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Norris’ championship takes a huge hit
It wasn’t the weekend Lando Norris was hoping for. Zandvoort has usually been “his” territory, but Oscar Piastri stepped up massively — not only compared to the last two years, but also across this weekend — and was on course to extend his lead with another victory.
Instead, Norris’ race ended a few laps before the chequered flag, and the ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri has boosted his Formula 1 2025 title hopes by winning the Dutch Grand Prix from pole, while McLaren team-mate and rival Lando Norris retired from second with mechanical issues.
Piastri and Norris looked set to score a straightforward fifth consecutive 1-2 finish for McLaren after the Australian kept his lead into Turn 1 and the Briton recovered the position he lost to Red Bull's ...Keep reading

Live coverage of the Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2025 in Zandvoort.

The full official starting order for Sunday's 2025 Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort.

Maya Weug rounded off a mighty weekend in Zandvoort with a decisive victory in Race 2 to continue her fight for the title, with standings leader Doriane Pin taking third place behind Alisha Palmowski.

Aston Martin was the surprise of Friday practice at the Dutch Grand Prix, yet Fernando Alonso knew that reality would strike in the Formula 1 qualifying session on Saturday.
The Spaniard will start today’s race at Zandvoort in 10th with team-mate Lance Stroll at the back, the Canadian’s crash in Q1 meaning he failed to set a laptime. 
This is despite the pair finishing inside the top ...Keep reading

Niki Lauda took his 25th and final Grand Prix victory, 40 years ago at Zandvoort. F1 Hall of Fame journalist David Tremayne looks back at the Austrian's last hurrah in his final season of Formula 1.

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc shared contrasting experiences in Qualifying at the Dutch Grand Prix, despite just one position separating the Ferrari team mates.

Haas Formula 1 driver Oliver Bearman will start from the pitlane in Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix after taking a brand-new power unit, making the most of a woeful qualifying session.
The British rookie had been facing a grid penalty as he was on the fourth power unit for the season, the maximum number allowed under the regulations.
Qualifying a disastrous 19th for an expected one-stop race at ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton may have been outqualified by Ferrari Formula 1 team-mate Charles Leclerc for a fourth consecutive time at the Dutch Grand Prix, but he still had reasons to smile.
Unlike both Spa-Francorchamps sessions – where he was out in Q1 – and his Hungarian Q2 exit, Hamilton made it to the last segment of qualifying for the first time since the British GP. The Englishman outpaced ...Keep reading

Silverstone’s hopes of returning to the World Endurance Championship have been boosted by confirmation that any calendar expansion for 2027 would come with an additional race in Europe. 
Series boss Frederic Lequien replied “definitely” when asked by Motorsport.com if a ninth race for the season after next would be in Europe. 
But he refused to be drawn on whether Silvestone, which ...Keep reading

Pirelli’s ongoing quest to provide strategic variation has come up short at Zandvoort, largely owing to the relatively short lap (4.259km) and the narrowness of its layout. Overtaking hasn’t been easy here given the speed of modern F1 cars, even with the conversion of the final corner to a banked profile. A narrow, crowded lap naturally prompts teams to default to a one-stop strategy here to ...Keep reading

As expected, McLaren locked out the front row for Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix. The outcome was, however, slightly surprising in two ways.
Firstly, Oscar Piastri struck when it mattered most, despite Lando Norris having had the edge in all practice sessions. Secondly, the gap to Max Verstappen was significantly smaller than anticipated after FP3. During that final practice session, McLaren had ...Keep reading

Rally Paraguay leader Sebastien Ogier says the fight for victory is “not over” and “many things can still happen” following a stunning fight back from eighth.
The eight-time world champion has so far endured an eventful maiden visit to Paraguay, beginning with a puncture on Friday’s second stage that cost the Toyotas more than half a minute.
After dropping to eighth, Ogier reeled ...Keep reading

Brandon Burgess is challenging himself to attend every Formula 1 race in 2025 on a £20,000 budget and only using 28 days' annual leave.

Brandon Burgess is challenging himself to attend every Formula 1 race in 2025 on a £20,000 budget and only using 28 days' annual leave.

Brandon Burgess is challenging himself to attend every Formula 1 race in 2025 on a £20,000 budget and only using 28 days' annual leave.

Brandon Burgess is challenging himself to attend every Formula 1 race in 2025 on a £20,000 budget and only using 28 days' annual leave.

The competition eventually solved it for him but Connor Zilisch was having a leisurely uneventful drive on Saturday in the Xfinity Series race at Portland.
He was downright bored by his own admission.
Zilisch led the first 67 laps, and since this was a standalone road course race, he couldn't even lose the lead on pit road, allowing him to just drive away over the course of two green flag ...Keep reading