Prince Bernhard wishes the green light for the GP in Zandvoort in six months Now

Prince Bernhard of Orange hopes that in six months the owner of the Zandvoort circuit will have organized everything for a Formula 1 race in the coastal town. Zandvoort is engaged in a fierce battle against the TT circuit in Assen to win a Grand Prix of the Netherlands.

Prince Bernhard said at the end of May that Formula 1 had promised to participate in a race in 2020, but according to the Assen denies the promises of the Formula One Management (FOM).

For the first Dutch Formula 1 race since 1985, much remains to be done on the Zandvoort circuit and its surroundings. Prince Bernhard thinks that he will have the cooperation of all parties involved in a few months and that all nodes will be cut in the field of finance and infrastructure.

"It's a process in which you do a lot of work at the same time.We will not be silent in a year and a half." We said Thursday during the program Ziggo Sport Peptalk .

"We have done some comprehensive analysis of what needs to be done and what we need to do, for example, the Arie Luyendijk curve needs to be tilted at an angle of fifteen degrees, we are already working on everything, so it's not that we're going to start making adjustments in six months. "

Lack of clarity regarding commitment

For now, it's hard to to know to what extent the management of Formula 1 has promised to Zandvoort. Prince Bernhard hopes the sport will return to his circuit in 2020, but Jos Vaessen gave a different conference from the organization that wants to take Formula 1 to Assen.

"In an email from the FOM, they state that they are talking to Zandvoort, but that no promise has been made and that no decision has been made ", did he declare.

Because of the great popularity of Max Verstappen, the appeal to a great Dutch Anyway, the price has risen sharply in recent years. There was also speculation about a street race in Amsterdam or Rotterdam, but these plans never became concrete.

Between 1952 and 1985, there was every year – with the exception of four years – a Formula 1 race organized in Zandvoort. After 1985, the organization no longer has the budget. Three-time world champion Niki Lauda could still be the last winner on Dutch soil.