Norris took his first Dutch Grand Prix win last year, Verstappen won all three races at Zandvoort from 2021 to 2023 and five drivers have scored in all of the last three races at the circuit. Here’s everything you need to know about each driver’s history at the Dutch Grand Prix.
🇳🇱 Max VERSTAPPEN
Max Verstappen delighted his home fans at the first three Dutch Grand Prix weekends since the event’s return in 2021, winning all three races from pole position. In 2021, he became the first Dutch driver to win his home Grand Prix.
In 2024, Verstappen failed to take pole position at the track for the first time. He overtook polesitter Lando Norris at the start of the race and went on to lead the first 17 laps. Verstappen ultimately finished as runner-up, 22 seconds behind Norris.
Prior to F1, Verstappen won the Masters of F3 event at Zandvoort in 2014, having qualified in pole position. You can expect the partisan crowd to be willing him on to do the same at the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix.
MAX VERSTAPPEN’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2021 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2022 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2023 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2024 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
🇳🇿 Liam LAWSON
Liam Lawson made his Formula 1 debut at the 2023 Italian Grand Prix, stepping in ahead of Free Practice 3 to replace the injured Daniel Ricciardo. Lawson set the slowest qualifying time but made progress in the race, coming home in 13th place in tricky conditions.
Prior to F1, Lawson raced here in Formula 2. He scored points with a fourth place finish in the 2022 Sprint Race but failed to score, finishing 12th, in the Feature Race.
LIAM LAWSON’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2023 |
LOST |
20 |
19 |
13 |
6 |
🇬🇧 Lando NORRIS
Lando Norris claimed his first Dutch Grand Prix win in 2024, winning from pole position. Despite losing the lead in the opening stages, Norris eventually won the race by over 20 seconds. His win ensured he continued his 100% points finish rate at Zandvoort – a track at which he had never previously finished in the top six.
Norris failed to reach Q3 at the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix, qualifying only 13th. He went on to score a single point, finishing in tenth place. In both 2022 and 2023, Norris finished seventh.
He finished where he started in 2022 but lost five positions over the course of the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix, having started on the front row of the grid. Norris has out-qualified his team-mate at Zandvoort in each of the last three seasons.
Norris raced at Zandvoort in Formula 3 in 2017. It was a successful weekend for the Brit, winning two races and scoring a podium finish in the other. Norris went on to win the F3 title that year.
LANDO NORRIS’ DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2021 |
LOST |
13 |
13 |
10 |
3 |
2022 |
WON |
7 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
2023 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
2024 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
🇦🇺 Oscar PIASTRI
Oscar Piastri qualified six positions behind his team-mate on his first appearance at the Dutch Grand Prix in 2023. After reaching Q3 and lining up eighth on the grid, Piastri brought home two points with a ninth place finish.
While his team-mate took pole in 2024, Piastri qualified half a second off the polesitter’s pace and qualified in third place. He finished the race in fourth place, just two seconds away from Charles Leclerc ahead.
OSCAR PIASTRI’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2023 |
LOST |
8 |
8 |
9 |
-1 |
2024 |
LOST |
3 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
🇬🇧 Lewis HAMILTON
Lewis Hamilton suffered a power failure in Free Practice 2 at the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix, putting him out of the Friday afternoon session. He went on to qualify on the front row and finish as runner-up to Max Verstappen.
In 2022, Hamilton recorded another top five result, this time finishing just off the podium in fourth place. He finished the race where he started, having qualified two positions ahead of team-mate George Russell.
Hamilton recorded his worst Zandvoort result to date in 2023 but still finished in the top six. He missed out on a spot in Q3 at the track for the first time, setting only the 13th quickest lap time in Q2.
Hamilton’s finishing position lowered again in 2024 but he maintained his 100% points-scoring rate at the track with eighth place. On Saturday, he missed out on Q3 at Zandvoort for the second year in succession.
Prior to 2021, Hamilton last raced at Zandvoort in 2005, when he won the Masters of F3 race. He finished six seconds ahead of Adrian Sutil. He had finished seventh in the previous year’s event. Hamilton also raced here in the Formula 3 Euro Series in 2004 and 2005. He finished on the podium in the first of the two races at the 2004 meeting, and won the second race in 2005.
