Lammers: Dutch Grand Prix is not likely

Originally scheduled for May 3, the race was postponed due to COVID-19 with the hope it could be moved to later in the year.

However with the Dutch government having recently extended its prohibition on major events until September 1, Lammers concedes that hope is now dwindling.

"We have to wait and see what possibilities are still offered to us, but I do not think it is likely that this year will still be possible," he told De Telegraaf.

"It is what it is. In any case, there is clarity and I respect the level of assessment of the experts. It is also clearly communicated. The management of Formula 1 and the international motorsport federation FIA are now facing an almost impossible task to make something of a calendar for this year."

And while the Austrian and British Grands Prix are still planning their events around the restrictions placed by the coronavirus, Lammers suggested that the measures required amidst the pandemic made his race a non-starter.

"We have not worked out scenarios for a 1.5 meter distance or racing without an audience. That is impossible for us and we did not want to present vague plans or come up with vague answers.

"We want to roll out the event as we have thought of it and are also ready to activate it. But it is the virus that rules. In Singapore they also thought they had handled everything right from the start and now they regret having relaxed the rules.”