ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Here's a guide that tells you what you need to know about the Dutch Grand Prix. It's the 15th round of the 2025 Formula 1 season.
How to watch the Dutch Grand Prix on TV
— In the U.S., on ESPN.
— Other countries are listed here.
Remainder of the Dutch Grand Prix schedule
Saturday: Third practice and qualifying.
Sunday: Dutch Grand Prix, 72 laps of the 4.26-kilometer (2.65-mile) Circuit Zandvoort. It starts at 3 p.m. local time (9 a.m. ET / 1300 GMT).
Dutch Grand Prix venue
F1's summer beach trip sees it race near the sand dunes at Zandvoort on the Netherlands' North Sea coast. It's the home race for Max Verstappen, who has won there three times but was beaten by McLaren's Lando Norris last year. Zandvoort was a regular on the F1 calendar from the 1950s through to the mid-1980s, but the 1985 edition was the last until a return in 2021 as Verstappen became one of F1's biggest names. The Dutch race is dropping off the F1 calendar after next year.
Qualifying
Lando Norris had been fastest all through practice but had to settle for second on the grid after losing out to his McLaren teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri by barely one-hundredth of a second. Max Verstappen starts his home race third for Red Bull after struggling with his car, while Isack Hadjar qualified a career-best fourth for Racing Bulls.
Last time out
Norris held on for the win at the Hungarian Grand Prix by less than a second as teammate Oscar Piastri chased him down in the final laps. Norris had the edge thanks to a smart pit strategy but the downside was that he had to cling on with worn tires. George Russell was third for Mercedes. Piastri leads Norris by nine points in the season driver standings.
Catch up on F1
— Oscar Piastri beats McLaren teammate Lando Norris to end his wait for pole at F1’s Dutch GP
— Isack Hadjar lays down a marker for Red Bull promotion with pace in Dutch GP qualifying
— Lewis Hamilton wants to rediscover the joy in F1 after a gloomy start at Ferrari
— Why you can’t drive your car to Formula 1’s Dutch Grand Prix
— Cadillac picks Bottas and Pérez for F1 debut in 2026, prioritizing experience over American drivers
— Lando Norris holds off McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri to win F1’s Hungarian Grand Prix
Key stats
0.012 — The margin between Piastri and Norris in qualifying was just .012 of a second.
5 — McLaren has finished 1-2 in four consecutive races. A fifth 1-2 finish would match the F1 record, shared by Ferrari and Mercedes.
18.5 — After his fourth-place finish in Hungary, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc has started on pole in 27 races but won only five of those, or 18.5%. He has won three races where he didn't start on pole.
1.9 — McLaren set a new benchmark for fastest pit stop of the year with 1.9 seconds for Norris in Hungary.
What they're saying
“ That was the definition of peaking at the right time.” — Oscar Piastri on his qualifying lap.
“It’s going to take some magic, some good strategy or incredible tyre saving or something.” — Lando Norris on his chances of beating Piastri on Sunday.
“ To be honest, to be P3 here, I’m very happy with that. I mean, the energy of the crowd, of course, the whole weekend already has been amazing, and to see so much orange on the grandstand, it’s always very special.” — Max Verstappen
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