Zandvoort Hosts Final Dutch GP as F1 Drops Race
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- Formula 1 is running the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort for the final time this weekend before the event drops off the calendar.
- Zandvoort returned to the F1 schedule in 2021 after a 36-year absence and has hosted sell-out crowds since, with orange smoke a fixture in the seaside venue's air.
- Max Verstappen of Red Bull has been overwhelmingly supported by the Zandvoort crowds since the race's return, reflecting his Dutch nationality.
- Organizers decided against continuing to host F1 despite the race's popularity, citing that they could not make the event work financially.
- The Dutch Grand Prix was first run as an F1 event in 1952, per the source, giving the venue decades of history before its modern-era return.
Why it matters: Zandvoort's exit removes one of F1's most visually distinctive and consistently sold-out races — a venue built around Max Verstappen's home crowd — because organizers say the economics don't work, even at peak demand.
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