What do fans think of Zandvoort leaving F1?
The promoter is stopping after one last year. The calendar loses the weekend our audience enjoyed more than any other except Monza.
Zandvoort holds its last Grand Prix on 23 August and runs a sprint for the first time. The promoter made that call rather than the championship: the race is privately funded, the organisers carry the money risk and they took one final year instead of another long deal. Our audience has scored the weekend every year it has run.
How did the audience rate Zandvoort?
The 2025 edition scored 3.58 out of five with a happiness reading of 73 out of 100. That happiness reading is the second highest of the whole season, behind the Italian Grand Prix at 75 then ahead of the United States Grand Prix at 68. The full page for that weekend is here.
The rating covers the racing while the happiness score covers the mood in the room. Zandvoort is one of the few rounds that does well on both. Isack Hadjar took Driver of the Day with 47.3% of the vote, one of the clearest verdicts of the season.
Do people travel to it?
Wanting to go and going are two different things. We ask both. The ratio between them puts Zandvoort at 56.4%, third of the twenty four rounds, against a calendar average of 45.7%.
The rounds at the top of that table are the ones people build a trip around. Melbourne, Silverstone and Zandvoort lead it while the newest American rounds close it. This date took people who buy a ticket with it, not people who only watch.
Do F1 fans like sprint races?
Zandvoort leaves on the format the audience asks to remove. Put to a straight keep or remove question, 56.4% say remove the sprint. Asked separately which weekend format they prefer, 79.8% pick the classic Friday to Sunday build and 11.9% pick the sprint weekend.
That is the pattern across the whole regulation set: the audience rates the 2026 rules 3.8 out of ten and 82.8% put them at five or less.
The full reading is in the regulations verdict and in the mid season review.
What does a promoter lose here?
The organisers carry the money risk on a privately funded race. They turned down a rotation of European dates and turned down another long deal. The track itself keeps working, with other series and track days, so what stops is the Grand Prix.
Every round of the last two seasons keeps its own page on the race ratings index. The venue itself is on the Zandvoort page.
Frequently asked questions
Why is Zandvoort leaving the F1 calendar?
The promoter chose to stop rather than the championship dropping the race. It is privately funded, the organisers carry the money risk and they took one final year in 2026 instead of a longer deal or a place in a European rotation.
Is the Zandvoort circuit closing?
No. Other series and track days carry on there. Only the Grand Prix stops, on 23 August 2026.
How do fans rate the Dutch Grand Prix?
3.58 out of five in 2025 with a happiness reading of 73 out of 100, the second highest of the season.
Do F1 fans like sprint races?
Most do not. Asked to keep or drop the sprint, 56.4% say drop it. On format, 79.8% pick the classic weekend against 11.9% for the sprint.
Is the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix a sprint weekend?
Yes, the first in the history of the event, on the same weekend the circuit leaves the calendar.
Do fans travel to Zandvoort?
It converts interest into attendance better than almost anywhere, 56.4% of interested people plan to go, third of the twenty four rounds against a calendar average of 45.7%.
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Source: BoxBoxd, the motorsport social network. Race ratings are collected in the hours after the flag, out of five, alongside a happiness score out of 100. Attendance intent and format preference come from declared answers of the same audience.