Circuit Zandvoort

Circuit Facts:

- First Grand Prix: 1952
- Number of Laps: 72
- Circuit Length: 4.259 km
- Race Distance: 306.587 km
- Lap Record: 1:11.097 by Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Upgrades:
| Mclaren | – new scoop on the front brake duct – front suspension has changed – changed floor edge – the rear corner, – rear wing, and beam wing |
Practice:
FP1:
- Yellow flag, Sector 3. Max Verstappen took a turn on track. Green Flag with 28 minutes left.
FP2:
- Red flag. Nico Hulkenberg’s rear locks up spinning him around putting him into the barriers.
- Carlos Sainz goes out with 33 minutes left in the practice with a gear box problem.
- FIA STEWARDS: investigation after session. Ricciardo, Zhou – unsafe release
- FIA STEWARDS: investigation after session. Albon, Stroll – Unsafe Release
FP3:
- Yellow flag, sector 3 with 50 minutes left, Nico hulkenberg locks ups and crashes into the barriers
- Yellow flag sector 1, red flag with 43 minutes left. Turn 4 crash into the barriers his car catches on fire. “I’m ok”
- Session resumes at 2 minutes left
- RACE CONTROL: BLACK AND WHITE FLAG FOR CAR 1 (VER) – FAILING TO FOLLOW RACE DIRECTORS INSTRUCTIONS – CROSSING THE LINE AT PIT EXIT
| FP1: | FP2: | FP3: |
| 1. Lando Norris | 1. George Russell | 1. Pierre Gasly |
| 2. Max Verstappen | 2. Oscar Piastri | 2. Kevin Magnussen |
| 3. Lewis Hamilton | 3. Lewis Hamilton | 3. Valtteri Bottas |
| 4. Carlos Sainz | 4. Lando Norris | 4. Lando Norris |
| 5. George Russell | 5. Max Verstappen | 5. Fernando Alonso |
| 6. Alex Albon | 6. Fernando Alonso | 6. Esteban Ocon |
| 7. Oscar Piastri | 7. Yuki Tsunoda | 7. Oscar Piastri |
| 8. Nico Hulkenberg | 8. Kevin Magnussen | 8. Lance Stroll |
| 9. Kevin Magnussen | 9. Charles Leclerc | 9. Nico Hulkenberg |
| 10. Zhou Guanyu | 10. Alex Albon | 10. Carlos Sainz |
Qualifying:
Notes:
- FIA STEWARDS, Hamilton, Perez incident – turn 9 – impeding – noted
| 1. Lando Norris | 2. Max Verstappen |
| 3. Oscar Piastri | 4. George Russell |
| 5. Sergio Perez | 6. Charles Leclerc |
| 7. Fernando Alonso | 8. Alex Albon |
| 9. Lance Stroll | 10. Pierre Gasly |
| 11. Carlos Sainz | 12. Lewis Hamilton |
| 13. Yuki Tsunoda | 14. Nico Hulkenberg |
| 15. Kevin Magnusen | 16. Daniel Ricciardo |
| 17. Esteban Ocon | 18. Valtteri Bottas |
| 19. Zhou Guanyu | 20. Logan Sargent |
Race:
Recap:
- Kevin Magnussen starts from the pit lane
- Lewis Hamilton has a 3-place grid penalty for impeding on Sergio Perez
- FIA Pierre badly unsafe release – lap 33
- FIA STEWARD – stroll speeding in the pit lane – under investigation – 5 second penalty
Fastest Lap:
- Lando Norris: 1:13.817, Lap 72
Results:
| 1. Lando Norris | 2. Max Verstappen |
| 3. Charles Leclerc | 4. Oscar Piastri |
| 5. Carlos Sainz | 6. Sergio Perez |
| 7. George Russell | 8. Lewis Hamilton |
| 9. Pierre Gasly | 10. Fernando Alonso |
| 11. Nico Hulkenberg | 12. Daniel Riccardo |
| 13. Lance Stroll | 14. Alex Albon |
| 15. Esteban Ocon | 16. Logan Sargent |
| 17. Yuki Tsunoda | 18. Kevin Magnussen |
| 19. Valtteri Bottas | 20. Zhou Guanyu |