 | |
| Drivers | 17[1] |
|---|---|
| Grands Prix | 533 |
| Entries | 551 |
| Starts | 510 |
| Best season finish | 1st (2021,2022,2023,2024) |
| Wins | 69 |
| Podiums | 127 |
| Pole positions | 47 |
| Fastest laps | 36 |
| Points | 3418.5 |
| First entry | 1952 Dutch Grand Prix |
| First win | 2016 Spanish Grand Prix |
| Latest win | 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix |
| Latest entry | 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix |
| 2025 drivers | Max Verstappen |
There have been seventeenFormula One racing drivers from theNetherlands who have taken part inGrand Prix races since 1952.[1]Max Verstappen is the most successfulDutch driver to date, as the only one to have won aFormula One World Championship, to have won a race, or to have taken a pole position.[2][3]
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Max Verstappen, son of former Formula One racing driverJos Verstappen andBelgian formerkart racing champion Sophie Kumpen, began his Formula One career in2015, driving forScuderia Toro Rosso, consideredRed Bull Racing's secondary F1 team at the time.[4] Aged 17 years and 166 days he became the youngest Formula One driver ever at that time.[5]
From the2016 Spanish Grand Prix, Verstappen was signed to drive withRed Bull Racing,[6] and on 15 May 2016, by winning on his debut for Red Bull, he became the first Dutchman and the youngest driver at that time to win a Grand Prix, aged 18 years, 7 months and 15 days.[7] On 12 December 2021, he also became the first Dutch driver to win a Formula One World Championship.[3] He then continued to take the F1 World Champion title again in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Verstappen is due to drive for Red Bull Racing until the end of the 2028 season.[6]
At the1952 Dutch Grand Prix,Jan Flinterman andDries van der Lof were the first Dutch drivers to participate in a Formula One race; for both drivers, it was their only one.[1][8][9] In 1957,Carel Godin de Beaufort was the first regular Dutch Formula One driver, and the first Dutch driver to score points, driving in 31 races between 1957 and 1964, before crashing fatally at the1964 German Grand Prix.[10][11][12]
Three Dutch drivers were entered for the1962 Dutch Grand Prix: besides Carel Godin de Beaufort, who drove the entire1962 Formula One season,Ben Pon drove in his first and only Formula One Grand Prix as de Beaufort's teammate.Rob Slotemaker was entered for the race, but did not participate because his car was not ready in time.[10][13]
Gijs van Lennep, a successfulsportscar driver and two-time winner of theLe Mans 24 Hours, entered 12 Formula One Grands Prix between1971 and1975 competing in 8 of them, in which he scored 2 career points.[14] In1975,Roelof Wunderink entered 6 Grands Prix forEnsign, but scored no points.[15]Boy Hayje entered 8 races in1976 and1977, whileMichael Bleekemolen entered 5 races in1977 and1978; both without scoring points.[16][17]
At the1979 Argentine Grand Prix,Jan Lammers started his Formula One career withShadow.[18] In 1980, he qualified a spectacular fourth place for theUnited States Grand Prix West at Long Beach in anATS, but failed to score any points after a retirement.[18] In1982, after 39 Grands Prix, Jan Lammers retired from Formula One for a more successful career insportscars, winning the1988 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 1990Daytona 24 Hours.[19] In 1992, Lammers made a two-race comeback in Formula One forMarch, inJapan andAustralia.[18] These races marked his first Formula One appearance since 1982, which is a still-standing record for the longest gap between successive Grands Prix in Formula One as of September 2019[update].[20] He was signed for the team in 1993 but the team went bankrupt before the season started.[21]
In1984,Huub Rothengatter made his debut for what was to become a career of 30 races over 3 years, although he scored no points. He would later become the manager ofJos Verstappen.[22]
At the end of 1993Jos Verstappen, after impressing inFormula Opel Lotus andFormula Three, was one of the most wanted upcoming drivers.[23] He was eventually signed as test driver forBenetton for1994, but made his debut inBrazil after regular driverJJ Lehto injured himself in pre-season testing.[24] Verstappen became the default race driver inFrance, and would go on to score a podium inHungary andBelgium.[25] He was replaced for the last two races of 1994, and moved toSimtek in1995.[26][27] This would mark the beginning of a career mostly spent in mid-field and back-field teams such asArrows,Tyrrell andMinardi.[27] After a career in which he drove 107 Grands Prix, spanning 9 years and scoring 17 points, Verstappen retired after the2003 Japanese Grand Prix.[28]
