The fifteenth round of the world championship takes place on the Zandvoort circuit
FROM THE ENCOUNTER TO ZANDVOORT. Ferrari is back competitive, but in the end it is Max Verstappen who still signs the pole position of the Dutch Grand Prix, the 17th of his career (reached Jackie Stewart, a legend) and fourth of the season. In the front row next to the Red Bull driver will be Charles Leclerc, behind by 21 thousandths, also protagonist of a lap at the limit, while third is Carlos Sainz at 92 thousandths with the other Red.
A football cheer supported Verstappen. A smoke bomb launched in the middle of the track forced the race direction to interrupt the session, another risked ruining Q3 and the duel between Max & Charles.
The race remains very open: Verstappen is in a state of grace and every time he manages to extract the maximum from his car, which in the hands of Sergio Perez is always behind (fifth time and accident in the final at the last corner). Leclerc did all he could to precede him. He didn’t make it for nothing, an imperfection at turn 10. “I know where I lost those thousandths, I did the other corners exactly as I wanted – explains the Monegasque -. After Q1 and Q2 I would not have thought I would finish that far, because the Red Bulls were faster on used tires, but as the laps went by our car got better. Now let’s concentrate: the start will be decisive, because here it is difficult to overtake, and Carlos’ closeness will help us ».
The fourth time is for Hamilton, who preceded Perez and his teammate Russell, then Norris (McLaren) and Schumacher with the Haas, protagonist of a great qualifying in the aftermath of the rumors about his forced farewell to Formula 1 due to lack of results. In the fifth row Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) and Stroll (Aston Martin).
In terms of the championship, the Dutch GP could give Ferrari some confidence in case of victory, even if the 98 points that separate Leclerc from the top of the standings with eight races to go are enormous. On the contrary, another triumph of the Dutch driver would definitively mortify the residual hopes of a comeback.
Verstappen: «At Spa last Sunday we dominated, here we are very close, because on high downforce tracks we struggle more», on higher load tracks we struggle. The duel with Ferrari? In the race we will be very close, as happened in most of the championship ».
Sainz: «I did a lap without errors, that last half-tenth was missing to beat Charles and Max. It’s not easy, but in the end we worked well enough. The race? I am sure that many things will happen, we will have many opportunities also at a strategic level ».
POLE FOR MAX VERSTAPPEN !!!
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Sainz leads the way followed by Russell #DutchGP# F1pic.twitter.com/Ghe2pQloT6
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Verstappen fastest, but it’s tight at the top! #DutchGP# F1pic.twitter.com/VLGPhMQozI
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