Boy Hayje – F2 | The “forgotten” drivers of F1

1978 Thuxton F2 Race – Boy Hayje (Chevron B42). Photo and info Steve Wilkinson

1978 F2 Eifelrennen. Photo Jurgen Endres via FB

1978 – Boy Hayje #16 and Divina Galica #13 – fight F2 and F1 cars 1978 AFX Aurora Zandvoort – too with Giancarlo Martini #9. Photo copyright Romain Moormann

1978 – Boy Hayje #16 and Divina Galica #13 – fight F2 and F1 cars 1978 AFX Aurora Zandvoort – too with Giancarlo Martini #9. Photo copyright Romain Moormann

1978 AFX Aurora Zandvoort. Photo copyright Romain Moormann
Hayje, after his disastrous half season of F1, with the undriveable RAM March, in 1977. Was demoted to a season of European F2, with Fred Opert running four cars on a shoestring budget. Boy had very strong teammates in Keke Rosberg and Eje Elgh, and wasn ‘t able to score a single point… He discarded the Pau Grand Prix (where a certain Alain Prost made his F2 debut), to race at Zandvoort instead! By hindsight a good decision, as he had a hell of a race, finishing third. Of course he profited a bit from Lunger and Edwards tangle, and Martini running out of fuel, leaving poor Giancarlo shaken! Info from Ed Brunette

1979 Zandvoort F3 European Championship. Photo Cor van Veen

Boy Hayje when he also raced F2: Boy Hayje entered for the Zandvoort 1979 European Formula 2 Championship round, in a March-Hart 782 hired from Brian Henton. It was one of his last ever single seater outings, though I recall he did some events in a FF2000 Delta (T80?), early eighties. Info from Ed Brunette. Photo Noord-Hollands Archief, collectie Fotopersbureau De Boer – NL-HlmNHA_1478_18174K01_37

1977 F2 Zandvooet with Osvaldo “Cocho” López. Photo Photo Noord-Hollands Archief, collectie Fotopersbureau De Boer