Jan.17 (GMM) Dutch GP boss Jan Lammers admits 2026 would be the final Method 1 race at Zandvoort purely for monetary causes.
Just lately, the game revealed that the well-known Spa-Francorchamps venue, situated in neighbouring Belgium, would be the first European observe within the new annual rotation scheme after 2027.
A spokesman for the Nurburgring in Germany says even the brand new rotation scheme is “not possible for us as a personal firm” financially.
“For the reason that final dialogue, greater than a yr in the past, no additional talks have taken place with the organiser of the sequence,” spokesman Alexander Gerhard advised Sky Deutschland.
As for Zandvoort, the Dutch GP has been a extremely profitable and fashionable Method 1 occasion since its return to the calendar in 2021. However Lammers advised Ziggo Sport the organisers merely can’t afford to race past a sixth version in 2026.
“In the end we have now to do it with out subsidy within the Netherlands,” he stated. “Utterly at our personal expense and danger.
“It’s good that everybody is happy with us, however it’s us who must take care of the losses. Then everybody can say what enjoyable we had with uncle Jan’s cash,” Lammers, a former Method 1 driver, smiled.
The Dutch GP is at the moment amongst a vanishing few F1 occasions that has existed principally with out state help.
“If you’re already speaking a few value merchandise of over 50 million, and you already know it should value that, it might be within the area of 70 million,” Lammers defined. “That may be a danger that somebody has to take.
“So if you already know prematurely that you will achieve success with these six editions, then I believe it’s best to simply go away it at that. And I’m tremendous pleased with that. It means we have been profitable from begin to end.
“We took the danger and due to Max (Verstappen) the chance was there.”
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