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: Q3 underway!
Here we go then - Q3 underway, who will be on pole in Zandvoort?!
10 drivers involved: Norris, Piastri, Leclerc, Verstappen, Gasly, Stroll, Perez, Albon, Alonso
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Williams boss James Vowles on Alex Albon:
“Really strong lap, really strong effort.
“There’s elements of this track which suits the car.”
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton out in Q2!
Wow, what a shocker here!
Lewis Hamilton is out of qualifying, only 12th-fastest! He lost about three-tenths in the first sector...
Carlos Sainz is also out in 11th!
Bottom-five and out in Q2 (11-15); Sainz, Hamilton, Tsunoda, Hulkenberg, Magnussen
Alex Albon stormed up to seventh, ahead of Max Verstappen in eighth! Pierre Gasly also through!
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Final Q2 runs coming up!
Here we go then with the final flying laps of the session - can Alex Albon somehow make up five places to squeeze into Q3?
Current bottom-five (11-15): Magnussen, Gasly, Tsunoda, Hulkenberg, Albon
Perez, Alonso and Sainz far from safe in eighth, ninth and 10th.
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Lando Norris goes P1!
Interesting preview potentially for Q3 - Norris 1st by 0.009 secs to his team-mate Oscar Piastri, with George Russell third and Max Verstappen fourth!
Current bottom-five (11-15): Magnussen, Gasly, Tsunoda, Hulkenberg, Albon
Carlos Sainz in a tad of danger, loitering above the dangerzone in P10!
6 mins to go, as the cars head into the garage to prepare for their final flying laps.
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Q2 underway!
Time for the second part of qualifying then where, once again, we will lose the slowest five drivers ahead of the top-10 shootout!
Will we have any surprise names in that field of 10?
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Esteban Ocon not happy!
Ocon: “I don’t know what’s going on but something is going on this session, the car is a disaster from the beginning of the weekend.”
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Daniel Ricciardo out in Q1!
Ricciardo doesn’t make it - but Tsunoda does! The Aussie out by 0.1 seconds to Nico Hulkenberg in 15th.
Bottom-five and out in Q1 (16-20): Ricciardo, Ocon, Bottas, Zhou, Sargeant
The track was really ramping up at the end there - Sergio Perez went fastest right at the end!
Top-3: Perez, Russell, Sainz
Onto Q2 we go...
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Daniel Ricciardo still in danger!
Big moment this for Daniel Riccardo - and RB team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, with both of them in the drop-zone ahead of the final runs!
Carlos Sainz right outside the danger-zone in P15!
Bottom-five (16-20): Ricciardo, Tsunoda, Bottas, Zhou, Sargeant
Top-3: Hamilton, Norris, Verstappen
2 mins to go.
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton now P1
Max Verstappen gets his lap done but only third-fastest - yet only by 0.018 seconds to Lewis Hamilton in first! Oscar Piastri splits them.
More importantly, bottom-five (16-20): Ricciardo, Tsunoda, Bottas, Zhou, Sargeant
Logan Sargeant’s car won’t be ready by the look of things - he’s still in the pits after his big crash in practice.
7 minues to go in Q1.
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