Jan Lammers: 'A Formula 1 is a very wild beast'


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Amazing field of drivers in BOSS GP
Nevertheless, four decades after making his debut in the car racing industry, Lammers still thoroughly enjoys his racing. He recently won a race in the Dutch GT4, the top tier of the Dutch car racing industry. Additionally, he was one of the enthusiastic guest drivers in the BOSS GP at Circuit Park Zandvoort last summer.
Some 32 years after his first appearance in a Formula 1 car, Lammers once again stepped behind the steering wheel of a F1 for an official race. The experienced driver raced in a 1998 Tyrrell 026 with a 3.0 litre V10-motor during the Masters of F3 weekend. BOSS GP regular and owner of the car Frits van Eerd had lent this car to Lammers.

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Catching on quickly
”These cars are very beautiful things; short and quite agile. Additionally, we had quite an impressive field of participants. Never before had so many Dutchmen (nine) raced in a Formula 1 at the same time,” Lammers states. “It had been a few years since the last time I drove a F1, but it was still in my system how to drive a car like that. So I caught on pretty fast again. And once you’ve driven 400 per hour, 300 won’t really impress you anymore. It’s still a fantastic experience to hit the pedal to the metal though in a Formula 1, especially at Zandvoort through the Scheivlak. That’s still a huge challenge.”

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Reaching the pedals
Behind the steering wheel of the beautiful Tyrrell, Lammers drove to third spot behind Tom Coronel and Scott Mansell both in the qualification session and the second race during the BOSS GP in Zandvoort. “I had to put on my sneakers for the race. They are one-and-a-half centimetre higher than my racing shoes. I wouldn’t even have been able to reach the pedals in the Tyrrell without that,” smiled the pint-sized Lammers on the podium. “Of course it was a great experience to make a guest appearance in the BOSS GP. Additionally, it was superb to race on a dry track after that incredibly wet first heat. It was simply amazing to drive in front of 50.000 spectators.”
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