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. 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 first race on the circuit, the Prijs van Zandvoort, took place on 7 August 1948. "Sammy" Davis who was brought in as a track design advisor in July 1946 although the layout was partly dictated by the existing roads. 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. However, a permanent race track was not constructed until after the war, using communications roads built by the occupying German army.
There were plans for races at Zandvoort before World War II: the first street race was held on 3 June 1939.
It returned to the Formula One calendar in 2021 as the location of the revived Dutch Grand Prix. (1950–1953, 1955, 1958–1971, 1973–1985, 2021–)ġ:11.097 ( Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W12, 2021, Formula One)ġ:21.044 ( Klaas Zwart, Jaguar R5 F1, 2019, BOSS GP Series)ġ:01.043 ( Kelvin Burt, Fortec Motorsport Reynard 923, 1992, Formula Three)ġ:16.538 ( Alain Prost, McLaren MP4/2B, 1985, Formula One)ġ:19.438 ( Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 312T4, 1979, Formula One)ġ:19.23 ( Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B, 1970, Formula One)Ĭircuit Zandvoort ( Dutch pronunciation: ), known for sponsorship reasons as CM.com Circuit Zandvoort, and previously known as Circuit Park Zandvoort until 2017, is a motorsport race track located in the dunes north of Zandvoort, Netherlands, near the North Sea coast line.
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