Jan.17 (GMM) Dutch GP boss Jan Lammers admits 2026 would be the final Components 1 race at Zandvoort purely for monetary causes.
Just lately, the game revealed that the well-known Spa-Francorchamps venue, positioned in neighbouring Belgium, would be the first European observe within the new annual rotation scheme after 2027.
A spokesman for the Nurburgring in Germany says even the brand new rotation scheme is “not possible for us as a non-public firm” financially.
“For the reason that final dialogue, greater than a yr in the past, no additional talks have taken place with the organiser of the collection,” spokesman Alexander Gerhard advised Sky Deutschland.
As for Zandvoort, the Dutch GP has been a extremely profitable and fashionable Components 1 occasion since its return to the calendar in 2021. However Lammers advised Ziggo Sport the organisers merely can’t afford to race past a sixth version in 2026.
“Finally we have now to do it with out subsidy within the Netherlands,” he mentioned. “Fully at our personal expense and threat.
“It’s good that everybody is happy with us, but it surely’s us who must cope with the losses. Then everybody can say what enjoyable we had with uncle Jan’s cash,” Lammers, a former Components 1 driver, smiled.
The Dutch GP is presently amongst a vanishing few F1 occasions that has existed principally with out state assist.
“If you’re already speaking a few price merchandise of over 50 million, and you already know it would price that, it might be within the area of 70 million,” Lammers defined. “That could be a threat that somebody has to take.
“So if you already know upfront that you will achieve success with these six editions, then I believe you must simply go away it at that. And I’m tremendous pleased with that. It means we had been profitable from begin to end.
“We took the danger and due to Max (Verstappen) the chance was there.”
