Zandvoort's Final Dutch GP as F1 Drops It From Calendar
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- Formula 1 drops the Dutch Grand Prix from its calendar after this weekend's race, with the Zandvoort event marking the circuit's permanent departure from the schedule.
- Zandvoort returned to the F1 schedule in 2021 after a 36-year absence, having first staged a Dutch Grand Prix as an F1 event in 1952.
- Race organisers declined to continue hosting F1 because they could not make the event financially work, even though every edition since its 2021 return drew sell-out crowds.
- Max Verstappen has been the focal point of those sell-outs, with orange smoke and overwhelmingly Red Bull-aligned fans packing the seaside venue over the past three seasons.
Why it matters: Zandvoort's exit strips F1 of one of its most visually distinctive races — the orange-clad Verstappen stronghold — and underlines the financial squeeze on promoter-run Grand Prix venues that sit outside the sport's highest-revenue markets.
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