Verstappen baptises new-look Zandvoort with RB8!

With Zandvoort's resurfacing being completed last week, including the much-discussed banked corners at an angle of 19 degrees, local hero Max Verstappen went down to the circuit to drive his first laps around there in an RB8!

The first race on the European tour on the F1 calendar, the Dutch Grand Prix will now be the fourth race of the season as the Chinese Grand Prix has been postponed. 

While Verstappen isn't the first one to drive around the new-look Zandvoort, he is the first one to do so in an F1 car.

Welcome to Circuit Zandvoort, Team @redbullracing!  #DutchGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/kAke9VRSys

— Max Verstappen (@VerstappenNL) March 4, 2020

Verstappen got into an RB8, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing's title-winning car from the start of last decade, and put it through its paces ahead of the Dutchman's first-ever home Grand Prix.

First run! Circuit Zandvoort @redbullracing!  #DutchGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/qBYoeshVAx

— Max Verstappen (@VerstappenNL) March 4, 2020

Max and the RB8 ready to make some noise!  #F1 pic.twitter.com/D8Sjcl7ER6

— Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) March 4, 2020