Jos Verstappen drove in 1997 for Ken Tyrrell’s team in the Formula One. At this point Tyrrell was only a shadow of their successful past. Struggling financially the team was unable to sign contracts for decent engines. The team was forced to hire pay drivers to pay the bills. Eventually the team would be sold […]
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Jos Verstappen and Lola MasterCard just sealed the deal for a seat in 1997. The team is more then happy to provide the Dutch with a superb car powered by their own V10 engine. Can you imagine this news back in early 1997? A couple of years ago I did read that both were in […]
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Before Max Verstappen, there was Jos Verstappen. Jos came, saw and left the Formula One at the end of 2003 with Minardi. However, there was a time that experts pointed out that Jos had the potential to become the next World Champion in the years that were coming. He showed his raw talent during his […]
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Het idee van een Nederlands Grand Prix team is niet zo raar. Voor de eerste wereldoorlog hadden we al Spyker die furore maakte door de lange afstanden die men met hun wagens reed. Gedurende de jaren 20 en 30 waren er verschillende ideeën om permanente circuits aan te leggen voor Grand Prix races te kunnen […]
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Een nieuwe eeuw was aangebroken de 19e eeuw was een interessante met de industriële revolutie en de eerste stapjes van de automobielen in de wereld. In Nederland waren de eerste stapjes ook gezet voor automobielen. Maar toch bleven de inwoners van Nederland voorzichtig, eerlijk is eerlijk we bleven toch liever vertrouwen op wat we al […]
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Recently i wrote about the first car that appeared on the Dutch roads in 1896. It was the Daimler from notary Backx. However, it seems this was not the first car. The first cars seems to have appeared in 1895 on the road in Tilburg it was from Jos Bogaers-Swagemakers. Wouldn’t surprise me if the […]
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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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