F1 Netherlands, Sprint Qualifying Results
| 1st row | 1. George Russell 1:11.567 Mercedes |
| 2. Lando Norris 1:11.608 McLaren | |
| 2nd row | 3. Charles Leclerc 1:11.622 Ferrari |
| 4. Oscar Piastri 1:11.666 McLaren | |
| 3rd row | 5. Kimi Antonelli 1:11.794 Mercedes |
| 6. Max Verstappen 1:12.094 Red Bull | |
| 4th row | 7. Lewis Hamilton 1:12.191 Ferrari |
| 8. Pierre Gasly 1:12.578 Alpine | |
| 5th row | 9. Gabriel Bortoleto 1:12.583 Audi |
| 10. Arvid Lindblad 1:12.737 Racing Bulls | |
| 6th row | 11. Liam Lawson 1:13.136 Red Bull |
| 12. Yuki Tsunoda 1:13.145 Racing Bulls | |
| 7th row | 13. Franco Colapinto 1:13.439 Alpine |
| 14. Nico Hülkenberg 1:13.616 Audi | |
| 8th row | 15. Esteban Ocon 1:13.893 Haas |
| 16. Alexander Albon 1:14.294 Williams | |
| 9th row | 17. Oliver Bearman 1:14.728 Haas |
| 18. Carlos Sainz 1:14.738 Williams | |
| 10th row | 19. Lance Stroll 1:15.391 Aston Martin |
| 20. Valtteri Bottas 1:15.472 Cadillac | |
| 11th row | 21. Sergio Perez 1:15.545 Cadillac |
| 22. Fernando Alonso 1:16.014 Aston Martin |
F1 Netherlands, Sprint Qualifying Report
In a fiercely contested sprint qualifying session, George Russell takes pole position with a time of 1:11.567, beating McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. For number 63, this is an important result, more for morale than for the standings. Also because Kimi Antonelli is fifth: the Bolognese driver paid for a gravel excursion in SQ1 with 25 points of downforce lost, which then translated into a gap of over two tenths despite Mercedes initially telling him that the W17 had no damage.
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The top four are within a tenth, demonstrating the balance at the top. There is definitely McLaren, which brought the second part of the package introduced at the Hungaroring here: Norris stops 41 thousandths behind, also encouraging is Oscar Piastri’s fourth place at 99 thousandths from pole. On the other hand, Ferrari had a mixed Friday, debuting the new floor in the Sprint Qualifying: Leclerc is 55 thousandths from pole, but Lewis Hamilton had a not exactly flawless lap and finishes only seventh, six tenths behind. Excluding Liam Lawson, Sir Lewis is the worst among the top team drivers, even behind a Red Bull that has not been on form so far: Max Verstappen is sixth, Lawson was eliminated in SQ2.
Among the top ten are also Pierre Gasly and Gabriel Bortoleto, authors of a great Friday. Arvid Lindblad no longer even makes news, very close to Verstappen’s time in SQ2: the British driver of Swedish origin could not repeat in the final lap but will start tenth. Also good is the return to the track of Yuki Tsunoda, 12th, while it is another bad day for Aston Martin: on Fernando Alonso’s AMR26 equipped with the new power unit, the active aerodynamics were not working; the Spaniard therefore finishes last behind the Cadillacs.
F1 Netherlands, Sprint Qualifying Live
You can relive the emotions of the Zandvoort Sprint Qualifying with our live report.
The schedule
F1 returns to the track tomorrow morning with the fifth Sprint of the year, which will start at 12. At 16 the “race program” will begin with Qualifying. Sunday at 15 the 12th World Championship GP.
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