告别赞德福特：F1荷兰大奖赛迎来最后一届
本周末，F1将在赞德福特沙丘间的海滨赛道最后一次举办荷兰大奖赛，这是Motorsport.com作者们回顾的赛道最美好瞬间。
再见赞德沃特：我们的作者眼中F1荷兰大奖赛的精彩瞬间
随着赞德沃特本周末举办最后一届F1荷兰大奖赛，我们来回顾一下这座海滨赛道上属于我们个人的精彩时刻
比赛冠军马克斯·维斯塔潘，红牛车队
本周末，F1赛车将最后一次在赞德沃特的沙丘间飞驰，这座海滨赛道即将迎来它的最后一届荷兰大奖赛。在2021年重返赛历之后，这条赛道宣布将于2024年底退出。
在方格旗最后一次挥舞之前，我们的撰稿人回顾了他们在赞德沃特最珍贵的一些回忆——包括精彩的比赛、海滨的环境以及热情似火的橙色人群。
对我而言，2021年的那一届仍然是最难忘的赞德沃特经历。在这项赛车运动的巅峰赛事于1985年的比赛之后离开荷兰后，没有人认为重返荷兰沙丘地带是可能的。因此，看到一级方程式的马戏团再次降临赞德沃特赛道，几乎有种超现实的感觉。
除此之外，当时新冠疫情限制措施仍在实施，这使得荷兰大奖赛成为该国首批重大体育赛事之一——在此之前，赛事组织者几乎没有机会举办如此规模的活动。
最后同样重要的一点是：那是2021年，一级方程式历史上最激烈的车队年度总冠军争夺战之一的一年。
在八月的那个周日，所有这些要素齐聚一堂，尤其是在发车区上。国歌奏毕、车手们走回自己的赛车进入状态之后，你能感受到现场每个人身上都弥漫着紧张气氛。
什么最能概括这场为期四天的荷兰大奖赛盛会？当维斯塔潘戴上头盔的那一刻，DJ 决定再次通过音响高声播放《Super Max》——这大概是当天第五十次播放了。
再加上当时2021年的赛车被证明很难超车，这意味着一切都取决于起步，而整个橙色军团只为了一个人而来。维斯塔潘肩上的压力是巨大的。
令赛事推广方欣喜的是，这位荷兰车手最终顶住了所有这些压力，为这场赛事献上了一位梦想中的冠军。
当时任红牛车队领队的克里斯蒂安·霍纳在周日晚间离开赛道时，他恰如其分地总结了那个周末：“感觉就像我连续四天泡在夜店里没停过。”如今终点线已近在眼前，2021年那一届至今仍是最令人难忘的一届。
我还记得，当得知赞德福特将加入F1赛历时，我感到非常惊讶。虽然荷兰大奖赛的传闻已经流传了一段时间——随着维斯塔潘效应让荷兰人心潮澎湃，全国对F1重燃热情——但赞德福特自1985年底之后就离开了赛历，感觉实在太……怎么说呢，与这项锦标赛的愿景格格不入：锦标赛偏爱不惜重金打造的沙漠赛道，还要靠巨额公共投资基金去吮吸发展中国家的乳汁。多哈和吉达与一座小海滨小镇同时加入赛历，这种反差显而易见；这就好比博格诺里吉斯突然筹到了资金要办一场比赛……
但赞德福特承诺让自己的比赛与众不同，尽管可用场地十分紧凑。它对倾斜弯道的运用是一个聪明的解决方案，与3号弯和14号弯的形态截然不同。再加上车迷们把节日般的氛围带进了赛场，整个赛道被一层烟雾缭绕的橙色面纱所笼罩，充满个性与喧嚣。
2023年我和前同事马特·基尤报道那场比赛时，我们干了一件相当漂亮的事：在赞德福特本地找到了一间爱彼迎民宿。从公寓步行到赛道只需轻快的半小时，本来很方便，直到周六早上天空下起了倾盆大雨。那天剩下的时间我们都穿着微微潮湿的衣服，因为提供的雨伞几乎提供不了什么保护和喘息的机会……
正如我之前提到过的，去一条赛道工作，结束一天的工作后，步行五分钟就能到一家海边餐厅吃晚餐，这种感觉很有些不协调。不过这也让体验更加愉快；你会珍惜那些能提供一些与众不同体验的赛道，而赞德沃特无疑做到了这一点。
在赛道边看车同样令人难忘。看到车手们在倾斜的三号弯外线上试探、几乎贴到墙上，是一种全新的体验；再往下走一段，看他们通过五号弯和六号弯的曲折处时擦着地面驶过，更能体会到他们每一圈都得多么拼命；赛道上几乎没有可以让车手放松的地方，只有真正进入节奏，才能跑出成功的一圈。
比赛本身只能说一般——对于一条技术性强且狭窄的赛道来说，这大概在预料之中，尽管根据天气和具体情况，偶尔也会超出预期。那么，F1 的损失就是电动方程式（Formula E）的收获——我认为第四代（Gen4）赛车在这段海滨之旅中会有出色表现。
我最早关于观看电视转播大奖赛的记忆是1982赛季。那年发生的几起悲剧对于九岁的我来说并没有太多触动，但在赛季初的几场比赛中，我总是被两辆法拉利领跑的画面所吸引——看起来大多数时候都是如此——同时默里·沃克在解说席上兴奋地喋喋不休。
在东约克郡长大，意味着英国的大奖赛场地在地理位置上离我相当遥远。因此，当荷兰站的电视转播开始时——默里在直升机拍摄的赛道全景镜头中调动着观众的情绪——想到这个赞德福特既充满迷人的异国情调，又其实并不难抵达，实在令人着迷。
那个时代的夏日出游，自然少不了在布里德灵顿这类狂风肆虐的海滨度假地，或者在特别难得的场合去斯卡伯勒，被不由分说地按进冰冷的北海里。想到那片灰色地平线之外，竟藏着这样一个高级大奖赛胜地，真让人难以想象！
