Verstappen blow as doubt cast over Dutch GP future

The Dutch Grand Prix could fall off the F1 calendar after 2025, according to circuit director Robert van Overdijk. 

Zandvoort, propelled by the following of Max Verstappen, returned to the F1 calendar in 2021, with Verstappen winning all three races held since the race was revived, with the last event having been held in 1985.

The race is just one of two on the 2024 calendar that does not receive any government financial support, the other being the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, with an estimated race hosting fee of $32 million per year. 

There is a planned increase in VAT on tickets from 9% to 21%, reports De Telegraaf, with circuit director van Overdijk believing the race could fall away after next season's edition. 

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Dutch GP future in doubt

"At the moment, the risks are too great, but we are of course doing everything we can to see if a race after 2025 is still possible," van Overdijk said quoted by de Telegraaf at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa. 

"We are not in sackcloth and ashes, but it is clear that the situation is precarious. It is not down to our relationship with Formula 1, because that is still fantastic. 

"But I hope everyone in the Netherlands also realises that organising such a big event in our country is not a given. 

"We succeeded in recent years thanks to a number of parties who dared to stick their necks out."

Since 2023, F1 has moved the Dutch GP to the first race after the summer break, replacing Belgium, which has moved to the final event before the summer shutdown. 

RacingNews365 has reached out to F1 for comment.