In subsequent eras we see the same pattern: the shark-nosed Ferraris of von Trips and Phil Hill took first and second in 1961 Lauda and Reggazoni in 1974 and Arnoux and Tambay repeated the same feat in 1983. In 1952, the Ascari era, Ferrari finished first, second and third, and in 1953, first and second. Ferrari domination was common at Zandvoort, right from the start. In addition to being the place Lotus tended to introduce its new cars, Zandvoort also produced its share of contributions to Grand Prix History in the course of the 17 Dutch Grands Prix held there. Lotus and Jimmy Clark are what got me hooked on motorsports. Why did I want to see Zandvoort, where there has not been a Grand Prix since 1985? This is the place where Jimmy Clark ran in his first Grand Prix, on June 6th 1960, when he drove a Lotus 18 - the first rear-engined Lotus and then on June 4th 1967, Lotus introduced the Lotus 49 with its world-beating Cosworth DFV engine at Zandvoort, and the car won first time out, with Graham Hill taking pole and teammate Jim Clark winning the race. After doing some rough calculations, I speculate that I have just enough time to go to Holland, visit the historic Zandvoort Formula One circuit and still make my flight home. I am on a layover in Brussels on my way back to the United States from the Nurburgring, where I had just taken in the 1999 European Grand Prix. A year before, Thomas O'Keefe visited the track under cover of darkness to soak up the ambiance and memories of F1 legends Ferrari drivers Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello are scheduled to make a guest appearance at the Marlboro Masters event, to be held this weekend at the historic Zandvoort track.
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