Sainz on Dutch GP penalty: “I thought I had saved someone’s life”
The Ferrari driver was given a five-second penalty for an unsafe release from his final pitstop in the Zandvoort race when Fernando Alonso clipped him while he left his pitbox.Due to the cramped set-up of the Zandvoort pitlane and McLaren undertaking a pitstop for Lando Norris at the same time, Sainz initially had room to […]
Alonso: Dutch GP was “70 laps of qualifying” in recovery to sixth
Alonso dropped out in Q2 on Saturday at Zandvoort after being hindered by traffic but managed to battle his way up the order through the opening stint of the race.Alpine was one of the first teams to switch to the hard compound tyre, helping Alonso move up the order before planning a return to softs […]
Hamilton late in selecting right engine mode for Dutch GP restart
The Mercedes driver had looked on course to challenge Max Verstappen for victory at Zandvoort after a strong run through much of the race, but the events were turned on their head by late VSC and safety car periods.For the latter, Red Bull had elected to sacrifice track position to switch Verstappen to the softs […]
Ten things we learned from the 2022 Dutch Grand Prix
The capacity crowd at Zandvoort was treated to exactly what it wanted as Max Verstappen triumphed on home soil to take his win tally for 2022 into double digits. For those watching on TV, they were treated to what they wanted too as, after the race initially appeared to be a damp squib, it evolved […]
Verstappen: “Very surprising” Mercedes could make one-stop work at Zandvoort
Verstappen scored his 10th victory of the season at Zandvoort on Sunday after overtaking Lewis Hamilton on the final safety car restart using fresh tyres.Mercedes managed to get Hamilton and teammate George Russell into contention after opting for a one-stop strategy and displaying good pace on both the medium and the hard tyre.Had it not […]
F1 teams know they are “vomit bags” for angry drivers, says Wolff
Hamilton was left furious after Mercedes elected to keep him out on old mediums at the late safety car in Zandvoort, which left him exposed to Max Verstappen behind him who had stopped for fresh softs.The situation had further shifted against Hamilton when his teammate George Russell, who had initially been behind him and could […]
Horner surprised Mercedes didn’t use Russell to protect Hamilton
Verstappen controlled proceedings at the front of the pack for much of Sunday’s race at Zandvoort, only for a late-race safety car following Valtteri Bottas’s stoppage to throw a curveball.Red Bull opted to give up track position and pit Verstappen for a fresh set of soft tyres, while Mercedes kept Lewis Hamilton out on his […]
2022 F1 World Championship standings after the Dutch GP
Who is leading the 2022 F1 World Championship Drivers’ points?Red Bull’s reigning champion Verstappen scored a maximum 26 points at Zandvoort and his lead in the World Championship is up to 109 points over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who moves back to second in points ahead of Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez.Perez is level with Leclerc on […]
Mercedes explains F1 strategy decision that left Hamilton furious in Dutch GP
The Mercedes team principal explained his squad’s call to leave Lewis Hamilton out on medium tyres in the lead while Red Bull pitted Max Verstappen for softs under a late safety car in the Zandvoort race.Under the same safety car, Mercedes pitted George Russell for softs, putting him behind Verstappen on track in third place, […]
Dutch GP chiefs vow zero tolerance approach to flares for F1 race day
Although the Zandvoort circuit has made clear already that flares should not be taken in to the venue, that has not stopped some fans sneaking them in.But the problems became extreme on Saturday when, on two separate occasions, orange flares were thrown on to the track during qualifying.The first flare landed in the middle of […]