Max won as usual and we were able to enjoy the Dutch national anthem, with this win he secured his hundredth podium at the same time. Sergio added Max to the podium when he finished second, securing the double for Red Bull
They can be satisfied in Ferrari, because they did not have a shortcut to the pace of Redbull and they take home third place. Of course, Oliver Bearman is a chapter by himself, a boy of only eighteen years old, who is currently driving in Formula 2, he drove for pole position on Thursday, and three hours before FP3 on Saturday, he was announced that he will make his debut in Formula 1, replacing Carlos Sainz. He arrived in qualifying where he drove a solid P11 and in the factory he scored his first points when he finished P7 ahead of Piastri and even ahead of Hamilton, he couldn't have asked for a better debut.
McLaren was definitely better than in Bahrain, although it was not enough to get on the podium, but they still finished P4 and P8, thus taking home a solid 16 points. we also have to highlight Piastri, who was a bit faster than Lando this weekend.
Mercedes couldn't find the right car setup all weekend and they struggled a lot. Russell was better than Lewis, not only in the race but also in qualifying. Lewis was worried about the unstable rear of the car, so he drove with more downforce than George, but he lost a lot on the straights. Mercedes has no choice but to simply understand the car, which is conceptually completely different from last year and find the optimal window in the setting, but then we cannot completely write them off.
Aston Martin, rather Alonso surprised in qualifying and even in the race where he finished in a great P5, the same definitely cannot be said about Stroll, who did get to Q3 but lost about 7 tenths to Fernando. In the race, he already sent it into the barrier at the beginning, and luckily he is fine.
Well, who would have expected Haas to score earlier than Alpine, Williams or RB. it's only one point, but it counts. Nico had technical problems in qualifying yesterday, but today he showed a great performance, of course we can't forget Kevin, who definitely helped him when he held back the drivers behind him and thus protected Nico. Kevin defended well, but collected more penalties than points. he accumulated a total of twenty seconds of penalties.
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