Lewis Hamilton may have been outqualified by Ferrari Formula 1 team-mate Charles Leclerc for a fourth consecutive time at the Dutch Grand Prix, but he still had reasons to smile.Unlike both Spa-Francorchamps sessions – where he was out in Q1 – and his Hungarian Q2 exit, Hamilton made it toContinue Reading
Pirelli’s ongoing quest to provide strategic variation has come up short at Zandvoort, largely owing to the relatively short lap (4.259km) and the narrowness of its layout. Overtaking hasn’t been easy here given the speed of modern F1 cars, even with the conversion of the final corner to a bankedContinue Reading
As expected, McLaren locked out the front row for Formula 1’s Dutch Grand Prix. The outcome was, however, slightly surprising in two ways.Firstly, Oscar Piastri struck when it mattered most, despite Lando Norris having had the edge in all practice sessions. Secondly, the gap to Max Verstappen was significantly smallerContinue Reading
Mercedes’ Toto Wolff has suggested McLaren should “let it roll” as Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri fight for the drivers’ title, but team principal Andrea Stella has set out the difference between equal opportunities and unregulated freedom.McLaren delivered its second front row lockout in three race weekends in the Netherlands,Continue Reading
The Dutch Grand Prix was never a happy hunting ground for Bruce McLaren, who registered seven DNFs at Zandvoort and two non-points finishes in the nine championship races he started there. But on the 88th anniversary of McLaren’s birth, cars carrying his name enjoyed a formidable margin of superiority toContinue Reading
Mercedes Formula 1 rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli reckons his incident in opening practice for the Dutch Grand Prix was the root cause of his poor qualifying result.The 19-year-old only qualified 11th at Zandvoort, after understeering off at Turn 9 in FP1 which beached his Mercedes in the gravel and broughtContinue Reading
Alex Albon cut a very frustrated figure after qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix after struggling to manage tyre temperature on his Williams Formula 1 car.Albon suffered a Q2 elimination as he qualified 15th for Sunday’s grand prix at Zandvoort, while team-mate Carlos Sainz progressed to Q3 with ninth.The Thai-BritonContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc has offered a damning assessment of his qualifying performance at the Dutch Grand Prix, with the Ferrari Formula 1 driver down in sixth. Leclerc has been off the pace all weekend with the Monegasque not yet finishing a session above sixth, continuing Ferrari’s difficult 2025 season thus far withContinue Reading
Racing Bulls F1 rookie Isack Hadjar says his fourth-fastest time in Dutch Grand Prix qualifying was the best lap of his F1 career, although he also hinted at some luck.Both Hadjar and team-mate Liam Lawson looked competitive as they advanced into the final Q3 shoot-out, but while Lawson’s bid toContinue Reading
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri has defeated team-mate Lando Norris for a fifth pole of 2025 at Formula 1’s Dutch Grand Prix.Although Norris had been the fastest of the two McLaren drivers over the balance of the weekend, Piastri narrowly edged ahead of his title rival on the first run of Q3.QualifyingContinue Reading