Boy Hayje
Gerard Johan " Boy" Hayje ( May 3, 1949 in Amsterdam ) is a former Dutch racing driver. 1976 and 1977 he was reported for a total of seven Formula 1 Grands Prix but failed to qualify only three times.
Career
After the Cup victory in the Dutch Formula Ford 1974 resulted Hayje for the possibility of international motor racing career. In the same year he ran his first race in the European Formula 5000 in a McLaren M18. The following year Hayje took in five more races this series partly in the service of the team Hezemans Racing, but failed to reach remarkable results.
1976 Hayje participated in the British Formula 3 series, finishing in eighth place in the championship standings. In addition, he played three races in the European Formula 3, where he had a pole position and a podium place was taken.
In the same year Hayjes gained international notoriety when he. 's First and only in this year Formula 1 Grand Prix of the season, the Grand Prix of the Netherlands, denied in a Penske PC3 Hayje qualified on the 21st starting position, but retired shortly before the finish from due to a defect at the half-wave.
In the following season, 1977 Hayje has been reported for the losing team RAM for a total of six Grands Prix but failed to qualify only twice. The Grand Prix of South Africa, he could not finish due to gearbox problems, while not covered the distance sufficient at the Grand Prix of Belgium, to be counted in the final standings.
After his short time in Formula 1 Hayje played eight races in Formula 2 to eventually participate from 1981 to 1983 at the Renault Eurocup, with his best result of the season, the fourth championship ranking with a total of five wins in 1981 was.