Now (for the time being) the Dutch GP and all Formula 1 fans in the Netherlands are fully enjoying the last lap in Zandvoort, Koen Vergeer looks back at the first big race on the circuit. In 1939, a few months before the start of the Second World War. How did that race go, what did people think of it, and how did motorsport actually end up in Zandvoort?
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