F1 | Dutch GP, Jan Lammers: “It is not tempting to incur unnecessary costs”

The Dutch Grand Prix, which was supposed to return to the calendar after 35 years of absence, is in serious danger of being canceled given the Coronavirus emergency. The Zandvoort race, scheduled for May 3rd, has been postponed to a later date and we are trying to find the right conditions to ensure that it can be placed in the next few months, after Zeltweg and Silverstone so to speak, but it is not that easy, And the risk that the great return of the historic Dutch circuit on the calendar could be postponed by a year is more than real.

“The circuits are fighting behind the scenes to be part of the new Formula 1 calendar – said Jan Lammers, head of the Dutch Grand Prix at BNR Newsradio. Austria, Silverstone, Hungary and perhaps Zandvoort and Spa are among Liberty Media's prime candidates to organize races behind closed doors. There are considerable sums at stake: everything is negotiated, other circuits say correre free of charge, on the condition that they can return to the calendar in the coming years with a reduced rate. It is not attractive for us to incur unnecessary costs. The Zandvoort race unfortunately depends on the Dutch Institute of Public Health and FOM, which is examining every possibility, but at the moment it seems that the race will not return after 35 years, but 36".