Circuit Zandvoort
{{Short description|Motorsport track in the Netherlands}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox motorsport venue
| Name = Circuit Zandvoort
| former_names = Circuit Zandvoort (2017–2019)
Circuit Park Zandvoort (1989–2016)
Circuit van Zandvoort (1948–1988)
| Location = Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands
| Coordinates = {{coord|52|23|20|N|4|32|27|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| Architect =
| Owner = Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau
Menno de Jong
| Time = CET (UTC+1)
CEST (DST)
| Image = 250px
| Capacity = 105,000
| FIAGrade = 1
| Opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1948|08|07}}{{Cite web |title=Geschiedenis circuit |url=https://www.circuitzandvoort.nl/bezoeker/geschiedenis-circuit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418160923/https://www.circuitzandvoort.nl/bezoeker/geschiedenis-circuit/ |archive-date=18 April 2021 |access-date=18 August 2020 |url-status=dead}}
| Events =
{{Plain list|Current:
- Formula One
- Dutch Grand Prix (1950–1953, 1955, 1958–1971, 1973–1985, 2021–2026)
- GT World Challenge Europe (2015, 2019–2023, 2025)
- DTM (2001–2018, 2023–present)
- ADAC GT Masters (2012, 2014–2019, 2021–2022, 2024–present)
}}
{{Plain list|Former:
- FIA WTCR Race of the Netherlands (2007, 2018–2019)
- Masters of Formula 3 (1991–2006, 2009–2016)
}}
| Layout1 = Grand Prix Circuit (2020–present)
| Length_km = 4.259
| Length_mi = 2.646
| Turns = 14
| Record_time = 1:11.097
| Record_driver = {{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton
| Record_car = Mercedes W12
| Record_class = F1
| Record_year = 2021
| Layout2 = Grand Prix Circuit (1999–2019)
| Length_km2 = 4.307
| Length_mi2 = 2.676
| Turns2 = 15
| Record_time2 = 1:21.044
| Record_driver2 = {{flagicon|NLD}} Klaas Zwart
| Record_car2 = Jaguar R5 F1
| Record_class2 = F1
| Record_year2 = 2019
| Layout3 = Club Circuit (1990–1998)
| Length_km3 = 2.526
| Length_mi3 = 1.570
| Turns3 = 9
| Record_time3 = 1:01.043
| Record_driver3 = {{flagicon|GBR}} Kelvin Burt
| Record_car3 = Reynard 923
| Record_class3 = F3
| Record_year3 = 1992
| Layout4 = Grand Prix Circuit (1980–1989)
| Length_km4 = 4.252
| Length_mi4 = 2.642
| Turns4 = 19
| Record_time4 = 1:16.538
| Record_driver4 = {{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Prost
| Record_car4 = McLaren MP4/2B
| Record_class4 = F1
| Record_year4 = 1985
| Layout5 = Grand Prix Circuit (1972–1979)
| Length_km5 = 4.226
| Length_mi5 = 2.626
| Turns5 = 19
| Record_time5 = 1:19.438
| Record_driver5 = {{flagicon|CAN}} Gilles Villeneuve
| Record_car5 = Ferrari 312T4
| Record_class5 = F1
| Record_year5 = 1979
| Layout6 = Grand Prix Circuit (1948–1971)
| Length_km6 = 4.193
| Length_mi6 = 2.605
| Turns6 = 19
| Record_time6 = 1:19.23
| Record_driver6 = {{flagicon|BEL}} Jacky Ickx
| Record_car6 = Ferrari 312B
| Record_class6 = F1
| Record_year6 = 1970
}}
Circuit Zandvoort ({{IPA|nl|sɪrˈkʋi ˈzɑntfoːrt}}), known for sponsorship reasons as CM.com Circuit Zandvoort, previously known as Circuit Park Zandvoort until 2017, is a {{cvt|4.259|km|mi|abbr=on}} motorsport race track located in the dunes north of Zandvoort, the Netherlands, near the North Sea coast line and {{cvt|35|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Amsterdam. It returned to the Formula One calendar in 2021 as the location of the revived Dutch Grand Prix. This partnership with Formula One will end in 2026.
