Formula 1 rookie Isack Hadjar has said his maiden podium felt “unreal” after claiming third for Racing Bulls at the Dutch Grand Prix.Hadjar qualified a stellar fourth in Zandvoort on Saturday and looked set to stay there after a well controlled race, shadowing Red Bull’s Max Verstappen every step ofContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri has boosted his F1 2025 title hopes by winning the Dutch Grand Prix from pole, while McLaren team-mate and rival Lando Norris retired from second with mechanical issues.Piastri and Norris looked set to score a straightforward fifth consecutive 1-2 finish for McLaren after Piastri kept his lead intoContinue Reading
Aston Martin was the surprise of Friday practice at the Dutch Grand Prix, yet Fernando Alonso knew that reality would strike in the Formula 1 qualifying session on Saturday.The Spaniard will start today’s race at Zandvoort in 10th with team-mate Lance Stroll at the back, the Canadian’s crash in Q1Continue Reading
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