Circuit Zandvoort’s sand-dune theatre still stages the great ones, and it always remembers them. It began hosting grand prixs in the 1950s, and across its roller-coaster mix of fast sweepers and narrow, old-school corners, it has produced moments that live in motorsports lore. Alberto Ascari and Jim Clark tamed the dunes in the 1950s and ’60s, Niki Lauda carved one of his late-career statements there in 1985, and since the track’s modern rebirth in 2021, Max Verstappen has made Zandvoort a near-home fortress. Those historic results made the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix both a classic and a chaos test for modern F1 machines.

Max Verstappen performed strongly for the home crowd, while rookie Isack Hadjar launched himself into a career-defining podium. Qualifying at Zandvoort was a heartbeat, with

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