After changing their name to Van Merksteijn Motorsport for the beginning of 2008 season, the team undertook programmes in both endurance circuit racing and in rallying.

The next race on the calendar was held at Monza and the team settled for second place after their car sustained damage as a result of a collision with a Spyker and having lost valuable time in the pits for repairs.

Van Merksteijn was not able to start in the fourth race of the championship at the Nürburgring as he took in the WRC Rallye Deutschland that was held in nearby Trier at the same time.

With replacement driver Jeroen Bleekemolen in the Porsche RS Spyder alongside Verstappen, Van Merksteijn Motorsport clinched another victory.

The final race of the championship provided Van Merksteijn and Verstappen with another victory and added the Le Mans Series LMP2 title for Teams to their list of successes that season.

Highlighting their speed, the Porsche of Van Merksteijn Motorsport claimed the fastest race lap and pole position on every event.

The team made its Le Mans debut in June on the Circuit de la Sarthe for the most famous race in the world with drivers Van Merksteijn, Verstappen and Bleekemolen.

Late in the evening the Van Merksteijn Motorsport car was handed over to Verstappen again and after doing a run of no less than four stints the team had built a considerable lead over the rest of the field.

Regardless of the activities of Van Merksteijn in the Le Mans Series with the Porsche RS Spyder, the team entered a select number of WRC events in 2008.

After achieving its sole objective of 2008 by winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Van Merksteijn Motorsport sold their Porsche RS Spyder to focus primarily on rallying.

As part of the factory outfit X-Raid Team of Sven Quandt, Van Merksteijn achieved a tenth position on the opening day of the event.

Even though participation in the rally for Van Merksteijn ended prematurely, part of the team remained involved in the event all the way to its finish in Buenos Aires, Argentina.