事实证明，这是迪迪埃·皮罗尼为法拉利赢得的最后一胜，不久后他便遭遇了终结职业生涯的事故。我对这场比赛的记忆是：他早早地驾驶法拉利驶入惯常的领跑位置，此后便无人能撼动。在 YouTube 上重看英国广播公司（BBC）的比赛转播，印证了这一印象。这正是1982赛季的缩影：雷诺赛车快却脆弱；涡轮增压赛车在单圈速度上占优，却常常在一团团烟雾中退出比赛；而总冠军的形势也和你记忆中的不太一样（此时是约翰·沃森领跑）。
年纪更大、眼光更挑剔的人会注意到那些细节：地面效应赛车像钟摆一样颠簸跳动，屏幕上的图形信息寥寥无几，解说员很可能根本不在赛道边，在没有场上争夺可描述的情况下不得不填满大量的转播时间。但在当时，它看起来确实非常激动人心。
接下来的那个星期四，当我在父母的店里读《赛车运动》杂志时，奈杰尔·罗巴克似乎表示了赞同。
“在最近世界锦标赛赛程中的某些地点之后，”他写道，“赞德福特看起来又像真正的大奖赛赛车了，让赛车和车手有机会舒展筋骨，摆脱二挡。而我们对这个地方的喜爱也许还因为，就在几周前，它似乎已经加入了斯帕、克莱蒙费朗和纽博格林的行列，被锁进了赛车历史的保险库。在赛季中期去那里，就像在超市货架上发现一瓶拉图葡萄酒。”
考虑到我父母是卫理公会教徒，奈杰尔要是想在他们的报刊店里寻找美酒，那可就要失望了。但在44年后的今天，赞德福特终于走进历史的长河，或许我们举杯畅饮一杯好酒来纪念它的离去，正是再合适不过的事。
骑车消遣、油炸食品和一级方程式
作为赛车运动网络编辑团队的一员，能去现场观看比赛周的机会少之又少，这意味着大多数情况下，如果我去现场看大奖赛，都是以购票车迷的身份前往。去年我就是以车迷的身份来到了赞德沃特。不过，因为我喜欢自找麻烦，我决定骑车去赛道……从伦敦出发。
在三天时间里，我和我那群“散兵游勇”般的伙伴骑行了近300公里，穿越了东伦敦的荒野、东英吉利平原以及（西）荷兰的平坦地带。一路上腿酸、爆胎，还遇到了几场倾盆大雨。但带着满满一包荷式华夫饼，又在我最爱的三明治店（鹿特丹的贝克与穆尔）补充了能量，我们一步步接近这座海滨赛道。在最后一段路上，我们汇入了数百名同样骑车前往的骑手，在找到的第一个自行车停车场匆匆锁好车后，我们赶在第三节自由练习开始时到达了赛道。
到了那里，我就被赛道的氛围深深吸引了。当然，在一片橙色的看台上，我们这群人中没有一件维斯塔潘的周边商品显得格外扎眼，但等到第五遍播放时，我们也扯着嗓子跟着大喊“哒哒哒哒”。那一年的赛道上的争夺也出奇地精彩，兰多·诺里斯就在我们正前方退赛，而伊萨克·哈贾尔则夺得了辉煌的生涯首个领奖台。
但到了周末结束时，最让我难忘的是车迷们的热情、看台上极具感染力的欢乐氛围，以及随手就能买到的薯条配蛋黄酱或油炸奶酪卷配面包。赞德沃特，我们会非常想念你。
狭窄而老旧的赞德沃特按理说不适合一级方程式，理由有很多，但它之所以能办成，是因为有三十万个理由。用前红牛车队领队克里斯蒂安·霍纳的话说，马克斯·维斯塔潘狂热的粉丝群把这个安静的海滨度假地变成了一个“夜店”。
自维斯塔潘年少时横空出世以来，这种支持就一直无与伦比，而赞德沃特的赛事组织者能够把这些车迷聚集到这座老式赛道里并让他们始终保持热情，这一点也值得称赞。
荷兰大奖赛在把一个大奖赛周末打造成一场持续整周的音乐节式盛会方面一直走在前列，尽管对于这么小的一条赛道来说，某些后勤安排仍然很困难，但赛事高度依赖火车和自行车来运送车迷进出赛场的做法，是赛历上其他推广方的典范案例。
那种火热的氛围让赞德沃特成为一站令人愉快的比赛，即使赛道上的比赛内容并不总能跟上这种氛围。
英文原文
Goodbye Zandvoort: Our writers' highlights from F1's Dutch Grand Prix
With Zandvoort hosting its final F1 Dutch Grand Prix this weekend, we look back on our personal highlights from the seaside circuit
Race winner Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB16B
For one final time, Formula 1 cars will race around the sand dunes of Zandvoort this weekend as the seaside circuit prepares to host its final Dutch Grand Prix. After its re-entry into the calendar in 2021, the track announced its exit at the end of 2024.
