Overcoming heavy rain at the start and end of the race, Red Bull Racing star Max Verstappen secured a record-levelling ninth-successive Formula 1 victory of the season in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.
Verstappen emerged at the top in a one-lap shootout at the end of Q3 which was delayed by a couple of red flags. He delivered a timing of 1:10.567 to outdo McLaren's Norris by just over half a second. Mercedes driver George Russell finished at third.
While Red Bull has delivered a historic run to win all 12 Grands Prix, along with three Sprints, going into the summer break, McLaren is now part of a fierce battle taking place behind Verstappen. In a recent interview, Lando Norris said that the team is going to struggle a lot more.
After Norris was able to finish above ninth just once in the opening eight races of the 2023 season, major mid-season upgrades to the MCL60 have had a remarkable impact, enabling the British driver to take back-to-back second places in July. In a recent interview, he said that he wants to ac
The Belgian Grand Prix race is going to take place on Sunday and McLaren driver Lando Norris has already faced some issues in the qualifying one round on Friday. British driver Landor Norris said that he had a lot of damage done to his car in Q1.
In the Hungarian Grand Prix race on Sunday, McLaren driver Oscar Piastri finished in the fifth position, whilst he failed to defend his position against Sergio Perez who concluded the race in the third position.
With the victory the reigning double world champion clinched his seventh straight victory and the Red Bull their 12th in a row – beating McLaren’s long-standing record.
Mick Schumacher has insisted he wouldn't say no to another test with McLaren after getting behind the wheel of one of the team's F1 cars for the first time. The Mercedes reserve driver carried out a test at the Algarve International Circuit in Portugal earlier this week for them.