Lando Norris won the Dutch Grand Prix, putting in a superb drive to retake the lead in a thrilling fight with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli late in the race, after the Italian had led for most of the majority of the 72 laps. The McLaren driver ultimately beat Antonelli into second and his Mercedes teammate George Russell into third, in a race that was marked on the opening lap with a huge, high-speed crash for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who fortunately emerged unscathed after his car was left in pieces.

The race at Zandvoort had looked to be in Antonelli’s hands after he made two decisive moves. He passed Russell to take second on the off and then Norris for the lead when they resumed with a restart after a 40-minute stoppage to clear the track of the debris of Verstappen’s car.

However Norris did all he could to keep the Italian honest and McLaren took a chance on running the defending world champion long before his final pit stop. It proved to be inspired. When Norris emerged on fresher rubber, he hared after the Mercedes, with Antonelli not enjoying the best grip and made a decisive move to take the lead with 15 laps remaining. A late virtual safety car led to Antonelli taking another stop in an effort to charge on new soft rubber and Russell reluctantly moved over for his teammate who was quicker.

Right, Giles Richards’s report from Zandvoort is now live, so I’ll send you in that direction. He’ll have more reaction later too. Thanks for joining us, and also to Yara for doing the heavy lifting on this race.

To the podium. The national anthem plays to mark Norris’s win and then it’s trophy time (a whopper, to be fair) … and then the champagne flows.

Norris, Antonelli and Russell are now on camera watching some of the race highlights, starting with the Verstappen crash. “That was a big one,” comes part of the debrief. Next up: the podium.

A splendid drive from Norris after giving up the lead at the start. Speaking on his race radio, Antonelli criticises his team’s tactics, calling them too risky, but a second place is still a strong return.

Lap 71 of 72: The battle is for third, but it’s still Russell in front of Hamilton. Time for the final lap …

Lap 70 of 72: There’s a good deal of debris around the Zandvoor track and this could give Russell a real chance of hanging on for third. Out in front, it’s still 11 seconds for Norris. He’s heading for victory. VSC is done.

Lap 69 of 72: Now Charles Leclerc is closing on this battle for third position. But now we have a virtual safety car …

Lap 68 of 72: This has been a mature drive from the world champion in a thrilling and chaotic race. He’s holding that advantage of 11 seconds. Hamilton is pursuing that podium but is just held off by his former teammate Russell.

Lap 67 of 72: Landon Norris has 11 seconds out in front after the frenetic pace. George Russell is third and battling to hold off Lewis Hamilton as they duel for a podium spot. It would seem more a matter of time for the Ferrari driver, but you never know.

Hello! Some race this. Let’s get into the final five laps …

James Dart is here to take you through the end of the Dutch GP.

Lap 64 of 72: Antonelli is 1.8sec behind Russell but Norris is still matching his pace.

Lap 62 of 72: Antonelli is catching up to Russell but Norris and Antonelli are lapping at the same pace. It is too early to say this is Norris’s to lose but he certainly has the advantage.

Lap 58 of 72: Norris: “Do you think we need to take it? Feeling a bit nervous now.” Too late, VSC is over. He leads by 6.2 sec from Russell, with Antonelli 6.3sec behind that.

Lap 57 of 72: Antonelli pits for a set of softs in a 4.6sec stop. The VSC is about to come to an end.

Lap 56 of 72: Lewis Hamilton: “Are you using me as a guinea pig or what? What’s going on? How long will you have me stay out?” He pits for 3.1sec as Leclerc and Piastri also come in.

Lap 55 of 72: Ocon stops at the third turn and the virtual safety car comes out.

Lap 54 of 72: What a move from Norris! On the first turn, he nearly hits Hamilton before cutting back between two cars and getting past Antonelli.

Lap 52 of 72: Antonelli has been caught by Norris, and the former tells his team that he has no rear grip, which is unideal.

Lap 50 of 72: Norris is speeding, 3.2sec behind Antonelli now. Hamilton, in the lead, gets into a bit of a tiff over the team radio when asked what tyres they should go on next. “You have the data,” he replies.

Lap 48 of 72: Norris stops for 3.2sec to get some hard tyres on and comes out in third, with Hamilton back in the lead.

Lap 47 of 72: “I have no grip,” says Antonelli and Norris leads on a set of 25-lap old hard tyres. He should be pitting soon, though.

Lap 45 of 72: Piastri pits and comes back out in seventh, behind Lawson.

