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2023 Formula 1 Dutch GP
Aug 24, 2023 to Aug 27, 2023
| Zandvoort, NL
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Formula 1 Dutch GP
F1 Dutch GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP3 & Qualifying
Saturday's action from the 13th round of the 2023 Formula 1 season
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Off track
05:58:03 am
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Zhou is OK as he hops out of his car, he avoided any barriers so it is just gravel and pride damage that he has suffered. The crane is readied to fling his Alfa Romeo into orbit and out of harm's way.
Red flag
05:55:58 am
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Another red flag and this time it is Zhou who has spun off at Turn 14 and got beached in the gravel.
05:55:28 am
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Matt Kew is back for more Turn 3 insights: "Everyone seemed to settle on a high line through the banked Turn 3 last season. But this intermittent rain has seemingly turned the clock back to 2021, when drivers were continuously experimenting.
"Verstappen is confident to run high around the top of the bowl, Hamilton sticks to the middle of the road. Leclerc doesn’t appear to have the luxury of choice. Barrels of understeer into the corner, lots of oversteer on exit."
Stopwatch
05:54:18 am
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Verstappen and Norris, both on inters, respond to go top again. The Dutch driver leads the way with a 1m25.197s - 1.5s quicker than Norris.
Stopwatch
05:53:28 am
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Leclerc, on full wet tyres, sets a new best lap of 1m27.238s before running on into Turn 1 and locks his tyres - just avoiding pinging the barrier.
Stopwatch
05:50:49 am
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The rain has returned again, but some drivers are still pushing on with the intermediate tyres. Verstappen leads the early times with a 1m27.514s.
05:48:28 am
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Worse news for Haas is Magnussen has damaged the team's new parts, right after Hulkenberg biffed his new front wing in first practice. Speaking to Sky Sports F1, Steiner says he is "pissed off" at that out-lap crash. Time to call Gene.
05:46:27 am
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Final practice will restart at 11:47 local time.
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05:44:57 am
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Live scenes from Turn 3 from our reporter turned photographer Matt Kew.
Photo by: Matt Kew
Crash
05:42:26 am
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The Danish Haas driver was on his first out-lap of the session and he drops the car under power through the banked Turn 3. It sends the rear of his car into the wall and the impact is enough to make sure that car is going nowhere.
Red flag
05:39:49 am
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Magnussen is facing the wrong way at the exit of Turn 3. That's triggered a red flag.
05:39:17 am
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A handful of drivers are already running on the intermediate tyres despite conditions being no better than they were at the start of the session.
Off track
05:38:07 am
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There are plenty of cars of track trying conditions now, as Perez suffers the same fate as Norris at Turn 11, but keeps clear of the walls as he bounces over the gravel.
Off track
05:36:47 am
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It wasn't a puddle but a white line at the top of Turn 3 that sends Verstappen into a slide and he does well to avoid drifting into the barriers. Norris has also gone off track, this time at Turn 11, but no harm done.
05:35:12 am
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Given the sloped characteristics of this revamped track, there are a lot of puddles around the track that are waiting to catch the drivers out.
05:33:10 am
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Verstappen is joined by newbie Lawson for a splash around Zandvoort. The adrenaline must be pumping through the young Kiwi.
05:31:42 am
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Verstappen, almost at the will of his home fans, unusually heads out early in the session to be the first to test the conditions. From memory this is the first wet session at Zandvoort since F1 returned in 2021.
Green flag
05:30:24 am
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The F1 graphics team have been busy since FP2 too, given they've got a Lawson AlphaTauri banner above his garage and on the screen in the correct gear. Handy. Anyway, FP3 is under way.
05:27:38 am
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Amid all of that, it was Norris who topped the dry Friday running from Verstappen, but that data will count for little today given it is soaking wet and very chilly.
05:25:53 am
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By coincidence, this scenario unfolded almost exactly a year ago. When Albon was forced out after Friday at the Italian GP, de Vries got the call-up and impressed at Williams enough to get a drive at AlphaTauri for this year. That was until he was axed after 10 races and replaced by Ricciardo...
05:23:30 am
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With Ricciardo out, it is a huge day for Lawson. He needs to get up to speed immediately, having never driven this AlphaTauri F1 car before, and he has just one practice session, in the wet, to get up to speed. Good luck, Liam.
Rain
05:21:08 am
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Zandvoort is soaking wet due to heavy rain that is set to hang around for much of today, so final practice will definitely be wet and there is a good chance it'll be the same for qualifying. The weather very much reflecting Ricciardo's mood.
Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari
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Green flag
05:18:02 am
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Good morning one and all! Well, not such a good morning for Ricciardo, but a surprisingly busy one for Lawson...
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Published: Aug 26, 2023, 9:58 AM
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