The 2023 Netherlands Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 14th round of the 2023 season taking place in the Netherlands between August 25th-27th.

The event timetable for the Dutch Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 12:30 local time - 10:30 GMT
2nd Practice 16:00 local time - 14:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 11:30 local time - 09:30 GMT
Qualifying 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

[cmlean]

FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:11.852	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	1:12.130	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
3	1:12.225	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
4	1:12.323	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
5	1:12.447	Alexander Albon	  Williams
6	1:12.460	Lando Norris	  McLaren
7	1:12.617	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
8	1:12.658	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
9	1:12.749	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
10	1:12.802	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
11	1:12.813	George Russell	  Mercedes
12	1:12.895	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
13	1:12.990	Daniel Ricciardo  AlphaTauri
14	1:13.322	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
15	1:13.448	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
16	1:13.519	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
17	1:13.826	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
18	1:14.023	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
19	1:14.803	Robert Shwartzman Ferrari
20	No Time		Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin

[cmlean]

Welcome back from the summer break.
Many teams ran new areo components and spent time evaluating whether their time spent in development was valuable.
Lance Stroll had a power unit problem and missed most of the session.

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FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:11.330	Lando Norris	  McLaren
2	1:11.353	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
3	1:11.599	Alexander Albon	  Williams
4	1:11.638	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
5	1:11.720	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
6	1:11.766	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
7	1:11.817	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
8	1:11.835	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
9	1:11.857	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
10	1:11.863	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
11	1:11.915	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
12	1:11.934	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
13	1:12.001	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
14	1:12.009	George Russell	  Mercedes
15	1:12.074	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
16	1:12.093	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
17	1:12.404	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
18	1:12.693	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
19	1:12.901	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
20	1:13.096	Daniel Ricciardo  AlphaTauri

[cmlean]

Oscar Piastri lost the rear of his McLaren entering the banked turn 3 and hit the barriers rear first and then the front.
Daniel Ricciardo, following not too far behind, was unable to avoid the incident and himself hit the barrier with the right front of his AfphaTauri.
Unfortunately for Daniel, the impact also caused him to break his left hand and he is out for the rest of the weekend. His place will be taken by Liam Lawson for the remainder of the grand prix weekend.

Surprise package so far is the pace of the Williams. Both drivers have been showing some incredible speed throughout the Friday sessions.

[cmlean]

FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:21.631	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:22.010	George Russell	Mercedes
3	1:22.631	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
4	1:22.634	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
5	1:22.723	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
6	1:22.750	Alexander Albon	Williams
7	1:22.892	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
8	1:22.965	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
9	1:23.093	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
10	1:23.158	Lando Norris	McLaren
11	1:23.210	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
12	1:23.438	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
13	1:23.544	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
14	1:23.570	Logan Sargeant	Williams
15	1:23.640	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
16	1:23.806	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
17	1:24.058	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
18	1:26.343	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri
19	1:28.482	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
20	No Time		Kevin Magnussen	Haas

[cmlean]

The rain came and turned Saturday on its head.

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Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:10.567	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:11.104	Lando Norris	McLaren
3	1:11.294	George Russell	Mercedes
4	1:11.419	Alexander Albon	Williams
5	1:11.506	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
6	1:11.754	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
7	1:11.880	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
8	1:11.938	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
9	1:12.665	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
10	1:16.748	Logan Sargeant	Williams
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11	1:20.121	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
12	1:20.128	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
13	1:20.151	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
14	1:20.230	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
15	1:20.250	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
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16	1:22.067	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
17	1:22.110	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
18	1:22.192	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
19	1:22.260	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
20	1:23.420	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri

[cmlean]

Qualifying became a battle of survival with the changing weather conditions.
Q3 saw crashes by Logan Sargeant and Charles Leclerc with each incident bringing out the red flags.
Max Verstappen again rose to the top with Lando Norris pushing him all the way.
Alexander Albon surprised all with the Williams qualifying in 4th.
As mentioned, Logan Sargeant also pushed his Williams into Q3 for the first time this season.

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Results

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Pos	Driver		Team
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
3	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
7	Lando Norris	McLaren
8	Alexander Albon	Williams
9	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
13	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
17	George Russell	Mercedes
DNF	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
DNF	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
DNF	Logan Sargeant	Williams

Next: Round of Italy '23
Date: 1st - 3rd September 2023

[cmlean]

Well, throw some rain into the mix and it can turn a race on it's head.
An early downpour and a late race drenching that caused a red flag caused grief for a few drivers as well upsetting the team strategists.