LEWIS HAMILTON’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2021 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2022 |
WON |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2023 |
LOST |
13 |
13 |
6 |
7 |
2024 |
LOST |
12 |
14 |
8 |
6 |
🇲🇨 Charles LECLERC
Charles Leclerc finished where he started at Zandvoort in 2021, in fifth place. In 2022, he qualified on the front row but lost a position in the race to George Russell and finished on the final step of the podium.
Leclerc’s 100% points-scoring record came to an end at the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix. He started ninth after crashing out in the final part of qualifying and suffered damage at the start in a collision with Oscar Piastri. The damage meant he was uncompetitive for much of the race and retired after 42 laps.
Out-qualifying his team-mate Carlos Sainz for the third time in his four visits to Zandvoort, Leclerc qualified sixth and made up three places during the race to record his first podium result at the track. It was the first time he started in a better position than where he started at the Dutch Grand Prix.
Leclerc previously contested three races at Zandvoort in the 2015 Formula 3 European Championship. He finished a best of fifth in the first race of the meeting. He retired from the second race after a big crash following contact with Lance Stroll. Though he was cleared to race, there was concern that his car would not be able to be fixed in time for the next day’s final race. In the end it was, and he finished tenth.
CHARLES LECLERC’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2021 |
WON |
5 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
2022 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
2023 |
LOST |
9 |
9 |
DNF |
– |
2024 |
WON |
6 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
🇬🇧 George RUSSELL
George Russell crashed out of qualifying in Q2 at the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix. Nevertheless, he qualified in 11th place in the Williams. He failed to finish the race, retiring with gearbox issues just three laps from the end of the Grand Prix.
In 2022, Russell qualified sixth for the Dutch Grand Prix and finished as runner-up in the race, scoring his first points and first podium finish at the circuit.
After lining up third on the grid in 2023, Russell suffered a luck-less race in which he was late to switch to intermediate tyres and suffered a puncture as a result of minor contact with Lando Norris, dropping him to 17th by the end of the race.
In 2024, Russell qualified fourth but lost places during the race to finish seventh, scoring at the track for the second time in his four visits.
Before his F1 career began, Russell raced at Zandvoort in F3 in 2015 and 2016. He finished in the top six in all three races in 2015, and finished in the top ten in all of 2016’s three races. Russell also took part in the Masters of F3 race in 2015, in which he finished as runner-up to Antonio Giovinazzi.
GEORGE RUSSELL’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2021 |
WON |
11 |
11 |
DNF |
– |
2022 |
LOST |
6 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
2023 |
WON |
3 |
3 |
17 |
-14 |
2024 |
WON |
4 |
4 |
7 |
-3 |
🇮🇹 Kimi ANTONELLI
Kimi Antonelli has raced at Zandvoort in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship and in the Formula Regional European Championship. In 2022, in F4, Antonelli had a near perfect weekend. He secured both pole positions and took the fastest lap and the win in the first two races. In the third race – the reverse grid race – Antonelli finished as runner-up, missing out on the win by just 0.058 seconds.
🇪🇸 Fernando ALONSO
Fernando Alonso finished as runner-up to Max Verstappen at the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix, recording his best result at Zandvoort to date. Alonso has a 100% points record at the track, having finished sixth in both 2021 and 2022 and recorded his lowest finish to date at the track in 2024 with tenth place.
Alonso has reached Q3 three times at Zandvoort and was eliminated in Q2 in 2022. He recorded his best qualifying result at the track so far with fifth place in 2023. 2023 was the first time he out-qualified a team-mate at the Dutch Grand Prix. He did so again in 2024.
FERNANDO ALONSO’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2021 |
LOST |
9 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
2022 |
LOST |
13 |
13 |
6 |
7 |
2023 |
WON |
5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2024 |
WON |
7 |
7 |
10 |
-3 |
🇨🇦 Lance STROLL
Lance Stroll finished where he started on all three of his first appearances at the Dutch Grand Prix. His only points finish to date at Zandvoort came in 2022, where he finished tenth. In the other two years, he was eliminated in Q2, finishing 12th in 2021 and 11th in 2023. 2023 was the first time Stroll was out-qualified by a team-mate at Zandvoort.
