Zandvoort.- The British Lando Norris dominated the first and second free trial session of the Grand Prix of Formula 1 of Netherlands This Friday in Zandvoort, where the Spanish veteran Fernando Alonso He surprised being the second fastest of the day.
Under a capricious sky in this corner of the Dutch coast, but with the dry asphalt, Norris once again evidenced the domain of the McLaren.
His teammate, the World Cup leader, the Australian Oscar Piastri, completed the top 3 of the day. Just 89 thousandths from a second separated the two McLaren.
Behind, British George Russell (Mercedes) was fourth in the second session, the fastest on Friday and the one that gave the best times, while the local idol, Max Verstappen, was fifth with his Red Bull.
“We continue to face the same difficulties,” lamented the current world champion.
“We have tried many things with the car, but it does not seem to have changed much (…) let’s see if we can find other solutions, but I do not wait for a spectacular turn of the situation” in the classification of Saturday, he said.
The seven -time world champion Lewis Hamilton, who had a spinless spot on this day, signed the sixth best chrono and his fellow Ferrari, Charles Leclerc, the eighth.
The last hour of Friday’s rehearsals was marked by the departure of Lance Stroll track, which lost control of its Aston Martin and hit a wall at high speed.
The Canadian pilot had signed the third best record in the first session, a few hours before.
The accident caused a red flag for about ten minutes, the time needed to clean the track and guarantee safety.
Thai Alexander Albon (Williams) also left track twenty minutes later and this caused a new interruption.
On Saturday, pilots will be able to make the settings they consider in their cars during the third and last session of free trial, scheduled for the 11H30 local (9h30 GMT), before facing the classification session at 3:00 p.m. (13h00 GMT), which will determine the order of the output grid of the Sunday race.
In the World Cup, Piastri has only nine points ahead over Norris and the rest of the season is presented as an exciting pulse between the McLaren to know which of the two happens to Verstappen as champion.
Classification of the 2nd free trial session
Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes) 1: 09,890 (28 laps)
Fernando Alonso (Esp/Aston Martin-Mercedes) 1: 09.977 (20)
Oscar Piastri (AU/McLaren-Mercedes) 1: 09.979 (29)
George Russell (GBR/Mercedes) 1: 10.274 (25)
Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull) 1: 10,478 (23)
Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Ferrari) 1: 10,738 (22)
Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/Red Bull) 1: 10,795 (26)
Charles Leclerc (Mon/Ferrari) 1: 10,834 (23)
Franco Colapint (ARG/ALPINE-REULT) 1: 10,957 (26)
Nico Hülkenberg (Ger/Sauber-Ferrari) 1: 11,080 (25)
Oliver Bearman (GBR/Haas-Ferrari) 1: 11.113 (26)
Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Ita/Mercedes) 1: 11.185 (21)
Gabriel Bortoleto (Bra/Sauber-Ferrari) 1: 11.320 (25)
Liam Lawson (NZL/Racing Bulls-Rred Bull) 1: 11.339 (25)
Esteban Ocon (Fra/Haas-Ferrari) 1: 11,361 (23)
Carlos Sainz JR (ESP/Williams-Mercedes) 1: 11,682 (30)
Alexander Albon (Tha/Williams-Mercedes) 1: 11,756 (16)
Lance Stroll (Can/Aston Martin-Mercedes) 1: 11,975 (7)
Pierre Gasly (Fra/Alpine-Renault) 1: 12.122 (28)
Isack Hadjar (Fra/Racing Bulls-Rred Bull) 0.000 (1)
