Andrea Stella: "Today we experienced the two sides of motorsport. The joy and satisfaction of a victory for McLaren and Oscar with a strong and confident drive to the Chequered Flag. Overall, he ran a clean weekend in some tricky conditions with impressive race craft which led him to today's win.
"On the other side, we have the pain of Lando's retirement towards the end of the race. Lando was in contention to put up a good battle at the front with a 1-2 finish looking very likely. He can be proud of his performance this weekend and will come back stronger next weekend.
"We've identified an issue on the chassis side, and we will do a full review before we go racing again in Monza. This is the first technical problem for the team after a long run of faultless reliability. Thank you to the entire team for their continued effort which led to another victory, as we continue our journey together."
Laurent Mekies: "Certainly, for Max this result was the absolute maximum, it was really everything he could have got out of the car. We had a very aggressive approach, starting on the soft, and Max had a fantastic first lap again. It also came with some risk, we knew the McLarens had the pace and we knew it would be tough to beat them. Starting on that compound was probably the only way to have a go at them. Max did a great job of managing the soft and then he was positive on the medium too and really pushed it, it was very much the Red Bull spirit. Lando was unlucky, but it meant it was good points for the Team and combined with Yuki being back in the points, it makes it a strong Sunday for us. Yuki has been progressing well, the timing of the first safety car probably didn't help him today and he could have finished higher up. So, it's step by step for Yuki, the trend is positive, and he is continuing to do the hard work and keep his head down. Lastly, a huge well done to Visa Cash App Racing Bulls and Isack on his first ever podium, it is a special day for Red Bull and he deserves this, as do all the people there. Sharing the podium with Max for him was a special day, this Dutch Grand Prix has a special energy and level of passion, and we all felt that."
Charles and Lewis started on Medium tyres, as did most of the field. On the opening lap, Charles passed George Russell to take 5th place. Some drops of rain started falling on lap 15 and intensified 5 laps later, but not enough to wet the track.
Charles pitted for Hards on lap 22 to undercut Isack Hadjar, as it was too difficult to pass him on track. However, right after that Lewis hit a damp patch at the edge of the track and crashed into the barriers at turn 3, triggering a Safety Car and all the cars ahead of Charles pitted, and he dropped behind Russell again. A virtual safety car was deployed on lap 30 because of debris on the start-finish line and when it ended, Charles attacked Russell and overtook him at turn 12. Charles pitted for Soft tyres on lap 52 and immediately after that his race was over when he and Kimi Antonelli collided at turn 3.
Fred Vasseur: Overall, this has been a tough weekend. We had a very poor Friday after which the entire team and the drivers did a good job to recover so that we had decent pace today. Unfortunately, Lewis lost control of his car, he went just a little bit wider than the lap before at the same corner and just touched the damp part at the side of the track. As for Charles, Kimi came to apologise and I feel it was just a racing incident, he was a bit too optimistic. Before that, Charles had shown good pace, closing on Russell, Hadjar and Verstappen but he had to pass Russell twice because he lost two places with the Safety Car. Anyway, we knew Zandvoort wouldn't suit us and the positive we can take away is that we had very strong pace today, but of course it's not good to head home with zero points. As for next week in Monza, we expect to be in better shape and it will be important to have a much better Friday than we did here.
George Russell finished the Dutch Grand Prix P4 with Kimi Antonelli crossing the line P6 but being relegated to P16 due to a 15-second time penalty. With a light risk of rain, both drivers started the race on the Medium compound tyre. Both drivers lost positions on the opening lap, with George dropping to P6 and Kimi to P12 respectively. The Safety Car was deployed on lap 23 following an accident for Lewis Hamilton. That enabled both drivers to pit and take the Hard compound tyre, with both gaining positions as others stopped.
After a brief Virtual Safety Car appearance, George suffered a damaged floor as the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc made contact at Turn 13. The subsequent loss of aero performance would compromise the rest of his race. After noting the damage, the team opted to switch George and Kimi's position before attempting the undercut on the Ferrari of Leclerc with the Italian. As Ferrari covered on the following lap with both drivers now on the Soft tyre, contact was made at Turn 3 forcing Leclerc into retirement and Kimi being handed a 10-second time penalty. This was compounded further as Kimi received a further five-second penalty for speeding in the pitlane.
A late race Safety Car after Norris retired negated any chance Kimi had at staying in the points; George meanwhile drove solidly to bring home his wounded W16 in P4. The team now heads to next weekend's Italian Grand Prix at Monza having closed the gap to second in the Constructors' Championship to 12 points.
