By akademiotoelektronik, 31/08/2022

Formula 1. Why has the Netherlands GP has not taken place since 1985?

What a wait!After 36 years of absence, Formula 1 is finally back in the Netherlands, which had not welcomed a round of the world championship in the queen category since 1985.How to explain this long break without playing the slightest F1 race?To understand this, you have to be interested in a set of factors, which on the one hand dismissed the event in the 70s and 80s, but which also facilitated the planning of its return in recent years.

In the 1970s, more and more concerns were heard, about the safety of the circuit for its pilots.Its leaders indeed attend tragic deaths, which open the way to first investments to renovate the circuit and its infrastructure.

Nuisances of different natures

It was then in 1979 that a second phase of trouble touched the circuit.In particular, the city of Zandvoort begins to see with a dim view of the activities of the circuit, which begins to stand out for its financial difficulties and its mismanagement of the route.At the same time, several disputes against the noise and environmental nuisance are born.

In 1985, it was both because of a complicated financial situation, as well as an unfavorable regulation that the circuit saw its last Grand Prix disputed in Zandvoort to date, and is somewhat abandoned.It was necessary to wait several years before seeing a renewed interest in the circuit.

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Subsequently, the Zandvoort circuit again hosted larger events, such as Formula 3 sleeves, then the DTM championship.And gradually, the idea of returning from the queen of the motor racing category has resurfaced.And this idea has materialized all the more since the city gradually grants more days within the limits of noise pollution. Pour le retour de laFormula 1, la ville de Zandvoort a par ailleurs décidé d’investir un budget d’environ 4,8 millions d’euros sur la période 2019-2023, pour contribuer à la remise aux normes et la rénovation du circuit.

The attraction of Max Verstappen

One of the other reasons that motivated the return of F1 to Austria is also the arrival of Australia in 2015 a 17 -year -old prodigy driver in the person of Max Verstappen.He is the first and the only Dutch pilot to have shone the Netherlands. « Ces dernières années, nous avons assisté à un regain d’intérêt pour laFormula 1 en Hollande, principalement en raison du soutien enthousiaste du talentueux Max Verstappen, et nous avons vu une mer d’orange à beaucoup de courses, constatait Chase Carey, président-directeur général deFormula 1, en 2019, à l’occasion de l’annonce du retour de la manche néerlandaise au calendrier.There is no doubt that it will be the dominant color in the stands of Zandvoort next year.»»

Last year, the return of F1 to the Netherlands had been postponed, due to the health crisis.But the event could still have taken place.Only here: the organizers are clear, the Grand Prix of the Netherlands will have to be organized with the maximum of possible audiences.This is why the edition was uncertain for a time.

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This weekend, this return should finally be effective, and we should review the F1 for a few years.Subsequently, it may be necessary to compose again with disputes for noise or environmental nuisance, which have never really disappeared.

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