F1 LIVE: Norris weighs up title chance after Dutch GP win, Verstappen suffers heartbreak DNF at final race
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Lando Norris wins Dutch GP as F1 returns from summer break
After nearly four weeks away, F1 returned for a dramatic Dutch GP weekend, with Lando Norris picking up his second win in a row at Zandvoort - the final Grand Prix to be hosted in the Netherlands for the foreseeable future.
On Pole Position for Sunday's race, Norris was overtaken by championship leader Kimi Antonelli early on, but later retook the lead with a stunning Turn 1 move on the young Italian behind a yet to pit Lewis Hamilton on Lap 54.
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A delighted Norris said after the Dutch GP: "A tough race. Yesterday I said I need to put on a bit of a show for the last race here."I made it tough for myself today but a good race. Well fought. Probably one of my better wins. We had to fight for it.
"The pace was very strong and I managed things incredibly well today. Over the moon, very happy and nice to win the final race here in Zandvoort."
In P2 and P3 came Antonelli and George Russell, with the former nevertheless extending his Drivers' title lead. Antonelli now sits 59 points ahead of his teammate and Hamilton after 12 rounds of F1 action.
Asked whether he can properly join the title battle in the second half of the season, Norris said: "It sounds boring, but one race at a time. I know a lot of people say it now but it's the truth of it. There's no point thinking that far ahead. I need to concentrate now on having a nice little break [before Monza].
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"Obviously two great weekends but we just need to reset and to learn a much as we can. I think there is still plenty of things we need to do better and can do better if we want to fight for a championship. I'm very pleased with the team and how much work with everyone is doing. But it's harder than I would like and I would like a bigger gap!"
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Max Verstappen speaks out after 'disappointing' Lap 1 crash at final Dutch GP
Max Verstappen has spoken out following a disastrous Lap 1 crash at his final home race at Zandvoort for the foreseeable future. After a tense battle with Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and teammate Liam Lawson at at the start, Verstappen spun out on a wet patch at the final corner, bringing his race to a heartbreaking end.
Speaking to GPblog and others on his race start, Verstappen first addressed the near contact with Hamilton at race start and his close battle with Lawson. He said: "Yeah, well I think the start is just a consequence of what is happening on the right. It's okay, it can happen."
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Addressing the Turn 14 crash, Verstappen explained: "And then I got caught out, it was still quite wet in that corner and then as soon as I saw the dry patch coming, I was like, now you can accelerate but clearly that didn't work so probably was still a bit too early."
Reflecting on the weekend overall, having lined up in P7, Verstappen continued: "Well, I think overall, we had a disappointing weekend, pace wise. We just couldn't really fight with the guys ahead so that's probably the most disappointing part.
"But of course I wish that I could have done a little bit more in the race but looking at the pace that we are showing I don't think it was really possible anyway but yeah still would have liked to race. Still would have liked to try and do a good job but yeah hopefully in Monza we can be a little bit more competitive."
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