Legendary Zandvoort back on F1 calendar!
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- Rockanje
- Mike-ZENKAI
Can't imagine that it can be held in Zandvoort within a year. It is presently a rather big pile of old crap.
But with a royal connection it wouldn't surprise me, good way to spend someone else there money.
Can remember the Marlboro Master races end of the 90's. Only 100k people and Zandvoort was blocked completely during the whole weekend. Nothing changed since.
But with a royal connection it wouldn't surprise me, good way to spend someone else there money.
Can remember the Marlboro Master races end of the 90's. Only 100k people and Zandvoort was blocked completely during the whole weekend. Nothing changed since.
- 3,600
- Middelburg
Upcoming Jumbo Racing Days is again a good 'repetition' for handling vast groups of people. Expected 125K visitors.
If it is the same as the previous edition....well good luck but not me.
If it is the same as the previous edition....well good luck but not me.
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- Buckwheat City
- Dennisch
I was at this one.
And a couple of DTM races in the 00's, and I was there again last year in June, during a non event day, and I agree with you that nothing changed, except for the track surface and parts of the crash barriers.
It will never be ready unless the royal turd will pay for 11 months of uninterrupted rebuilding of everything.
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- Australia
They could extend the track length by adding a loop-the-loop perhaps.
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- Rockanje
- Mike-ZENKAI
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- Middelburg
With indeed at 11 the official press moment.
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- Netherlands
- GTJG44
Excited but how are they going to get everything ready in one year?
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- Buckwheat City
- Dennisch
They won't, and then they'll apologise and say : with the knowledge we have now...
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thank the gods
- 4,538
- Australia
Are they also chopping all wings off the cars so that they might be able to actually race at the shrivelled remains of the track?
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- Australia
Judging by the amount of space its more likely to be played out in front of no grandstands.
I am hoping it will still be possible to crash at the circuit without mechanical failure.
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- GTP_daan
They've done that already.
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- Utrecht
- YukinoSuzuka
Don't forget the weather at Zandvoort.. The chance of getting a wet race is even higher than on Silverstone I guess 
Only downside, it can be pretty foggy around Zandvoort, so the helicopters can't take off and land.
Only downside, it can be pretty foggy around Zandvoort, so the helicopters can't take off and land.
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- Buckwheat City
- Dennisch
The first changes have been announced by Jan Lammers.
Turn 2 will get a larger run off area. Turn 3 will be widened on the inside, and turn 12 will become a banked corner to make it a flat out corner with the DRS open. And the finish line will move a bit towards to the Tarzanbocht.
Turn 2 will get a larger run off area. Turn 3 will be widened on the inside, and turn 12 will become a banked corner to make it a flat out corner with the DRS open. And the finish line will move a bit towards to the Tarzanbocht.
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And they will provide Gazelle bikes for the sportive fans who like to park the car abit further away.
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Some Twitter journalist drew what is expected.The first changes have been announced by Jan Lammers.
Turn 2 will get a larger run off area. Turn 3 will be widened on the inside, and turn 12 will become a banked corner to make it a flat out corner with the DRS open. And the finish line will move a bit towards to the Tarzanbocht.
Preserves the best part of the track - turns 4-9, while giving a longer straight into Tarzan without having to move it. Also the new final corner should actually have space for decent runoff.
They better keep Scheivlak and Mastersbocht as gravel and grass runoffs respectively. The walls
- 939
- Zürich
Absolutely. Any questions of the track being ready and up to F1 standards aside, one thing that will require and immense amount of work and therefore investment is the infrastructure of the surrounding area. I find it difficult to believe it can be sorted in a single year.
Don't get me wrong, I'm really happy that F1 is coming back to another European location, but I fear that next year is too soon for Zandvoort - they should have given it 2 possibly 3 years to allow for all the preparation and work to be completed.
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