Wilco Zeelenberg

Wilco Zeelenberg (born 19 August 1966) is a Dutch former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and current race team manager with the Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team.

Wilco Zeelenberg
Nationality	Dutch
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1986 - 1995 First race 1986 80cc British Grand Prix Last race 1995 250cc Dutch TT First win 1990 250cc German Grand Prix Last win 1990 250cc German Grand Prix Team(s) Suzuki Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 95 1 11 1 1 511

Born in Bleiswijk, he began racing motorcycles in motocross competitions before switching to road racing. Zeelenberg made his Grand Prix debut in the 80cc class in 1986. He won his first and only world championship race at the 1990 250cc German Grand Prix. His best season was in 1991, when he finished the season ranked fourth in the 250cc world championship riding a Honda.[1]

Zeelenberg managed the Yamaha factory racing team in the Supersport World Championship with riders Cal Crutchlow and Fabien Foret.[2] Crutchlow claimed the 2009 Supersport World Championship. In 2010, Zeelenberg took on the role as team manager for Jorge Lorenzo in the Yamaha MotoGP team.[3] He later served the same role for Maverick Viñales after Lorenzo's departure from the squad.[4]

With the new entry of the Petronas Yamaha SRT into MotoGP, Zeelenberg moved to become team manager with the new Yamaha satellite team.[4]

Career statistics

Races by year

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

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos.	Pts
1985	80cc	Huvo-Casal	SPA	GER	NAT	YUG	NED 12	FRA	RSM									NC	0
1986	80cc	Casal	SPA	NAT	GER	AUT	YUG	NED Ret	GBR 9	RSM 15	BWU 5							11th	8
1987	80cc	Casal	SPA 18	GER 18	NAT 12	AUT 16	YUG DNS	NED 18	GBR Ret	CZE 19	RSM 18	POR 15						NC	0
	125cc	Casal	SPA DNS	GER NC	NAT	AUT	NED DNQ	FRA	GBR	SWE	CZE DNQ	RSM	POR					NC	0
1988	250cc	Yamaha	JPN	USA	SPA	EXP	NAT	GER	AUT	NED 15	BEL 26	YUG	FRA	GBR 18	SWE 12	CZE	BRA	38th	5
1989	250cc	Honda	JPN	AUS	USA	SPA 10	NAT 14	GER 14	AUT 15	YUG 9	NED 8	BEL 19	FRA Ret	GBR 10	SWE 12	CZE 11	BRA	13th	41
1990	250cc	Honda	JPN 3	USA 3	SPA 22	NAT 3	GER 1	AUT 4	YUG DNS	NED 3	BEL Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	SWE 8	CZE 8	HUN 9	AUS 5	5th	127
1991	250cc	Honda	JPN 3	AUS 4	USA 2	SPA Ret	ITA 5	GER 3	AUT 3	EUR 4	NED 3	FRA 7	GBR 5	RSM 5	CZE Ret	VDM 4	MAL Ret	4th	158
1992	250cc	Suzuki	JPN 7	AUS 4	MAL 7	SPA 14	ITA 5	EUR Ret	GER	NED 11	HUN 5	FRA 7	GBR Ret	BRA 11	RSA 22			11th	38
1993	250cc	Aprilia	AUS 11	MAL Ret	JPN 16	SPA 6	AUT Ret	GER Ret	NED 7	EUR 8	RSM Ret	GBR 11	CZE 12	ITA 9	USA Ret	FIM 14		13th	50
1994	250cc	Honda	AUS 9	MAL 9	JPN Ret	SPA 9	AUT Ret	GER 10	NED 3	ITA 9	FRA 10	GBR 11	CZE 9	USA 9	ARG 11	EUR 12		11th	84
1995	250cc	Honda	AUS	MAL	JPN	SPA	GER	ITA	NED Ret	FRA	GBR	CZE	BRA	ARG	EUR			NC	0

Races by year

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

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts
1997	Yamaha	SMR 16	GBR 7	GER 7	ITA 19	EUR 10	AUT 7	NED 1	GER 4	SPA 12	JPN 12	INA 11	9th	84
1998	Yamaha	GBR 7	ITA 5	SPA 5	GER 6	SMR Ret	RSA 13	USA 7	EUR 18	AUT 5	NED Ret		8th	64
1999	Yamaha	RSA 8	GBR Ret	SPA Ret	ITA 1	GER 14	SMR 10	USA 8	EUR 15	AUT 3	NED 10	GER 9	9th	79
2000	Yamaha	AUS 7	JPN 15	GBR Ret	ITA 14	GER 13	SMR 16	SPA 15	EUR 25	NED 9	GER 16	GBR Ret	20th	23

External links

• Wilco Zeelenberg interview

References

1. Wilco Zeelenberg career statistics at MotoGP.com
2. Yamaha World Supersport team
3. Yamaha MotoGP Team at www.yamaha-racing.com Archived 2008-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
4. Morrison, Neil (12 June 2019). "Exclusive: Wilco Zeelenberg Interview". Crash.net. Retrieved 8 January 2021.