Ahead of the chequered flag flying for the final time, our writers look back on some of their fondest memories from Zandvoort - including the racing action, seaside setting and vibrant orange crowds.
For me, the 2021 edition remains the most memorable Zandvoort experience. Nobody had thought a return to the Dutch dunes would be possible after the pinnacle of motorsport left the Netherlands following the 1985 race. That made it almost surreal to see the F1 circus descend on Circuit Zandvoort once again.
On top of that, COVID restrictions were still in place at the time, making the Dutch Grand Prix one of the first major sporting events in the country after a period in which there had been very little scope for organisers to stage anything on such a scale.
And last but not least: it was 2021, the year of one of the most intense title fights in F1 history.
On that particular Sunday in August, all those ingredients came together, especially on the grid. After the national anthem had been played and the drivers walked back to their cars to get into the zone, you could feel the tension building among everyone present.
And what best summed up the four-day festival that is the Dutch GP? The moment Verstappen put on his helmet, the DJ decided to blast ‘Super Max’ through the speakers once again – probably for the 50th time that day.
Add to that the fact that overtaking had proved difficult with the 2021 cars, meaning everything hinged on the start, while the entire orange army had turned up for just one man. The pressure on Verstappen’s shoulders was immense.
To the delight of the promoters, the Dutchman managed to withstand all that pressure and give the event its dream winner.
When then-Red Bull team principal Christian Horner left the track on Sunday evening, he aptly summed up the weekend: “It’s like I’ve been in a nightclub non-stop for four days.” With the finish line now in sight, that 2021 edition remains by far the most memorable one.
I recall being very surprised by the news that Zandvoort was set to join the F1 calendar. Although a Dutch Grand Prix had been rumoured for some time, as the Verstappen effect set hearts in the Netherlands aflutter and the nation found renewed enthusiasm for F1, Zandvoort had been off the calendar since the end of 1985 and felt too... let's say, out of alignment with the championship's vision for no-expense-spared circuits in the desert and to suckle on the teat of developing nations with massive public investment funds. The juxtaposition of Doha and Jeddah joining the calendar at the same time as a small beach town was perceptible; it would be like if Bognor Regis suddenly found the funds to host a race...
But Zandvoort pledged to make its race different, despite the compact nature of the space available to it. Its use of banking was a smart solution and offered a very different profile to Turns 3 and 14. That, plus the festival-like nature carried into the circuit by the fans, offered personality and noise enshrouded by a smoky, orange-tinged veil.
When I covered the race with my former colleague Matt Kew in 2023, we hit upon a bit of a blinder as we found an Airbnb in Zandvoort itself. It took a brisk half-hour walk to get from the apartment to the circuit, convenient until the heavens opened on the Saturday morning. We spent the rest of the day in slightly damp clothes, as the provided umbrella offered little protection or respite...
As I've alluded to, it felt a bit incongruous to visit a race circuit, finish work for the day, and then walk five minutes to make our way to a beach restaurant for a spot of dinner. That made it all the more enjoyable, however; you value circuits that offer something a bit different, and Zandvoort certainly did so.
Watching the cars trackside was equally memorable. Seeing the drivers flirt with the outside line at the banked Turn 3 and get ever-so-close to the wall was a new experience, and meandering further down to see them scrape the floor through the kinks of Turns 5 and 6 demonstrated how hard they had to work with each lap; there wasn't really anywhere for them to relax, and a successful lap can only be achieved if a driver's truly in the rhythm.