After impressing inFormula Three and finishing Rookie of the YearInternational Formula 3000 with a victory in Belgium in 2004,Robert Doornbos was hired as Friday test driver forJordan Grand Prix for the2004 Chinese Grand Prix.[29] Doornbos impressed as test driver for the final few races of the season, and was reappointed for the2005 season, although he raced with aMonegasque racing license that year.[30] At the2005 German Grand Prix, he joined fellow Dutch driver Christijan Albers atMinardi, who debuted earlier that year as the team's regular driver.[31] In2006, Doornbos was appointed Friday test and reserve driver atRed Bull Racing, and would replaceChristian Klien for the last 3 races of the season.[29] After just 11 races over 4 years' time, his Formula One career ended as he went to drive theChamp Car World Series in 2007.[32]
Following two successful seasons inDTM,Christijan Albers made his debut in the2005 Australian Grand Prix forMinardi.[33] Aside from a 5th point finish in the 6-car2005 United States Grand Prix though, Albers's career was largely unsuccessful.[34] He was released bySpyker after driving 46 races following the2007 British Grand Prix.[33][35] In July 2014,Caterham announced Christijan Albers as the team's new team principal, he was in charge until the teams collapse at the end of2014.[36]
Giedo van der Garde's first steps into Formula One was when he was confirmed as test and reserve driver for2007 forSuper Aguri.[37] However, due to contract conflicts withSpyker, who had also signed him as test and reserve driver, he ended up not taking part in any Grand Prix.[38] Following good results in theGP2 Series, Van der Garde was signed as test and reserve driver forCaterham in Formula One, while racing for the team in GP2.[39][40] After debuting for Caterham in2013,Giedo van der Garde becameSauber's official test and reserve driver for2014.[40][41][42] He had a race contract with Sauber for2015, but following a legal dispute with the team, did not drive in the season-openingAustralian Grand Prix.[40][43] Following the threat of follow-up action in Malaysia, all charges were dropped and van der Garde left Formula One.[44]
In September 2022, Mercedes test driverNyck de Vries debuted forWilliams (in place of an illAlex Albon) at theItalian Grand Prix, finishing ninth, scoring two points on his debut. In the 2023 season De Vries joined theAlphaTauri F1 team. De Vries was signed forScuderia AlphaTauri for2023 alongsideYuki Tsunoda, replacingPierre Gasly who moved toAlpine.[45] However, prior to the2023 Hungarian Grand Prix, it was announced that De Vries would be replaced byDaniel Ricciardo for the remainder of the season due to underperforming in the first ten races.[46][47][48]
| Drivers | Active years | Entries | Wins | Podiums | Career points | Poles | Fastest laps | Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Flinterman | 1952 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Dries van der Lof | 1952 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Carel Godin de Beaufort | 1957–1964 | 31 (28 starts) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Ben Pon | 1962 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Rob Slotemaker | 1962* | 1 (0 starts) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Gijs van Lennep | 1971,1973–1975 | 10 (8 starts) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Roelof Wunderink | 1975 | 6 (3 starts) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Boy Hayje | 1976–1977 | 7 (3 starts) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Michael Bleekemolen | 1977–1978 | 5 (1 start) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Jan Lammers | 1979–1982,1992 | 41 (23 starts) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Huub Rothengatter | 1984–1986 | 30 (25 starts) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Jos Verstappen | 1994–1998,2000–2001,2003 | 107 (106 starts) | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Christijan Albers | 2005–2007 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Robert Doornbos | 2006** | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Giedo van der Garde | 2013 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Max Verstappen | 2015–2025 | 231 (231 starts) | 69 | 125 | 3389.5 | 47 | 36 | 4 (2021,2022,2023,2024) |
| Nyck de Vries | 2022–2023 | 11 (11 starts) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Source:[10] | ||||||||
* Was entered for the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix but did not participate because his car was not ready in time.
** Competed under Monegasque racing license in2005.