Holidays over, back on track at Zandvoort
After the usual summer break in August, F1 returns to the track to start the ‘second half’ of the season. The venue for the resumption of hostilities is the Zandvoort circuit, which will host the Dutch GP for the last time before leaving the calendar.
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The weekend will follow the Sprint format, so teams and drivers will have only one free practice session on Friday before immediately pushing into Qualifying. Ferrari will bring a new floor, thus continuing to steadily develop the SF-26, McLaren will be equipped with the second step of the latest major upgrade started in Budapest and to be completed in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli leads the championship standings with a 50-point advantage over Lewis Hamilton. Obviously, a huge crowd is expected to ‘greet’ the home hero Max Verstappen.
The event will be broadcast live in full on Sky Sport F1, on TV8 the Sprint Qualifying on Friday will be aired live free-to-air (free-to-air live broadcast to be confirmed) and the Sprint and Qualifying on Saturday, while the Race on Sunday will be broadcast delayed at 18:00 (time to be confirmed).
On FormulaPassion.it you will find live written coverage of all sessions. Below are the details of the schedule, the characteristics of the Zandvoort circuit, and the roll of honor of the Dutch Grand Prix. Unlike recent editions, F2 and F3 will not be on track.
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Dutch GP 2026: TV schedule and times
Friday, August 21
12:30 Free Practice (Sky Sport F1, live written coverage on FormulaPassion.it)
16:30 Sprint Qualifying (Sky Sport F1 and TV8, live written coverage on FormulaPassion.it)
Saturday, August 22
12:00 Sprint Race (Sky Sport F1 and TV8, live written coverage on FormulaPassion.it)
16:00 Qualifying (Sky Sport F1 and TV8, live written coverage on FormulaPassion.it)
Sunday, August 23
15:00 Race (Sky Sport F1, live written coverage on FormulaPassion.it, delayed on TV8 at 18:00, time to be confirmed)
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Characteristics of the Zandvoort circuit
Track: 4.259 km
Laps: 72
Race distance: 306.648 km
Roll of honor Dutch GP