Lap 44 of 72: Race engineer: “Box Charles, box. Leclerc: “What do you mean?”

And then … Hamilton (sarcastically): “Great waste of time there guys, good job.”

Lap 43 of 72: Norris chooses not to pit for a couple laps in a row. Leclerc is called in, and he stays out and does not let a frustrated Hamilton through. Antonelli is in P4.

Lap 40 of 72: Antonelli pits for 2.8sec for some hard tyres. Can Norris capitalise?

Lap 39 of 72: Leclerc is 1.3sec behind Russell, on tyres that are four laps fresher. Hamilton is 2.2sec away. Norris attempting to close in again on Antonelli.

Lap 36 of 72: Antonelli has a gap of 2.2sec ahead of Norris. Russell is 7.4sec back in third, but Leclerc is closing in on that podium spot.

Lap 35 of 72: Leclerc finally through after side by side with Piastri in turn 2. Hamilton then goes for the same move as his teammate, but gets through a tiny bit more easily as Piastri opts to defend less.

Lap 32 of 72: He does! Leclerc is rapid and attempts a similar move to what he did against Norris in the sprint race but Piastri covers the inside line.

Lap 31 of 72: Norris is in overtake mode with now a 0.7sec gap on Antonelli. Leclerc and Piastri are in their own battle too with Leclerc about to pull a move …

Lap 29 of 72: Tsunoda has picked off Gasly in a fantastic move, through a tight speedy section down.

Norris closes in on Antonelli and is within a second of the teenager.

Lap 26 of 72: Hamilton puts on hard tyres in 2.6sec. Antonelli leads again, 1.5sec ahead of Norris.

Lap 25 of 72: Ferrari tell Hamilton to pit after he loses a lot of time to Antonelli.

Lap 23 of 72: Hamilton is on soft tyres here: is there a chance he only stops once while everyone else opts for a two-stop strategy? He tells his team that his tyres are OK.

Lap 22 of 72: Antonelli, Norris, Leclerc and Lawson all stop slowly. Antonelli and Norris lose half a second and Leclerc loses a full second. Hamilton now in the lead.

Lap 21 of 72: No sign of a pit stop from Antonelli or Norris yet. The Ferrari drivers are eight seconds behind and also have not stopped.

Lap 20 of 72: Leclerc flies into third with Hamilton and Lawson behind him.

Lap 19 of 72: Antonelli is still on his mediums, leading by two seconds. Piastri has pitted from P3 to cover Russell but a 5.4sec stop is going to cost him.

Lap 18 of 72: Russell pits to swap to the hards – which was much needed and he comes back out in ninth, behind Hulkenberg.

Lap 16 of 72: Race engineer: “How are the tyres? How is the pace?” Norris: “I’m pace zero, mate. I’ve got nothing else.”

Meanwhile, Leclerc is close enough to start having a race with Russell.

Lap 15 of 72: Russell: “Consider original plan A.” Race engineer: “Copy.” Interesting. Plan A – whatever it is – needs to come into fruition quickly. Russell’s rear tyres are overheating now.

Lap 14 of 72: Piastri is really struggling on the hard tyre and is a distant third behind Antonelli and Norris. Russell is also falling away to Leclerc.

Lap 13 of 72: Leclerc and Hamilton are the two with Overtake Mode as an option as Antonelli takes another two tenths out of Norris.

Lap 12 of 72: Antonelli 1.5sec clear of Norris. Bortoleto has pitted to change to some mediums.

Lap 11 of 72: Hamilton has not been able to recover from his poor first start and is in sixth. Antonelli still has the lead and it is up to a second ahead of Norris. Leclerc only four tenths behind Russell.

Lap 10 of 72: Piastri is four seconds off the lead. Tsunoda is in the top 10 after Colapinto has pitted. Race engineer to Norris: “Possible class half rain in three minutes. It will not last long.”

Lap 9 of 72: Antonelli still in the lead but can’t get a substantial lead on Norris quite yet. Piastri is dropping off from the first two with Russell in fourth.

Lap 8 0f 72: Drive through penalties confirmed for Lindblad and Colapinto.

Lap 7 of 72: Antonelli and Norris will pit again. Piastri is in P3 on the hard tyres and could try to make it until the end.

Lights out (again): Norris cuts across to try and block off Antonelli but the latter holds his ground on the inside, forces Norris wide and takes the lead. Piastri is up into third and Leclerc drops to sixth.

Extra formation lap: OK after an extra formation lap for the stewards to clear Bearman’s car, we should be back underway momentarily.

