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Circuit Park Zandvoort
Route length: 4.259 kilometers

Number of curves: 14 (4 left, 10 right)

Number of rounds: 72

Total distance: 306.648 km

Pirelli tires: C1, C2, C3

Distance pole to first braking zone: 247 meters

Pit lane length under speed limit: 235 meters (~14 seconds). At 210 meters it is the shortest pit lane on the calendar. At the prescribed speed of 60 km/h, it takes just 12.6 seconds to drive through.

Lap record (race): 1m 11.097s (Hamilton, 2021)

Top speed: 328 km/h

Car setup

There are technically demanding sequences that require mechanical grip. Like Turns 3, 11 and 12. Here you need traction from the slow corners. The many fast corners require downforce.

A compromise of medium to high level of downforce with larger wings than last time at Spa-Francorchamps. The cars must not be too low for the laps in the dunes because the asphalt isn't flat. For example, there is a nasty bump in the area around turn 6 (Rob-Slotemaker-Bocht).

Pirelli supplies the hardest mixtures (C1-C2-C3). At a minimum, teams must inflate the front tire to 23.5 psi. A minimum of 21.5 psi is required for the rear.
Most will use to a one-stop strategy.

There aren't long straights in Zandvoort. In order to increase the chance of overtaking manoeuvres, the FIA ​​wants to try out in free practice on Friday this year whether the DRS can already be released in the banked target curve so that pursuers can catch opponents over a longer distance.

Last year FIA did did not take this risk of a longer DRS zone. The DRS zone only began on the home stretch.