Verstappen impressed: 'I like that'

Completely against his usual habit, Verstappen took a lap around the track on Thursday to see where the opportunities lie for him. The driver currently second in the world championship was impressed by what he saw.

Verstappen happy with Zandvoort circuit

The Red Bull Racing driver therefore complimented the organisation. "They’ve done an amazing job by creating all this," he said on the official website of Verstappen. "To be able to host a Grand Prix in the first place and then to see the whole complex, it looks really good. Hopefully we can have a lot of fun this weekend, with of course a good result. Hopefully it’s going to be an awesome qualifying with light cars so we can really experience the speed."

"Everybody is very interested in the banking, it looked special during the track walk," Verstappen continued. "You don’t see it at a lot of other tracks. It definitely adds something. The last corner will easily be flat out, but in turn three there are several lines you can use. Zandvoort is an old school track; a mistake is punished by gravel tracks, despite there being more run-off. I like that."