Formula 1 is "hoping to bring back the Dutch Grand Prix and build on the wave of popularity" surrounding Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, according to Alan Baldwin of REUTERS. F1 Managing Dir, Commercial Operations Sean Bratches said, "We are very interested in racing in Holland. We are having productive conversations there and I am cautiously optimistic we can do something to surprise and delight fans in that territory and take advantage of the Max factor." Local media reports suggested a deal for '20 "could be on the table." Verstappen, 21, has a "huge national following" as the country's most successful F1 driver (REUTERS, 11/19).
MACAU CRASH: REUTERS' Nick Mulvenney reported FIA President Jean Todt promised the organization will investigate Sunday's "horrific aerial crash" at the Macau F3 GP which left 17-year-old German driver Sophia Floersch with a spinal fracture. Floersch was "catapulted off the track into a photographers’ bunker after hitting the back of one car and shunted over another" while traveling at more than 275 km per hour on the "tight street circuit" (REUTERS, 11/18).
