The 2025 Dutch Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 15th round of the 2025 season taking place in the Netherlands between August 29th-31st.

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

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:10.278	Lando Norris	  McLaren
2	1:10.570	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
3	1:10.779	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
4	1:10.841	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
5	1:11.171	Alexander Albon	  Williams
6	1:11.218	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
7	1:11.386	George Russell	  Mercedes
8	1:11.458	Carlos Sainz	  Williams
9	1:11.509	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
10	1:11.613	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
11	1:11.753	Liam Lawson	  Racing Bulls
12	1:11.772	Isack Hadjar	  Racing Bulls
13	1:11.875	Nico Hulkenberg	  Sauber
14	1:11.951	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
15	1:11.960	Lewis Hamilton	  Ferrari
16	1:12.126	Yuki Tsunoda	  Red Bull Racing
17	1:12.144	Esteban Ocon	  Haas
18	1:12.276	Franco Colapinto  Alpine
19	1:12.564	Oliver Bearman	  Haas
20	1:14.275	Kimi Antonelli	  Mercedes

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FP2

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:09.890	Lando Norris	  McLaren
2	1:09.977	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
3	1:09.979	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
4	1:10.274	George Russell	  Mercedes
5	1:10.478	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
6	1:10.738	Lewis Hamilton	  Ferrari
7	1:10.795	Yuki Tsunoda	  Red Bull Racing
8	1:10.834	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
9	1:10.957	Franco Colapinto  Alpine
10	1:11.080	Nico Hulkenberg	  Sauber
11	1:11.113	Oliver Bearman	  Haas
12	1:11.185	Kimi Antonelli	  Mercedes
13	1:11.320	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
14	1:11.339	Liam Lawson	  Racing Bulls
15	1:11.361	Esteban Ocon	  Haas
16	1:11.682	Carlos Sainz	  Williams
17	1:11.756	Alexander Albon	  Williams
18	1:11.975	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
19	1:12.122	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
20	No Time		Isack Hadjar	  Racing Bulls

[cmlean]

Friday was a busy day with drivers running into the sand traps and bringing out the red flags.
Lance Stroll had a big crash in turn 3. He appeared to lose adhesion in the front and plowed into the barriers on the outside of the banking. He seemed to come out of the car without any injuries. The same can't be said for the car with both right corners hanging on the tethers as it was hauled away.
Isack Hadjar had a mechanical issue with his Racing Bull and he stopped it on track on his first run.
Lewis Hamilton is still struggling with his Ferrari. He lost the rear in both sessions, spinning the car a full 360 degrees before resuming. That has now affected his race strategy with a set of softs and a set of mediums both flat spotted and useless for the remainder of the weekend.

[cmlean]

FP3

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team	
1	1:08.972	Lando Norris	  McLaren	
2	1:09.214	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren	
3	1:09.858	George Russell	  Mercedes	
4	1:09.913	Carlos Sainz	  Williams	
5	1:09.925	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing	
6	1:09.938	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari	
7	1:10.099	Alexander Albon	  Williams	
8	1:10.103	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin	
9	1:10.166	Isack Hadjar	  Racing Bulls	
10	1:10.232	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin	
11	1:10.300	Liam Lawson	  Racing Bulls	
12	1:10.349	Yuki Tsunoda	  Red Bull Racing	
13	1:10.361	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber	
14	1:10.373	Lewis Hamilton	  Ferrari	
15	1:10.595	Oliver Bearman	  Haas	
16	1:10.599	Nico Hulkenberg	  Sauber	
17	1:10.697	Kimi Antonelli	  Mercedes	
18	1:10.801	Esteban Ocon	  Haas	
19	1:10.963	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine	
20	1:11.054	Franco Colapinto  Alpine	

[cmlean]

Lance Stroll's mechanics worked into the night to rebuild his Aston Martin with a new chassis as well as suspension components.
He repaid them with a solid performance in the practice session.

[cmlean]

Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:08.662	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
2	1:08.674	Lando Norris	  McLaren
3	1:08.925	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:09.208	Isack Hadjar	  Racing Bulls
5	1:09.255	George Russell	  Mercedes
6	1:09.340	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
7	1:09.390	Lewis Hamilton	  Ferrari
8	1:09.500	Liam Lawson	  Racing Bulls
9	1:09.505	Carlos Sainz	  Williams
10	1:09.630	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
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11	1:09.493	Kimi Antonelli	  Mercedes
12	1:09.622	Yuki Tsunoda	  Red Bull Racing
13	1:09.622	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
14	1:09.637	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
15	1:09.652	Alexander Albon	  Williams
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16	1:10.104	Franco Colapinto  Alpine
17	1:10.195	Nico Hulkenberg	  Sauber
18	1:10.197	Esteban Ocon	  Haas
19	1:10.262	Oliver Bearman	  Haas
20	No Time		Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin

[cmlean]

What a great qualifying session!
This went down to the wire with none of the top 3 going faster on their second runs after each improved on their early sector times.
Isack Hadjar showed both how good he and the Racing Bull is qualifying in 4th.
Liam Lawson also showed moments of brilliance qualifying his Racing Bull inside the top 10.
The Ferrari duo seem to have found a happy medium with Leclerc and Hamilton in 6th and 7th for the Grand Prix.

[cmlean]

Results

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Pos	Driver		  Team
1	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
2	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
3	Isack Hadjar	  Racing Bulls
4	George Russell	  Mercedes
5	Alexander Albon	  Williams
6	Oliver Bearman	  Haas
7	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
8	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
9	Yuki Tsunoda	  Red Bull Racing
10	Esteban Ocon	  Haas
11	Franco Colapinto  Alpine
12	Liam Lawson	  Racing Bulls
13	Carlos Sainz	  Williams
14	Nico Hulkenberg	  Sauber
15	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
16	Kimi Antonelli	  Mercedes
17	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
DNF	Lando Norris	  McLaren
DNF	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	  Ferrari

Next: Round of Italy '26
Date: 5th-7th September 2026

[cmlean]

Well, what a race!
Oscar Piastri controlled the race from the front, closely followed by Lando Norris for the bulk of the race. Unfortunately for Norris, this Mercedes power unit let go when in sight of the finish. Max Verstappen kept the McLaren duo in sight for the race and finished in 2nd, closely follow by, who has to be the Driver of the Day, Isack Hadjar. The Racing Bulls driver had a superb run, commencing from grid position 4 after a sensational qualifying, to finish on the podium for the first time in his Formula 1 career.
The next best drive would have to go to Ollie Bearman who, after starting the race from pit lane, finished in 6th position. He did benefit from a late double penalty of 15 seconds to fellow rookie Kimi Antonelli but was only promoted up one position following the penalty application.