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NASCAR could swoop in on a track that is leaving the F1 calendar after interest in a European race was announced. <\/p>\n
\nF1 returns after the summer break this weekend for the Dutch Grand Prix<\/a> at Zandvoort, with the 2025 race the penultimate event Max Verstappen will race in front of home fans.
<\/p>\n \nZandvoort\u2019s current deal with F1 expires at the end of 2026, with the promoter making the decision not to remain on the calendar from 2027 onwards.
<\/p>\n \nF1\u2019s hefty sanctioning fees have been named as the reason for Zandvoort\u2019s exit from the F1 calendar, with the circuit unable to receive funding from government subsidies. However, alternative racing series do not have the same high fees as F1, and are therefore materialise as more feasible options for Zandvoort.
<\/p>\n \nRobert van Overdijk, Zandvoort\u2019s general director, was recently asked what was next for the circuit by RacingNews365, and he named NASCAR as a potential contender to race in the Netherlands.
<\/p>\n \n\u201cUltimately, we only have four UBO (no sound limit) weekends in the year. One of those will be released in 2027,” Van Overdijk said.
<\/p>\n \n\u201cOf course I\u2019ve been talking to different parties who are interested in that for quite some time. What\u2019s important to us as a circuit is that something comes in return. It can never be as big as Formula 1, but you shouldn\u2019t be looking for that either.\u201d
<\/p>\n \n\u201cI personally \u2013 but that\u2019s my personal opinion \u2013 do like to look across the pond to America with a slanted eye.
<\/p>\n \n\u201cAnd whether that\u2019s IndyCar or NASCAR, I\u2019ll leave that for a while. I think both are spectacular and you can create a very cool show around them. But again, that\u2019s my personal preference.\u201d
<\/p>\n \nREAD MORE: Ram announce first NASCAR signing ahead of 2026 return<\/a>
<\/p>\n Will NASCAR come to Europe?<\/p>\n \nIn NASCAR’s 76 year history, the series has never held a race in Europe with most of the races taking place within the United States.
<\/p>\n \nThis year, for the first time since 1958, NASCAR held its first points paying race outside of the US and returned to Mexico City, where the series raced at the home of the Mexican Grand Prix \u2013 the Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez.
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