Elf Marc VDS Racing TeamKalex Moto212 Filip Salač1701007316th
14 Tony Arbolino20031114810th
Moto2Elf Marc VDS Racing TeamBoscoscuro B-2512 Filip Salač
96 Jake Dixon

By season

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearClassMotorcycleTyresRiders12345678910111213141516171819202122PointsPos.
Moto2Suter MMXQATESPFRAITAGBRNEDCATGERCZEINDRSMARAJPNMALAUSPORVAL
Scott Redding23161121411RetRet223Ret85Ret2451208th
Héctor Faubel22RetRet12Ret25Ret2512Ret16173011Ret1121
Moto2Suter MMXIQATESPPORFRACATGBRNEDITAGERCZEINDRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL
Mika Kallio2017RetRet8RetRet17Ret139151010166212411th
Scott Redding31232516115242772655152071030
Moto2KalexQATESPPORFRACATGBRNEDGERITAINDCZERSMARAJPNMALAUSVAL
Mika Kallio107959101021149415166Ret72953rd
Scott Redding641131023Ret66Ret73411322
2013Moto2KalexQATAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERINDCZEGBRRSMARAMALAUSJPNVAL
Mika Kallio53Ret25941271695472144132nd
Scott Redding25211427381647DNSRet15
Moto3Kalex-KTM Livio Loi151625Ret23221421192215181812Ret814th
Jules DaniloRet24
2014Moto2KalexQATAMEARGESPFRAITACATNEDGERINDCZEGBRRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL
Mika Kallio24711643212227542Ret6351st
Esteve Rabat121431184411123332
Aiden Wagner26
Moto3Kalex-KTM Livio Loi17124Ret201925252811th
KTM RC250GPRet
Kalex-KTM Jorge Navarro14Ret2715RetRet1212Ret
2015MotoGPHonda RC213VQATAMEARGESPFRAITACATNEDGERINDCZEGBRRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL
Scott Redding13Ret913Ret11713Ret1312631210111115848th
Moto2Kalex Tito RabatRet41232132Ret52321DNSDNS13043rd
Álex Márquez1115159Ret12119181044RetRet189Ret12
2016MotoGPHonda RC213VQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERAUTCZEGBRRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL
Jack Miller14RetDNS17RetRet1017DNS16DNSRet108158711th
Tito Rabat1591318RetDNS14111614101517Ret14161817
Nicky Hayden15
Moto2Kalex Franco Morbidelli72514448113Ret2825332232822nd
Álex MárquezRetRet11RetRet16188Ret6525102RetDNS7Ret
2017MotoGPHonda RC213VQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRRSMARAJPNAUSMALVAL
Jack Miller8910Ret815Ret61514Ret166137871177th
Tito Rabat151213Ret1111151218171912Ret1515161810
Hiroshi Aoyama18
Moto2Kalex Franco Morbidelli111Ret14511813Ret183325091st
Álex Márquez521414316Ret2214DNSRet16Ret5
2018MotoGPHonda RC213VQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRRSMARATHAJPNAUSMALVAL
Thomas Lüthi161718Ret16RetRet20171622C221720201616Ret5011th
Franco Morbidelli1214219131514DNSWD1319C12111411812Ret
Stefan Bradl16
Moto2Kalex Joan Mir11741133Ret52Ret8C56Ret11210Ret3283rd
Álex Márquez352Ret253313RetRetC184Ret4773
2019Moto2KalexQATARGAMEESPFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRRSMARATHAJPNAUSMALVAL
Álex Márquez735241 1 1 Ret1 1 2Ret335682303434th
Xavi Vierge10DNSRet6512 8RetRet24Ret10810RetRetRet47
MotoEEnergica EgoGERAUTRSMVAL
Mike Di Meglio31Ret10106
2020Moto2KalexQATSPAANCCZEAUTSTYRSMEMICATFRAARATEREURARAPOR
Sam LowesDNS4424 DSQ 8 32 1 11Ret1432622nd
Augusto FernándezRet131358Ret 518Ret4118DNS158
MotoEEnergica EgoSPAANCRSMEMIFRA
Mike Di Meglio1076Ret622
Moto2KalexQATDOHPORSPAFRAITACATGERNEDSTYAUTGBRARARSMAMEEMIALRVAL
Sam Lowes1P1PFRetP3FRetRetF754144P4RetP4Ret1P373642nd
Augusto Fernández1465RetRetRet5Ret33363642F93
Moto2KalexQATINAARGAMEPORSPAFRAITACATGERNEDGBRAUTRSMARAJPNTHAAUSMALVAL
Senna Agius9253.55th
Tony Arbolino5861Ret3Ret41010712Ret7561FRet1F3
Sam Lowes3410RetRetRetFDNSRetRet3FRetDNSDNS1912DNS
Moto2KalexPORARGAMESPAFRAITAGERNEDGBRAUTCATRSMINDJPNINAAUSTHAMALQATVAL
Tony Arbolino3124122710617421161F4101016353.52nd
Sam Lowes710131P F15PRet7117Ret9Ret19Ret10Ret14712F7
Moto2KalexQATPORAMESPAFRACATITANEDGERGBRAUTARARSMEMIINAJPNAUSTHAMALSLD
Filip Salač2115111212RetDNSRet101171015314141552227th
Tony Arbolino2012117891669FRet523P37118Ret513
Moto2Boscoscuro B-25THAARGAMEQATSPAFRAGBRARAITANEDGERCZEAUTHUNCATRSMJPNINAAUSMALPORVAL
Filip Salač0*NC*
Jake Dixon
Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.
Season still in progress.

