2024 Formulation 1 Dutch Grand Prix Highlights

Norris lined up on pole place for Sunday’s race, however his hopes of changing it into the win took successful when Verstappen jumped him off the road and slotted forward on the first nook earlier than transferring clear and breaking freed from the DRS window.

Nevertheless, Norris gathered himself to mount a struggle again because the race developed, discovering one other stage of tempo – whereas Verstappen battled a mid-stint lack of grip – to shut again in on the three-time world champion and reclaim a lead he wouldn’t relinquish.

Norris solely prolonged his benefit earlier than and after the front-runners’ sole pit stops of the day. He ultimately took the chequered flag some 20 seconds away from Verstappen so as to add to his Miami win from earlier this season and minimize the latter’s championship lead.

Charles Leclerc delivered a equally spectacular drive, climbing from sixth to 3rd to salvage a podium on what has been a difficult weekend for Ferrari, with Oscar Piastri having to accept fourth within the different McLaren after extending his opening stint and dropping monitor place because of this.

Ferrari’s factors tally was boosted by Carlos Sainz’s personal rise to fifth, forward of Sergio Perez’s Crimson Bull and the Mercedes machines of George Russell and midfield starter Lewis Hamilton – the teammates choosing late second stops to bolt on delicate tyres and bid for the quickest lap.

Ninth-placed Pierre Gasly gave Alpine one thing to have fun on Oliver Oakes’s first weekend as their new crew boss, whereas Fernando Alonso grabbed the ultimate level on supply for Aston Martin by getting the higher of Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg within the closing levels.

Lance Stroll was the twelfth driver to cross the road in his Aston however fell again to thirteenth, behind RB’s Daniel Ricciardo, after being discovered responsible of rushing within the pit lane and getting slapped with a five-second time penalty by the stewards.

Alex Albon fought valiantly from the again of the grid after his exclusion from a P8 lead to qualifying over Williams’s unlawful flooring improve, however regardless of briefly working his means into the factors, he ended up 14th on a two-stop technique.

Subsequent up had been Esteban Ocon and Logan Sargeant of their Alpine and Williams vehicles, the latter grateful to his mechanics for in a single day repairs after his large FP3 shunt that dominated him out of qualifying, with RB’s Yuki Tsunoda one other two-stopper en path to seventeenth.

Kevin Magnussen went longest of all within the opening stint as he regarded to get better from a pit lane begin following energy unit modifications, however the Haas man might handle not more than 18th, adopted by Kick Sauber pair Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, who each pitted twice.

Whereas Russell and Hamilton – the latter additionally catching the attention together with his restoration drive – regarded set to submit the quickest lap on softs, it was Norris who in the end clocked the benchmark to safe the bonus on supply and minimize Verstappen’s benefit from 78 factors to 70 with 9 rounds remaining.

Mario Isola, Motorsport Director, Pirelli: