F1 Dutch Grand Prix LIVE: Race result as Lando Norris wins ahead of Max Verstappen
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Lando Norris reminded Max Verstappen of his F1 world championship credentials by taking a brilliant pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix.
The British driver, who trails Verstappen by 78 points in the standings with 10 rounds still to play, saw off his rival by 0.356 seconds to silence the 100,000 spectators hoping to see the Dutchman start the Zandvoort race from the front.
Verstappen, without a win from his last four appearances, will start alongside Norris on the front row. Oscar Piastri took third, half a second down on McLaren team-mate Norris.
Mercedes’ George Russell finished fourth as Lewis Hamilton endured an afternoon to forget after he failed to make it out of Q2. He will line up from 12th for Sunday’s 72-lap race.
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F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Lando Norris pits (Lap 29/72)
Not a perfect stop for McLaren - 3.1 seconds - but it’s fine. Norris comes out in fourth but just under five seconds ahead of Verstappen!
Oscar Piastri now leads - but of course hasn’t stopped yet!
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Max Verstappen pits (Lap 28/72)
Given how much his pace has dropped off, Verstappen comes in - 2.5 second stop and he comes out in fifth on hard tyres.
Surely Norris responds straight away and pits?!
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Lando Norris’ lead is five seconds! (Lap 26/72)
Norris has built this lead so quickly! It’s now five seconds!
George Russell pits from third to ninth, behind Alonso and Leclerc...
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Max Verstappen... (Lap 24/72)
Verstappen: “I can’t go faster, the car doesn’t respond to my inputs.”
When will he stop?!
Lewis Hamilton, who was on softs, pits and switches to hard tyres - and drops to 16th. Will that be enough to go until the end of the race?
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Lando Norris stretches his advantage (Lap 22/72)
Norris gets beyond the one-second margin so Verstappen does not have DRS in second - and goes seven-tenths quicker on that last lap as the lead increases to 1.9 seconds.
A lot of discussion over team radio about strategy - plan A seems to be the call for McLaren, which is presumably a one-stop.
Top-10: Norris, Verstappen, Russell, Piastri, Leclerc, Perez, Sainz, Gasly, Hamilton, Alonso
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Lando Norris retakes the lead! (Lap 18/72)
Lando Norris gets the move done!
His McLaren had much more pace and cruised past Max Verstappen down the inside on the start-finish straight with DRS!
Verstappen tried to fight it around turn 1 but to no avail - Norris has the lead!
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton up to ninth (Lap 17/72)
Hamilton comfortably passes the Aston Martin pairing of Stroll and Alonso - he’s up to ninth. Gasly is next up the road..
Meanwhile, Verstappen is under a bit of pressure from Norris - the gap is now 0.5 seconds...
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Lando Norris is making inroads (Lap 14/72)
Norris is now within one second of Verstappen as McLaren start to show their pace on these medium tyres...
Verstappen: “The car doesn’t turn at all in turn 10.”
Russell is 3.7 seconds further behind in third...
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Lando Norris is making inroads (Lap 14/72)
Norris is now within one second of Verstappen as McLaren start to show their pace on these medium tyres...
Verstappen: “The car doesn’t turn at all in turn 10.”
Russell is 3.7 seconds further behind in third...
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton up to P11 (Lap 10/72)
The Mercedes driver cruises down the inside of Haas’ Nico Hulkenberg to get on the edge of the points.
He’s not happy, though. “I’m too slow on the straights,” he says on team radio.
Carlos Sainz makes a move stick on Pierre Gasly at turn 3... just!
Top-10: Verstappen, Norris, Russell, Piastri, Leclerc, Perez, Sainz, Gasly, Alonso, Stroll
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