Norris fastest in Dutch GP first practice

McLaren’s Lando Norris headed Red Bull’s Max Verstappen successful a first believe convention astatine nan Dutch Grand Prix that started successful bedewed and chaotic conditions and ended nether bluish skies.

A blustery wind, gusting astatine up to much than 70km/h, continued passim nan convention but nan track, bedewed astatine nan start, was barren by nan extremity of nan hour.

Norris was 0.201 seconds faster than Verstappen, pinch Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton 3rd fastest, 0.684secs disconnected nan pace, his fastest thigh clip affected by traffic.

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, connected medium-compound tyres alternatively than nan soft utilized by those up of him, was fourth.

Mercedes’ George Russell was fifth, from Williams’ Alex Albon and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri.

The difficult conditions led to a number of drivers making mistakes and spinning aliases moving wide - including Verstappen astatine nan chicane towards nan extremity of nan thigh - but nary 1 crashed.

Norris’ capacity was encouraging for McLaren, who person brought their first capacity upgrade to nan car since nan Miami Grand Prix successful May.

The squad opportunity nan lap-time measurement expected is not arsenic large arsenic that from nan Miami parts, which leapt McLaren up to go Red Bull’s awesome rivals.

Red Bull besides person an upgrade arsenic they activity to re-establish themselves arsenic F1’s pace-setters.

The unsettled conditions are expected to proceed done nan time astatine nan Zandvoort track, which nestles successful soil dunes connected nan North Sea coast.