The racing itself has been so-so - probably as you'd expect for a technical and tight circuit, although occasionally exceeding those expectations depending on the weather and the circumstance. F1's loss, then, is Formula E's gain - and I think the Gen4 machinery will excel on their seaside sojourn.
My earliest memories of watching televised grand prix racing are of the 1982 season. Its several tragedies were rather lost on the nine-year-old me, but throughout the early races I was captivated by the sight – more often than not, it seemed – of the two Ferraris leading while Murray Walker chirruped excitedly on the commentary.
Growing up in East Yorkshire meant the grand prix venues on UK soil were geographically rather far removed. So, as the TV coverage of the Dutch round got underway – Murray revving things up over an establishing helicopter shot of the circuit among the dunes – it was fascinating to conceive of this Zandvoort, at once entrancingly exotic and yet eminently reachable.
Summer days out in this era naturally entailed being dunked without ceremony into the bitter North Sea at wind-lashed resorts such as Bridlington or, on very special occasions, Scarborough. To think that this rarefied grand prix destination lay just over that grey horizon!
This was Didier Pironi’s last victory for Ferrari, as it turned out, before his career-ending accident, and my memory of the race is of him driving his Ferrari to its customary place in the lead early on and running unchallenged thereafter. Re-watching the BBC coverage of the race on YouTube confirmed that impression. It is the 1982 season in a microcosm: the Renaults fast but fragile; turbo-powered cars dominating in terms of laptime but often expiring in clouds of smoke; and the championship picture not quite how you recall it (John Watson leading at this point).
Older and more jaundiced eyes spot the details: ground-effect cars porpoising pendulously, little in the way of on-screen graphics, commentators who probably aren’t even trackside having to fill vast quantities of time in the absence of any on-track battles to describe. But it seemed very exciting at the time.
The following Thursday, as I read Autosport in my parents’ shop, Nigel Roebuck seemed to concur.
“After some of the places on the recent world championship schedule,” he wrote, “Zandvoort seemed like real grand prix racing again, an opportunity for cars and drivers to stretch their legs again, to get out of second gear. And perhaps our enjoyment of the place was enhanced by the fact that, until a few weeks ago, it appeared to have joined Spa, Clermont Ferrand and the Nurburgring, locked away in the vault of racing history. Going there, in the middle of the season, was like finding a bottle of Latour on a supermarket shelf.”
Given that my parents are Methodists, Nigel would have been out of luck scouting the shelves of their newsagency for fine wine. But as Zandvoort finally makes its way into the vault of history 44 years later, perhaps it’s only fitting that we should mark its passing by raising a glass of something nice.
Cycling for fun, fried food and Formula 1
As one of the desk team at Motorsport Network, the opportunities to get out to race weekends are few and far between, which means that, more often than not, if I do go to a grand prix it’s as a paying fan. And it was as a fan that I made it to Zandvoort last year. However, because I like making things hard for myself, I decided to cycle to the race... from London.
Over three days and almost 300km, me and my party of misfits traversed the wilds of East London, the plains of East Anglia and the flats of the (west) Netherlands. There were sore legs, punctures and a few monumental downpours. But armed with a bag full of stroopwafels and fuelled by a stop at my favourite sandwich shop (Baker & Moore in Rotterdam) we edged closer to the seaside circuit. On the final approach, we joined hundreds of other riders en route, and after hurriedly tying up at the first bike park we found, we made it to the track just as FP3 kicked off.
Once there, I was sucked in by the atmosphere at the track. Sure, the lack of Max Verstappen merchandise among my party stood out in our orange grandstand, but by the fifth play through, we too were bellowing “duh duh duh duh” at the top of our lungs. The on-track action was surprisingly good that year too, with Lando Norris conking out from the race right in front of us, and Isack Hadjar clinching a glorious maiden podium.
But by the end of the weekend, what stuck with me the most was the passion of the fans, the fun that was infectious in the stands and the easy access to friet met mayonaise or kaassouffle met broodje. Zandvoort, you will be sorely missed.
There are a lot of reasons why cramped and dated Zandvoort shouldn't work for F1, but 300,000 reasons why it did. Max Verstappen's ardent fanbase turned the sleepy beach resort into a "night club", in the words of former Red Bull man Christian Horner.
That support has been unparalleled since Verstappen first burst onto the scene as a teenager, but the manner in which the Zandvoort organisers were able to corral those fans into the old school circuit and keep them entertained deserves praise.
The Dutch Grand Prix has been a trendsetter in turning a grand prix weekend into a weekend-long festival, and while some of the logistics involved remain difficult for such a small circuit, the event's heavy reliance on trains and bicycles to get fans in and out of the circuit is a case study for other promoters on the calendar.
That electric atmosphere has made Zandvoort an enjoyable race to come to, even if the on-track product hasn't always been able to keep up.
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