Aug.3 The Dutch GP has survived yet another attempt to strike Zandvoort off the Formula 1 race calendar. According to local media reports, environmentalist organisations had asked the country's Raad van State (Council of State) to revoke the circuit's environmental permit until a final ruling in 2023. The revocation would have cast serious doubt on September's second running of the renewed Dutch GP. In April, a court in Haarlem had initially dismissed the environmental organisations' claims about incorrect nitrogen calculations, but they then lodged appeals. The Council of State declared that it had made its decision in Zandvoort's favour after weighing up the environmental and economic...
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