Show of strength by Lando Norris who wins the Dutch Grand Prix ahead of the home team's Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, who takes an unexpected third place on the eve that gives hope for the Monza GP next week. Fourth is the other McLaren, that of Oscar Piastri and then the other Ferrari, that of Carlos Sainz who started from tenth position.
Starting from pole, Norris was immediately overtaken by Verstappen, who remained in the lead until lap 18, then the British driver took back the lead in the race, which he completed by detaching the world champion by about 20 seconds, and taking his second victory of the season after Miami, reopening the World Championship and projecting the English team towards new prospects for the rest of this season. It is
Although he stumbled again at the start, the Briton converted pole position into victory for the first time in four attempts, and in doing so secured the second victory of his F1 career, less than four months after his success in Miami.
Ferrari performed a small miracle with Leclerc, third and with an undercut on Russell's Mercedes that turned a solid race with an unexpected pace around. The Monegasque, author of a perfect race Sunday, won the close duel with Oscar Piastri, giving Ferrari a podium that, after yesterday's qualifying, seemed unexpected. A nice injection of confidence in view of the next home race weekend, in Monza. Also noteworthy was the race of Carlos Sainz, who finished fifth (after also being eliminated in Q2), thanks to a remarkable comeback, followed by Sergio Perez, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. Completing the top ten, Pierre Gasly's Alpine and Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin, who did well to outwit the Haas of an ever-consistent Nico Hulkenberg at the end.
In the drivers' championship standings, Norris recovers eight points on Verstappen who still maintains a gap of 70 points, third Leclerc. In the constructors' standings, McLaren is further closing in on Red Bull, third Ferrari.
(Online Union)
