A statement win from Lando Norris
In a Formula One season that has become so competitive and exciting in recent months, a driver winning a race by 22 seconds would typically be disappointing.
It’s a return to the kind of win margins Max Verstappen made the norm throughout last season and early this year. The type of domination that delighted the swathes of orange-clad Dutch fans and frustrated the neutral ones who craved a close fight for the win.
But at Zandvoort — Verstappen’s home turf — on Sunday, Lando Norris was the man who crushed the field, leaving Verstappen and the majority of the 100,000-strong crowd who went there in support of the Red Bull driver to accept their shared fate.
Signing off from Zandvoort 🫡
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Muscle memory
Charles Leclerc's finally back up to racing form 💪
Here's the winning move
Norris had been building to this for a few laps. The pace was enough to get by Verstappen in Turn 1 and never look back.
How many points will it take to catch Verstappen?
Per Jeppe Oleson (I am bad at math), here's how many points the nine drivers behind Verstappen would have to average each weekend to pass the Red Bull driver:
- Lando Norris: 7.8 points per weekend
- Charles Leclerc: 11.4 points per weekend
- Oscar Piastri: 12.9 points per weekend
- Carlos Sainz: 13.7 points per weekend
- Lewis Hamilton: 15.7 points per weekend
- Sergio Perez: 17.3 points per weekend
- George Russell: 19.2 points per weekend
- Fernando Alonso: 27.2 points per weekend
Updated standings: McLaren inches closer to Red Bull
- Red Bull: 434 (+26)
- McLaren: 404 (+38)
- Ferrari: 370 (+25)
- Mercedes: 276 (+10)
- Aston Martin: 74 (+1)
- RB: 34
- Haas: 27
- Alpine: 13 (+2)
- Williams: 4
- Sauber: 0
Wolff: Kimi Antonelli will race FP1 at Monza for Mercedes
Antonelli, who is currently in F2, is a strong contender to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes next season. Driving FP1 at the Italian GP, his home race, will be a huge moment for the young man.
Also, today is his 18th birthday.
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Lando Norris wins his second career grand prix
Lando Norris may have had a poor start, but he more than made up for it as he won the Dutch Grand Prix by a 22-second margin over home hero Max Verstappen.
The second phase of the start is where Norris lost the lead. The reaction time was nearly identical to Verstappen’s, but he lost 0.41 seconds going from 0-200 km/h. From there, he needed to hunt the Dutchman down on his turf.
The Briton ultimately zipped away with the lead in a dominating fashion, lapping eight-tenths of a second ahead of Verstappen at some points.
The win means F1’s driver and team championships are even tighter, with just nine races remaining. Norris cut Verstappen’s lead in the drivers’ standings to 70 points, and Red Bull leads McLaren by just 30 points in the constructors’ standings.
Updated standings: Norris cuts into Verstappen's lead
- Verstappen: 295 (+18)
- Norris: 225 (+26)
- Leclerc: 192 (+15)
- Piastri: 179 (+12)
- Sainz: 172 (+10)
- Hamilton: 154 (+4)
- Pérez: 139 (+8)
- Russell: 122 (+6)
- Alonso: 50 (+1)
- Stroll: 24
The only standings change today:
14. Gasly ⬆️
15. Bearman ⬇️
Who gained/lost the most positions today?
📈 Biggest gains:
- Lewis Hamilton: P14 ➡️ P8 (+6)
- Carlos Sainz: P10 ➡️ P5 (+5)
- Alex Albon: P19 ➡️ P14 (+5)
📉 Biggest losses:
- Yuki Tsunoda: P11 ➡️ P17 (-6)
- Lance Stroll: P8 ➡️ P13 (-5)
- Fernando Alonso: P7 ➡️ P10 (-3)
Provisional results
- Lando Norris (McLaren)
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
- Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
- Sergio Pérez (Red Bull)
- George Russell (Mercedes)
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
- Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
- Nico Hülkenberg (Haas)
- Daniel Ricciardo (RB)
- Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
- Alex Albon (Williams)
- Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
- Logan Sargeant (Williams)
- Yuki Tsunoda (RB)
- Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
- Valtteri Bottas (Sauber)
- Zhou Guanyu (Sauber)
"Simply lovely, huh?"
Norris celebrating with Verstappen's signature radio message at Verstappen's home race. 👀
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Lando Norris wins the Dutch Grand Prix!
After a mistake at the start, he pulls off one of the most impressive drives of his career.
Lando Norris has a 20 second lead
It is, by far, the largest lead he's ever maintained for this long in F1.
Ferrari have done well here
Leclerc: P6 ➡️ P3
Sainz: P10 ➡️ P5
Good showing here from Pierre Gasly
He just got around Nico Hülkenberg for P9 on fresher tires. At this rate he'll ascend to 14th in the drivers' standings.
Don't think Piastri can catch Leclerc for third
He tells his engineer that his hard tires are "not amazing, but they'll make it to the end." So if Leclerc (who is also on hard tires) doesn't pit again, it sounds unlikely that Piastri can close that 1.1s gap and stand on the podium.
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Hamilton is back on softs
Toto Wolff hinted after qualifying that Mercedes would try everything to get Lewis into the points. He's well on his way in P8 and four laps on fresh softs.
What happened to Aston Martin?
Alonso and Stroll both qualified well but went backward today. They're both outside the points right now.
Lando Norris may have this in the bag
That's an 11 second lead over Verstappen now. The real question is whether Piastri can catch Leclerc for P3.