Haas: Bearman has stopped down between turns 10 and 11. “Everything broke, everything turned off,” he radios. We have had one lap of racing in 39 minutes.

Starting tyres (again): Softs for Norris, Leclerc, Hamilton and Lawson. Mediums for Antonelli, Russell, Lindblad and Gasly. Piastri on hards.

Red flag: Race to resume in one minute. Two more investigations for a yellow flag infringement, this time for Lindblad and Colapinto. Both incidents were when yellow flags were out, but before the red flags were waved.

Red flag: That was fast – investigation for Ocon over. The stewards have deemed Ocon made the overtake right before the yellow flags. However, because of the red flag, the race will restart from the order at the end of the first lap; Albon starts ahead of Ocon.

Red flag: More replays and angles from the crash show Hulkenberg miraculously coming through so much smoke and only just avoiding Bortoleto.

Red flag: Ocon is under investigation after overtaking Albon when there were initial yellow flags for Verstappen’s crash.

Red flag: As usual under a red flag, the cars have pulled into the pit lane to await the restart. More replays showing Verstappen’s crash and what happened before it. The Dutchman was squeezed on to the grass by Hamilton before a slight touch between the two. He then had a similar exchange with Lawson through turn 3.

Red flag: Verstappen is checked over by the Medical Car, before making his way to the pits on foot.

Bortoleto’s spin means he has dropped from P14 to P18 but he has managed to get his car back into position. He did drive over some debris, so we will keep an eye on how that holds up.

Red flag: Verstappen’s car does not look to be in the best condition. On the radio, he says: “Yeah, that’s it,” before an expletive and an apology.

Lights out: And away we go! No one starts particularly well. Antonelli is through on Russell, Leclerc is past Hamilton and Piastri, and Lawson and Verstappen are side by side and may have barged into each other.

Formation lap: We get started with a safety car so that the track conditions are assessed.

Starting tyres: Every team has assessed that is it dry enough for slicks. Cadillac have opted for the hards while McLaren, Mercedes, Alpine and Ocon in the Haas are on the mediums. Everyone else on the softs.

Standings: A final number crunch before the race here in Zandvoort. After yesterday’s sprint, Kimi Antonelli leads Lewis Hamilton by 53 points Hamilton, and George Russell by 56. Charles Leclerc is in fourth, 79 points behind and the defending champion, Lando Norris, is 90 points adrift.

Weather check: Anthem is underway at the front of the grid. No rain any more but is the track dry enough for slicks at the start? Let’s see.

Ferrari: Fred Vasseur, Ferrari’s team principal, speaks to Sky Sports.

It will be barely wet, it will be barely damp so we will have to choose between the slick and the inter.

The race pace was good yesterday in the sprint, so let’s see. Now you have to overtake and in Zandvoort it’s not the easiest one, but let’s see if the pace is there.

Weather check: Forecast is now saying the rain will clear about 15 minutes before the start of the race. Will the wait for the first true wet race under the new 2026 regulations continue?

Racing Bulls: The pit lane opens and shortly after Liam Lawson slides on the penultimate corner and ends up in the gravel. It was slow enough that there is no damage to him or the car.

McLaren: The sprint race may have belonged to George Russell on Saturday, but it was Lando Norris who came out on top at the most recent grand prix in Hungary, converting pole into an impressive victory. At Zandvoort, Norris has the opportunity to repeat the feat after once again getting the better of Russell in qualifying, with McLaren’s growing ability to put pressure on Mercedes once again on display.

McLaren have brought upgrades to the car over the past two race weekends and appear to have a more competitive package across a wider range of circuits. However, Norris has said he expects the advantage they enjoy through high-speed corners to be less pronounced over a full race distance, potentially leaving him exposed to the cars behind.

Should the defending champion convert pole into victory, he would become the first driver outside Mercedes to win multiple races this season.

Weather check: It has been quite the weekend so far in the Netherlands, with each of the three days bringing spells of bright sunshine followed by heavy, short-lived, showers.

The strong winds have added another variable, with weather blowing in quickly from the North Sea. During the Sprint, the threat of rain increased in the closing stages before it began to fall heavily just as the cars crossed the line.

Even if the weather remains dry, the strong winds have already shown how difficult they can make certain corners for the drivers. Qualifying laps tend to be pushed closer to the limit than those during the race, while the difficulties with overtaking mean the penultimate corner will be particularly important when it comes to staying close to the car ahead.

