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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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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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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History teaches us that there was no Dutch driver in 1999 on the grid. We had Jos Verstappen who was busy with the Honda project. Intentionally, he would become one of their drivers. Sadly, the program was cancelled. Tom Coronel was busy racing in Japan and would only test with the Arrows A20 in December […]
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