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Piastri pips title rival Norris to Dutch GP pole

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sat, 2025-08-30 16:01
Oscar Piastri beats McLaren team-mate Lando Norris to pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix by 0.012 seconds.

Piastri pips title rival Norris to Dutch GP pole

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sat, 2025-08-30 16:01
Oscar Piastri beats McLaren team-mate Lando Norris to pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix by 0.012 seconds.

Piastri pips title rival Norris to Dutch GP pole

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sat, 2025-08-30 16:01
Oscar Piastri beats McLaren team-mate Lando Norris to pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix by 0.012 seconds.

Piastri pips title rival Norris to Dutch GP pole

Formula 1 at the BBC - Sat, 2025-08-30 16:01
Oscar Piastri beats McLaren team-mate Lando Norris to pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix by 0.012 seconds.

Dutch GP qualifying star Isack Hadjar hails "best lap" of his F1 career

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-08-30 16:00
Racing Bulls F1 rookie Isack Hadjar says his fourth-fastest time in Dutch Grand Prix qualifying was the best lap of his F1 career, although he also hinted at some luck.
Both Hadjar and team-mate Liam Lawson looked competitive as they advanced into the final Q3 shoot-out, but while Lawson's bid to qualify high up stalled with a slower final attempt, Hadjar found a perfect lap around Zandvoort to ...Keep reading

Here's the starting grid for F1's 2025 Dutch GP

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-08-30 15:28





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  Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

 
 


 
 
 
 
 
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  Lando Norris (McLaren)




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  Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

 
 


 
 
 
 
 
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  Isack Hadjar (Racing ...Keep reading

Close call for William Byron in Darlington Cup practice: "Wake up"

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-08-30 15:21
Early in practice for the 16 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers, regular season champion William Byron was exiting Turn 2 when he encountered an unexpected roadblock.
Byron, who is tied with Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson for the most points after the reset, was rapidly approaching Josh Berry and Chris Buescher as they exited the pits.
While Berry was a non-issue, Buescher kept ...Keep reading

F1 2025 qualifying head-to-head: Dutch GP

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-08-30 15:17
After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.
This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.
When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.
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F1 Dutch GP: Oscar Piastri grabs pole by 0.012s from Lando Norris

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-08-30 15:10
McLaren's Oscar Piastri has defeated team-mate Lando Norris for a fifth pole of 2025 at Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix.
Although Norris had been the fastest of the two McLaren drivers over the balance of the weekend, Piastri narrowly edged ahead of his title rival on the first run of Q3.
Qualifying was held in sunny conditions after overnight rain had washed away some of the grip on offer at ...Keep reading

Why Pirelli is having to work on “worst-case scenario” for F1 2026

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-08-30 13:46
On a weekend where one Formula 1 team has said it hasn’t even let its drivers ‘test’ its 2026 car in the simulator yet, the new ruleset has begun to take on the aspect of a large-scale thought experiment.
So extensive are the changes – narrower, lighter cars with active aerodynamics and a 50:50 split of power deployment between the electrical system and the internal combustion engine ...Keep reading

WATCH: Russell and Alonso narrowly avoid contact in FP3

Formula 1 - Sat, 2025-08-30 13:36
George Russell and Fernando Alonso had a very close call in an unusual incident during third and final practice at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Norris dominates FP3 from Piastri ahead of Dutch Grand Prix

Formula 1 - Sat, 2025-08-30 13:36
Lando Norris completed a clean sweep of fastest Free Practice times ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix, finishing more than two-tenths clear of McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri in the third session.

Weug beats Palmowski to pole position in Zandvoort

Formula 1 - Sat, 2025-08-30 13:36
Ferrari driver Maya Weug returned to the top of the timesheets in Zandvoort as she secured pole position in a remarkably competitive and eventful F1 ACADEMY Qualifying session.

AS IT HAPPENED: Third practice for the Dutch GP

Formula 1 - Sat, 2025-08-30 13:36
Live coverage of the third Formula 1 practice session for the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort.

Toto Wolff reveals Christian Horner's text after Red Bull F1 exit

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-08-30 12:28
Toto Wolff has conceded it feels odd not to have his bitter long-time Formula 1 rival Christian Horner to spar against after the latter's Red Bull exit.
Horner was removed from his position as Red Bull boss after July's British Grand Prix, ending a successful two-decade reign that made him one of F1's biggest and divisive players.
On his way to the top, Horner often sparred with his ...Keep reading

F1 Dutch GP: Lando Norris edges Oscar Piastri in FP3

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-08-30 11:40
McLaren's Lando Norris has edged Oscar Piastri to top third and final practice at Formula 1's 2025 Dutch Grand Prix.
Norris will go into qualifying after taking a clean sweep of practice sessions in the Netherlands as he aims to repeat last year's pole-to-flag victory to further close the gap to his team-mate and title rival.
The final one-hour session got off to a tepid start, largely due ...Keep reading

Flavio Briatore: New Renault CEO will have no impact on Alpine's F1 future

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-08-30 09:18
Flavio Briatore has declared “everybody’s happy” at the Alpine Formula 1 outfit and a change of CEO at parent company Renault will not affect the project.
The Renault Group confirmed Francois Provost as its new CEO in July following the departure of Luca de Meo, who started the role in 2020.
But Alpine executive adviser Briatore reckons this will not affect the F1 team, which has been ...Keep reading

Popular streamer IShowSpeed drives NASCAR stock car at Daytona

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-08-29 23:02
As part of his 'Speed Does America' marathon livestream, popular streamer IShowSpeed went to Daytona International Speedway where he met up with Spire Motorsports driver and 2024 NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year, Carson Hocevar. Daytona track president Frank Kelleher was also present for the get-together.
IShowSpeed has over 43 million subscribers on YouTube and 1.4 million followers on Twitch ...Keep reading

Mercedes’ Toto Wolff aware of celebrity status, AI ‘deepfake porn’ in his likeness

Motorsport - Fri, 2025-08-29 22:35
Toto Wolff is no longer just one of the most successful team principals in Formula 1 history. In an era where Grand Prix racing is booming, and with the Brad Pitt-led “F1 – The Movie” to cinemas worldwide this year, the 53-year-old Austrian has also become a global social media icon.
As early as 2019, a photo surfaced on the internet during nationwide protests in Lebanon against ...Keep reading

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