Circuit Zandvoort
Zandvoort, Netherlands · On the current calendar
Banked corners, sea air and sand — an old-school seaside circuit rebuilt for modern Formula 1.
Circuit layout
Race historyBanked corners, sea air and sand — an old-school seaside circuit rebuilt for modern Formula 1.
Circuit
- Circuit
- Circuit Zandvoort
- Location
- Zandvoort, Netherlands
- Length
- 4.259 km
- Corners
- 14
- Race laps
- 72
- Race distance
- 307 km
- First GP
- 1952
- Opened
- 1948
- Grands Prix
- 36
Last winner here
Lap record
About Circuit Zandvoort
Zandvoort held Dutch Grands Prix from 1952 to 1985, disappeared from the calendar for 35 years, and returned in 2021 with a layout rebuilt specifically to make modern Formula 1 cars race. Cut into the dunes on the North Sea coast, it is narrow, undulating and unusually short on run-off by contemporary standards.
Its distinguishing feature is banking. Turn three and the final corner, Arie Luyendyk, are both banked — the latter at 18 degrees, the steepest corner in Formula 1. The banked final turn allows cars to run side by side and carry more speed onto the start-finish straight, which was the explicit purpose of the redesign.
The seaside location brings two complications. Sand blows onto the circuit and reduces grip off-line, and the wind coming off the North Sea changes direction through the day, altering braking points on a lap that already offers very little margin.
Notable facts
- The banked final corner, Arie Luyendyk, is inclined at 18 degrees — the steepest corner in Formula 1.
- Returned to the calendar in 2021 after a 35-year absence, the longest gap for any circuit that has come back.
- Max Verstappen won the first three Dutch Grands Prix after the circuit's return.
- Wind-blown sand from the surrounding dunes measurably reduces grip off the racing line.
Grands Prix by decade
36 races across 5 decades, with 3 decades away from the calendar.
Most wins — drivers
Most wins — constructors
Every Formula 1 winner at Circuit Zandvoort
36 World Championship Grands Prix have been held here between 1952 and 2026.
