Nyck de Vries (born 6 February 1995) is a Dutch racing driver. He won the 2020–21 Formula E World Championship and the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship, as well as the 2010 and 2011 Karting World Championships. He was signed to the McLaren young driver programme from January 2010 until May 2019 and Audi Sport […]
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The evolution of McLaren in F1
Overview of the evolution of McLaren race cars in the Formula One; from their beginning in 1966 with the McLaren BRM M2B and Bruce McLaren as driver untill the current 2015 season with the McLaren Honda MP4-30 and Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button as drivers. Click image to enlarge or visit my McLaren F1 1966 […]
The evolution of Williams in F1
Overview of the evolution of Williams Grand Prix race cars in the Formula One; from their beginning in 1974 with the Williams Ford FW01 and Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Gijs van Lennep, Arturo Merzario, Tom Belso, Ian Scheckter and Francois Migault as their drivers untill the current 2015 season with the Williams Martini Racing Mercedes FW37 and […]
The evolution of Ferrari F1
Overview of the evolution of Ferrari race cars in the Formula One; from their beginning in 1950 with the Ferrari 125 and Alberto Ascari, Raymond Sommer, Luigi Villoresi and Peter Whitehead as their drivers untill the current 2015 season with the Ferrari F15T and Sebastian Vettel & Kimi Räikkönen. Click image to enlarge or visit […]
Dutch Formula 1 Drivers
The Netherlands has had many successful Formula One drivers in the past. Max Verstappen is the most succesful one and of the latest Dutchman to join this exclusive group of drivers. Dutchman Jan Flinterman was the first one in 1952 to race a Formula One Grand Prix. In 2022 we saw a new Dutchman entering […]
F1 – Jan Lammers
Jan Lammers, (born 2 June 1956 in Zandvoort), is a racing driver and team principal from the Netherlands. In 1979, Lammers made his debut in Formula One driving Shadow and moved to ATS for 1980. He moved to Ensign mid-way through the season but rejoined ATS for four races in 1981. He joined Theodore for […]
F1 – Boy Hayje
Boy Hayje (born 3 May 1949, Amsterdam) is a former racing driver from the Netherlands. He participated in seven Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 29 August 1976. He scored no championship points. After his victory in the Dutch Formula Ford championship in 1974, Hayje got the possibility of a international motorsport career. That same […]
F1 – Gijs van Lennep
Jonkheer Gijs van Lennep (born 16 March 1942, in Aerdenhout, North Holland) is a Dutch esquire and former racing driver who competed in eight Formula One races. However his main achievements were at the wheel of a sports car. Van Lennep drove for the Porsche sportscar team from 1967 and won the Le Mans 24 […]
F1 – Carel Godin de Beaufort
Jonkheer Carel Godin de Beaufort (10 April 1934, Maarsbergen – 2 August 1964, Cologne, Germany) was a Dutch nobleman and motorsport driver from the Netherlands. He competed in Formula One between 1957 and 1964. He participated in 31 World Championship Grands Prix, becoming the first Dutchman ever to score points in the Formula One World […]
1985 Dutch Grand Prix F-1
1985 FIA Formula One Round 11 – Dutch Grand Prix Zandvoort, 23-25 August, 1985 With Lauda having announced his retirement at the preceding Austrian Grand Prix, Zandvoort was buzzing with speculation about the driver market. (Report by Tom Prankerd & photography by Guido Fijen) Rosberg had already signed up for the McLaren seat, while Williams […]
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