Jan Lammers: F1 record-holder, Dutch GP hero

F1 Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

He’s a Zandvoort ‘beach boy’, who became a local hero in F1. Racing in the Dutch Grand Prix was a dream come true for Jan Lammers, but he struggled to show his speed in Formula 1 and dropped out of the sport after 4 difficult seasons. He was always determined to return to motorsport’s pinnacle and waited a record 10 years for his chance. Jan tells Tom Clarkson about his rise from junior European champion to F1, the impact impatience had on his career, how bad luck repeatedly ruined his best chances of a life changing F1 result, and how a change in attitude and focus on learning helped him take Le Mans victory in 1988 and return to F1 after his decade away. Today, Jan is Sporting Director of his hometown racetrack, Zandvoort, and is working to make the Dutch Grand Prix a spectacular and sustainable event.

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0:00.0	So you sat there doing all this financial modeling and I love doing stuff like that by the way.
0:05.7	I actually love sitting there and working out.
0:08.0	Is everything going to be okay?
0:10.0	It is so rewarding when you get to that point where the business has finally turned around.
0:18.0	Sage empowers finance professionals like Kat to feel more rewarded,
0:22.0	with helpful business tools and advice from real experts.
0:26.0	Sage helping business flow.
0:32.0	It's often said that you learn more from tough times than from good times.
0:37.0	For Formula One drivers, tough times can feel very tough.
0:41.0	Losing your hard-fought place in the sport, wondering if you'll ever get it back.
0:46.0	That's among the toughest of all.
0:49.0	Jan Lammer's waited longer than anyone else in history for that second chance.
0:54.0	More than 10 years.
0:56.0	And in those tough times, he learned a lot.
0:58.0	In those days, I thought I knew it all but later on you alert that you never know it all.
1:04.0	If you over and over and do the same thing and end up in the same position,
1:08.0	you have to wonder yourself like you know you have something to do with that.
1:11.0	So I thought it's me.
1:12.0	I can't blame all these teams and all the situations.
1:15.0	So I thought well if it's not my driving then I have to smarten up a bit.
1:18.0	You know I'm probably not smart enough.
1:20.0	Welcome to F1 Beyond the Great.
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