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Sprint quali recap

Formula 1

F1 Dutch GP: Russell takes pole in tight sprint qualifying with Antonelli fifth

George Russell, who is trying to save his F1 2026 title bid, took his third sprint pole of the season at Zandvoort

George Russell, sprint pole winner: "It's great to be back here after the break, it's a circuit I really love and needs a lot of commitment. The lap felt really good, it all came together nicely, and the McLarens looked quick, the Ferraris looked quick, but happy to put it all together when it mattered." 

SQ3 order

1. Russell
2. Norris
3. Leclerc
4. Piastri
5. Antonelli
6. Verstappen
7. Hamilton
8. Gasly
9. Bortoleto
10. Lindblad

George Russell, Mercedes

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Hamilton loses a bunch of time somewhere and is 0.6s down, going seventh as Verstappen moves up to sixth.

Gasly then goes eighth to get ahead of Bortoleto and Lindblad. 

There's a car! Norris leaves the garage, and Mercedes decides that it should also go on-track, as does Leclerc. 

Soft tyres on, so likely just the one lap to generate the right tyre temperature. Hamilton, Lindblad, and Verstappen also join the fray.

SQ3 coming up, then, and we now progress onto the softest grade of tyre. Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Russell, Hamilton, Antonelli, Gasly, Verstappen, Lindblad, and Bortoleto to contest this one. 

Who'll get sprint pole?

"I don't know what happened in Q2," Lawson says, as his first run seemed to go awry - his second effort was a smidgen faster, despite the tyres losing their edge.

Still, a valiant effort from both he and Tsunoda, having not driven these cars beyond the one hour of practice. 

Eliminated in SQ2

11. Lawson
12. Tsunoda
13. Colapinto
14. Hulkenberg
15. Ocon
16. Albon

Tsunoda is just 0.009s off breaking into the top 10, but it's immaterial as Lindblad goes ninth to knock Lawson out. 

Eighth for Bortoleto, and within 0.8s of Piastri's benchmark. Ocon can't improve, so I think that's his session over, as Norris moves up to second. Lawson improves slightly on another run, but he drops to 10th as Gasly goes up to seventh.

So, Lawson's on the cusp now. 

So it's Hulkenberg, Albon, Bortoleto, Gasly, Lindblad, and Tsunoda in the drop zone - but the bottom four haven't done any laps yet.

Leclerc, Hamilton, Verstappen, and Colapinto won't go again - so the Argentine might be in danger here.

Leclerc splits the McLarens to go second, and Hamilton joins him in third place. Verstappen goes up to fifth.

Lawson is all arms and legs in trying to get the front end of the car working - he posts a lap 1.1s off the best, and 0.4s off Verstappen.

Antonelli goes fourth, as Russell now goes third. 

Ocon starts a lap, feeling he only needs one lap to get the tyres up to temp - remember, medium tyres again in SQ2. 

The Haas driver does a 1m13.893s, while Albon can only gather a 1m14.294s - but he's on used mediums. 

Hulkenberg is second of the three to lap the track so far.

Aston Martin says that the straight line mode wasn't working on Alonso's car in that session - so that explains some of his woes in the session. 

Good lap from Lawson there, 0.17s up on Verstappen in that session. Wouldn't have imagined we'd be saying that in his first two Red Bull outings last year...

Eliminated in SQ1

17. Bearman
18. Sainz
19. Stroll
20. Bottas
21. Perez
22. Alonso

Stroll stays 18th on his latest effort, and I don't think he'll be able to go again. Alonso gets a tow off a Cadillac, but it's only P21. 

Hulkenberg now throws down another time and goes 12th, as Tsunoda hits 13th.

Ocon gets out of the bottom six and goes 14th. 

Lawson is up to sixth, that's a good lap to split the Mercedes pair.

Alonso has had a lock-up at Turn 1, so he needs to get a lap in now. Stroll's trying to get out of the drop zone too, as Sainz sits on the cusp. 

Lots happening, and the drivers will run continuously until the end.

Stroll, Bearman, Bottas, Perez, Antonelli, and Alonso are in the drop zone - until Antonelli goes seventh fastest to put Ocon in the bottom six. 

Antonelli is doing a second prep lap, as he's first to cross the line. Russell doing the same here. You need to get the tyre temperature into these mediums, so it's not too surprising to see them go twice.

Antonelli and Russell will open first. 

SQ1: Who's at risk?

Unsurprisingly, the Williams and Cadillac duo might be most at risk of a drop in the opening part of qualifying, and you're looking at potentially an Aston Martin, the Haases, an upgrade-less Colapinto, and maybe Tsunoda on the cusp. 

But let's see - traffic could play a role. 

Yuki Tsunoda, Racing Bulls

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Lawson and Tsunoda watch

Liam Lawson's back in a Red Bull, covering for the injured Isack Hadjar, but FP1 was tough as his fastest lap was undone by traffic and a Turn 11 slide. He was 14th, and about half a second off Max Verstappen - himself only 11th.

Tsunoda, back in F1 to take Lawson's seat, was 17th and 0.8s down on Arvid Lindblad - both will be gunning to break into SQ2. 

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Sergio Perez, Cadillac Racing, Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls

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FP1 recap

Kimi Antonelli might have been quickest in FP1, but it was very close-run between him, Lando Norris, George Russell, and the two Ferraris.

Here's how it went down this morning.

Formula 1

F1 Dutch GP: Antonelli pips Norris in practice amid poor showing for Red Bull

The F1 championship leader topped the sole practice session upon returning from the summer break at the Dutch GP

Sprint qualifying - coming up!

Hello again! We're back, and raring to go for sprint qualifying. 30 minutes to go until our quick-fire runs around the Zandvoort circuit.

Let's get started, shall we?

Alexander Albon, Williams

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