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As Jeremy Corbyn once gleefully said, we’re back and we’re ready to do it all over again. After a near-month-long summer break, a Formula One grand prix is finally back on our screens, with Oscar Piastri on pole for this Dutch GP.
That Piastri qualified just 0.012 seconds ahead of his McLaren teammate Lando Norris was a sore point for the British driver as he spoke to the media yesterday. On a track where overtaking is notoriously difficult – virtually impossible if you believe Norris – he admitted he’d need a spot of magic to overcome Piastri this afternoon.
“It’s going to take some magic, some good strategy or incredible tyre saving or something,” Norris said on how he can win at Zandvoort. On not nabbing pole position, he said: “Just a bummer … but not a lot I can do now. My lap was still pretty good, 0.01secs is such a small margin. It is frustrating mainly because it is a track that is pretty much impossible to overtake on, so a lot of my chances are now gone.”
So will it be a procession for Piastri or can Norris nick something in the Netherlands? We get under way at 2pm (BST), 3pm local time.