Max Verstappen reckons the revamped Zandvoort circuit will be “even better” to drive in current Formula ♚1 machinery when the returning Dutch Gཧrand Prix is finally held. 

The Dutch Grand Prix was due to return to the F1 calendar for the first time in 35 years this weekend at Za🅘ndvoort but the ongoing coronavirus pandemic forced the race’s p🧸ostponement.

Verstappen became the first driver to lap the re-profiled track in an F1 car when he drove Red 🅷Bull’s 2012 title-winning RB8 around the track back in March. 

Following his first taste of the ꦦcircuit in a grand prix car, Verstappen said he was excited to try it out in the latest F1 machinery.

“I think Turn 3 and the last corner, they look pretty i🦋mpressive when you are going through the corner so it looks very nice and I think they did a really good job in renovating the track,” he said. 

“It wa🎃s a lot of fun to driv♐e already with the V8 car, so I think with these cars it will be even better.”

Asked if he has any concerns about overtaking given the narrow nature💦 of the circuit, Verstappen replied: “Yeah 🐽but it’s the same as Monaco isn’t it? 

“Or when you go t🌼o Suzuka it’s very old school and not very wide. I don’t think that is a problem. I actually quite like it. 

“It’s better than having tarmac everywhere and when you make a mistake yoﷺu can just run wide. It’s just going to depend a bit on whether you can overtake and stuff.” 

The Dutchman believes the two banked corners will provide a big challenge and says he would not be surprised to see drivers using different lines through the ba🔯nking. 

“I have always found it a super circuit to drive, but the ban🌟king definitely adds a new dimension to it,” Verstappen explained. 

“I think you can drive different lines through those banked corners,𒉰 so that's a good thing. It has to do with the tyres as𒉰 well.

“On new tyres you can take a shorter line. But on older tyres, you have to make sure you have a good exit, so you might hav𒀰e to stay a bit higher in that final corner.”