Dutch Grand Prix

2026 · Round 12 · Zandvoort, Netherlands · Aug 21-23, 2026

Race summary

Victory went to Norris (from 1st on the grid), with a 11.5s margin. Alonso made the biggest gain, from 18th on the grid to 9th (up 9 places). Bortoleto had a difficult race, dropping from 9th to 13th. A virtual safety car (VSC) period was in effect on laps 55-57 and on lap 70. The race was stopped with a red flag on laps 2-3. Rain arrived mid-race. The winner made 3 pit stops: on lap 2 (medium → soft), on lap 21 (soft → hard), on lap 47 (hard → hard). The fastest pit stop went to Stroll (Aston Martin) on lap 35, with 2.2s stationary time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Leclerc (1:14.230).

Replay

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	72	2:04:44.859	25
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	3	72	+11.536	18
3	George Russell	Mercedes	2	72	+15.906	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	5	72	+16.755	12
5	Charles Leclerc 1:14.230	Ferrari	6	72	+17.258	10
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	4	72	+32.332	8
7	Liam Lawson	Red Bull	8	72	+79.915	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	13	71	+1 Lap	4
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	18	71	+1 Lap	2
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	11	71	+1 Lap	1
11	Yuki Tsunoda	RB F1 Team	12	71	+1 Lap	0
12	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	10	71	+1 Lap	0
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	9	71	+1 Lap	0
14	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	14	70	+2 Laps	0
15	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	22	70	+2 Laps	0
16	Carlos Sainz	Williams	17	70	+2 Laps	0
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	16	66	DNF	0
–	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	21	61	Retired	0
–	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	15	52	Retired	0
–	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	19	45	Retired	0
–	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	20	2	Retired	0
–	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	7	0	Retired	0

Rows without a position (–) did not finish the race; the status column shows what happened.