Pushing hard through there also leaves little room for error if a gust catches a driver at the wrong moment, as Kimi Antonelli discovered on Friday when he ran through the gravel and damaged his car.

And as I type this all up … it has begun to rain in Zandvoort. The awnings are up and the ponchos have come up.

Mercedes: The young Kimi Antonelli has a substantial lead in the race to the championship but his rivals will not see him as being out of reach going into the Dutch GP.

The 19-year-old has been a revelation this season, with six wins demonstrating confidence and control perhaps beyond his years but also a verve and ebullient enthusiasm. Yet the teenager knows he cannot afford to lose any focus, while Mercedes’ reliability issues have been their achilles heel and the reason there is no chicken counting occurring in Brackley.

Hamilton cuts a charged-up figure in the Netherlands. The seven-time champion is enjoying a season that could not stand in starker contrast to the annus horribilis of his first year with Ferrari. The team are sharp, the car is to his liking and there is a palpable sense that the Scuderia are on course. The gap to Antonelli is a gulf but not insurmountable, not least as Ferrari have another engine upgrade to come, expected to be introduced in Monza, and are deploying an upgraded floor in Zandvoort. Hamilton is hungry, a player once more in the title fight.

Read more from Giles Richards below.

Max Verstappen: Earlier this week, the four-time world champion ended speculation about his future in Formula One by signing a new contract with his Red Bull team that will extend to the end of 2030, after almost 18 months of uncertainty around the Dutchman.

After being linked with moves to Mercedes and McLaren, Verstappen’s commitment to Red Bull ensures that all the major seats in the leading F1 teams are now locked in for next year, just as the sport’s silly season in terms of transfer speculation is beginning.

The four-time champion’s future had been a subject of debate and not just in reference to switching teams. He had also seriously intimated that he might call time on his F1 career because he was so unhappy with how the new regulations have affected his enjoyment of racing.

Read more from Giles Richards below.

Goodbye, Zandvoort: A windblown seaside circuit from another era, said farewell to ⁠Formula One and the Dutch Grand Prix today with a party of pride, celebration and sadness.

The track in the North Sea coastal dunes, with an Orange Army of tens of thousands of Max Verstappen fans packing the grandstands and partying in the ⁠streets late into the evening, has ⁠hosted one of the liveliest races ​on the calendar since it returned in 2021 after a 36-year absence.

The farewell has been some time in the planning, local organisers announcing in 2024 that they would go out on a high in 2026 when the contract ended after weighing ⁠up the financial risks. “It’s definitely going to be missed, for sure,” said the four-time world champion Verstappen, the home hero who won the first three editions from pole position and sent Red Bull shirts flying off the shelves while beer sales soared.

“It’s always been really fun to drive. Even ⁠if I would not be Dutch, you know, to drive here would have been always amazing. And, of course, for me being Dutch, it made it that extra bit special.”

Zandvoort first hosted a round of the championship in 1952, two years after the ‌first season, and this year’s race is the ‌36th Dutch Grand Prix. The narrow and twisty track, with 14 corners, is the second shortest after Monaco and features evocative corners such as Tarzan, which according to lore was the ‌nickname of a local man who exchanged his vegetable garden for the naming rights, and the banked Hugenholtz.

“It’s a cool layout. It’s definitely very rewarding if you get it right … it’s proper old-school driving. It’s definitely one of the best tracks on the calendar compared to some tracks that we go to now that … I’m not going to name names, but they lack a bit of character,” said Verstappen.

McLaren’s world champion Lando Norris, who has a Belgian mother and can also count on strong local support and who won from pole in 2024, said he was disappointed to see the circuit go with its throbbing techno beat and high-energy DJs. “I like just the event itself, the ‌fans. Although most of them are here for one driver, it’s still always just a fun event, good atmosphere, good passion, and that’s what you want,” said Norris, on pole again this year.

“I prefer going to smaller races where the fans are more exciting and the event ​is better than a different place where you just have less of that. So, this is definitely up there and a lot better than a lot of the races we have on the calendar even currently.

“It’s a shame, but it’s also not our choice. I think if it was a driver’s choice, we would probably like to keep it in.”

Zandvoort is a rare circuit as one that has never seen a Lewis Hamilton Formula One victory but the seven-time world champion has fond memories from success in his junior career. “It’s just such an incredible circuit,” said the ⁠Ferrari driver. “Great crowd, obviously. Very special, particularly for Max as he has the incredible support through the weekend, but they really ​create the atmosphere.” Reuters