Toto Wolff, Team Principal & CEO: Today was a really challenging race for both our drivers with plenty of incidents on track. Ultimately, it is a shame for both as they could have been fighting for more than what they achieved today if things had played out differently.
Since the beginning of the season, Kimi has made massive progress. We saw today once again how strong his pace was as he made his way through the field. He was sadly just slightly too optimistic with his move on Charles (Leclerc) and that cost both him and the Ferrari. That said, we want him to be aggressive and chase every opportunity he can on track. That's what he did today and it's a shame that it didn't work out.
For George, he was the unlucky party in his own incident. It was a risky move by Charles, too risky in my opinion, and George suffered damage. This cost him the chance to fight for the podium and possibly a few more points in the championship. He did well to bring his car home in P4 though. We now look forward to Monza and hopefully can come away from there with a healthier haul of points.
Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director: Today was a messy, incident filled race where we ultimately weren't quick enough to fight for the top three, but as a team we got the important decisions correct. Both drivers lost places on the opening lap which made life more difficult. We benefited from the early Safety Car though. George was able to move ahead of Charles (Leclerc), and Kimi made several places across the stops and took the restart in P8.
George had been struggling with a lack of front grip, and he lost a place with the contact after the Virtual Safety Car restart with Charles. More annoyingly, he picked up a large amount of damage and that hurt him for the remainder of the race. We therefore asked George to let Kimi through, and he was able to close on the Ferrari. We decided to convert to a two stop and attempt the undercut; Ferrari covered and after they came together at Turn 3 Kimi picked up damage and a penalty. That basically put him out of the points, but it was good that George was able to bring his damaged car home in P4. We'll work hard to achieve a cleaner more competitive weekend at Monza in a few days' time.
Mike Krack, Chief Trackside Officer: "It has been a pretty eventful weekend in Zandvoort - and a busy race - so it's good to come away with both cars well inside the points. Lance and Fernando gave it everything today and it paid to have opted for an extra race tyre. We had good race pace and both drivers made decisive and key overtakes. The ten points we scored help maintain our sixth place in the teams' championship and keep up our momentum. We have had some extra-long hours in the garage this week so I want to say a big 'thank you' to the crew here at the track for all their efforts."
Flavio Briatore: "It is a race where, looking at the leaderboard, it feels like a missed opportunity to score points as a team for varying reasons. Starting from outside the points, we took some risks throughout to try and maximise our chances to score. With Franco, he drove a very good race, probably his strongest this season so far. With Pierre, with the tools he had, it was a challenge for him to hold off cars with fresher tyres. Both drivers pushed hard, gave it their all, and played a team game, swapping places into Turn 1 when asked of them to chase the cars in front. We will keep trying at each race to maximise our end result with the package we have."
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team claimed a double points finish, with Oliver Bearman sixth, and Esteban Ocon 10th, at the Dutch Grand Prix, held Sunday at Circuit Zandvoort.
Bearman took the start from the pit lane on Pirelli P Zero White hard tires, after changes were made to power unit components of the VF-25 outside of parc ferme regulations. Bearman ran a long first stint before pitting on lap 54 of 72 under a safety car, taking on Yellow medium tires, and emerging from the pit lane in P11. Bearman passed Gabriel Bortoleto, Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly to slot into eighth spot, and gained another place when Lando Norris retired. Bearman came across the line in seventh position but due to a time penalty for Kimi Antonelli the result was upgraded to sixth place. It marked the best result for Bearman in his fledgling Formula 1 career.
Ocon started from P18, also on hard tires, and gained two places on the opening lap to run 16th. Ocon likewise ran a long first stint, coming into the pits on lap 53, shortly before the race was neutralized due to the collision between Charles Leclerc and Kimi Antonelli. Ocon took the restart from P14 but worked his way up to 11th, which became 10th following the application of Antonelli's penalty. The result gave MoneyGram Haas F1 Team its fourth double points finish of the 2025 season.
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team holds ninth position in the Constructors' Championship, on 44 points.
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal: "What a race! I'm really proud of the team effort because yesterday was a tough day. From starting P18 and in the pit lane, the chances were against us but you can never give up, so thanks to everyone in the team. We started on the hard compound and the first safety car timing was completely against us, that was perfect for medium starters. The reaction at that point was to stay calm and focus. As I always say, we must get the basics right and today I believe we did that, and both drivers were great team players, and I can't fault it. Today should be the benchmark, this is what we can do, so let's do it again."