History
=1930s to mid 1980s=
File:Vlak na de start, Brabham, Moss, Surtees, Taylor, Hermann, Bestanddeelnr 912-5054.jpg]]
There were plans for races at Zandvoort before World War II: the first street race was held on 3 June 1939. However, a permanent race track was not constructed until after the war, using communications roads built by the occupying German army. Contrary to popular belief John Hugenholtz cannot be credited with the design of the Zandvoort track, although he was involved as the chairman of the Nederlandse Automobiel Ren Club (Dutch Auto Racing Club) before becoming the first track director in 1949.{{cite web|url=http://www.calameo.com/read/000374886fa8950ebb344|title=Grand Designs: John Hugenholtz |publisher=Grand Prix View |date=5 October 2010 |access-date=6 October 2010}} Instead, it was 1927 Le Mans winner, S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis who was brought in as a track design advisor in July 1946{{cite web|last=Diepraam |first=Mattijs |date=Summer 2001 |title=The quintessential race track in the dunes |url=http://forix.autosport.com/8w/zandvoort.html |work=8W |publisher=forix.autosport.com |access-date=6 October 2010}} although the layout was partly dictated by the existing roads.
The first race on the circuit, the Prijs van Zandvoort, took place on 7 August 1948.{{cite web|title=Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1948 |url=http://www.progcovers.com/motor/zandvoort48.jpg |publisher=The Programme Covers Project |access-date=3 February 2018}} The race was renamed the Grote Prijs van Zandvoort (Zandvoort Grand Prix) in 1949, then the Grote Prijs van Nederland (Dutch Grand Prix) in 1950. The 1952 race was the first to be run as a round of the World Championship, albeit to Formula Two regulations rather than Formula One regulations like all the European rounds of the championship that year; a similar situation also applied to the 1953. There was no Dutch Grand Prix in 1954, 1956 or 1957, but 1955 saw the first true Formula One race as part of the Drivers' Championship. The Dutch Grand Prix returned in 1958 and remained a permanent fixture on the F1 calendar (with the exception of 1972) through {{F1|1985}}, when it was held for the last time in the 20th century.
=Since 1985=
To solve a number of problems that had made it impossible to develop and upgrade the circuit, most importantly noise pollution for Zandvoort inhabitants living closest to the track, the track management developed and adopted a plan to move the most southern part of the track away from the nearby housing estate, and rebuild a more compact track in the remaining former 'infield'. In January 1987 this plan got the necessary 'green light' when it was formally approved by the Provincial Council of North Holland. However, only a couple of months later a new problem arose: the company that commercially ran the circuit (CENAV), called in the receiver and went out of business, marking the end of 'Circuit Zandvoort'. Again the track, owned by the municipality of Zandvoort, was in danger of being permanently lost for motorsports. However, a new operating foundation, the "Stichting Exploitatie Circuit Park", was formed and started work at the realization of the track's reconstruction plans. Circuit Park Zandvoort was born and in the summer of 1989 the track was remodeled to an interim Club Circuit of {{convert|2.526|km|mi|abbr=on}}, while the disposed southern part of the track was used to build a Vendorado Bungalow Park and new premises for the local football and field-hockey clubs.
In 1995, CPZ (Circuit Park Zandvoort) got the "A Status"{{clarify|date=September 2021}}{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} of the government of the Netherlands and began building an international Grand Prix Circuit. This project was finished in 2001 when, after the track was redesigned to a {{convert|4.307|km|mi|abbr=on}} long circuit and a new pits building was realized (by HPG, the development company of John Hugenholtz Jr., son of the former director), a new grandstand was situated along the long straight. One of the major events that is held at the circuit, along with DTM and A1GP, is the RTL Masters of Formula 3, where Formula Three cars of several national racing series compete with each other (originally called Marlboro Masters, before tobacco advertising ban). A noise restriction order was responsible for this event moving to the Belgian Circuit Zolder for 2007 and 2008. However, the race returned to its historical home in 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72969|title=Masters to return to Zandvoort|publisher=autosport.com|date=23 January 2009|access-date=23 January 2009}}
File:DTM Zandvoort, 2013 (10075032383).jpg race in Zandvoort]]
Circuit Park Zandvoort played host to the first race in the 2006/07 season of A1 Grand Prix from 29 September–1 October 2006. On 21 August 2008, the official A1GP site reported that the 2008/09 season's first race has moved from the Mugello Circuit, Italy to Zandvoort on 4–5 October 2008 due to the delay in the building the new chassis for the new race cars. The Dutch round moved to TT Circuit Assen in 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=44472|title=Dutch delight|publisher=a1gp.com|date=10 August 2009|access-date=27 August 2009|archive-date=20 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820093004/http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=44472|url-status=dead}} A1GP bankrupted before its fifth season and the Dutch round was replaced with Superleague Formula.
