Zandvoort track marshal expelled after objecting to convicted child sex offender

Sunday, 23 August 2026 - 11:05 Share this article: An investigative report published by Noordhollands Dagblad has exposed a major integrity scandal involving the track marshals at Circuit Zandvoort. Marco Scholten, a highly respected 56-year-old volunteer track post leader, was summarily removed and kicked out of the volunteer organization, the Officials Club Automobielsport (OCA), just days before the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix. Scholten did not quit voluntarily; he was forced out after refusing to cooperate or share a communications channel with a fellow marshal who had committed child sex abuse. The Perpetrator was a 41-year-old track official from Haarlem who had spent years working closely alongside Scholten at the circuit. On October 21, 2025, the Noord-Holland District Court convicted th