- 18-year-old Dilano van ‘t Hoff died after crash on Saturday
- ‘We have to look at protecting drivers’, says F1 champion
Max Verstappen led an outpouring of sympathy for family and friends after the death of the 18-year-old Dutch driver Dilano van ’t Hoff on Saturday at Spa. The world champion also demanded motorsport take action to better protect drivers, describing his countryman’s death as unnecessary. Other drivers were highly critical of the circuit’s iconic Eau Rouge-Raidillon corner.
Van ’t Hoff died as a result of a crash at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. He was competing for MP Motorsport in a race of the Formula Regional European Championship and was caught in a multiple car accident during a restart in wet conditions. In very poor visibility due to spray it appears he spun and was hit at high speed on exiting Eau-Rouge-Raidillon at the start of the Kemmel straight by the RP Motorsport car driven by Adam Fitzgerald.