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To commemorate 50 years of Formula 1 racing in Canada, CTMP is compiling some of Mosport’s greatest F1 stories through personal memories from household names of Canadian motorsport…
EPPIE WIETZES: THE DRIVER
There’s a bitter-sweet sound in Eppie Wietzes' voice when he talks about Formula 1.
Born in the Netherlands, Wietzes moved to Canada when was 12 and raced under the Canadian flag for two Formula 1 Grand Prix starts, and throughout his career in Formula 5000 and in Trans-Am where he won the 1981 championship.
“I had a lot of bad luck in Formula 1,” he says; and he’s not wrong.
Both Formula 1 attempts were riddled with car trouble, and tough circumstances.
On the morning of August 27th, 1967, the Formula 1 World Championship found itself in Bowmanville, Ontario about to drop the green-flag on the first ever Grand Prix of Canada.
The greatest drivers in the world were there; Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jack Brabham, the list goes on.
Twenty-Nine year-old Eppie Wietzes was abou