Created in 1978 by Prosper Mollekens, KTR (Keerbergs Transport Racing) is based at Keerbergen, 30 km from the Belgian capital Brussels.

After winning the Belgian Formula Vee title at their very first attempt, KTR quickly advanced to Formule Super Vee and Formula 3 over the next couple of seasons, promoting young Belgian talent such as Marc Duez, Eric Bachelart and Harald Huysman.

By the mid-80’s, KTR had established itself among the leading teams in French F3. It also became successful on the international scene, winning the Monaco Grand Prix support race with Didier Artzet in 1987, and finishing 3rd at the prestigious Macau event with Christophe Bouchut in 1989.

Eric Bernard, Erik Comas and Olivier Panis all raced for KTR before moving up to Formula 1. Ludovic Faure and Olivier Thevenin were title contenders in 1991 and 1992 respectively, only to stumble at the last hurdle.

By 1995, Prosper Mollekens' son Kurt had successfully graduated through the junior single-seater categories, and joined the family team, in collaboration with Alan Docking, for an assault on the British F3 championship. Following a promising learning year, Kurt won the prestigious Marlboro Masters of F3 on his way to the runner-up spot in the British F3 Championship in 1996.

The successes in Formula 3 encouraged team and driver to stick together for a gutsy single car entry in the FIA F3000 Championship. The steep learning curve of 1997 paid off the next year when Mollekens led the championship early in the season. A couple of crashes dropped him back to an eventual 6th place in the series, but by then KTR had established itself among the leading teams.

In 1999 Kurt Mollekens sacrificed his single-seater career to take over the KTR team management. And just like his father had done two decades earlier, Kurt mainly concentrated on helping young Belgian drivers in their quest to Formula 1.

Under the 'Spirit of Belgium'-label, Bas Leinders, Jeff Van Hooydonk and Yves Olivier participated with varying success in the international F3000 championship over the next three years. Leinders proved the most successful after several podiums guided him to an eventual seventh in the series in 2001.

The inclusion of F3000 in the European F1 calendar was nice for the drivers, but put an enormous financial strain on the teams. This is why KTR decided to switch to the newborn World Series by Nissan in 2002. Leinders' third year with the team would be rewarded with 3rd place in the championship, behind F1-testers Zonta and Montagny.

A worrying lack of young Belgian talent forced the team to look elsewhere for drivers in the following years. Felix Porteiro and Red Bull-protégé Paul Edwards showed flashes of speed in 2003, but their inexperience limited their own and the team's progress.

The French duo of Bruce Jouanny and Didier André was signed up for 2004, but the former’s withdrawal from the series three races into the season was hard blow for the team. A general crisis had hit the world of 3-litre-single-seater racing, and it became clear to organisers, teams and drivers alike that immediate action was required.

Luckily Renault stepped in to replace the ailing F3000 with the all-new GP2 category and revamped the Nissan World Series into the new-for-2005 World Series by Renault. KTR entered the latter, and did so with great success. Its drivers, Tristan Gommendy and Jaap Van Lagen finished 4th and 9th respectively in the driver championship, promoting KTR to 3rd in the team standings.

KTR remained a regular WSR podium visitor in 2006 and 2007 with rookies McIntosh, Moreau and Baguette, before having to replace its original driver line-up of Moreau-Move with newcomers Cunill and Afanasiev in the course of the 2008 season.

The global economic downturn and the exaggerated offer of categories had created a new malaise at the sub-F1 level of single-seater racing by early 2009. Rather than operating unprofessionally, KTR preferred to sit out the 2009 season and carefully evaluate its 2010 options.