Netherlands F1 Grand Prix returns for the first time since 1985

For the first time in more than three decades, Formula 1 will host a Grand Prix of the Netherlands next year. The race track that will win the honors is the one that hosted the race for the last time years ago, the Zandvoort in the Netherlands – after some upgrades to meet the modern standards of the FIA.

F1 announced the new race on Tuesday, but it only confirmed rumors and rumors about the return of the series to the Zandvoort track, almost 27 km, given, among other things, the popularity of the Dutch driver Max Verstappen at his home. country. It is also interesting to note that this news comes amid reports that F1 could abandon two of its current events next year. in order to keep the schedule at 21 races with its new additions, Zandvoort and a street race in Vietnam.

Zandvoort is located along the Dutch coast of the North Sea and
hosted F1 for 30 grand prizes, from 1952 to 1985, when it was last. The F1 press release indicated that his contract with the Dutch Grand Prix lasted "at least three years" starting next season, but did not specify what needed to be done. by then, put the track at the standard level, otherwise it "will be rebuilt".

A subsequent post on the F1 website said the focus would be on improving the design of the track to fit modern F1 cars and "encouraging overtaking", but what does it mean? is not entirely clear.