Domenicali: ‘Zandvoort showed: drivers are the soul of Formula 1’

Looking back to the Grand Prix at Zandvoort, not only the team bosses, but also Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali sees a new level of fan involvement. Domenicali takes this line even further by stating that the party in the dunes proved without a doubt that Formula 1 would be empty without the impact of drivers like Max Verstappen.

"Of course, you can say that the impact of Max is here", Domenicali began after the Grand Prix at Zandvoort, while talking to Autosport. "Drivers are our soul, the personality of drivers created what is here."

The CEO continued: "And so this is really an incredible situation that we are living together. It was amazing. And it was good to see the sign of what F1 could be."

After the race in the Netherlands, the event was already called the benchmark of fan engagement by several key people. Domenicali also sees something in this line of reasoning: "We need to keep that focus of course, to make sure that is going in this direction. The lesson is that the more involvement we can get together with our crowd, the better the event will be."