File:Circuit Zandvoort motorsport race track in the Netherlands (46940292845).jpg
In November 2018 reported that Formula One Management (FOM) had invited the owners of the Zandvoort race track to make a proposal to stage a Grand Prix race in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/11/organisers-invited-zandvoort-to-draw-up-formula-1-grand-prix-plan/|title=Organisers invite Zandvoort to draw up Formula 1 Grand Prix plan|date=2 November 2018|website=dutchnews.nl|access-date=3 November 2018}} In March 2019, it was confirmed that a letter of intent had been signed between Zandvoort and FOM to stage the Dutch Grand Prix, dependent on private funding being secured to cover the cost of hosting the race. A deadline of 31 March 2019 was set for a final decision to be made.{{Cite web|url=https://www.crash.net/f1/news/914772/1/zandvoort-only-option-f1-dutch-gp-return|title=Zandvoort only option for F1 Dutch GP return|last=Smith|first=Luke|date=4 March 2019|website=crash.net|language=en|access-date=4 March 2019}} On 14 May 2019 it was confirmed that Zandvoort would host the Dutch Grand Prix for 2020 and beyond for a duration of at least three years, with the option to host another two years beyond that.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11719582/dutch-gp-at-zandvoort-confirmed-for-f1-2020-after-35-year-absence|title=Dutch GP at Zandvoort confirmed for F1 2020 after 35-year absence|website=Sky Sports}}
Several alterations were made to the track by {{ill|Jarno Zaffelli|it|Jarno Zaffelli}} to bring it up to date with F1 standards, including adding banking to turn 14 (Arie Luyendijkbocht) and turn 3 (Hugenholtzbocht), but the layout as a whole remained the same. {{Cite web|title=Interview: Jarno Zaffelli, Circuit Zandvoort Designer |date=28 January 2020 |url=https://www.tracksidelegends.com/articles/interview-jarno-zaffelli-circuit-zandvoort-designer |access-date=26 June 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/147294/zandvoort-banking-twice-as-steep-as-indianapolis|title=Zandvoort F1 banking will be twice as steep as Indianapolis in 2020|last1=Noble|first1=Jonathan|first2=Ronald|date=22 November 2019|website=Autosport.com|url-access=limited|access-date=22 November 2019|last2=Vording}} The municipality of Zandvoort invested four million euros into the infrastructure around the circuit to improve the accessibility to the track.{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.dutch-grand-prix-to-return-at-zandvoort-from-2020.1OTLRqLZB6mXdD1VPyHiNx.html|title=Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix to return at Zandvoort from 2020 - Formula 1®|website=www.formula1.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/4710906/live-persconferentie-over-formule-1-zandvoort|title=Circuit Zandvoort kondigt terugkeer Formule 1 aan|date=14 May 2019|website=RTL Nieuws}} On 29 August 2019, the 2020 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort was included as the fifth race on the provisional schedule, listed on 3 May 2020, between the Chinese Grand Prix and Spanish Grand Prix.{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.record-breaking-22-race-f1-calendar-set-for-2020.7vdbREiAYJKP5Ey8whglC2.html|title=Record-breaking 22-race F1 calendar set for 2020|website=formula1.com}} The 2020 scheduled appearance was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,{{Cite web|title=Organisers confirm Dutch Grand Prix will not be held in 2020 {{!}} Formula 1®|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.organisers-confirm-dutch-grand-prix-will-not-be-held-in-2020.1PPMxfP7C4TVXVgSTYlzZB.html|access-date=2021-09-17|website=www.formula1.com|language=en}} however F1 racing did finally return to the circuit on 5 September 2021.{{Cite web|title=Organisers confirm Dutch GP will go ahead in September as planned, with two-thirds capacity crowd |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.organisers-confirm-dutch-gp-will-go-ahead-in-september-as-planned-with-two.2gxF5TAJHyscEwBdEnLiqz.html|access-date=2021-09-17|website=Formula1.com|language=en}} On 17 September 2019, it was announced that Zandvoort would host the FIA Formula 2 Championship and FIA Formula 3 Championship, replacing the series' support races at Circuit Paul Ricard.