OBITUARY
On talent, Gerrit van Kouwen – who died last Friday of aggressive cancer at the age of 60 – should have swelled the Netherlands’ slim club of serious F1 racers. Yet beyond Formula Ford and F3, De Vliegende Hollander’s progress stalled.
Middle son of a De Meern car breaker, van Kouwen’s gentle persona, boundless enthusiasm, insatiable appetite to learn and intense loyalty endeared him to everybody he worked
