Also, these parties wanted to Zandvoort buy

Also, these parties wanted to Zandvoort buy

Posted on 03-01-2016 at 18:57 by perry_snijders – 21 Comments”

Ook deze partijen wilden Zandvoort kopen
If you’re a car enthusiast on Ascari or Bilster Berg, it does not take long — for me, at least for your mind as: ‘How would it be to your own circuit to have?’ Nevertheless, it was Zandvoort for many years to buy before prince Bernhard jr. bought, though that news is still unconfirmed. Was there no one interested? Certainly, and we’ll tell you who!

If you are interested in your own circuit, Zandvoort buy is perhaps the easiest way to make your dream come true. But as easy as it seems, was not. The circuit has, in fact, járenlang to buy stood and the interested parties and catered disillusioned. Two years ago, we have informed at circuitdirecteur Erik Weijers, but he did not tell what the price was. According to the stories, that would be 6 million euro. Weijers: ‘of Course, you can drive yourself as often as you want, but the current owner, Hans Ernst, do that almost never. I take it that any new owner of the circuit, purchase as an investment with the objective to make a profit.’

At the time, did the story of the round that BMW is the circuit wanted to take over. Spokesman Diederik Reitsma burst, however, into laughter when we him put: ‘Zandvoort? What should we dáármee? We have the BMW Driving Experience which is adjacent to the circuit, but a circuit is anything other than a handling test circuit. But we respond never on the rumors, so now do it.”

More talkative Peter was Tunissen of Driving Fun, the largest trackday organizer of the Netherlands. Driving Fun is renting the track about 20 times per year, we organize namely trackdays at circuits in belgium and abroad. Car enthusiasts can a day with their own cars driving on the track. Such a track rental for a day is not cheap. The price varies per time – a Monday in december takes less than a Sunday in June – just 10,000 euros for a day, you’ll be lost. Thus was born the plan to the racetrack to buy. I have myself the money for, but one of our regular customers wanted the financing. Although he has enough money to have the circuit and even the whole village to buy, it was still a difficult story. In the first instance, I was told that the negotiations with a different party almost were rounded. On a given I found out that the sale is controlled by a subsidiary of the Rabobank, which specializes in mergers and acquisitions. There, they also had no interest. Now I knew, however, that Hans Ernst, the owner of the circuit. I’ve learned his address, called him and said I circuit wanted to buy. That was no reason for me to ask for a cup of coffee, I had to contact the company that the sale settles. The circuit is then to purchase, but no one has interest to sell it. A shame, because we were ready. Still, by the way, ” said Tunissen in 2013.

Also Frits van Eerd would have tried the circuit to buy. That sounds not unlikely, because Of the Limelight is an incredible autosportliefhebber. “Sometimes I go between my cars sit, I relax completely,” he told me once. In what of zen-state-of-mind would you come if you’re on your own track sit down? Within the family, it wouldn’t even really be mad; father, Karel van Eerd left a beautiful golf course construction because there in the wide environment, no decent job to be found.

And then there are the stories that Hans Hugenholtz tried the circuit to take over. That sounds not unlikely; his company HPG is engaged in real estate, including leisure projects, according to the website. More important still is that his father, for many years director of the circuit. Also Hugenholtz, however, would not go far; he received the same benevolent treatment as Peter Tunissen.

Junior got this treatment apparently not, we don’t know why. There is also little info, but we are especially curious if there are major changes coming for the circuit.

Photo via Autojunk


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