MOTORSPORT IMAGES SHOWCASE: DUTCH GP
F1 returns to Zandvoort in 2020 so we’re taking a look back at what made the Dutch GP unique
Dan Gurney is helped from his BRM p48 following a brake failure at 160mph in 1960. The car leapt a sand dune and went through a barbed-wire fence, and although Gurney escaped serious injury a spectator was tragically killed Graham Hill (Lotus 49B) leads the Matra MS10 of Jackie Stewart in the early stages of a damp 1968 GP. Stewart moved ahead on lap four and went on to win but Hill dropped from second after a couple of spins and eventually crashed Riccardo Patrese hops over what remains of the catch fencing that engulfed his Arrows A2 in the 1979 Dutch Grand Prix. The Italian skated off after suffering brake failure at the sweeping Scheivlak corner Take them back to the hotel when you’ve finished with them! Early tyre ‘blankets’ were exactly that, such as these makeshift efforts from Ferrari, as it attempted to keep heat in the tyres of Carlos Reutemann’s 312T3 in 1978
When the throttle on his Renault RE30B stuck open on the main straight in 1982, René Arnoux became little more than a passenger. The crash at Tarzan was huge, but Arnoux escaped without a scratch
A very relaxed Niki Lauda takes the opportunity to catch up with the news while sat on the grid in 1984. He went on to finish second behind Mclaren team-mate Alain Prost, but would pip Prost for the title come the end of the season
It was bound to happen. The temporary nature of many F1 paddocks and the introduction of larger transporters in the 1960s contributed to Matra’s truck getting well and truly beached in the sand and gravel in 1968
Gilles Viileneuve famously tried to get his Ferrari back to the pits as quickly as possible after a puncture in 1979. The gamble failed spectacularly and the 312T4 had more in common with a Reliant Robin when he arrived
Crammed into the ‘natural’ grandstands, the crowds have always been big at Zandvoort and 1960 was no exception. Jim Clark (Lotus 18) and Graham Hill (BRM P48) pass the stricken Cooper T53 of Bruce Mclaren
Mike Hailwood takes a walk through the dunes as he trudges wearily back to the pits in 1973, following electrical failure on his Surtees TS14A. Hailwood was a multiple champion on two wheels but his car career fizzled out