1961
Projects 1946 - 1969

Unraced projects of the 1961 season

Since the early days of Grand Prix racing many attempts were made to enter the Formula One and pre-war Grand Prix era. The period 1885 - 2021 contains over 650 Unraced projects. Every now and then new projects appear on the surface. To share with you all the stories i decided to summarize the stories per year. Don't you worry, all the stories will be researched and eventually published. This
Drebbel F1
Unraced 1960 -1969

Drebbel F1: “The impossible Dutch dream”

In 1961 a group of Dutch race enthusiasts came up with the idea of creating an all-Dutch Grand Prix team with the foundation of the “NederlandseRacewagen” after the rules governing engine capacity in F1 were changed from 2.5 litresto 1.5 litres in an attempt to attract more teams. Sadly not much info is available on the Drebbel F1 attempt.  The only information I found about the project came from the