Onlangs schreef ik in een artikel dat de eerste auto in September 1896 verscheen op de Nederlandse wegen. Dit was een Daimler van Notaris Backx echter bleek dit niet de eerste auto te zijn. Na nog meer onderzoek gedaan te hebben bleek dat er in 1895 al een auto op de Nederlandse wegen was te […]
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For everything there is a first time. While the first automobiles were constructed in the mid-1880s the public’s interest came with the “first” race held in 1894. The announcement for this event was already done the 19th of December 1893 in Le Petit Journal. While it was not the first race, it was the first […]
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Researching the Dutch Autosport History between 1880 and 1949 is the biggest project I’ve worked on. A project that keeps on going and going. Recently I purchased the books “A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing” which is a complete goldmine! The information within the books is rich of statistics and information about the […]
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Dwars door de Tarzanbocht, de dertien Nederlandse Formule 1-coureurs vermeerderde en herziene editie. Dit is de officiële titel van het boek echter begint google te steigeren als ik de gehele titel pak. Er is inmiddels nog een uitgave van het boek waarin de 15 Nederlandse coureur worden besproken. Echter is het concept hetzelfde. Een prachtig […]
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Het is ergens in Oktober 1972 wanneer Arno van Dijk uit Breda begon met het tot leven brengen van zijn eigen Formule 1 wagen (eigenlijk een voorloper op) . De Arno 016L, een wagen die meer weg had van een F1 en F5000 hybrid. Een wagen met een eigenwijs ontwerp, breed en wat lomp. Maar […]
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The eraser that changed history or the future at that time, after the qualifying for the 1976 Dutch Grand Prix. Perhaps this is one of the most unknown stories in the Formula One. When you google on it you won’t find much about it for the simple fact it seems non existing outside the Netherlands. […]
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It is 2011, the last years of ADSL connections, why would you still want internet via your phone line while there are new opportunities around the corner! This is what Vodafone must have thought earlier that year to promote Fiber Optic. They appeared with one of the best publicity stunt in existence, organizing the Grand […]
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Jos Verstappen made it’s debut in 1994 in the Formula One, after showing pure speed during his test for Footwork and McLaren. Eight years later Jos Verstappen had still the speed, though due to bad decisions making he was not on the hotlist anymore for many teams. It seemed the Honda project would finally give […]
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Since the start of the Formula One in 1950 we had 17 Dutch drivers in the Formula One. The most successfully Max Verstappen and his father Jos Verstappen. However, there could have been much more Dutch drivers in the Formula One. Actually there was one Herman Roosdorp who retired after the free practice of the […]
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With Max Verstappen dominating the Formula One like Michael Schumacher the Formula One is booming in the Netherlands. You would almost forget that there was a time that the Dutch drivers in the Formula One were more a footnote. Who remembers Giedo van der Garde’s drive with the Caterham in 2013 for example? Though during […]
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