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Oscar Piastri won the Dutch Grand Prix for McLaren. Oscar Piastri leads the drivers championship by 34 points from Lando Norris after the Dutch Grand Prix. 2025 F1 drivers championship standings Points available over remaining rounds: 249 2025 F1 constructors championship standings Points available over remaining rounds: 432 Standings with 15 out of 24 races complete. 2025 Dutch Grand Prix…

Formula 1’s European season concludes this weekend at the fastest track on the calendar: Monza, home of the Italian Grand Prix. For the last time this year, both of its main support series will appear on the bill, as Formula 3 holds its final round. That championship has already been won by Rafael Camara. Formula 2 will return but still…

Laurence EdmondsonSep 1, 2025, 09:11 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 McLaren has traced the race-ending reliability issue on Lando Norris‘ car at the Dutch Grand Prix to a problem on the chassis side rather than a failure of the car’s Mercedes engine. Norris retired seven laps from the finish at Zandvoort when…

Several drivers produced stand-out performances at Zandvoort but one clearly rose above the rest. Here’s RaceFans’ driver ratings for the Dutch Grand Prix weekend. Lando Norris Qualified: 2nd (1 place behind team mate, +0.012s)Grid: 2nd (1 place behind team mate)Start: -1 placeStrategy: Two-stop (M-H-H)Finished: 18th (17 places behind team mate) ▶ Fastest throughout practice but missed pole position by a…

Having already been teased, the news has broken that Formula E star, Nick Cassidy, will be joining Peugeot in 2026 to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The move was teased at the start of August with a mock Instagram direct message about Cassidy’s availability this September to race in the Lone Star Le Mans race at Circuit…

Laurence EdmondsonSep 1, 2025, 06:36 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has defended Kimi Antonelli‘s nightmare Dutch Grand Prix weekend, saying highs and lows are to be expected in a teenager’s rookie season. Antonelli’s race came to an end on Sunday when he crashed into the Ferrari of…

The Dutch Grand Prix is likely to prove a pivotal moment in this year’s world championship fight. Lando Norris had the pace to stay in touch with his race-leading team mate Oscar Piastri, but never threatened to pass him. As the race neared its end, Norris increasingly looked resigned to losing seven points to his championship rival. This would not…

Formula E star Nick Cassidy will join Peugeot’s World Endurance Championship Hypercar squad for the 2026 season.  The move confirmed on Monday is set to be part of a wider deal for the former Envision and Jaguar FE driver with Peugeot parent, Stellantis: he looks likely to race for the team hitherto known as Maserati MSG Racing in FE in…

Racing Bulls celebrated their first podium finish for four years yesterday but accused Williams driver Carlos Sainz Jnr of costing them an even better result. Team principal Alan Permane said Sainz cost them the chance to get both cars in the top five by colliding with Liam Lawson. “I feel very sorry for Liam, because without Sainz crashing into him…

Carlos Sainz Jnr was deeply unimpressed with the stewards’ decision to penalise him for his collision with Liam Lawson during the Dutch Grand Prix. The Williams driver was stunned when his race engineer Gaetan Jego told him he had been given a 10-second time penalty for the incident at Tarzan. “Who gets a penalty? Me?” he asked. “Are you joking?…

Fernando Alonso howled with rage when the Safety Car was first deployed during the Dutch Grand Prix. The Aston Martin driver had pitted just five laps earlier and he feared the appearance of the Safety Car had ruined his race. He got the first indication the bad news was coming when race engineer Andrew Vizard warned him: “Yellow at turn…

Charles Leclerc said Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s attempt to overtake him was too optimistic after the pair collided. The stewards handed Antonelli a 10-second time penalty and two penalty points on his licence after he made contact with the Ferrari at the Hugenholzbocht, taking Leclerc out of the race. “Car 12 [Antonelli] was attempting an overtake on the inside of car…

Laurence EdmondsonAug 31, 2025, 09:45 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc crashed out of the Dutch Grand Prix in separate incidents during Sunday’s race. The seven-time champion crashed out of seventh place on Lap 23 of 72 as light rain started to fall around the…

Which Formula 1 driver made the most of the Dutch Grand Prix weekend? It’s time to give your verdict on which driver did the best with the equipment at their disposal over the last three days. Review how each driver got on below and vote for who impressed you the most at Zandvoort. Driver performance summary Advert | Become a…

Pictures from qualifying day for the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Oliver Bearman, Haas, Zandvoort, 2025 Lance Stroll, Aston Martin, Zandvoort, 2025 Lando Norris, McLaren, Zandvoort, 2025 Oliver Bearman, Haas, Zandvoort, 2025 Oliver Bearman, Haas, Zandvoort, 2025 Carlos Sainz (ESP) Atlassian Williams Racing FW47. 30.08.2025. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd…

Laurence EdmondsonAug 27, 2025, 09:48 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — Oscar Piastri secured pole position for Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix after beating his McLaren teammate and title rival Lando Norris to the fastest time in qualifying by 0.012 seconds. Norris had looked like the favorite for pole throughout free…

Oscar Piastri has taken provisional pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix for McLaren ahead of Lando Norris and Max Verstappen. Dutch Grand Prix qualifying result P. Driver Team Q1 Q2 (v Q1) Q3 (v Q2) 1 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1’09.338 1’08.964 (-0.374s) 1’08.662 (-0.302s) 2 Lando Norris McLaren 1’09.469 1’08.874 (-0.595s) 1’08.674 (-0.200s) 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1’09.696…

Aug 27, 2025, 09:46 AM ET Lando Norris edged out Oscar Piastri in final practice for the Dutch Grand Prix as the McLaren title protagonists gear up for a pole position shoot-out. Norris, who has won three of the last four races to close within nine points of Piastri in the drivers’ championship, completed a dominant practice clean sweep after…

Aston Martin’s start to the Dutch Grand Prix weekend was one part great, one part terrible. While Fernando Alonso put his AMR25 second fastest, less than a tenth of a second off the fastest time of the day, Lance Stroll put his car in the barrier at Hugenholzbocht. Aston Martin took their biggest points haul of the season so far…