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George Russell endured what he described as a “miserable” F1 Dutch Grand Prix, with contact from Charles Leclerc’s overtaking attempt leaving his Mercedes severely damaged and costing him “one second per lap” for the remainder of the race at Zandvoort. Despite finishing fourth, Russell was frank in his assessment that he “didn’t deserve to finish…
Max Verstappen’s second place finish came with honest reflections on a challenging F1 Dutch GP. Red Bull couldn’t quite match McLaren’s superior race pace despite having a relatively strong qualifying performance. The four-time world champion raced in front of his passionate home crowd. Verstappen’s second place finish satisfied him given the team’s Friday struggles with…
Oscar Piastri secured his ninth F1 win at the Dutch GP. The Australian driver was never in doubt, leading every lap of the race and keeping his championship rivals at an arm’s length. Piastri completed the grand slam this weekend: pole position, won the race, fastest lap, and led every lap. This is the first…
Isack Hadjar achieved his first-ever F1 podium at the Dutch GP in a monumental performance from the rookie driver. After a successful Saturday that saw him qualify P4, Hadjar was set up for a decent Sunday to begin with. Finishing third, this result marks the culmination of the momentum the French driver has been building…
Lewis Hamilton has been given a 5-place grid penalty for the Italian GP, for a yellow flag infringement during the installation laps for the 2025 F1 Dutch GP – below you can see a full rundown of the stewards’ decisions and penalties following the race. The reason for double-waved yellow flags Hamilton was noted before…
An unfortunate turn of events put an early stop to Lewis Hamilton’s race at the F1 Dutch GP. The Ferrari driver gave it his all this weekend, and he went into Sunday quite positive and hopeful. However, while he was driving quite a promising race, a crash into the barriers destroyed his right front tyre…
Lando Norris believes his underliying pace at the 2025 F1 Dutch GP made it a “positive” race, despite the late mechanical failure which forced him out of the grand prix and handed his team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri a 25-point swing in the world championship. Norris looked to be in commanding form all weekend,…
Round 15 of the 2025 F1 championship is in the books as the Dutch GP race has been completed, full report and results below. Oscar Piastri started on pole after pipping Lando Norris to pole by 0.012s. Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar were on the second row. Ollie Bearman started in the pit lane after…
Yuki Tsunoda had a challenging qualifying session at the F1 Dutch GP, finishing 12th after being eliminated in Q2. The Red Bull driver showed strong performance in practice but struggled to turn it into a competitive qualifying result. Over the three practice sessions, Tsunoda placed 16th in FP1, improved to 7th in FP2, and ended…
Kimi Antonelli fell short in Q3 during a tightly fought qualifying session at the F1 Dutch GP, ultimately finishing 11th. The Mercedes rookie had shown encouraging pace across the weekend. However, a small mistake in the final chicane ended his chances of advancing. Small margins in qualifying Antonelli was set for Q3 before being knocked…