{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.2020-calendars-confirmed-for-formula-2-and-formula-3.6w1bkCwwB6jnNDoC1J1dZN.html|title=2020 calendars confirmed for Formula 2 and Formula 3|website=formula1.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fiaformula2.com/News-Room/News/2019/09_September/FIA-Formula-2-Championship-2020-season-calendar-revealed/|title=FIA Formula 2 Championship season calendar revealed|website=fiaformula2.com|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924081652/http://www.fiaformula2.com/News-Room/News/2019/9_September/FIA-Formula-2-Championship-2020-season-calendar-revealed/|archive-date=24 September 2019|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fiaformula3.com/News/2019/09_September/FIA-Formula-3-Championship-2020-season-calendar-confirmed/|title=FIA Formula 3 Championship 2020 season calendar confirmed|website=fiaformula3.com|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920102049/http://www.fiaformula3.com/News/2019/9_September/FIA-Formula-3-Championship-2020-season-calendar-confirmed/|archive-date=20 September 2019|url-status=dead}}
The circuit
File:Circuit Park Zandvoort from air 2016-08-24.jpg
File:Circuit Park Zandvoort-1999 vs 1980.svg
The circuit gained popularity because of its fast, sweeping corners such as Scheivlak as well as the "Tarzanbocht" (Tarzan corner) hairpin at the end of the start/finish straight. Tarzanbocht is the most famous corner in the circuit. Since there is a camber in the corner, it provides excellent overtaking opportunities. It is possible to pass around the outside as well as the easier inside lane.{{cite news|url=http://www.a1gp.com/Circuit/CircuitInfo.aspx?circuitId=9&seasonId=4|title=Circuit Park Zandvoort, The Netherlands|publisher=a1gp.com|date=n.d.|access-date=1 November 2009|archive-date=18 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018172104/http://www.a1gp.com/Default.aspx?circuitId=9&seasonId=4|url-status=dead}} This corner is reportedly named after a local character who had earned the nickname of Tarzan and only wanted to give up his vegetable garden in the dunes if the track's designers named a nearby corner after him. On the other hand, many different stories{{which|date=September 2021}} about Tarzan Corner are known.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
The circuit design has been modified and altered several times:
- 1948–1971: length {{convert|4.193|km|mi|sp=us}}
- 1972–1979: length {{convert|4.226|km|mi|sp=us}}
- 1980–1989: length {{convert|4.252|km|mi|sp=us}}
- 1990–1998: length {{convert|2.526|km|mi|sp=us}}
- 1999–2019: length {{convert|4.307|km|mi|sp=us}}
- 2020–present: length {{convert|4.259|km|mi|sp=us}}
=Track configurations=
File:Circuit Park Zandvoort-1948.svg|Grand Prix Circuit (1948–1971)
File:Circuit Park Zandvoort-1973.svg|Grand Prix Circuit (1972–1979)
File:Circuit Park Zandvoort-1980.svg|Grand Prix Circuit (1980–1989)
File:Circuit Park Zandvoort-1989.svg|Grand Prix Circuit (1990–1998)
File:Circuit Park Zandvoort-1999.svg|Grand Prix Circuit (1999–2019)
File:Zandvoort Circuit.png|Grand Prix Circuit (2020–present)
The corners are named as follows (the numbers correspond to the present map, starting at the start/finish line):{{cite web|url=https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/20220829_official_media_guide_dgp_2022_final.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831132552/https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/20220829_official_media_guide_dgp_2022_final.pdf |archive-date=2022-08-31 |url-status=live |title=Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2022 – Media Kit |publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile |access-date=31 August 2022}}
- Tarzan corner (1)
- Gerlach corner (2)
- Hugenholtz corner (3)
- Hunserug (4)
- Nameless corner (5)
- Slotemaker corner (6)
- Scheivlak (7)
- Masters corner (formerly Marlboro corner) (8)
- Nameless corner (formerly Renault corner) (9)
- CM.com corner (formerly the Vodafone corner) (10)
- Hans Ernst corner 1 and Hans Ernst corner 2 (formerly Audi S corners) (11 + 12)
- Nameless corner (formerly Kumho corner) (13)
- Arie Luyendyk corner (formerly Bos Uit corner) (14)
The elevation difference is {{convert|8.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}.
