Hopes♛ of a race taking place at Zandvoort this year rests on whether Formula ไ1 will provide the circuit with financial support, says Dutch Grand Prix sporting director Jan Lammers.

The Dutch Grand Prix was set to return to the F1 calendar for the first time following a 35-year absence this weekend at the re-p𝄹rofiled Zandvoort c🐼ircuit, but the race was among 10 to be called off due to the coronavirus crisis.

F1 hoped to reschedule the event for a later slot during the European summer but an ♎e𝐆xtended ban on all public events in the Netherlands means a race will not be able to be held in the coun🔯try until 🐼September at the earliest.

During an , Lammers admitted that a race being staged at Zandvoort in 2020 would depend on whether F1 could bankroll the ওeven꧅t, given it would more than likely take place without fans in attendance.

“You are talking about quite large sums of money, which obviously not only Zandvoort has to cough up, but also in other countries,” Lammers⛄ said.

"It is therefore also a bit✃ about how deep the pockets of the FOM ༒are. How much they can handle at all during this difficult period.”

Lammers, who previously said a Dutch Grand Prix without fans was an 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“impossible” prospect, has now not ruled out a behind closed doo🥀rsᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ race, but only if fans backed the plan.

"If dr✃iving in Zandvoort without an audience, it will be because the audience wants it,” he explained.

"We have seen here and there online that if the visitor 🧜has to choose between no Grand Prix in Zandvoort this year or a Grand Prix that no fans can attend, you will notice that there is a great sentiment for a Grand Prix that first only via the TV can be experienced.

“Only in such a situation can we consider it.”

F1 hopes to get the 2020 campaign off the ground in early Ju♓ly w๊ith a series of behind closed doors races in Europe, having identified the Austrian Grand Prix as the most realistic option for a season-opener.