Gijs van Lennep acquitted himself very well in the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix by finishing 6th in the ISO-Williams FW01, collecting a championship point.
Gijs van Lennep
Gijs van Lennep —![](https://camp-archives.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/456-768x459.jpg)
Gijs van Lennep is the most successful Dutch racing driver of the 20th century. In 1967 he won his first race in Sweden, driving a DAF F3 with an innovative variable transmission. He went on to drive for Porsche and won the famous 24-hour race in 1971, together with the Austrian Helmut Marko, and the Targa Florio in 1973. Gijs was also successful in F5000, winning the European Championship in a Surtees. Between 1971 and 1975 he participated in a number of F1 races, driving for Surtees, ISO-Marlboro and Ensign. He finished 6th in the ISO-Marlboro at Zandvoort in 1973, collecting the first championship point for Frank Williams. In 1975 he drove a strong race at the extremely demanding Nürburgring circuit to finish a very creditable 6th, collecting another championship point. In 1976 Gijs won the Le Mans 24-hour race for the second time, this time with the famous Belgian Jacky Ickx.
![](https://camp-archives.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/086-768x504.jpg)
During the 1975 German Grand Prix Gijs van Lennep finished an excellent 6th in the Ensign N175 (MN04) on the extremely demanding Nürburgring.
![](https://camp-archives.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/087-768x476.jpg)
Van Lennep performing a masterfully controlled power slide in the Ensign N174 (MN02). Gijs drove the outdated car to a creditable 10th place in the 1975 Dutch Grand Prix.
![](https://camp-archives.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ensign-Zandvoort-7-582x768.jpg)
Gijs van Lennep behind the wheel of the Ensign N174 (MN02) with which he finished 10th in the 1975 Dutch Grand Prix.