Officials at the Dutch GP venue Zandvoort are breathing easier as circuit boss Robert van Overdijk opts to remain.
Recently, van Overdijk was strongly linked with a potential management career change to professional football, with various approaches rumoured.
However, ahead of key discussions to extend the Dutch GP contract beyond 2025, De Telegraaf now reports that van Overdijk is not only staying but is also becoming a co-owner of Zandvoort alongside two other Dutchmen.
"For me, the appreciation, and the fact that I am now also a co-owner on top of the ambitions that we have, is a new incentive," he stated.
One of the other co-owners, Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau, a member of the Dutch royal family, expressed relief that van Overdijk is staying.
"On the one hand, we as shareholders felt flattered by the reporting," he commented when asked about the football rumours. "But on the other hand, it was also a wake-up call." body check tags ::
