Dutch 2026 GP sprint preview
Weekend schedule
All timezonesTimes shown in circuit-local time (CEST).
- FP1Fri12:30
- Sprint QualifyingFri16:30
- SprintSat12:00
- QualifyingSat16:00
- RaceSun15:00
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The circuit
Full circuit guide →Circuit Zandvoort · 4.259 km · 14 corners · clockwise
Historic moments
2025 · Norris's smoking McLaren, seven laps out
Lando Norris was running second and set for a McLaren one-two when an oil leak sent smoke pouring from the back of his car and put him out on lap 65. Oscar Piastri took pole, the fastest lap and the win for the first grand chelem of his career, and rookie Isack Hadjar came home third for a first podium.
2021 · F1 comes back, and a Dutchman wins at last
Zandvoort's first Grand Prix in 36 years drew 195,000 fans in orange, and Max Verstappen gave them the full set: pole, the lead into Turn 1, a 20-second win over Lewis Hamilton and the championship lead back. No Dutch driver had ever won the Dutch Grand Prix before.
What makes it different
- Two banked corners - Turn 3 and the final Turn 14 - reach about 18 degrees, giving cars enough grip to run side by side without sliding wide, while also tilting the floor enough to change how it generates downforce.
- Runs through coastal dunes, so wind-blown sand across the racing line is a routine grip variable here in a way it is nowhere else.
Home race
Home race for Max Verstappen.
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