Gerrit van Kouwen (5 July 1963 – 26 January 2024) was a Dutch racing driver.

[1][2][3][4] Van Kouwen was born in 1963 at his father's car scrapyard in De Meern, the Netherlands.

[5] In 1982 and 1983 he was Dutch Formula Ford 1600 champion and went on to win the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch in 1984,[6] the first Dutchman to win the event.

Van Kouwen competed in the British Formula 3 championship in 1985, winning three races to finish the season fifth overall.

[7] Van Kouwen later switched to touring car racing and was active in this category until 1992.