Max Verstappen’s home Dutch Grand Prix will drop off the F1 calendar after 2026
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands stands on the podium after winning the Qatar Formula One Grand Prix at the Lusail International Circuit in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Darko Bandic]
ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen’s home Grand Prix will only be on the calendar for two more years after it was announced Wednesday that 2026 will be the last edition. F1 says it granted a one-year contract extension until 2026 but it was the local promoter’s decision not to continue after that. Dutch Grand Prix director Robert van Overdijk says it will be “the end of a monumental era.” Verstappen won the first three editions of the race after it returned to the F1 calendar in 2021 for the first time since 1985. Lando Norris won this year.
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FILE - Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands leads the field after the start of the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix race at the Zandvoort racetrack, Netherlands, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
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