Superbike World Championship

Results by season

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearClassBikeTeamTyresNo.Riders123456789101112PointsPointsPoints
R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2
2024WSBKDucati Panigale V4 RElf Marc VDS Racing Team14 Sam LowesPHI
PHI
PHI
BAR
BAR
BAR
ASS
ASS
ASS
MIS
MIS
MIS
DON
DON
DON
MOS
MOS
MOS
PORPORPORMAG
MAG
MAG
CRE
CRE
CRE
ARA
ARA
ARA
EST
EST
EST
JER
JER
JER
5318th5311th6441st
2025WSBKDucati Panigale V4 RElf Marc VDS Racing Team14 Sam LowesAUSAUSAUSPORPORPORNEDNEDNEDITAITAITACZECZECZEEMIEMIEMIGBRGBRGBRHUNHUNHUNFRAFRAFRAARAARAARAPORPORPORSPASPASPA0*NC*0*NC*0*NC*

FIA GT1 World Championship

YearCarNo.Drivers
12345678910PointsPos.
QRCRQRCRQRCRQRCRQRCRQRCRQRCRQRCRQRCRQRCR
2010Ford GT14061319816Ret2049RetRet11Ret5351153Ret628
41RetDNS1810181522141415121719151210201515Ret
20114011DNSRet10Ret10Ret81161210Ret121010RetRetRet91326
4118586Ret1RetNCRet345611Ret41511

Blancplain Endurance Series results

Year Team Class Car No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 PointsPos.
2011 Marc VDS Racing TeamPro CupBMW Z4 GT340 Bas Leinders Maxime Martin

Markus Palttala (1-2, 4-5)

Marc Hennerici (3)

Ret 1 1 852nd
Ford GT33 13
41 Markus Palttala Jonathan Hirschi

Antoine Leclerc

DNS DNS 11
Alpina B6 GT3 Dylan Derdaele Dino Lunardi

Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof

6
Pro-Am Cup Ford MustangFR500 GT392 Éric Bachelart Marc Duez

Jean-Michel Martin

28 --
2012 Marc VDS Racing TeamPro CupBMW Z4 GT33 Bas Leinders Maxime Martin

Markus Palttala

1124Ret41222nd
4 Mike Hezemens (1-5) Bert Longin

Henri Moser

Nick Catsburg (6)

11Ret615812
2013 Marc VDS Racing TeamPro CupBMW Z4 GT33 Yelmer Buurman Bas Leinders

Maxime Martin

10Ret1Ret3991st
4 Nick Catsburg (1-2, 4-5) Henri Moser

Markus Palttala

Andrea Piccini (3)

36521Ret7
14 Jens Klingmann Dirk Müller

Andrea Piccini

Ret
2014 BMW Sports Trophy
Team Marc VDS
Pro CupBMW Z4 GT366 Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin

Jörg Müller

Ret--
77 Lucas Luhr Markus Palttala

Dirk Werner

2
2015 BMW Sports Trophy
Team Marc VDS
Pro CupBMW Z4 GT345 Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin

Dirk Werner

31585th
46 Lucas Luhr Maxime Martin (3)

Markus Palttala

Nick Catsburg (4)

31
Blancpain Endurance Series results[12]

24 Hours of Le Mans

YearTeamDriverCarClassLapsOverall resultClass result
2010Marc VDS Racing Team Eric de Doncker
Bas Leinders
Markus Palttala
Ford GT1GT26DNFDNF
2011Kronos Racing
Marc VDS Racing Team
Vanina Ickx
Bas Leinders
Maxime Martin
Lola B09/60LMP132877

