This weekend the Formula 1 Dutch GP will be held again at Zandvoort, after an absence of 36 years.
Drivers and fans alike are enthusiastic about the track, as it is notoriously difficult with quick successions of sweeping corners and now even two steeply banked corners to alleviate the lack of long straights to aid overtaking.
The track shares its winding characteristics with the circuit in Suzuka, Japan for one reason: Both were designed by
Johannes ("John", "Hans") Hugenholtz.
John did not only design racetracks however.
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Besides circuits he was involved in the stillborn projects of the Dutch "Barkey" car (1948) and the "Delfino" (1989), the latter based on the Alfa Romeo Alfasud chassis and drivetrain.
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I could not find Barkey but at least the Delfino is documented:
https://www.alexmiedema.nl/2020/08/0...erlandse-auto/
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Prototype Delfino
Design: J.R.Th. Hugenholtz
Construction: E.W.B. Cars
Interior: P. Jansens
Paint: Sikkens Autonova
Tires: Pirelli
- flat four cylinder engine
- 1712 CC
- 118 HP
- 5 gears
- Cd coefficient: ~0.19
- fuel consumption: over 20 km per liter (> 47 mpgUS) at 120 km/h (~75 mph)
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