Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen says he sees no issues at Circuit Zandvoort due to its width of the track but has some concerns regarding overtaking.
Having driven the revised Zandvoort circuit as part of a promotional stint with Red Bull before the Dutch GP got postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic, Verstappen remains the only F1 driver to have done laps on it since the major renovation.
Verstappen is the only one to discuss his early experience with the track, before the official re-entry on the F1 calendar. There has been few local races at the circuit since then – one which included a horrific incident where a Porsche got airborne.
But aside that Verstappen has rated the track well after the massive renovation, although he did mention that – while it was fun to drive and the width is no big issue – but it remains to be seen how well it will do in a racing environment with overtaking.
“It was good,” said Verstappen. “I think Turn 3 and the last corner, they look pretty impressive when you are going through the corner. It looks really nice. They did a really good job in renovating the track. It was a lot of fun to drive already with a V8 car.
“So, I think already with these cars, it will be even better. The width is more or less the same at Monaco, or when you go to Suzuka, it’s also very old school and it’s not very wide and stuff like that. I don’t think that is a problem.
“I actually quite like it. It’s better than having tarmac everywhere, and when you make a mistake you just run wide. It’s just going to depend a bit on whether we are able to overtake and stuff,” summed up Verstappen.
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The story was edited by Darshan Chokhani