Netherlands 2026: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Norris	McLaren	1:12.695	1:11.628	1:11.163
2	Russell	Mercedes	1:12.924	1:11.959	1:11.265	+0.102
3	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:13.022	1:11.915	1:11.296	+0.133
4	Piastri	McLaren	1:12.610	1:11.641	1:11.305	+0.142
5	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:12.673	1:11.970	1:11.494	+0.331
6	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:13.064	1:11.910	1:11.558	+0.395
7	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:13.290	1:11.874	1:11.618	+0.455
8	Lawson	Red Bull	1:13.392	1:12.301	1:11.733	+0.570
9	Bortoleto	Audi	1:13.142	1:12.433	1:12.079	+0.916
10	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:13.074	1:12.525	1:12.185	+1.022
11	Gasly	Alpine	1:13.115	1:12.616		+0.988
12	Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	1:13.085	1:12.627		+0.999
13	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:13.188	1:12.797		+1.169
14	Colapinto	Alpine	1:13.322	1:12.800		+1.172
15	Ocon	Haas	1:13.544	1:13.137		+1.509
16	Albon	Williams	1:13.552	1:13.182		+1.554
17	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:13.574			+0.964
18	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:13.650			+1.040
19	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:13.818			+1.208
20	Bearman	Haas	1:13.826			+1.216
21	Bottas	Cadillac	1:14.371			+1.761
22	Pérez	Cadillac	1:14.600			+1.990

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Gap
1	Russell	Mercedes	1:13.278	1:12.235	1:11.567
2	Norris	McLaren	1:13.071	1:12.189	1:11.608	+0.041
3	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:13.011	1:12.190	1:11.622	+0.055
4	Piastri	McLaren	1:13.126	1:12.026	1:11.666	+0.099
5	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:13.668	1:12.511	1:11.794	+0.227
6	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:13.585	1:12.771	1:12.094	+0.527
7	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:13.151	1:12.445	1:12.191	+0.624
8	Gasly	Alpine	1:13.977	1:12.720	1:12.578	+1.011
9	Bortoleto	Audi	1:13.730	1:12.786	1:12.583	+1.016
10	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:14.057	1:12.785	1:12.737	+1.170
11	Lawson	Red Bull	1:13.420	1:13.136		+1.110
12	Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	1:14.490	1:13.145		+1.119
13	Colapinto	Alpine	1:14.618	1:13.439		+1.413
14	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:14.284	1:13.616		+1.590
15	Ocon	Haas	1:14.503	1:13.893		+1.867
16	Albon	Williams	1:14.596	1:14.294		+2.268
17	Bearman	Haas	1:14.728			+1.717
18	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:14.738			+1.727
19	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:15.391			+2.380
20	Bottas	Cadillac	1:15.472			+2.461
21	Pérez	Cadillac	1:15.545			+2.534
22	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:16.014			+3.003

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Gap	Points
1	Russell	Mercedes	1	30:25.318	8
2	Leclerc	Ferrari	3	+1.360	7
3	Norris	McLaren	2	+5.196	6
4	Antonelli	Mercedes	5	+5.581	5
5	Piastri	McLaren	4	+10.185	4
6	Verstappen	Red Bull	6	+10.529	3
7	Hamilton	Ferrari	7	+12.188	2
8	Gasly	Alpine	8	+42.510	1
9	Bortoleto	Audi	9	+44.437
10	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	10	+44.971
11	Lawson	Red Bull	11	+47.471
12	Colapinto	Alpine	13	+54.466
13	Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	12	+56.483
14	Ocon	Haas	15	+1:06.098
15	Bearman	Haas	17	+1:06.588
16	Albon	Williams	16	+1:14.632
17	Stroll	Aston Martin	18	+1:14.650
18	Alonso	Aston Martin	PL	+1:15.284
19	Bottas	Cadillac	19	+1 lap
20	Sainz Jr.	Williams	PL	+1 lap
21	Pérez	Cadillac	PL	+3 laps
NC	Hülkenberg	Audi	14	Engine

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Lando NorrisDriver of the Day	McLaren	1	72	2:4:44.859	2	Mercedes
2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	3	72	+11.536	3	Mercedes
3	George Russell	Mercedes	2	72	+15.906	2	Mercedes
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	5	72	+16.755	2	Ferrari
5	Charles LeclercFastest lap	Ferrari	6	72	+17.258	3	Ferrari
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	4	72	+32.332	3	Mercedes
7	Liam Lawson	Red Bull	8	72	+1:19.915	2	Red Bull Ford
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	13	71	+1 lap	2	Audi
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	18	71	+1 lap	1	Honda
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	11	71	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
11	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	12	71	+1 lap	2	Red Bull Ford
12	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	10	71	+1 lap	1	Red Bull Ford
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	9	71	+1 lap	3	Audi
14	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	14	70	+2 laps	2	Mercedes
15	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	PL	70	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
16	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	17	70	+2 laps	2	Mercedes
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	16	66	Collision damage	2	Mercedes
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	21	61	Hydraulics	2	Ferrari
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Haas	15	52	Engine	2	Ferrari
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	19	45	Handling	2	Honda
DNF	Oliver Bearman	Haas	20	2	Engine	0	Ferrari
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	7	0	Accident	0	Red Bull Ford

Starting grid vs qualifying

Pérez Qualified 22, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

Highlight a driver

Places gained

Alonso18→9+9
PérezPL→15+7
Hülkenberg13→8+5
Antonelli3→2+1
Hamilton5→4+1
Leclerc6→5+1
Lawson8→7+1
Gasly11→10+1
Tsunoda12→11+1
Sainz Jr.17→16+1
Norris1→10
Colapinto14→140
Russell2→3-1
Albon16→17-1
Piastri4→6-2
Lindblad10→12-2
Bortoleto9→13-4

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Hülkenberg17.082R19
2Stroll17.200R35
3Russell17.451R40
4Albon17.482R49
5Bortoleto17.519R34
6Norris17.552R47
7Albon17.592R26
8Alonso17.606R34
9Stroll17.645R15
10Antonelli17.767R40

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Norris2126252 stops
Antonelli211916163 stops
Russell1723322 stops
Hamilton2530172 stops
Leclerc212212173 stops
Piastri182611173 stops
Lawson2126252 stops
Hülkenberg1929232 stops · +1 lap
Alonso34371 stop · +1 lap
Gasly1828252 stops · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

AlbonCollision damage, classified P17Williams
BottasHydraulicsCadillac
OconEngineHaas
StrollHandlingAston Martin
BearmanEngineHaas
VerstappenAccidentRed Bull

This race in history

35 races here since 1952Won from pole: 17 of 35

Win from furthest back (P10): René Arnoux 1983

Most wins here

Previous race Next race

Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

Netherlands