Dutch Road Trip with Max and Alex
Published on 03 May 2020 by Niels Hendrix
This weekend Aston Martin Red Bull Racing and the Formula 1 family should have been firing up at Circuit Zandvoort for the first Dutch Grand Prix in 35 years, but the COVID-19 global health pandemic has put the Formula 1 calendar on hold
Red Bull have instead released a brand new film shot earlier this year, before the current restrictions were implemented. “Dutch Road Trip: From Port to Zandvoort” sees Max Verstappen and Alex Albon take you on an adrenaline-fuelled journey to ten amazing locations across the Netherlands – via some screaming championship-winning Red Bull Racing RB7’s and RB8’s.
“If we can’t race, then I think it’s great to put something out there for our fans,” said Max of the high-powered road trip. “The idea for this content came from Red Bull and it’s very cool to show everyone a bit of Holland with this Dutch Road Trip. I think it’s very special and Red Bull are the only ones doing this kind of thing. Normally you only see F1 cars on a race track but we do crazy stuff on snow, on the beach. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to see this in front of their homes. Plus, I got to do some laps of the new Zandvoort Circuit, so very happy with that! Of course, we are very much looking forward to going racing again once it is safe, that’s what we all want,” he added. “We were all very much looking forward to having a home Grand Prix in the Netherlands but hopefully later in the year or whenever it’s possible to race again we can get that started. In the meantime, I hope everyone enjoys this film.”
The film opens with a pair of RB7’s emerging from shipping containers at the Rotterdam docks. After a high-speed blast between sea freight containers, the Bulls take to the narrow lanes of the Dutch countryside with a drive past windmills and through the middle of flower-filled greenhouses. The RB7’s then hit the cobbled streets of The Hague before taking to the sand dunes, where they’re joined for an aerial stunt by 2018 MXGP World Champion Jeffrey Herlings. The final stop on the road trip is of course Zandvoort Circuit, where Max and Alex get a first taste of the spectacularly remodelled track, in front of the ever passionate Orange Army, in the Red Bull's last title-winning car, the RB8.
