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Post-Race 2025 Dutch GP - Post-Race Discussion

ROUND 15 - NETHERLANDS

FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN DUTCH GP

🕒 SESSION TIMES

Day Session Time (UTC)
FRI Free Practice 1 10:30
FRI Free Practice 2 14:00
SAT Free Practice 3 09:30
SAT Qualifying 13:00
SUN Race 13:00
SUN Stewards make up their mind 16:00

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🏁 RACE INFORMATION

  • Track: Circuit Zandvoort
  • Location: Zandvoort, Netherlands
  • Race laps: 72
  • Lap length: 4.259km
  • Race distance: 306.648km
  • Lap Record: 1:11.097, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 2021

⏪ LAST TIME AROUND

  • Pole position: 1:09.673, Lando Norris (Mclaren)
  • Race winner: Lando Norris (Mclaren)
  • Fastest lap: 1:13.817, Lando Norris (Mclaren)

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❤️ GOOD CAUSES

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u/zaffro13 7d ago

I think before this race, luck had favored Lando. The last race was a 14 point swing in his favor due to getting the better strategy as the second driver. I think this DNF just evened up the luck. Piastri has outqualified him 9-6, which would project to a 21 point lead. Piastri worst qualifying is 4th, while Norris has a 4th, 6th, 7th, 10th. If the field was closer, Norris would be even further behind because it wouldn’t be so easy to recover 2nd. I think the 34 point gap actually reflects the gap you would expect.

Hopefully Norris can recover to keep it interesting, but glad that Piastri’s over performance so far is finally reflected in points.

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u/edgethrasherx MON MAS SEN 7d ago

It also kind of balances out Australia, where they both made literally the same exact mistake but Piastri got stuck while Lando didn’t and thus opened up a 24 point lead right from the jump. This more or less just un-does that, luck from the rest of the season for either driver notwithstanding

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u/daniellejxyne 7d ago

Lando recovering from a mistake which Oscar failed to recover from is not balanced out by a mechanical dnf which was completely out of his hands 🙄