Result and the shape of the race
Lando Norris (McLaren) won the Dutch Grand Prix from 1st on the grid, in 2h 4m 44.859s. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) finished 2nd, 11.536s behind the winner. George Russell (Mercedes) finished 3rd, 15.906s behind. Antonelli started 3rd and Russell started 2nd.
Norris was in the lead at the end of 36 laps, from laps 1 to 4, laps 40 to 43 and laps 45 to 72. Antonelli led at the end of 32 laps, from laps 5 to 21 and laps 25 to 39.
The opening laps
After lap 1 the order at the front was Norris, Antonelli and Russell, with Antonelli up from 3rd on the grid and Russell down from 2nd. Red flag 1 suspended the race on lap 2 and running resumed on lap 3. The top 4 on track was Norris, Antonelli, Russell and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) after lap 1 and again after lap 4. Antonelli took the lead from Norris after lap 5.
Oliver Bearman (Haas) gained 4 places on lap 1, from 20th on the grid to 16th. He completed 2 laps and did not finish. Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) lost 8 places on lap 1, from 9th on the grid to 17th.
Pit stops and the lead changes
The lead changed hands 6 times. Antonelli pitted on lap 21 and Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) led after lap 22. Hamilton led at the end of 3 laps, from lap 22 to lap 24. Hamilton pitted on lap 25 and Antonelli led again after lap 25.
Antonelli pitted on lap 40 and Norris led after lap 40. Russell also made his 2nd stop on lap 40. Antonelli made 3 stops, on laps 21, 40 and 56, using medium, hard and soft tyres in that order. Norris used medium, soft and hard tyres in that order.
Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) led after lap 44, taking over from Norris, and led at the end of 1 lap. Norris led again after lap 45 and stayed in front to the flag. Hulkenberg had made stops on lap 19 and lap 48, using soft then hard tyres.
Hamilton made 2 stops, on laps 25 and 55, using soft, hard and soft tyres. Leclerc made 3 stops and set the fastest lap, 1:14.230 on lap 60, on soft tyres.
Movers and retirements
Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) gained 9 places, from 18th on the grid to 9th at the flag, the largest gain of any finisher. He made 1 stop, on lap 34, using soft then hard tyres. Sergio Perez (Cadillac) gained 7 places, from 22nd to 15th. Hulkenberg gained 5 places, from 13th to 8th. Bortoleto lost 4 places, from 9th to 13th, the largest loss of any finisher.
16 of the 22 starters were classified as finishers. The 6 retirements were Alex Albon (Williams, 66 laps), Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac, 61 laps), Esteban Ocon (Haas, 52 laps), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin, 45 laps), Bearman (2 laps) and Max Verstappen (Red Bull, no laps completed). Rain was recorded in 32 of 191 weather readings.
Written by Pitbrain's AI from the official timing data and checked automatically against it. Key numbers are taken directly from the timing data.