Dutch F1 Grand Prix Qualifying – Live

Key events

Show cardinal events only

Please move connected JavaScript to usage this feature

I person emotions, I still consciousness everything that everyone other feels. It’s conscionable that, being blunt, I deliberation a batch of emotions are not that helpful.

Oscar Piastri, nan existent drivers’ title leader, said to Giles Richards up of nan Dutch Grand Prix astir really he is handling nan unit of trying to triumph a first world title.

Preamble

Lando Norris comes into qualifying astatine Zandvoort conscionable 9 points down teammate Oscar Piastri successful nan drivers’ title and hopeful of rod position aft topping nan standings successful each believe convention astatine nan Dutch Grand Prix.

Piastri was only marginally slower than Norris but their McLarens were importantly quicker than George Russell’s Mercedes successful last practice. For comparison, location was a akin spread betwixt nan McLarens arsenic from Russell to Esteban Ocon’s Haas successful 18th.

Norris said that this agelong long that now runs into nan season’s climax will beryllium “tricky”. He will request to trim retired immoderate of nan errors that person costs him points truthful acold during nan campaign. When nan margins are truthful tight betwixt nan 2 McLaren teammates, nan destination of of nan drivers’ title will apt beryllium decided by who makes nan slightest mistakes. Norris accepts he has could person been successful a amended position astatine this shape but is not going to hit himself up astir it. He said connected Thursday: “Could I person astatine times made possibly amended decisions? I deliberation so.

“I wouldn’t opportunity I regret it. But do I wish I could do it amended and do it again, yeah. But I don’t regret making those decisions astatine nan time. That’s life.

“Sometimes it goes your measurement and you get fortunate and sometimes it goes nan different measurement and you don’t make nan champion decisions but those are nan times you study nan most.”

Further down nan grid, Carlos Sainz successful nan Williams had bully gait successful nan last practice, arsenic did Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Despite looking intimately matched connected Friday, Lewis Hamilton successful nan 2nd Ferrari was 0.435secs down his teammate.

Hamilton appeared very downbeat aft a mediocre showing successful nan past Grand Prix astatine nan Hungaoring, but appears to person returned successful a much affirmative mindset successful nan Netherlands, saying connected Thursday that he is “focusing connected my occupation that I love”.

We are expecting a McLaren one-two astatine nan beforehand of nan grid but nan different places are very overmuch up for grabs.