1950s and 1960s At the
1952 Dutch Grand Prix,
Jan Flinterman and
Dries van der Lof were the first Dutch drivers to participate in a Formula One race; for both drivers, it was their only one. 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 the
1964 German Grand Prix. Three Dutch drivers were entered for the
1962 Dutch Grand Prix: besides Carel Godin de Beaufort, who drove the entire
1962 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.
1970s and 1980s (left) and
Michael Bleekemolen at the 1977 Dutch Grand Prix
Gijs van Lennep, a successful
sportscar driver and two-time winner of the
Le Mans 24 Hours, entered 12 Formula One Grands Prix between and competing in 8 of them, in which he scored 2 career points. In ,
Roelof Wunderink entered 6 Grands Prix for
Ensign, but scored no points.
Boy Hayje entered 8 races in and , while
Michael Bleekemolen entered 5 races in and ; both without scoring points. At the
1979 Argentine Grand Prix,
Jan Lammers started his Formula One career with
Shadow. In 1980, he qualified a spectacular fourth place for the
United States Grand Prix West at Long Beach in an
ATS, but failed to score any points after a retirement. In 1992, Lammers made a two-race comeback in Formula One for
March, in
Japan and
Australia. He was signed for the team in 1993 but the team went bankrupt before the season started. In ,
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 of
Jos Verstappen.
1990s and 2000s at the 1994 British Grand Prix At the end of 1993
Jos Verstappen, after impressing in
Formula Opel Lotus and
Formula Three, was one of the most wanted upcoming drivers. He was eventually signed as test driver for
Benetton for , but made his debut in
Brazil after regular driver
JJ Lehto injured himself in pre-season testing. Verstappen became the default race driver in
France, and would go on to score a podium in
Hungary and
Belgium. He was replaced for the last two races of 1994, and moved to
Simtek in . This would mark the beginning of a career mostly spent in mid-field and back-field teams such as
Arrows,
Tyrrell and
Minardi. in the Minardi, who, together with... , were teammates in 2005 After impressing in
Formula Three and finishing Rookie of the Year
International Formula 3000 with a victory in Belgium in 2004,
Robert Doornbos was hired as Friday test driver for
Jordan Grand Prix for the
2004 Chinese Grand Prix. Doornbos impressed as test driver for the final few races of the season, and was reappointed for the
2005 season, although he raced with a
Monegasque racing license that year. At the
2005 German Grand Prix, he joined fellow Dutch driver Christijan Albers at
Minardi, who debuted earlier that year as the team's regular driver. In , Doornbos was appointed Friday test and reserve driver at
Red Bull Racing, and would replace
Christian Klien for the last 3 races of the season. Following two successful seasons in
DTM,
Christijan Albers made his debut in the
2005 Australian Grand Prix for
Minardi. Aside from a 5th point finish in the 6-car
2005 United States Grand Prix though, Albers's career was largely unsuccessful. He was released by
Spyker after driving 46 races following the
2007 British Grand Prix. 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 of .
2010s and 2020s at the 2013 Belgian Grand Prix
Giedo van der Garde's first steps into Formula One was when he was confirmed as test and reserve driver for for
Super Aguri. However, due to contract conflicts with
Spyker, who had also signed him as test and reserve driver, he ended up not taking part in any Grand Prix. Following good results in the
GP2 Series, Van der Garde was signed as test and reserve driver for
Caterham in Formula One, while racing for the team in GP2. After debuting for Caterham in ,
Giedo van der Garde became
Sauber's official test and reserve driver for
2014. He had a race contract with Sauber for , but following a legal dispute with the team, did not drive in the season-opening
Australian Grand Prix. Following the threat of follow-up action in Malaysia, all charges were dropped and van der Garde left Formula One. In September 2022, Mercedes test driver
Nyck de Vries debuted for
Williams (in place of an ill
Alex Albon) at the , finishing ninth, scoring two points on his debut. In the 2023 season De Vries joined the
AlphaTauri F1 team. De Vries was signed for
Scuderia AlphaTauri for alongside
Yuki Tsunoda, replacing
Pierre Gasly who moved to
Alpine. However, prior to the
2023 Hungarian Grand Prix, it was announced that De Vries would be replaced by
Daniel Ricciardo for the remainder of the season due to underperforming in the first ten races. ==Timeline==