23. The first Dutch driver to stand on an F1 podium was Jos Verstappen, who competed in the sport (on and off) between 1994 and 2003. In which year and with which team did he achieve his best result of third place?
From Quiz F1 Nationalities: Past and Present
Answer:
1994 - with Benetton
Jos Verstappen made his F1 debut at the 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix with the Benetton team at the age of 22 as team-mate to the eventual champion, Michael Schumacher. He only got the job after JJ Lehto, the team's new regular driver, was injured in testing and took part in the first two grands prix of the season before handing the car back to Lehto. However, he was reinstated as the team's second driver on a more permanent basis just four races later, claimed his first podium finish with third place at the Hungarian Grand Prix and followed it up immediately with third place at Belgian Grand Prix as well. Those two races proved to be the high point of his career - he left Benetton at the end of the season, sat out most of the 1995 season after the collapse of the Simtek team and basically spent the rest of his career moving from one back-of-the-grid team to another.
Despite his short-lived success on track, Verstappen was the most successful Dutch driver to have raced in F1 until his son, Max, took his first win in 2016. Outside of F1, Jos Verstappen won a round of the A1 Grand Prix for the Netherlands in 2006 and the LMP2 class at the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Third place in the 2019 F1 drivers' championship was claimed by the Netherlands' Max Verstappen.