Zandvoort returned to the Formula 1 calendar after a 36-year absence in 2021 and will depart again after 2026. The penultimate race at the track – the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix – is set to take place on August 31.
1140th F1 GRAND PRIX | 39th DUTCH GRAND PRIX | 39th GRAND PRIX AT ZANDVOORT
2024 POLESITTER: LANDO NORRIS | 2024 WINNER: LANDO NORRIS
2025 DUTCH GRAND PRIX: WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday August 29
Free Practice 1 – 12:30pm Local Time / 11:30am UK Time
Free Practice 2 – 4:00pm Local Time / 3:00pm UK Time
Saturday August 30
Free Practice 3 – 11:30pm Local Time / 10:30am UK Time
Qualifying – 3:00pm Local Time / 2:00pm UK Time
Sunday August 31
The 2025 Dutch Grand Prix – 3:00pm Local Time / 2:00pm UK Time
2025 DUTCH GRAND PRIX: WEEKEND MILESTONES
Max Verstappen has taken three wins to date at Zandvoort. Another win at the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix would see him equal Jim Clark’s record of four wins at the track. Meanwhile, Lando Norris could become the ninth driver to have taken multiple wins at the circuit.
A podium finish for Max Verstappen at the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix would see him become the fourth driver – after Jim Clark, Niki Lauda and Jackie Stewart – to have taken as many as five podiums at Zandvoort.
Max Verstappen is currently tied with Rene Arnoux as the driver with the most pole positions at Zandvoort. A pole at the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix would see Verstappen become the first driver to take four pole positions at Zandvoort.
If Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc lead more than 30 laps of the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix between them, Ferrari will overtake Lotus as the team that has led the most laps at Zandvoort in F1 history. Lotus’ current record tally is 615.
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ZANDVOORT TRACK GUIDE
With Verstappen fever reaching an all-time high, Zandvoort returned as the host of the Dutch Grand Prix in 2021 after a 36-year absence from the Formula 1 calendar.
Unusually located for a racing circuit, Circuit Zandvoort can be found to the east of Amsterdam, next to the North Sea, in the sand dunes of the seaside town of Zandvoort. The town of Zandvoort hosted street racing prior to the start of World War II, with a number of minor street races taking place on the streets of the coastal town in 1939 – the first being on June 3, 1939.
The onset of war prevented racing from taking place for around ten years, though tentative plans for a permanent racing circuit had already been drawn up. Following the German invasion of the Netherlands in World War II, the Germans had constructed roads through the sand dunes. After the war, these roads were widened and linked together. The Royal Dutch Motorcycle Association sought advice from Sammy Davis – winner of the 1927 24 Hours of Le Mans – and together designed the Zandvoort circuit.
The Zandvoort track opened its doors for the first time on August 7 1948. The circuit hosted the first so-called ‘Zandvoort Grand Prix’ in 1949, which was won by Prince Bira, before staging the inaugural Dutch Grand Prix in 1950. Both this edition and the 1951 Dutch Grand Prix were won by Louis Rosier. Neither were run as rounds of the World Championship. Instead, Zandvoort first appeared on the Formula 1 calendar in 1952.
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WHAT HAS CHANGED AT THE CIRCUIT SINCE LAST YEAR?
Changes to the circuit since last year’s race will be posted here.
HOW MANY DRS ZONES WILL THERE BE AT THE 2025 DUTCH GRAND PRIX?
It’s yet to be announced how many DRS zones there will be at the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix. Last year, there were two DRS zones. Activation zones are usually after Turn 13 and between Turns 10 & 11.
WHO WILL BE IN THE 2025 DUTCH GRAND PRIX PRESS CONFERENCES?
The world’s media will have the opportunity to talk to the drivers ahead of the on-track action. The drivers appearing in the press conference for this race are yet to be announced.
The media will also be talking to prominent members of Formula 1’s teams in a separate press conference over the race weekend. The team members appearing in the press conference are yet to be announced.
WHO WILL BE THE RACE DIRECTOR AT THE 2025 DUTCH GRAND PRIX?
Rui Marques will be the race director at the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix.
WHO WILL BE THE DRIVER STEWARD AT THE 2025 DUTCH GRAND PRIX?
Each weekend a former Formula 1 driver, or a driver from another prominent series of motorsport, joins the stewards to help judge any incidents from a drivers’ perspective. The Driver Steward this weekend is yet to be announced.
WHICH TYRE COMPOUNDS WILL BE USED AT THE 2025 DUTCH GRAND PRIX?
Pirelli have not yet announced which tyre compounds will be used at the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix. The C1, C2 and C3 compounds have been used in all of the last four seasons.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME AT THE DUTCH GRAND PRIX?
Norris secured the second victory of his career at the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix as Verstappen failed to win on home soil for the first time.
A huge crash in a wet Free Practice 3 meant that Logan Sargeant was unable to take part in qualifying for the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix. The worst of the weather had passed before the qualifying hour began, but there were still some surprise exits in Q2, with Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton failing to reach the top ten shootout.
Lando Norris secured pole position but home hero Max Verstappen powered ahead from his front row start on the run to Turn 1. While Sainz and Hamilton went about making up places from their lowly starting places, Verstappen began to complain of worn tyres on Lap 17 as Norris closed in on the Red Bull. Norris took the lead and would only lose it again to his team-mate for a few laps during the pit stop period.
A slow stop cost George Russell – who had passed Oscar Piastri on Lap 1 to run third – valuable time, allowing Charles Leclerc to move ahead. Piastri then passed Russell for fourth on Lap 40. Later on that lap, a five-car brawl developed in the midfield, with Pierre Gasly eventually ending up at the head of it in tenth place.
Russell made a second pit stop on Lap 55, which dropped him two positions that he would not make back up before the chequered flag. Norris claimed a comfortable win, with a near-23 second advantage over Verstappen. Leclerc held on to third place, with Piastri just two seconds further back.
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Attending the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix? Learn more about visiting Zandvoort in the F1Destinations Travel Guide.