Steiner surprised by 'old school' Zandvoort Circuit organisation: ‘That helps a lot’

First of all, the former F1 team boss expressed his surprise at the overall organization. As a guest on on GPblog's F1 Today podcast, Steiner said: ''When the idea came with Prince Bernhard, he went around and tried to flock that if he gets a spot in the calendar, a lot of people would say 'you cannot race in Zandvoort anymore.' It's an old circuit, it's too small. There was a lot of doubts about it, but I think they did a very good job.''

One thing in particular stood out for the Italian-American when it came to logistics: ''In the Netherlands you've got the advantage that a lot of people got bikes. It's a country with the most bikes in the world anyway. So that helps a lot in the logistics.''

He then turned to the action on track. The former Haas team manager explained that he particularly enjoys Zandvoort because of its complex layout, even though many criticize it for making overtaking nearly impossible.

Asked whether he thinks overtaking is a specific problem on Zandvoort, Steiner said: ''You should work for it. It is not easy here. It's not easy anywhere. So, I don't think there is more criticism to Zandvoort than to any other racetrack. We saw quite some amazing overtaking from Charles Leclerc. That was a great move.''

Lastly, he revealed whether Zandvoort is among his absolute favorite F1 circuits: ''It ranks pretty high. I do like the race.''