Is the Dutch GP Coming Back? What Other Tracks Should Also Return?

Should the Dutch GP return to the calendar? Well, why not- right? One reckons Red Bull would absolutely love to have Max Verstappen drive at his home Grand Prix. Isn’t it? In fact, the ‘Orange Army’ could probably think of nothing better. As it is, the idea of going to Spa-Francorchamps and supporting Max Verstappen can lose the sheen some day. Right?

So how about having a Dutch GP, a race that was last occurred on the F1 roster way back in 1985?

Interestingly, Joe Verstappen, Max’s father, was only in the first year of his teen when the 1985 Dutch Grand Prix took place. This happened to be a contest that was aced by Niki Lauda in a McLaren (Marlboro McLaren International), the Austrian then racing alongside the ‘Professor’ Alain Prost.

But the above told, Zandvoort, that happened to be the venue of the Dutch GP, was no easy track to conquer or was it? The 2.67 mile-long track, checkered by 13 turns used to once host 70-lap contests.

And now, one reckons, the interest surrounding the return of the Dutch GP is only going to get hotter. Do you know why?

Well, believe it or not, Red Bull have apparently hinted at the ‘possible’ return of the famous Grand Prix event. Should this return to the calendar, it would make things interesting in the realm of Formula 1, right?

But well, all that said, one can’t obviously take for granted whether or not Formula 1 would return to a venue where stalwarts like Prost, Lauda, Senna, Berger, and Keke have raced in the past. Can it?

But what can certainly be an enticing idea would be to have the following circuits return to the F1 roster for the sheer challenge and thrill they bring to a sport embedded in the sphere of unpredictability.

Imola- the San Marino Grand Prix

One of those tracks that may not be forgiven ever for snatching away a driver that immortalized the idea of ‘absolute excellence in Formula 1″ and epitomized what it meant by determination, it may not be wrong to suggest that Imola is still one of the polarising debates in Formula 1.

Ayrton Senna, after all, was not just a multiple world champion. The San Marino Grand Prix was, at its time, one of the most keenly-watched events, circa 1994.

The 61-lap contest (although, truncated to a 58-lap run) was back in 1994 the scene of the demise of one of Formula 1’s fastest and perhaps the most enigmatic drivers’ demise.

Should Imola return to normality and be a part of F1 again?

Buddh International Circuit- the Indian Grand Prix

No other driver has ruled at the Indian Grand Prix, a picturesque 60-lap contest nestled in the heart of central-north India, quite like Sebastian Vettel has. During the peak of their dominance, both Vettel and Red Bull exerted might winning each of the three contests held here.

From the onset of 2011-13, the Indian Grand Prix, punctuated by 16 turns and built at the cost of a whopping $20 billion, entertained fans, excited race lovers world-over and brought out the famous ‘finger wielding celebration’ of the then Red Bull driver, Sebastian Vettel.

It was here, in the final year of its running that Kimi Raikkonen, then with Lotus set the fastest lap, flying at 1:27:679 on worn out tyres.

Kyalami- South African Grand Prix

One of the famous venues of the past, it can be said that Kyalami, based in Midland, first hosting a race in 1934 folded up a bit too soon when it did so in 1993.

Didn’t it? Lotus and Jim Clark have ruled the roost here at the Asphalt track checkered by 13 turns, with the Englishman winning on 4 separate occasions while Lotus clinched most victories as a constructor.