05/06/2026
🏁 Debon C2000 heading to Zandvoort for the Master Endurance Legends series 🇳🇱
Zandvoort is a circuit that rewards a style of driving that benefits the best drivers. Rather than relying on long straights and heavy-braking overtaking zones, it emphasizes commitment, rhythm, and momentum through a narrow ribbon of asphalt that twists through coastal sand dunes.
Several characteristics make it stand out:
Natural elevation changes – The circuit rises and falls with the terrain, creating blind crests, compressions, and corners where drivers cannot always see the apex on entry.
Banked corners – Turns such as Hugenholtzbocht (T3) and Arie Luyendykbocht (T14) feature significant banking, allowing multiple racing lines and unusual approaches compared with conventional flat circuits.
High-speed flow – Much of the lap consists of interconnected corners where one mistake compromises several corners afterward. Drivers often describe it as a rhythm track.
Low margin for error – The track is relatively narrow, with barriers often feeling close. Precision is rewarded and mistakes are punished.
Old-school character – Despite modern safety upgrades, it retains the feel of a classic European circuit shaped by the landscape rather than by a design template.
The circuit has also become closely associated with the legend Max Verstappen. Although Verstappen was born in Hasselt, he races under the Dutch flag, and Zandvoort serves as the home of the Dutch Grand Prix. Since the race returned to Formula 1 in 2021, the venue has been transformed into a sea of orange-clad supporters known as the “Orange Army,” creating one of the most distinctive atmospheres on the calendar. The connection between Verstappen and Zandvoort has turned the circuit into a national motorsport landmark for Dutch fans.
