Fast facts about the Dutch Grand Prix

Formula One returned after its conventional summer season break, albeit this time it’s not the Belgian Grand Prix, however the Dutch Grand Prix to kick off the second half of the season. F1Technical’s senior author Balázs Szabó picks out the trivia and stats about right now’s Zandvoort F1 race.

Long historical past – Today’s Zandvoort race shall be the thirty third FIA Formula One World Championship Dutch Grand Prix. The race joined the calendar in 1952 and was a fixture on the schedule till 1985 with the exception of a number of years – 1954, 1956, 1957 and 1972. The inaugural race was gained by Alberto Ascari who led a one-two-three end for Ferrari.

Construction – Situated on the Dutch North Sea coast, the city of Zandvoort already hosted motor racing on its streets as early as the Thirties. After World War II, the everlasting venue used right now was constructed amongst the sand dunes, making use of roads laid out by occupying forces.

Dutch designer John Hugenholtz is commonly credited with creating the circuit alongside his work at Suzuka. But whereas Hugenholtz grew to become circuit director at Zandvoort, it is really ‘Bentley Boy’ Sammy Davis from England – winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1927 – who is claimed to have suggested the Dutch Automobile Racing Club on the format.

Banking – Formula One returned to Zandvoort in 2021. Ahead of its return, the monitor was modified to help overtaking opportunites: Turn 3 and the final one, Turn 14 (named after former circuit director John Hugenholtz and Dutch driver Arie Luyendyk respectively), had been reprofiled and so they now sport a 19 and 13 diploma banking respectively, which permits the drivers to undergo them at a lot larger speeds.

Short format – Zandvoort is a comparatively brief monitor on the present F1 calendar. The circuit sports activities a lengths of 4.259km which signifies that drivers want to finish 72 laps to cowl the race distance of 306.648km.

Overtaking – Due to its tight nature, overtaking has by no means been straightforward in Zandvoort. Two DRS zones have been mandated to help overtaking alternatives with the first one positioned 50m after Turn 10 and the second one put in 40m after Turn 13. The first DRS zone has its detection level 50m after Turn 10 and the second one 20m after Turn 12.

The most profitable ones – Ferrari is the most profitable constructor at the Dutch Grand Prix with eight victories. The Scuderia gained twice with Alberto Ascari at the wheel with Wolfgang von Trips, Jacky Ickx, Didier Pironi and René Arnoux additionally having clinched a win with the Maranello-based outfit.

The most profitable driver is Jim Clark who gained the Dutch Grand Prix 4 occasions, adopted by Jackie Stewart and Lauda, who gained three races apiece. The different repeat winners are Ascari, Jack Brabham, James Hunt and Alain Prost with all of them having two triumphs in the Netherlands to their names.

Harder compounds – The banked corners at Turn 3 and Turn 14, and the proliferation of of high-speed turns imply that Pirelli arrived at Zandvoort with compounds from the more durable finish of its vary.

The C1 compound is nominated at the Dutch Grand Prix as P Zero White laborious, C2 as P Zero Yellow medium and C3 as P Zero Red comfortable. This is the similar selection as the final two years (since Zandvoort returned to the calendar) with the distinction being that the present C1 compound is softer than its predecessors.

Reduced velocity – Due to the tight nature of the pit lane, the velocity restrict is ready at 60kph throughout each on-track motion of the weekend.

Modifications – The Zandvoort monitor has gone trhough a couple of modifications since final yr. New, upgraded fencing has been put in on the right-hand aspect at Turn 7and Turn 8 , and in the run-off at Turn 12 to guard marshals. A bump has been eliminated on the begin/end straight simply earlier than the first nook. Furthermore, bumps on the right-hand aspect between Turns 5 and 6 have additionally been eliminated.