In 2024, Stroll lost five places from where he started, to finish 13th. His worst result to date at the track came despite him recording his best qualifying result to date at the venue with ninth place. It was his second Q3 appearance at the track, after 2022.
Stroll has previously won at Zandvoort, taking victory in the first race of the weekend at the track in Formula 3 in 2016. Stroll was stripped of pole for the second and third races as his car had suspension irregularities. He also appeared at the circuit in the same series in 2015.
LANCE STROLL’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2021 |
WON |
12 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
2022 |
WON |
10 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
2023 |
LOST |
11 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
2024 |
LOST |
9 |
8 |
13 |
-5 |
🇫🇷 Pierre GASLY
Pierre Gasly finished on the podium in the rain-hit 2023 Dutch Grand Prix. It was his second points-scoring appearance at Zandvoort, having finished fourth in 2021. He holds a 100% finishing record at the track, having finished 11th in 2022 and recorded more points in 2024 with a ninth place result.
Gasly’s tenth place in qualifying for the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix marked his first Q3 appearance at Zandvoort since 2021, when he recorded his best qualifying result to date at the track with fourth place. He exited in Q2 in both 2022 and 2023.
Although he had not raced here prior to Formula 1, Gasly previously drove an RB7 around the circuit alongside Max Verstappen at a Red Bull event in May 2019.
PIERRE GASLY’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2021 |
WON |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2022 |
LOST |
13 |
13 |
11 |
2 |
2023 |
WON |
12 |
12 |
3 |
9 |
2024 |
WON |
10 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
🇦🇺 Jack DOOHAN
Jack Doohan raced at Zandvoort in Formula 3 and Formula 2. In F3, he recorded a best result of fourth place, while his sixth place in the 2023 Sprint is the only time he scored points here in F2. He was unable to take the start in the 2023 Feature Race after crashing at the end the formation lap. Most recently, Doohan tested Alpine’s 2022 F1 car at Zandvoort in May 2024.
🇫🇷 Esteban OCON
Esteban Ocon held a 100% points record at the Dutch Grand Prix until 2024, when a 15th place finish put an end to his scoring streak. Ocon is yet to finish above ninth at Zandvoort. Ninth is where he finished in both 2021 and 2022. He picked up a single point with a tenth place finish in 2023.
Ocon has reached Q3 at Zandvoort only once, qualifying eighth in 2021. He recorded his first Q1 exit at the track in 2017, recording his worst qualifying result to date with only the 17th fastest time in the opening session. It was the first time he was out-qualified by a team-mate here. He recorded the same qualifying result and was out-qualified by his team-mate once again in 2024.
Prior to the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix, Ocon last raced at Zandvoort in DTM in 2016. It was his final appearance in the series before joining the Manor team to race in Formula 1.
ESTEBAN OCON’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2021 |
WON |
8 |
8 |
9 |
-1 |
2022 |
WON |
12 |
12 |
9 |
3 |
2023 |
LOST |
17 |
16 |
10 |
6 |
2024 |
LOST |
17 |
15 |
15 |
0 |
🇬🇧 Ollie BEARMAN
Ollie Bearman has previously raced at Zandvoort in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship, Formula 3 and Formula 2. He won two Formula 4 races here in 2021, failed to score in either F3 race at the track in 2022 and finished on the podium in the F2 Sprint at the circuit in 2023.
🇯🇵 Yuki TSUNODA
After failing to finish in both 2021 and 2022, Yuki Tsunoda reached the chequered flag at the Dutch Grand Prix for the first time in 2023. He failed to score, finishing in 15th place. Tsunoda remains yet to score here, with his most recent appearance in 2024 resulting in a 17th place finish.
In 2021, he suffered a power unit failure after 48 laps and in 2022 he suffered a differential problem leading to a second consecutive DNF at the track. He also picked up a grid penalty in 2022 for driving with loosened seatbelts.
Tsunoda reached Q3 at the track and out-qualified his team-mate here for the first time in 2022, qualifying in ninth place. He reached Q2 in 2021, 2023 and 2024. He’s now out-qualified his team-mate at the track in all of the past three seasons.
