Starting grid

Lando Norris won the qualifying session for the Dutch Grand Prix, significantly outpacing Max Verstappen of more than 3 tenths. Oscar Piastri and George Russell secured the second row of the grid, while Perez and Leclerc took the third row.

Sainz and Hamilton failed to make it to Q3, and Hamilton even on top received a penalty for impeding Perez during qualifying, placing him 14th on the starting grid.

The Williams drivers occupied the last row. Sargeant did not participate in qualifying due to a crash in the final practice session, while Albon initially finished in an impressive eighth place but was disqualified because his car's floor dimensions did not meet the regulations.

Race

The race didn’t start well for the pole-sitter Lando Norris as he lost his first place immediately in the first turn to Max Verstappen. The reaction time from the Brit wasn’t bad but Max Verstappen stormed to the first turn and took a lead.

Oscar Piastri, in McLaren’s second car, starting originally in third, also lost one position right after the start in favor of George Russell. Charles Leclerc, managed to get in front of Sergio Perez in the first turn as well as Pierre Gasly who overtook both Aston Martin’s, gaining two positions right away. Kevin Magnussen locked up his rear left tyre and made a trip to the gravel right after the start.

Norris, even after the bad start, managed to hold onto Verstappen for many laps with an average gap of 1.5 seconds. Then on lap 18, with the help of DRS, Norris snatched the leader position from Verstappen, under a big applause from the grandstands.

The first pit stops at the top came on lap 24, with Ferrari calling Charles Lerclerc for a fresh set of hard tyres. Thanks to this strategy Leclerc managed to get in front of Piastri and Russell.

Most of the pit stops in the first tenth were pretty fast except Russell’s, Gasly’s and Perez’s, which were a bit over 3 seconds each.

Later on, Piastri managed to overtake Russell, however, he lacked the pace to catch up on Lerclerc, who, despite the problems that Ferrari had during the weekend, amazingly secured a third place.

With a bit more than 20 laps left till the end, both of the Mercedes drivers decided to stop for a fresh set of soft tyres, hoping for a better position in the end. However, that didn’t work out as they imagined. Because of this bad decision, Russell lost 2 positions, which he wasn’t able to gain back and finished only P7. Hamilton made his way through the field and finished P8, despite starting P14.

Getting closer to the end of the Dutch Grand Prix, Noriss’s pace only increased and he even managed to score the fastest lap on the last lap of the race. He crossed the checkered flag with a 22-second gap to second Max Verstappen. Charles Leclerc completed the podium, putting his Ferrari in third place. Oscar Piastri finished fourth in front of fifth Ferrari of Carlos Sainz and sixth Perez. Seventh and eighth place belong to Mercedes drivers, while Pierre Gasly scored 2 amazing points for Alpine for finishing ninth. Fernando Alonso in Aston Martin completed the top tenth.

2024 Dutch Grand Prix results: