F1 Dutch GP: Piastri takes crucial win as title rival Norris retires

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 into Turn 1 and Norris recovered the position he lost to Red Bull’s Max …Keep reading
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Alonso knew reality would strike for Aston Martin in F1 Dutch GP qualifying

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 Q1 meaning he failed to set a laptime. 
This is despite the pair finishing inside the top …Keep reading
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How Hamilton plans to overcome “nightmarish” form at F1 Dutch GP

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 to the last segment of qualifying for the first time since the British GP. The Englishman outpaced …Keep reading
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Strategy corner – How rain could upend F1 Dutch GP tactics

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 banked profile. A narrow, crowded lap naturally prompts teams to default to a one-stop strategy here to …Keep reading
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McLaren warns Verstappen has “powerful weapon” in F1 Dutch GP

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 smaller than anticipated after FP3. During that final practice session, McLaren had …Keep reading
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Why McLaren won’t let Piastri and Norris “do whatever they want” in title fight

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, with Piastri getting the better of title rival Norris by just …Keep reading
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Analysis: Where Piastri found his F1 Dutch GP pole advantage

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 to their Formula 1 rivals: more than two tenths of a second in hand over third-placed Max …Keep reading
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Antonelli: FP1 off key factor behind poor F1 Dutch GP qualifying

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 brought an early end to his session.
Team-mate George Russell qualified fifth, meanwhile, so …Keep reading
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