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: Max Verstappen’s engineer (Lap 8/72)
Lambiase: “That’s good Max, keep it up - just watch that rear-left sliding.”
Composed and satisfied down at Red Bull. The gap remains at 1.5 seconds to Norris.
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Max Verstappen’s lead is 1.6 seconds (Lap 6/72)
Verstappen in his element here, leading the race and extending his lead in front of his home fans!
Norris now 1.5 seconds behind, with Russell 1.7 seconds down the road. Oscar Piastri is within DRS in fourth but can’t get close enough to the Mercedes at the moment.
Top-10: Verstappen, Norris, Russell, Piastri, Leclerc, Perez, Gasly, Alonso, Sainz, Stroll
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Max Verstappen over 1 second ahead (Lap 3/72)
It’s touch and go around the one-second mark but Verstappen extends his lead - meaning Norris won’t have DRS!
Further back, Lewis Hamilton makes a super move down the inside of Yuki Tsunoda to get up to 12th!
Top-10: Verstappen, Norris, Russell, Piastri, Leclerc, Perez, Gasly, Alonso, Sainz, Stroll
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Max Verstappen takes the lead at the start!
Norris can’t keep the lead again!
Verstappen surges up the inside at turn 1 to take the lead to huge cheers from the grandstand!
And Oscar Piastri has lost third to George Russell - nightmare start for McLaren! Thye both had too much wheelspin at the beginning...
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Formation lap!
Lando Norris leads the pack around for the formation lap!
The top-10 all start on medium tyres, with Yuki Tsunoda in 11th and Lewis Hamilton in 14th on soft tyres.
Norris has never led after lap one when starting on pole - will that change today in front of 100,000 Dutch fans?!
A reminder of the starting grid in Zandvoort:
1. Lando Norris
2. Max Verstappen
3. Oscar Piastri
4. George Russell
5. Sergio Perez
6. Charles Leclerc
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Lance Stroll
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Carlos Sainz
11. Yuki Tsunoda
12. Nico Hulkenberg
13. Daniel Ricciardo
14. Lewis Hamilton*
15. Esteban Ocon
16. Valtteri Bottas
17. Zhou Guanyu
18. Logan Sargeant
19. Alex Albon***
Pit lane. Kevin Magnussen**
*Lewis Hamilton received a three-place grid drop for impeding Sergio Perez in qualifying
**Kevin Magnussen starts from the pit lane due to engine component changes
***Alex Albon was disqualified from qualifying after his floor body failed technical checks
F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Five minutes from lights out!
Here we go then!
It’s a dry, sunny day on the North Sea coast as Lando Norris starts on pole for McLaren... can he hold off Max Verstappen at the start here?!
Max Verstappen, speaking to Sky Sports;
“Let’s see how the pace is, this weekend race-pace hasn’t been the easiest. It will be hard to beat them. The start is important but I just want pace.”
Time for the Dutch national anthem at Zandvoort!
Performed by Duncan Laurence on the piano!
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