Dutch F1 DJ steps back temporarily amid Middle East unrest

Jansen begins on his Instagram: “The past few days have been a rollercoaster. It’s terrible what is happening in the world. In the coming days and weeks, I was supposed to travel a lot through the Middle East to, among other places, Australia. Over the past few days, we’ve had many conversations with the first three circuits on the calendar, so Australia, China, and Japan. Since I like certainty, we’ve decided not to play at these first three races.”

It was a difficult decision for Jansen to stay home: “I’m doing this with a heavy heart. But it’s mainly because, at this moment, especially in the Middle East, so many innocent civilians are dying, and I don’t think it’s responsible to travel.”

As DJ Admin, Jansen is a familiar face in the paddock. He has been a DJ for Formula 1 for years. He often does this for the circuits, but he also sometimes performs at the Max Verstappen grandstands at the European circuits.

Jansen is not the first in Formula 1 to be affected by the situation in the Middle East. Nyck de Vries is still stuck in Bahrain. The Dutchman was supposed to do a tyre test for Pirelli on behalf of McLaren, while Frederik Vesti was there Mercedes. Due to the situation in Bahrain and other countries in the Middle East, this tyre test did not take place. Airspace has been closed, and therefore De Vries cannot leave Bahrain.