International media sounds alarm on Norris, Hamilton after 'dark Sunday' at Dutch GP

Hamilton headed into the race with the hope of a much-improved performance from what he experienced last time out at the Hungarian Grand Prix; however, any such hopes would fizzled into thin air after his crash on the 23rd lap of the race. For Norris, the McLaren driver witnessed his race go up in smoke literally after he suffered an engine failure while chasing teammate Oscar Piastri for a shot at possible victory.

The British outlet opened its note with an SOS call for Norris, stressing it could be defining on his season

“SOS of the day, perhaps of the season. It could have been for Houston. ‘I might be on fire,’ declared Lando Norris, smelling trouble in his cockpit.”

“Now we will find out of what metal Norris is made,” it concluded.

“It was a bad afternoon by the North Sea for another Brit, with Lewis Hamilton crashing out to his first retirement of a podium-less year – another landmark as welcome as scurvy,” it wrote, referencing Hamilton.

The Italian outlet largely opted to focus on the outing of Lewis Hamilton, labelling it as a ‘dark Sunday’ before further likening it to some Frankenstein movie.

“Have you seen Mel Brooks's masterpiece, "Young Frankenstein"? When Frederick and Igor go to the cemetery to dig up a recently buried body, Frederick exclaims, "What a crappy job!" "It could be worse," replies Igor. "How?" "It could rain." A thunderstorm immediately breaks out. Frederick and Igor have taken on the guise of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton at Zandvoort,” it wrote.