YUKI TSUNODA’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2021 |
LOST |
15 |
14 |
DNF |
– |
2022 |
WON |
9 |
9 |
DNF |
– |
2023 |
WON |
14 |
17 |
15 |
2 |
2024 |
WON |
13 |
11 |
17 |
-6 |
🇫🇷 Isack HADJAR
Isack Hadjar most recently raced at Zandvoort in Formula 3 in 2022 and in Formula 2 in 2023. After scoring two top six results here in F3, Hadjar won the F2 Sprint race at the track in 2023 but would be awarded no points for his efforts as the rain-hit race lasted only two laps. In the following day’s Feature Race, he finished sixth.
🇪🇸 Carlos SAINZ
With fifth place in the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz recorded his best result at Zandvoort to date. The Spaniard holds a 100% points-scoring record at the track.
Sainz crashed out in Free Practice 3 at the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix. Despite that, he still reached Q3, qualifying in sixth place. He lost one place in the race, finishing in seventh place. In 2022, he qualified one position behind his team-mate in sixth but lost two positions over the course of the race to finish eighth.
Sainz out-qualified Charles Leclerc at the Dutch Grand Prix for the first time in 2023, qualifying sixth. For the first time, he gained a position in a Zandvoort race, finishing fifth. Although he lost his 100% Q3 appearance rate at the track in 2024, qualifying 11th, Sainz equalled his best result to date at the track with a fifth place finish for the second consecutive season.
Sainz previously raced at Zandvoort in the 2010 Formula BMW Europe season, the 2011 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup and the 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship. Sainz won two races here in 2011 in Formula Renault. He also appeared at the circuit in the Masters of F3 event in 2012. After qualifying second, the Spaniard finished the race in fourth place.
CARLOS SAINZ’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2021 |
LOST |
6 |
6 |
7 |
-1 |
2022 |
LOST |
3 |
3 |
8 |
-5 |
2023 |
WON |
6 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
2024 |
LOST |
11 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
🇹🇭 Alex ALBON
Alex Albon finished 12th on his Dutch Grand Prix debut in 2022. He reached Q2 on Saturday, out-qualifying his team-mate and lining up 15th on the grid.
One year on, Albon reached Q3 at the track for the first time, impressively setting the fourth quickest qualifying time. He lost four positions over the course of the race to finish eighth, picking up points at Zandvoort for the first time in his F1 career.
A point-less visit followed in 2024, where Albon recorded his worst result to date at Zandvoort with 14th place. On Saturday, he had reached Q3 for the second year in a row, qualifying in eighth place. However, he was disqualified from the session as a result of having an illegal floor and started from the back row of the grid.
Prior to the 2022 Dutch Grand Prix, Albon last raced at Zandvoort in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2015. From the three races, he recorded three top eight results, with a best finish of fourth.
ALEX ALBON’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2022 |
WON |
15 |
15 |
12 |
3 |
2023 |
WON |
4 |
4 |
8 |
-4 |
2024 |
WON |
8 |
19 |
14 |
5 |
🇩🇪 Nico HULKENBERG
After out-qualifying his team-mate and starting 14th, Nico Hulkenberg gained two positions to finish 12th on his first Dutch Grand Prix appearance in 2023. He remains yet to score a point at Zandvoort, having finished 11th in 2024. He was eliminated in Q2, out-qualifying his team-mate for a second year in succession.
2023 was Hulkenberg’s first time racing at Zandvoort in 15 years. He won here – and scored a further podium finish – in the Formula BMW ADAC series in 2005. He also won at Zandvoort in the Formula 3 Euro Series in both 2007 and 2008.
NICO HULKENBERG’S DUTCH GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2023 |
WON |
15 |
14 |
12 |
2 |
2024 |
WON |
14 |
12 |
11 |
1 |
🇧🇷 Gabriel BORTOLETO
Gabriel Bortoleto raced at Zandvoort in the Formula Regional European Championship in 2021 and 2022. From his four races here, he finished in the top ten only once – with an eighth place finish in the second race in 2022.