Turns 3 and 13/14 are extremely cambered corners; turn 3 has a 19-degree bank while turns 13/14 have an 18-degree bank.
Events
; Current
- April: Supercar Challenge BETCITY Voorjaarsraces
- May: GT World Challenge Europe, GT2 European Series, GT4 European Series, GB3 Championship
- June: Formula Regional European Championship, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, ADAC GT Masters, Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux, FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship Zandvoort Historic Grand Prix, Marcel Albers Memorial Trophy
- July: Alpine Elf Cup Zandvoort Summer Trophy, F4 British Championship
- August: Formula One Dutch Grand Prix, F1 Academy, Porsche Supercup
- September: Supercar Challenge Trophy of the Dunes, Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux, Fun Cup
; Former
- 24H Series
- 12H Zandvoort (2014–2016)
- A1 Grand Prix (2006–2008)
- ADAC Formel Masters (2012, 2014)
- ADAC Formula 4 (2016, 2019, 2021–2022)
- ADAC GT4 Germany (2019, 2021–2023)
- ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship (2016–2019)
- ATS Formel 3 Cup (2002, 2012)
- BMW M1 Procar Championship (1979–1980)
- BOSS GP (2002, 2006, 2009–2014, 2017)
- British Formula One Championship (1978–1979)
- British Formula 3 International Series (1971–1973, 1984–1987, 1996)
- British GT Championship (2013)
- Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (1978–1979)
- EFDA Nations Cup (1991, 1994, 1998)
- Eurocup-3 (2023–2024)
- European Formula 5000 Championship (1969–1970, 1973–1975)
- European Formula Two Championship (1967–1968, 1979–1980)
- European Touring Car Championship (1963–1975, 1977–1979)
- European Truck Racing Cup (1990)
- Ferrari Challenge Europe (2000, 2002)
- FIA European Formula 3 Championship (1976–1983)
- FIA Formula 2 Championship (2022–2023)
- FIA Formula 3 Championship (2021–2022)
- FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2011–2013, 2015–2018)
- FIA GT3 European Championship (2011)
- Formula 3 Euro Series (2003–2012)
- Formula BMW ADAC (2002–2007)
- Formula BMW Europe (2009–2010)
- Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (2006–2013)
- Formula Renault Eurocup (2000, 2020)
- Formula Volkswagen Germany (2001)
- French F4 Championship (2020)
- French Formula Three Championship (1978)
- International Formula 3000 (1985)
- Interserie (1975)
- Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe (2019, 2021)
- RTL GP Masters of F3 (1991–2006, 2009–2016)
- Porsche Carrera Cup France (2016, 2018, 2022)
- Prototype Cup Germany (2023–2024)
- Racecar Euro Series (2011)
- SMP F4 Championship (2016)
- Super Tourenwagen Cup (1994)
- TCR Europe Touring Car Series (2021)
- World Touring Car Championship
- FIA WTCC Race of the Netherlands (2007)
- World Touring Car Cup
- FIA WTCR Race of the Netherlands (2018–2019)
- W Series (2021)
Lap records
The official lap record for the current circuit layout is 1:11.097, set by Lewis Hamilton driving for Mercedes in the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix. The all-time fastest official track record set during a race weekend for the current Grand Prix Circuit layout is 1:08.885, set by Max Verstappen during qualifying for the aforementioned Grand Prix. As of June 2025, the fastest official race lap records at the Circuit Zandvoort are listed as:{{Cite web |title=Lap Records At CM.COM Circuit Zandvoort |url=https://www.circuitzandvoort.nl/en/consumer/lap-records// |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920193812/https://www.circuitzandvoort.nl/en/consumer/lap-records// |website=CM.COM Circuit Zandvoort |archive-date=20 September 2020 |access-date=2 March 2021 |url-status=dead}}
Fatal accidents
In the history of the circuit, several fatal accidents have occurred.
| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Date !! Description | ||
| Hendrik Dik | 22 March 1952 | Dik's Peugeot did not stop after completing the stage, but went straight on through some fences. The car then hit a small hill and rolled. It was later determined that Dik had suffered a fatal heart attack at the wheel of his car. |
| Wim Gerlach | 10 June 1957 | Wim Gerlach rolled his Porsche during a sportscar race at Zandvoort on 9 June 1957. The car was not equipped with a rollcage and Gerlach, who was not wearing seatbelts, had his head crushed between the door of the car and the earth bank. The corner where the accident occurred was later named the Gerlachbocht. |
| {{ill|Werner Engel|fr}} | 30 April 1958 | Crashed his Mercedes-Benz 300 SL cabriolet during the final stage of that year's Tulip Rally. As was usual at the time, the Tulip Rally's final stage was run as a race at Zandvoort but anti-clockwise so as to counter unfair advantages for drivers with racing experience of the track. Engel's car crashed and overturned on the back-stretch of the track, on the short straight leading away from Tunnel-Oost (in the direction of Scheivlak corner) and came to rest upside down on the track. |
| Ian Raby | 7 November 1967 | Died of injuries sustained on the 5th lap of the European Formula 2 Zandvoort round. |
| Chris Lambert | 28 July 1968 | Lambert was killed after he collided with Clay Regazzoni during the Dutch round of the European Formula 2 Championship, launching Lambert's Brabham BT23C over the guardrail and onto the pedestrian path below.{{cite web |url=http://8w.forix.com/nl73-nl70.html |title=8W – When? – 1973 Dutch GP |publisher=Forix |access-date=11 May 2012}} |
| Piers Courage | 21 June 1970 | The suspension or steering in Courage's car broke on the flat out 'Tunnel Oost' section. Instead of rounding the bend, the car went straight on into the steep dunes, disintegrated on impact and caught fire as the engine broke away from the monocoque; automatic fuel-sealing equipment was not yet being used. During the impact one of the front wheels broke loose and hit Courage's head, taking off his helmet (wheel and helmet came rolling out of the cloud of dust simultaneously). It is assumed that Courage was killed instantly (or at least severely wounded and knocked unconscious) when the wheel hit him, rather than dying in the subsequent fire, as the monocoque was upright (not upside down, as is often stated by those who confuse the Courage and Williamson accidents) when it came to rest and did not seem to trap its driver in any way. |
| Roger Williamson | 29 July 1973 | Williamson lost control of his car due to a suspected tyre failure during the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix and crashed into the barriers, spun upside-down and caught fire. David Purley stopped his own race and tried unsuccessfully to save Williamson. The circuit was poorly prepared and not enough fire extinguishers were on hand. |
| Rob Slotemaker | 29 July 1979 | Slotemaker was killed when he crashed his Chevrolet Camaro during the "Trophy of the Dunes" touring car race. His car spun on a patch of oil and collided with a course car parked alongside the track. Despite the relatively minor force of the accident, he suffered a broken neck and died instantly. A section of the circuit, the left-hander after Hunserug, is named in his memory.The Straits Times, 18 September 1979, p.26 |
| Hans-Georg Bürger | 20 July 1980 | Crashed in his Tiga F280-BMW at Scheivlak corner during the warm-up for the European Formula 2 Zandvoort round. He succumbed to his head injuries in hospital two days later. |
| Alain Vinckx | 29 May 1987 | During a World Record Day event, Vinckx was killed when he attempted a stunt in which he drove a Chevrolet Camaro through four buses placed back to back. The second bus was positioned too low, the roof of the car was cut from it by the roof of the bus. Vinckx was unable to duck away from danger and was decapitated. |
