Dutch GP to exit F1 calendar after 2026

The Dutch Grand Prix will fall off the Formula 1 calendar after 2026.

A one-year contract extension to host the race at the Zandvoort track, which returned to the schedule in 2021 after a 36-year absence, has been signed to ensure there will be two more events.

The track, in a holiday town on the North Sea coast, had been struggling to make the event work financially despite sell-out crowds attending to support Max Verstappen.

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The race will be held on 29-31 August in 2025. The 2026 schedule has not been confirmed but F1 announced that Zandvoort’s last grand prix would be a ‘sprint’, with a shorter race on the Saturday before the main event on Sunday.