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“I did everything to stay out of the way” — Hamilton handed 3-place grid drop for impeding Sergio Pérez in F1 Dutch GP qualifying

After having been the protagonist in the last races of the category (winning 2/3), Lewis Hamilton came back from F1’s first summer break of the year to compete with a Mercedes in a race pace that promised. However, the 39-year-old driver did not find his way past Q2, after leading Q1 for a moment and…

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Alex Albon disqualified for technical infringement, loses P8 starting spot for F1 Dutch GP

Williams’ shocking day at Zandvoort ended with a disqualification for Alex Albon. Following Logan Sargeant’s massive crash in FP3, the Grove-based team only had one car in qualifying. The Thai driver had done an excellent job in the session itself, qualifying P8 on the grid, ahead of the likes of Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton….

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Norris “not expecting anything easy” on Sunday despite dominant F1 Dutch GP pole position

Lando Norris scored the fourth pole position of his career and the third of the 2024 season at the Dutch GP, in dominant fashion over home favourite Max Verstappen, who was left three tenths down in second place, and half-a-second clear of his team-mate Oscar Piastri – but the Briton is not expecting to have…

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Verstappen keeping “realistic” about chances of winning F1 Dutch GP after being three tenths down in qualifying

Max Verstappen goes into Sunday at the 2024 Dutch GP looking to score a fourth consecutive race win at his home turf, but is well aware that he needs to keep expectations “realistic” after lapping over three tenths slower than pole-sitter and closest championship opponent Lando Norris in qualifying. The reigning three-time world champion had…

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F1 | Dutch GP | Qualifying | Verstappen splits the McLarens as Norris takes dominant pole at Zandvoort

Formula 1 resumed activity after the first break of the year to race in Zandvoort. Ahead, a qualifying session that promised emotion thanks to the weather conditions that had already made an appearance in FP3, where an incident by Logan Sargeant (who drove two tires on the wet grass and destroyed the Williams) left the…

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F1 | Dutch GP | FP2 | Russell on top ahead of Piastri and Hamilton as Hulkenberg crashes out

It’s time for the second practice session of the day in Zandvoort, following the earlier damp one led by Norris.  Gasly and Sargeant were the first two drivers back on the much drier track, with Perez signing the first timed lap in 1:13.108s, lowered by his teammate Max Verstappen by over a second. Albon, Tsunoda…

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George Russell knew he was “light” before F1 Belgian GP disqualification but change “was too late”

Mercedes F1 driver George Russell was aware he was ‘a little bit light’ ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix, where he was given a post-race disqualification where his car was found to be 1.5kg under the weight limit. The Brackley-based outfit investigated the faults and why Russell got disqualified and found that in tandem with…

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Piastri opens up on rib injury caused by incorrect F1 seat fit: “A pressure point which eventually gave up”

The Australian driver had announced his injury via his social media accounts at the beginning of the summer break, revealing that he had found out he had broken a rib the day before the British GP by posting a picture of his scan. Piastri opened up on the injury in his first official media outing…

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