ESSENTIAL INFORMATION: Key Details, Statistics, and Interesting Facts Leading to the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix

 

Following a month-long hiatus, Formula 1 is set to resume with the Dutch Grand Prix scheduled for this weekend. Prior to the race, the Need to Know feature serves as your comprehensive handbook, encompassing statistics, interesting tidbits, analysis, and more. Additionally, you can gauge fan predictions through our F1 Play predictor game.

The initial two practice sessions at the compact and intricate Zandvoort track are scheduled for Friday, August 25th. Subsequently, the last practice session and qualifying rounds will occur on Saturday, August 26th, leading up to the Grand Prix event on Sunday, August 27th.

Key Facts and Figures:

- Inaugural Grand Prix – 1952

- Track Length – 4.259 kilometers

- Lap record – 1 minute 11.097 seconds, set by Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes during 2021

- Most pole positions – Held by Rene Arnoux (3)

- Most victories – Achieved by Jim Clark (4)

- Interesting Fact – Zandvoort's final corner, named after Dutch motorsport icon Arie Luyendyk, features an 18-degree banking, nearly twice the incline observed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

- Distance from Pole Position to Turn 1 braking point – 199 meters

- Number of overtakes in 2022 – 47

- Probability of Safety Car intervention – 50%*

- Probability of Virtual Safety Car intervention – 50%*

- Time lost during a pit stop – 21.53 seconds

(*Based on statistics from the last two races in the Netherlands)

PERSPECTIVE FROM FANS: Despite the summer break, F1 Play participants' expectations remain relatively unchanged. They continue to predict that Max Verstappen will maintain his commanding performance on his home turf in Zandvoort. Currently, over 95% of the victory votes are in favor of Verstappen. Among the other contenders, only his teammate Sergio Perez, as well as Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes and Charles Leclerc from Ferrari, have managed to gather more than 1% of the votes individually.