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RESTART!
Rain Stopped
Ranking
1. Verstappen
2. Alonso
3. Gasly
4. Sainz
5. Hamilton
6. Pérez
7. Norris
8. Russell
9. Albon
10. Piastri
RED FLAG!
Zhou Guanyu
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2. Sergio Pérez
3. Carlos Sainz Jr.
4. Fernando Alonso
5. Pierre Gasly
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2. Sérgio Pérez
3. Fernando Alonso
4. Pierre Gasly
5. Carlos Sainz Jr.
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2. Sergio Pérez
3. Fernando Alonso
4. Pierre Gasly
5. Carlos Sainz Jr.
6. Zhou Guanyu
7. Kevin Magnussen
8. Alexander Albon
9. Esteban Ocon
10. Yuki Tsunoda
11. Lando Norris
12. Charles Leclerc
13. Lewis Hamilton
14. Oscar Piastri
15. Valtteri Bottas
16. Nico Hülkenberg
17. George Russell
18. Liam Lawson
19. Lance Stroll
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2. Sergio Pérez
3. Fernando Alonso
4. Pierre Gasly
5. Carlos Sainz Jr.
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TOP 5:
2. Lando Norris
3. Zhou Guanyu
4. Pierre Gasly
5. Fernando Alonso
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PÉREZ ON THE LEAD!
RUSSELL NA FRENTE!
INTENSE RAIN
BOX!
TOP6:
2. Lando Norris
3. Fernando Alonso
4. George Russell
5. Alexander Albon
6. Carlos Sainz Jr.
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Medium tires!
WARM-UP LAP!
Curiosities:
- Verstappen has taken pole position in every Dutch GPS he has raced in his life so far;
- Verstappen is the first driver to score three consecutive poles at Zandvoort;
- Verstappen equaled Rene Arnoux's record of three poles at the Dutch GP;
- It was the Dutchman's 12th pole in the last 21 races. In the last ten, at Zandvoort, Suzuka, Mexico City, Abu Dhabi, Sakhir, Melbourne, Monaco, Barcelona, Montreal, Spielberg and Silverstone, he has won.
DUTCH GP:
Number of laps: 72
Biggest winner: Jim Clark (4 wins)
Track length: 4.259km
Best lap: Lewis Hamilton 1m11s097 (2021)
Available tires: Hard C1, Medium C2, Soft C3
Max Verstappen xLewis Hamilton
Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time world champion, finds himself in a rare 13th position after being hindered by Yuki Tsunoda in Q2, which resulted in a penalty for the AlphaTauri driver. Kevin Magnussen, who had originally qualified 18th, changed his power unit and will start from the pit-lane in last place.
With six different teams in the top six positions and a threat of rain in the air, the race promises plenty of action and uncertainty.
Crash in track
Four minutes before the flag, however, another red: Leclerc hit the barriers at Turn 9 sideways. When the session resumed around seven minutes later, Verstappen, Piastri and Norris started their last lap together.
The two-time champion clocked 1'10.567 and secured another pole position, as his McLaren rivals were unable to overtake him. The last to complete his fast lap, Russell overtook Albon and secured third place on the second row of the starting grid alongside the Anglo-Thai from Williams.
Eliminated training
The positive surprise came from Williams, who put Albon in the provisional lead and kept him in the top ten, a group that Logan Sargeant joined for the first time in his career when the timer stopped, being the last to qualify for Q3. The negative, on the other hand, was Hamilton's elimination: he set only the ninth fastest time and fell to 13th with the final laps of Sainz, Gasly and Stroll.
ELIMINATED
11TH Lance Stroll (ASTON MARTIN)
12TH Pierre Gasly (ALPINE)
13TH Lewis Hamilton (MERCEDES)
14TH Yuki Tsunoda (ALPHATAURI)
15TH Nico Hulkenberg (HAAS)
Hamilton
The rain that affected the third practice session even let up, but the track was unforgiving: Verstappen ended up in the gravel at turn 1 on his first lap of the session; Albon suffered the same at turn 11. Kevin Magnussen, who crashed in TL3, was another to escape the track. And there are ongoing investigations: Lance Stroll for getting in the way of Lewis Hamilton on track, and Carlos Sainz for forcing Oscar Piastri out.
Channels for the Dutch Grand Prix on TV and in real time?
Date: August 27, 2023
Time: 09 am ET
Venue: Park Zandvoort Circuit
Broadcast: Band and F1TV (streaming).
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Daniel Ricciardo
Ricciardo had to be quick to escape a possible T-bone crash, unable to get his hands off the wheel. After the impact, he immediately complained of pain in his hand over the radio, removing his glove as soon as he left the cockpit. The Australian was then taken to the medical center at the Zandvoort circuit and left with a sling immobilizing his left arm.
Liam Lawson
"Obviously tomorrow, if it's dry, potentially I'll have to relearn everything again, because I haven't driven on a dry track. So it will be a tough race, but I'm excited. At the same time, I know it will be very challenging and we'll have a lot to learn. I think we'll have a clean race", he said.
How is the championship going?
In the Constructors' World Championship, Red Bull has 503 points, while Mercedes has 247, representing just under half of the Austrian team's points. Aston Martin is in third place with 196 points, followed by Ferrari, which has accumulated 191.
In the qualifying race...
However, he triggered the first red flag of qualifying in the opening minutes, crashing at turn 2. The second stoppage came with Charles Leclerc, at the end of Q3.
Results and starting grid
- Max Verstappen (RBR) - 1m10s567
- Lando Norris (McLaren) - 1m11s104 +0s537
- George Russell (Mercedes) - 1m11s294 +0s727
- Alexander Albon (Williams) - 1m11s419 +0s852
- Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) - 1m11s506 +0s939
- Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) - 1m11s754 +1s187
- Sergio Pérez (RBR) - 1m11s880 +1s313
- Oscar Piastri (McLaren) - 1m11s938 +1s371
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) - 1m12s665 +2s098
- Logan Sargeant (Williams) - 1m16s748 +6s181
- Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) - Q2
- Pierre Gasly (Alpine) - Q2
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) - Q2
- Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) - Q2
- Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) - Q2
- Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) - Q3
- Esteban Ocon (Alpine) - Q3
- Kevin Magnussen (Haas) - Q3
- Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) - Q3
- Liam Lawson (AlphaTauri) - Q3
Max Verstappen
Confirming their good performance in free practice, McLaren proved competitive with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri dueling for the best laps in the segments. The pair occupied the top positions at the red flag triggered by Charles Leclerc at the end of Q3. But their final laps were not enough to beat Verstappen, who took pole with the last lap under the flag.
TIME AND PLACE!
The third and final free practice session for the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix, which opened this Saturday's activities at Zandvoort, was confusing. With heavy rain and a very wet track the whole time, the session saw three red flags and countless people walking on the gravel and in the corner of the walls. Max Verstappen did well in the midst of this, repeating TL1 and taking first place.
Verstappen didn't dominate the whole of practice and even spent a lot of time behind the two McLarens. But as the track improved a little towards the end, he flew away and finished well ahead of second place. Which, in the end, was George Russell.
The start of the Formula 1 race at the Dutch Grand Prix takes place at the Park Zandvoort circuit and is scheduled for 09am ET this Sunday.