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F1 – Huub Rothengatter

Huub Rothengatter (born 8 October 1954, Bussum) is a former racing driver from the Netherlands. He participated in 30 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 17 June 1984. He scored no championship points. He always drove for small and under-funded teams (Spirit, Osella and Zakspeed), and his drives all either started or became available midseason. […]

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 – Michael Bleekemolen

Michael Bleekemolen (born 2 October 1949 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands) is a former racing driver who raced for the RAM and ATS teams in Formula One. Michael Bleekemolen was a Dutch Formula Super Vee and Formula Ford driver, when he in 1977 came to F1 as a complete surprise with a lot of Dutch sponsor […]

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 – Roelof Wunderink

Roelof Wunderink (born 12 December 1948 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch former racing driver. He participated in six Formula One World Championship Grands Prix for Ensign, debuting on 27 April 1975. He scored no championship points. Roelof Wunderink began his career in 1970 in the Dutch Formula Ford Championship, which he won in 1972. […]

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 – Rob Slotemaker

Rob Slotemaker (13 June 1929 in Batavia – 16 September 1979 in Zandvoort) was a Dutch racing driver. He entered one Formula One World Championship race, the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix, with one of Carel Godin de Beaufort’s Porsches.His entry was taken by Wolfgang Seidel. At the start of the new Grand Prix season Ecurie […]

F1 – Ben Pon

Ben Pon (9 December 1936 in Amersfoort, Netherlands) is a winemaker and former Olympian and motor racing driver from the Netherlands. He competed in one Formula One race, the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix, but had a far longer career in sports car racing, before turning his back on the track to concentrate on the wine […]

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 […]

F1 – Dries van der Lof

Dries van der Lof (23 August 1919 in Emmen – 24 May 1990 in Enschede) was a racing driver from the Netherlands. Van der Lof was an industrialist whose factory manufactured electric cable, and competed as an amateur in motorsport events. He participated in one World Championship Grand Prix – the 1952 Dutch Grand Prix […]