{"id":869035,"date":"2026-08-23T23:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869035\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T23:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:00:10","slug":"lando-norris-wins-f1s-dutch-grand-prix-after-a-daring-pass-on-kimi-antonelli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869035\/","title":{"rendered":"Lando Norris wins F1\u2019s Dutch Grand Prix after a daring pass on Kimi Antonelli"},"content":{"rendered":"

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McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain holds the trophy after winning the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort , Netherlands on Sunday.Patrick Post\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Lando Norris had a clear message for his Formula 1 rivals after a spectacular race-winning pass on standings leader Kimi Antonelli. Write off his title defence at your peril.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis fight is still on,\u201d Norris said over team radio after winning the Dutch Grand Prix for back-to-back F1 victories and a trophy presented by the King of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

Norris asked his McLaren team to \u201cjust keep bringing upgrades [to the car], just keep bringing performance please\u201d as he eyes an 83-point gap to Antonelli.<\/p>\n

Max Verstappen nearly reeled in a similarly vast lead last year as Norris held on by just two points. Now the British driver is the hunter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s still plenty of things we can do better and need to do better if we\u2019re going to fight for a championship,\u201d Norris added.<\/p>\n

Norris seizes his chance<\/p>\n

Norris started on pole but was overtaken by Antonelli\u2019s Mercedes at a restart after the race was stopped for a heavy crash by home hero Verstappen, who was unhurt, shortly after the start.<\/p>\n

Norris reeled in Antonelli before passing him around the outside of the first corner in a daring move on lap 54 of 72, then took the lead from Ferrari\u2019s Hamilton before the lap was over.<\/p>\n

The defending champion held on with old tires to take the win. \u201cThis fight is still on,\u201d he said over team radio.<\/p>\n

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Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, McLaren’s Lando Norris and Mercedes’ George Russell celebrate on the podium after the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday.SIMON WOHLFAHRT\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThe move [to pass Antonelli] was good. I knew I was not going to get many chances. Every lap I spent behind him my chances got lower and lower,\u201d Norris said. \u201cWell played from my part … I probably had one chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Antonelli was second after his Mercedes teammate George Russell was ordered to move out of his way, following a failed gamble on a tire change by Antonelli. Russell clung on to finish third ahead of Hamilton.<\/p>\n

Antonelli\u2019s standings lead grew to 59 points over Russell and Hamilton, who are now level. Norris moved ahead of Charles Leclerc for fourth.<\/p>\n

Antonelli and Russell question Mercedes strategy<\/p>\n

There was tension at Mercedes as both Antonelli and Russell criticized the team\u2019s decisions over the radio.<\/p>\n

Antonelli called his team\u2019s strategy \u201ctoo risky\u201d when the team congratulated him on second place, while Russell earlier seemed to object to being asked to give way to his teammate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs he fighting for the win? Or is he planning to catch Norris?\u201d Russell questioned, at a point where Norris was far ahead of both.<\/p>\n

Russell relented after the race and said he felt Mercedes had made the right decision to avoid the two battling for position as Hamilton closed in behind.<\/p>\n

Antonelli \u201cwould have overtaken anyway so it was the right decision,\u201d said Russell, who won the sprint race Saturday. \u201cIt\u2019s been a strong weekend overall so I\u2019ll take the positives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Verstappen\u2019s big crash and Hulkenberg\u2019s big save<\/p>\n

There was a half-hour delay after Verstappen slammed into the wall on a damp first lap, stopping the race and ensuring a nightmare end to his last home race in the Netherlands for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

Just a couple of seconds later, there would have been another huge collision if not for lightning reactions by Nico Hulkenberg. As his Audi teammate Gabriel Bortoleto span across the track, the German swerved around him through a cloud of tire smoke.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was crazy with Gabi, I almost T-boned him,\u201d Hulkenberg said over team radio.<\/p>\n

The Dutch Grand Prix is dropping off the schedule after this season and the many orange-clad Dutch fans who turned up to support Verstappen instead saw Norris and his orange McLaren take the win.<\/p>\n

Verstappen said he simply misjudged his speed on the damp track after pre-race rain.<\/p>\n

Charles Leclerc was fifth on another disappointing day for Ferrari ahead of its home race in Italy in two weeks\u2019 time. Norris\u2019s teammate Oscar Piastri was sixth after running in the top three early on, and Liam Lawson salvaged seventh for Red Bull after being called in to replace the injured Isack Hadjar.<\/p>\n

Hulkenberg was eighth for Audi, with Fernando Alonso ninth in the best result of an otherwise-disastrous 2026 for Aston Martin. Alpine\u2019s Pierre Gasly rounded out the top 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain holds the trophy after winning the Formula…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,578,894,887,576,577,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-869035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-f1","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}