James Vowles, Team Principal: Well done to Alex. He made a brilliant start, putting himself right up behind Carlos and taking opportunities as they came his way. It was well executed by the team, the strategy and pit stops were on point, and it's great to see Alex getting really everything out of the package that we could today. Carlos didn't put a foot wrong this weekend. He qualified brilliantly and was racing at the front and I'm confident that without the incident with Lawson, he would have been in contention for P5. From my view, that was a racing incident and didn't warrant a penalty. It's something we'll review with the FIA to understand better how we go racing going forward.
KICK Sauber F1 Team endured a difficult weekend on the Zandvoort dunes, as Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto brought home their C45s in 14th and 15th place respectively at the Dutch Grand Prix. In a race marked by three Safety Cars, the team was not able to replicate the pace shown in recent rounds and saw its run of consecutive points-scoring finishes come to an end after six strong events.
The team will now regroup and head to the final European race of the year, the Italian Grand Prix, scheduled for next weekend in Monza.
Jonathan Wheatley, Team Principal: "First and foremost, I want to congratulate Isack [Hadjar] for his maiden podium: he delivered a great performance throughout the whole weekend, and I hope he truly enjoys this moment. Looking at our race, it has been a very frustrating day at the end of a challenging weekend here in Zandvoort. When it comes to both drivers’ races, there were missed opportunities and an overall lack of pace. Gabi had a poor start, something we will need to investigate thoroughly; he also sustained bodywork damage early on from a contact with Colapinto, hampering his performance significantly. Nico, by contrast, had a good start but missed out under every Safety Car, whether by bad timing or by decisions that, in hindsight, didn’t work out. His race was further complicated by being pushed off track by Colapinto at the final restart, without which he could have finished 11th.
"At the final Safety Car, we opted to keep Gabi out on worn tyres in an attempt to retain track position, but we just didn’t have the pace to stay ahead of our rivals, so we fitted new softs as he went on to finish 15th. It’s disappointing to see our run of point-scoring races end, and our championship position drop from seventh to eighth. Altogether, a bad day in the office: but we will return to Hinwil, refocus, rebuild and come back stronger for the next round in Monza."
The Dutch Grand Prix was incident-packed and exciting, ending in victory for Oscar Piastri. Having started from pole, he went on to set the race fastest lap and led from lights out to chequered flag, thus securing the first Grand Slam of his young career. It was the Australian's ninth win, thus equalling his fellow countryman and manager Mark Webber and his team-mate, Lando Norris who had to retire today. It was win number 201 for McLaren, its fifth at Zandvoort.
Max Verstappen made it to the podium in second place, the first time the Red Bull driver has finished in the top three since the Canadian Grand Prix. This was his fifth podium from five races at Zandvoort, with three wins and two second places. In third spot, Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) secured his maiden podium, making him the youngest French driver and fifth youngest overall, to finish in the top three, at the age of 20 years, 11 months and three days. It was the Italian team's first trip to the podium since the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which was also down to a French driver, when Pierre Gasly finished third.
All three slick compounds came into play right from the choices made on the starting grid. For the opening stint, 14 drivers chose the Medium, four went with the Soft and two opted for the Hard.
The C2 compound saw the most use, covering almost 50% of all laps completed (658 laps, 48.28%) followed by the Medium (399, 29.27%) and the Soft (306, 22,45%). The longest stint overall was completed by Bearman in the Haas who did 53 laps on the Hard, while Verstappen went furthest on the Medium (30) with Lawson heading the list on Softs with 25.
Mario Isola: "Despite earlier predictions to the contrary, this Grand Prix was unpredictable right to the end, especially because of the many neutralisations following crashes and retirements. Piastri won not just because he had a very good car, but also because he perfectly managed all the crucial moments, especially the three restarts after the Safety Car periods.
"As for the tyres, the most positive aspect to emerge from this weekend is that, even though we brought a softer trio of dry weather compounds here than last year, all three of them proved to be competitive in the race, as can be seen from the way the mileage was divided between them (as mentioned above). The Hard did the bulk of the work, delivering a good level of performance over very long stints, for example from the two Haas drivers who covered over two thirds of the race on one set of C2s. This compound actually behaved better than it had done in the three free practice sessions, so that the drivers were able to push hard immediately after the restarts. Those like the McLaren and Aston Martin drivers who had been able to save both sets for the race were thus able to benefit from this. As for the Medium and Soft, their performance was pretty similar, which is important, especially in the case of the softer of the two.
"Now we move on to Pirelli's home Grand Prix where we will celebrate with all the fans the milestone we reached today, namely 500 Formula 1 Grand Prix participations, making us the tyre supplier with the most appearances in motor racing's blue riband category. It is a source of pride and the result of the passion, expertise and commitment demonstrated by so many men and women working at Pirelli since the 1950s. We will start counting again from Monza!"
