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[May 04, 2020]
While the F1 calendar is on
hold, fans can still enjoy the Circuit Zandvoort atmosphere with
this new video.
This weekend was supposed to be the first Dutch Grand Prix for 35
years, and Max Verstappen’s first home Grand Prix in the
Netherlands.
But with the race postponed because of the current health
circumstances, Verstappen and his teammate Alex Albon went on a
special road trip to Circuit Zandvoort in two Red Bull Racing RB7s
and RB8s. Here is all you need to know:
- This eye-catching road trip starts by driving out of shipping
containers at Rotterdam docks.
- What follows is a high-speed chase through some iconic Dutch
locations - first between the sea freight containers and then past
the country’s renowned windmills, flower-filled greenhouses and
cobbled streets of The Hague.
- 2018 MXGP World Champion Jeffrey Herlings then joins for an aerial
stint.
- The Road Trip reaches its climax at Zandvoort itself where the F1
drivers get a taste for the Dutch Grand Prix circuit in front of the
ever-passionate Orange Army.
- The filming – completed before the current restrictions were
implemented – was a massive logistical undertaking involving camera
cars, multiple drones, helmet cams and road closures.
- Verstappen said: “If we can’t race then I think it’s great to put
something out there for our fans. It’s very cool to show everyone a
bit of Holland with this Dutch Road Trip. Normally you only see F1
cars on a race track but we do crazy stuff on snow, on the beach.”
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This weekend was supposed to be the first Dutch Grand Prix for 35
years, and Max Verstappen’s first home Grand Prix in the
Netherlands. But with the race postponed because of the current
health circumstances, Verstappen and his teammate Alex Albon went on
a special road trip to Circuit Zandvoort in two Red Bull Racing RB7s
and RB8s. It was a high-speed chase through some iconic Dutch
locations - first between the sea freight containers and then past
the country’s renowned windmills, flower-filled greenhouses and
cobbled streets of The Hague. The filming, completed before the
current restrictions were implemented, was a massive logistical
undertaking. // Max Verstappen seen during The Dutch Road Trip in
Rotterdam, Netherlands on January 25, 2020. // Rob Smalley / Red
Bull Content Pool
- Of the prospect of the 2020 season getting underway, the Dutchman
added: “Of course, we are very much looking forward to going racing
again once it is safe. We were all very much looking forward to
having a home grand prix in the Netherlands but hopefully later in
the year or whenever it’s possible to race again we can get that
started.”
- Albon said of his own part in the film: “We filmed this in
January, and it was great fun. I think the film has turned out
brilliantly and I hope everyone enjoys it. Hopefully when the season
starts again they [the fans] will be as ready as we are.”
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