Zandvoort And Its Layouts: A (Not Very) Brief History

Holy crap, I'm back. Again.
Let's take a dive into the history and evolution of Circuit Zandvoort.
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INFORMATION SOURCES/FURTHER READING
Zandvoort planning and construction: www.zandvoortvroeger.nl/circui...
General history: www.orangehat.nl/gscpznl01.html
Wim Gerlach: www.motorsportmemorial.org/foc...
1939 Street Circuit info: www.circuitsofthepast.com/zan...
This article tells the "Paradestrasse" story, but beyond that I can find no official sources for it! forix.autosport.com/8w/zandvoo...
General history of Zandvoort: www.circuitsofthepast.com/zan...
Info on 1979 chicane: www.circuitsofthepast.com/mar...
1979 Dutch GP race report (includes (potentially biased!) preamble about chicane's construction): www.motorsportmagazine.com/ar...
Circuit layouts and 1987 proposal: www.gdecarli.it/php/circuit.ph...
Copy of WWII aerial photograph of the circuit area was purchased from Dotka Data BV at: originals.dotkadata.com//#!1&...
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MUSIC:
Epidemic Sound
- Odd Sensibility - Jules Gaia
- Les Pipos - Ennio Mano
- Home Straight - Jon Björk
- Beyond the Mountains - Experia
- Fireflies - Farrell Wooten
- Rhythmania 2 - August Wilhelmsson
- Cheap Cabaret - Ludwig Moulin
- Glowing Vitality - Dream Cave
- Alienated - ELFL
- Confidentiality - Dream Cave
- Let There Be Rain - Silver Maple
Long note One by Kevin MacLeod
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[@SouthPawRacer]

Thanks for watching all! Hope you enjoyed.

[@adammiller011]

Rhys man, I waited until I got home from the race track to watch this video, god I wish I didn't. I hope we've got you back for good now :)

[@flyingphoenix113]

I would love to see this for Suzuka, Fuji, Spa, Watkins Glen, Red Bull Ring, Imola, and Charade.

[@jasonking679]

So interesting! The overlay and cut scenes at the end were great.

[@erSancheh]

Rhys, you've upped your game BIG TIME. I've generally really liked your content, but this? This is art. Of course, you'll upload anything you feel like, but man, this kind of content will surely make your subs fall in love. More, please? 😁

[@annadelsiena]

absolutely fantastic video Rhys, this was so good! <3 I'm Dutch myself and I've honestly not seen such a well made video of the track before. There's usually the German road part, and the Lauda days, but nobody ever talked about the between and after, and how the circuit reinvented itself. It's certainly not helped by the very lackluster performance of Dutch F1 drivers before Max came around which had people in the Netherlands looking at Dutch F1 performance with laughter and usually taking the piss out of it. Jos was given the name Jos Graveltrap as one as the things that stood out to me. Max flipped that perspective around singlehandedly and it's

[@grandicellichannel]

Man... I LOVED this little documentary, totally Zandvoort deserved one but no one dared before. My greatest props. And PLEASE!!! CONTINUE THIS "LEGENDARY CIRCUITS" DOCUS ON, I BEG YOU! ❤

[@yhaustein38]

Outstanding and extremely enjoyable. I love circuit history like this, understanding how they came to be, what transformed them to what we have today, and what could have been. Spent so many hours reading up on these things, but this has brilliantly visualized the history of one of the most interesting tracks in the world. Hats off!

[@byronlong264]

Awesome that you are back creating content! I often look back at how classic circuits have evolved over the years, and this fills that niche perfectly. I look forward to more like this. Brilliant job.

[@legoferrari14]

Between you and GPLaps, you two could make a

[@smallman5509]

Your attention to detail inediting and great ways of telling the story is why I subbed to this channel many a moon ago. Exquisitely done, Southpaw ❤

[@alexmaggio9942]

Tarzan is called the way it is because in the early stages of building of the track, the owner of the part of land that covered turn 1's territory was owned by man who refused to give it up, no matter the price, his name was indeed, Tarzan.

[@WeebGilroy]

Rhys raced in my rFactor league in like 2010 and at this point I consider it one of my greatest accomplishments

[@sweep4747]

Great to see you back! I feel so good calling this (and Assen) my home track

[@minonkh]

It's also a beautiful track to visit as a spectator

[@kuhpfau]

I don't usually comment on videos but I feel obliged to do it here for the sake of helping it get the visibility it deserves. Wonderful work, Rhys. The GEarth overlays in particular. Geweldig!

[@troll666klan6]

Goosh damn! It's gotta be a good day when you're treated to a new Southpaw video.

[@LucasDegen]

Thank you for sharing, I live 15 minutes away from it. 1993 was my first time on the track seeing Jos Verstappen win the Marlboro Masters. I didn't know untill now I was on the old Club circuit.

[@nicololorenzon3291]

What a fantastic video! Loved the transitions and overlays. Narration always on point!