Stella calls for McLaren 'resilience' in Red Bull title fight.
Stella is excited for F1's return and recognises that McLaren has a genuine shot at the title.
21 August 2024
Nick Golding
RacingNews365

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has called on the Woking-based outfit to be "resilient", ahead of Formula 1's return this weekend at the Dutch Grand Prix. "With two weeks of shutdown over, we now return to racing with renewed energy," said Stella. "The Dutch fans always create a great atmosphere, which we can't wait to experience once again.”

"Zandvoort is a short, technical circuit, which poses a very different challenge to Spa or Monza. This weekend marks the start of a very busy period, with four races in five weeks. To ensure we maximise the opportunities ahead of us, we must be resilient, focused and work together closely as a team to extract maximum performance.”

'Resilience';

https://racingnews365.com/stella-cal...ll-title-fight


'Crucial race' awaits Ferrari in Zandvoort deciding their 2024 fate
21 August 2024
Editor: Kada Sarkozi
GPblog.com

Since their victory at the Monaco Grand Prix, Ferrari have struggled to compete for race wins in Formula One, while every rival of the Scuderia have won at least one Grand Prix in that time period. According to Sky Sports' lead commentator David Croft, very important weekends await the team of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

"Now there's an upgrade package in Zandvoort, there's a new floor as part of that upgrade package. They have got to get rid of the bouncing, and if they don't, then the season is gone," Croft declared in Sky Sports F1 Podcast. "They can't run the car on the set up that they need to extract the maximum pace. Then Charles and Carlos are going to have a very sore head going home after the Italian GP."

Following the last weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, Ferrari's team principal explained that now, a better set of tracks on the schedule await his team. "So I think Zandvoort is a critical weekend for Ferrari: So if those upgrades work, brilliant, they are back in the ballpark, and we'll see what happens from there on in," Croft added.

‘Need to extract the maximum pace’;

https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/29542...2024-fate.html


Verstappen wants fourth win in a row at Dutch Grand Prix
21 August 2024
Sports Editor: Toby Lock
Milton Keynes Citizen

World championship leader Max Verstappen hopes he can make it four wins out of four at his home race when F1 returns this weekend. The Red Bull Racing man has won the Dutch Grand Prix every year since it’s return to the calendar in 2021.

“Zandvoort is always a fantastic atmosphere, and the fans are incredible, so it is a special one for me,” he said ahead of the weekend. “It is a great circuit, with its short straights and narrow track and hopefully we can come back even stronger for this race. We are looking forward to the week ahead and hopefully we can be fighting for the win.”

Team-mate Sergio Perez is looking for a much-improved second-half of the season, after enduring a torrid time thus far in 2024. He said: “I am looking forward to getting back in the car this weekend. The summer break was very important for everyone in the team and the whole sport, with so many races now everyone needs the rest and reset time more than ever.”

‘Wants fourth win in a row’;

https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/sport...d-prix-4750863


Dutch Grand Prix: F1 preview, times, predictions, stats
Aug 21, 2024
ESPN

What happened last year? Verstappen equalled Sebastian Vettel's record of nine consecutive F1 wins with his third at Zandvoort. Despite heavy downpours and a red flag caused by a crash in Turn One, Verstappen still finished 3.7 seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso in second to bolster Red Bull's dominant season.

Who's going to win? It's hard to look past Verstappen with the support of the Oranje army at his home race and his record of mopping up the last three races here. If he wins again he can storm ahead in the championship, but given the upturn in form by McLaren and Mercedes, it could be a tight battle on the seafront.

Friday
Free practice one: 11:30-12:30 BST
Free practice two: 3-4 p.m. BST
Saturday
Free practice three: 10:30-11:30 a.m. BST
Qualifying: 2-3 p.m. BST
Sunday
Race starts: 2 p.m. BST

‘Dutch Grand Prix’;

https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id...tats-zandvoort


F1 2024 Dutch Grand Prix Preview - Is F1 Heading To Africa?
Aug 21, 2024
Motorsport.com

Stuart Codling and Ronald Vording join Bryn Lucas to discuss all the news that dropped during the Summer Break and preview the race itself. This includes the US Department of Justice opening an anti-trust investigation against Liberty Media after their refusal to let Andretti enter the sport, and the consideration of Rwanda joining the calendar in the future, potentially at the Dutch AND Belgian GP's expense.

‘Discussion’;

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/video/...africa/654110/


Why Zandvoort is a great example for the rest of the F1 tracks?
Aug 21, 2024
Corwin Kunst
GPblog.com

Last season, 98% of visitors chose sustainable transportation (bicycle, train or on foot) to the circuit and the DutchGP organisers expect to match or even exceed this percentage in 2024. More than 40,000 fans are expected to travel to Zandvoort by bike.

Moreover, the DutchGP has switched to a permanent green power grid, which has now also been extended to the F1 Hospitality Paddock. This has significantly reduced fuel consumption from 120,000 litres (2021) to 40,000 litres (2023). Combined with the switch to HVO100 ('Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil', a clean substitute for diesel), this has reduced the climate footprint by 94.5% in 2023 compared to the first year of the event.

Furthermore, together with Handicap.nl, the Grand Prix of the Netherlands offers special care facilities for people with disabilities. A custom-built 'hotel' at the venue offers accessible showers, toilets and medical areas. There is also an area along the straight accessible to disabled fans. Together with the Ambulance Wish Foundation, terminally ill patients will also be welcomed to fulfil their wish to attend an F1 event on Thursday with a special walk in the pit lane.

‘Great example’;

https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/29544...omponents.html


Dutch GP Weather: Latest forecast for 2024 F1 race at Zandvoort
21 August 2024
Adam Dickinson
Total Motorsport

The Circuit Zandvoort is within sight of the North Sea, meaning the prevailing easterly wind can be very strong, particularly affecting turn one and the elevated first sector.

However, the rollercoaster nature of the track nestled in the dunes means much of the 2.6-mile lap is shielded from bluster compared to somewhere flatter like Silverstone, even though that’s 100 kilometres away from the nearest beach rather than 100 metres.

Zandvoort has only been back on F1 calendar since 2021 but has already shown how quickly conditions can change and turn a grand prix on its head. And we certainly look set for meaningful wet running in the 2024 Dutch GP with rain forecast on two days and winds also on the cards.

‘Latest forecast’;

https://www.total-motorsport.com/dut...ace-zandvoort/


What time is the Formula 1 2024 Dutch Grand Prix and how can I watch it?
21 August 2024
Formula One - Official Site

After a few weeks of downtime for the summer break, the F1 drivers and teams are all set to go racing again as the second half of the season kicks off with the Dutch Grand Prix.

The event will begin with FP1 and FP2 on Friday, August 23, followed by third practice and qualifying on Saturday, August 24, and then the 72-lap Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday, August 25.

‘Global Race Start Time Map’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/a...eeEhfKhj6DwWYI