24 Hours of Nürburgring

YearTeamDriverCarClassLapsOverall resultClass result
2012 Marc VDS Racing Maxime Martin
Bas Leinders
Markus Palttala
BMW Z4 GT3SP915444
2013 Marc VDS Racing Maxime Martin
Andrea Piccini
Yelmer Buurman
Richard Göransson
BMW Z4 GT3SP98822
2014 BMW Sports Trophy
Team Marc VDS
Maxime Martin
Jörg Müller
Uwe Alzen
Marco Wittmann
BMW Z4 GT3SP9 GT360DNFDNF
Bas Leinders
Markus Palttala
Nick Catsburg
Dirk Adorf
60DNFDNF
2015 BMW Sports Trophy
Team Marc VDS
Maxime Martin
Lucas Luhr
Markus Palttala
Richard Westbrook
BMW Z4 GT3SP9 GT315622
Augusto Farfus
Jörg Müller
Nick Catsburg
Dirk Adorf
15544

Complete NASCAR Whelen Euro Series results

(key) (

Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1
YearCarNo.Drivers123456789101112Pts
201432 Bas LeindersVAL
13
VAL
18
BRH
9
BRH
5
TOU
21
TOU
7
NUR
19
NUR
19
UMB
21
UMB
21
BUG
21
BUG
5
14th464
46 Markus PalttalaVAL
VAL
BRH
8
BRH
9
TOU
TOU
NUR
6
NUR
21
UMB
UMB
BUG
BUG
22nd178
Nathalie MailletVAL
VAL
BRH
BRH
TOU
TOU
NUR
NUR
UMB
DNS
UMB
DNS
BUG
DNS
BUG
DNS
32nd106
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 2
YearCarNo.Drivers123456789101112Pts
201432 Denis DupontVAL
10
VAL
DNS
BRH
2
BRH
22
TOU
1*
TOU
1*
NUR
20
NUR
18
UMB
8
UMB
18
BUG
8
BUG
3
5th561
46 Nathalie MailletVAL
12
VAL
16
BRH
21
BRH
12
TOU
14
TOU
17
NUR
6
NUR
19
UMB
DNS
UMB
DNS
BUG
10
BUG
6
12th481

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

YearEntrantCarNoDriversClass12345Pts
2024 Boutsen VDSMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo9 Adam Christodoulou
Thomas Drouet
Maximilian Götz
ProLEC

SPA

NUR

MON

JED

NC*0*
10 César Gazeau
Roee Meyuhas
Aurélien Panis
SilverLEC

SPA

NUR

MON

JED

NC*0*

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

YearEntrantCarNoDriversClass12345678910Pts
2024 Boutsen VDSMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo9 Maximilian Götz
Jules Gounon
ProBRH
1

BRH
2

MIS
1

MIS
2

HOC
1

HOC
2

MAG
1

MAG
2

CAT
1

CAT
2

5th52
10 César Gazeau
Aurélien Panis
SilverBRH
1

BRH
2

MIS
1

MIS
2

HOC
1

HOC
2

MAG
1

MAG
2

CAT
1

CAT
2

16th10.5

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marc van der Straten (VDS): Milliardär und Mäzen . SpeedWeek.com . Enrico . Borghi . 12 July 2017 . 24 November 2019 . de.
  2. Web site: Marc VDS Racing Team to enter Ford in 2009 . Planet Le Mans . planetlemans.com . 16 March 2009 . 2 September 2010.
  3. Web site: Ex-Kawasaki MotoGP boss unveils Moto2 plan . . motorcyclenews.com . Matthew Birt . 10 December 2009 . 2 September 2010.
  4. News: Leinders, Marc VDS Part Ways. Sportscar365.com. 31 July 2015. John. Dagys. 30 July 2015. John Dagys Media, LLC.
  5. News: BMW sportscar team Marc VDS Racing stops car racing programme. 6 October 2015. 14 December 2015. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Gary. Watkins.
  6. News: Bartholemy cleared of Marc VDS embezzlement allegations. 6 June 2018. 22 November 2019. motorsport.com. Jamie. Klein.
  7. News: MotoGP outlines reduced 22-bike 2019 field, Marc VDS drops out. 21 September 2018. 22 November 2019. autosport.com. Valentin. Khorounzhiy.
  8. Web site: 2021-01-21. Marc VDS Team withdraws from MotoE Cup. 2021-02-02. GPOne.com.
  9. Web site: McLaren. Peter. 2021-04-07. Doha Moto2: 'We saved the best for last!' - Sam Lowes. 2021-05-16. Crash.net. en.
  10. Web site: McLaren . Peter . 2023-07-13 . Official: Sam Lowes to World Superbike with Marc VDS, Ducati World Superbikes Crash . 2024-01-30 . Crash.net . en.
  11. Web site: 2010 Dakar final standings - Car . 18 Jan 2010 . motorsport.com . 24 Nov 2019.
  12. Web site: Blancpain Endurance Series. RacingSportsCars.com. 24 November 2019.