Dutch F1 Grand Prix postponed to 2021 due to pandemic

Dutch F1 Grand Prix postponed to 2021 due to pandemic

Organisers have confirmed the Dutch Formula One Grand Prix at Zandvoort is postponed to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SHOWS: ZANDVOORT, NETHERLANDS (FILE - MARCH 4, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1.

RED BULL DRIVER MAX VERSTAPPEN PREPARING TO TEST ZANDVOORT CIRCUIT 2.

VARIOUS OF VERSTAPPEN PUTTING ON BALACLAVA AND HELMET 3.

VERSTAPPEN SETTING OFF IN CAR 4.

VERSTAPPEN ON TRACK 5.

VARIOUS OF VERSTAPPEN IN CAR 6.

VARIOUS OF VERSTAPPEN ON TRACK 7.

VARIOUS OF VERSTAPPEN SPEAKING TO JOURNALISTS 8.

VARIOUS OF VERSTAPPEN SPEAKING TO JOURNALISTS 9.

VARIOUS OF VERSTAPPEN ON TRACK 10.

VARIOUS OF VERSTAPPEN WITH CAR IN THE GARAGE 11.

PICTURE BEING TAKEN OF VERSTAPPEN ON A SMARTPHONE WHILE HE IS SPEAKING TO A JOURNALIST ZANDVOORT, NETHERLANDS (FILE - JANUARY 29, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 12.

CAR DRIVING ON TRACK WITH GRANDSTAND 13.

SIGN, READING (English): "HISTORIC GRAND PRIX ZANDVOORT" 14.

DUTCH GRAND PRIX SPORTS DIRECTOR, JAN LAMMERS, STANDING WITH COLLEAGUE AND JOURNALIST IN FRONT OF GRANDSTAND 15.

VARIOUS OF LAMMERS WITH COLLEAGUE AND JOURNALIST STANDING IN THE HUGENHOLTZ CORNER ZANDVOORT, NETHERLANDS (FILE - JANUARY, 2020) (VOLKERWESSELS/DUTCH GRAND PRIX - ACCESS ALL) (MUTE) 16.

VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS OF CIRCUIT AND HUGENHOLTZ CORNER ZANDVOORT, NETHERLANDS (FILE - JANUARY 29, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 17.

EXTERIOR OF CIRCUIT'S VIP LOUNGE SEEN THROUGH CAR TYRES 18.

VARIOUS OF CAR TYRES 19.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) DUTCH GRAND PRIX SPORTS DIRECTOR, JAN LAMMERS, SAYING: "They all take so much pride in what they are doing, of course, because they want to sit in front of the television or on the grandstands and then say at home, like, look, that's what I did there, you know, that curb stone there." 20.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) DUTCH GRAND PRIX SPORTS DIRECTOR, JAN LAMMERS, SAYING: "This is going to be a phenomenally quick corner and a quick part of the racetrack.

They are still working here on the gravel traps - that is also something that has been an idea from day one.

What we really want is an authentic track that, if you make a mistake, then you make a mistake, that's it.

We don't want a track where you can just cross the line, get a penalty for track limits, and then come back on the track.

So we don't want a forgiving racetrack: if you make a mistake here, you're out." 21.

VARIOUS OF STEAM ROLLER 22.

WORKERS ON CIRCUIT 23.

WORKER WRITING ON CLIPBOARD ZANDVOORT, NETHERLANDS (FILE - JANUARY, 2020) (VOLKERWESSELS/DUTCH GRAND PRIX - ACCESS ALL) (MUTE) 24.

VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS OF CIRCUIT AND ARIE LUYENDIJK CORNER WITH SEA IN THE BACKGROUND STORY: The Dutch Formula One Grand Prix at Zandvoort has been postponed to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Thursday (May 28).

The race at the seaside circuit would have been the country's first since 1985.

"I had to look forward to it for 35 years, so I can wait another year," Dutch Grand Prix sports director Jan Lammers said on the race website (www.dutchgp.com).

(Production: Tim Hart)