The “problem” which created the steep bends

“It all started with a problem.“ This is how track manager Niek Oude Luttikhuis describes the first talks with Formula 1 about a possible return to Zandvoort. And that is the story of this problem, an extraordinary idea and its implementation. Or in a nutshell: How the F1 track in Zandvoort got its steep curves.

Such a thing had not yet been a topic in 2018, but when Zandvoort first put out its feelers in the direction of F1 again, Max…