| Oliver Heimann | 30 March 1991 | Heimann was unable to avoid the car of another competitor which had come to a standstill. Heimann broke his neck in the accident; he died in a hospital in Haarlem, about one hour after the crash. |
| Henk Schoorstra | 29 July 2010 | After colliding with another car, Henk Schoorstra's single-seater went out of control and crashed into the guard rail between Hunserug and the Rob Slotemaker bend. The driver was able to drive the car into the run-off area but it caught fire and Schoorstra was killed at the scene. |
| David Ferrer | 2 September 2017 | During the Historic Grand Prix Zandvoort Ferrer crashed with his March 701 from 1970. The accident happened in the Arie Luyendijkbocht where he lost control of the car and crashed into the barriers. Marshalls got him out of the car and Ferrer was brought to a hospital, where he later died due to his injuries.{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/vintage/news/driver-dies-after-historic-f1-crash-at-zandvoort-950355/|title=Driver dies after Historic F1 crash at Zandvoort|website=motorsport.com|access-date=11 September 2017}} |
Cycling and running competitions
File:Wielerkampioenschap amateurs te Zandvoort, Bestanddeelnr 911-3475.jpg
Motor racer Willy Koppen was the first woman to participate in motor trials in the early fifties on the circuit. In August 1959 the UCI Road World Championships men's race was held at Zandvoort. André Darrigade of France won the {{convert|180|mi|0|abbr=on}} race, Tom Simpson (Britain) was 4th.{{cite web|title=World Championships Road Race |url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=116249 |website=www.procyclingstats.com |access-date=5 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928175045/http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=116249 |archive-date=28 September 2017}}
In 1994 a large interregional amateur race cycling race was organised by HSV De Kampioen in Haarlem.
Since 2008, the course has been used as the venue for the Runner's World Zandvoort Circuit Run, a 5-kilometre road running competition.[http://www.rwcircuitrun.nl/ Runner's World Zandvoort Circuit Run]. Runner's World Zandvoort Circuit Run. Retrieved on 28 March 2010. The 2010 edition of the race attracted Lornah Kiplagat, a multiple world champion, who won the ladies 5 km race.Laarhuis, Andra (28 March 2010). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=56331.html Kiplagat makes successful return after injury ]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-28.
The Cycling Zandvoort 24h race was first held on 25–26 May 2013. It is open for public for soloists and teams up to 8 riders. A 6-hours was added to the event in 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingzandvoort.nl/contact-2/buitenland/ |title=Buitenland |access-date=5 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035018/https://www.cyclingzandvoort.nl/contact-2/buitenland/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 }} Buitenland – Cycling Zandvoort, Retrieved on 5 September 2015. On 13./14. June 2015 (12:00) the Cycling Zandvoort – 24 hour race over 4307-m-laps took place.{{cite web |title=Result of Cycling Zandvoort - 24-uurs race 13 - 14 June 2015 |url=http://www.raceresults.nu/uitslagen/2014/Circuit%20Park%20Zandvoort/Cycling%20Zandvoort%20-%2024-uursrace/Cycling%20Zandvoort%20-%2024-uurs%20race.pdf |website=www.raceresults.nu |access-date=5 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135106/http://www.raceresults.nu/uitslagen/2014/Circuit%20Park%20Zandvoort/Cycling%20Zandvoort%20-%2024-uursrace/Cycling%20Zandvoort%20-%2024-uurs%20race.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016}}
See also
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- [https://www.circuitzandvoort.nl Official website] (in Dutch and English)
- [http://www.racingcircuits.info/europe/netherlands/zandvoort.html RacingCircuits.info's history of Circuit Park Zandvoort]
- [http://www.ict4us.com/markant/googlemaps-circuitzandvoort.htm Aerial photo (Google Maps)]
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