Formula 1: Lando Norris rules Verstappen’s home | Formula 1

Lando Norris (McLaren) won the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday, the 15th race of the Formula 1 World Championship, to achieve his second victory in 2024 – after the first place in the Miami GP – and thus continued his series of victories (5) at the hands of Max Verstappen (Red Bull) who finished second, 22.276 seconds behind Norris, and returned to the podium after Silverstone.

However, the day did not start in the best way for Lando Norris, who did not take advantage of the opportunity. pole position, He again failed to get off the ground, with Max Verstappen taking over, despite starting on the dirtier side of the track.

It was a much-desired start for thousands of Dutchmen in the afternoon, which became even more vital after the 17th of the 72 laps of the Zandvoort circuit, when Norris got inside the Dutchman’s RDS to take the lead on the next pass along the finishing straight.

First, also McLaren led by Oscar Piastri. Surprised, He also lost one place to George Russell (Mercedes), preventing Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) from capitalising on his good start to move up to fourth. However, the Monegasque would end up taking the final podium spot.

Without incident, and with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) pushing the soft tyres to the limit and quickly regaining five places (in addition to qualifying poorly, he also had three penalty places for the previous incident with Sergio Perez), attention shifted back to the front, where Norris gained five seconds in just eight laps over Max Verstappen, who was reporting reliability issues with the RB20.

In the pit battle, Leclerc was the biggest beneficiary, taking places from Russell, who had a slower pit stop, and Piastri. Norris extended his advantage to 8.5 seconds over Verstappen midway through the race, giving him excellent chances of winning.

Until the end, among the scoring positions, Leclerc and Piastri fought hard for the podium and Hamilton (who had returned to soft) went in search of Russell and Perez, who ended up not finding them, and finished eighth in the Grand Prix without incidents or retirements that preceded the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

And so McLaren won from the start. pole position12 years after Hamilton was the last to achieve it.