Dutch Grand Prix
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2026 Driver Grid
Williams
Racing Bulls
Ferrari
Haas
Aston Martin
Alpine
Audi
Mercedes
Red Bull Racing
McLaren
Cadillac
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Circuit guide
Circuit Zandvoort
Zandvoort, Netherlands
Zandvoort runs through the coastal dunes north of Amsterdam, an old-school circuit brought back to the calendar with steep banking added at two corners. It is narrow, quick and completely unlike the modern venues around it.
- Track type
- Permanent
- Overtaking
- Hard
- Upset risk
- Medium
What the lap demands
The banking at Hugenholtz and at the final corner lets cars carry far more speed than a flat equivalent would allow, and it changes how the car has to be set up. The lap is short and flowing with very little respite, and the surface offers less grip when sand blows in off the dunes.
How the racing unfolds
Narrow and difficult to pass on. The banked final corner feeds directly onto the main straight, which helps a following car use DRS, but there is not much space anywhere else.
Picking a Top 5 here
Qualifying matters and the field tends to stay in order, so build from the grid. Sand on the racing line and the narrow confines mean incidents are not rare, and a safety car has an outsized effect on a circuit where nobody can pass.