McLaren’s Lando Norris recovered from a slow start to win 2024 Dutch Grand Prix.
Norris lost the lead to Max Verstappen at the start but regained the lead on Lap 18 on the inside of Tarzanbocht, and proceeded to cruise to victory from the Dutchman who made his 200th F1 start.
Charles Leclerc jumped Oscar Piastri in the pit-stop phase to claim third ahead of the Aussie, whilst Carlos Sainz recovered from tenth to fifth at the checkered flag.
Sergio Perez, George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Pierre Gasly and Fernando Alonso rounded out the top ten.
In the drivers’ standings, Verstappen’s title lead was reduced to 70 points by Norris with nine rounds left of this season.
McLaren meanwhile reduced Red Bull’s lead in the constructors’ standings to just 30 points, setting up a proper battle to the season’s end in Abu Dhabi on 8 December.
At lights out, Verstappen beat Norris off the line to take the lead whilst Piastri and Perez lost third and fifth to Russell and Leclerc respectively.
Verstappen though couldn’t shake Norris who bided his time and kept the home favourite within his sights, before he unleashed an inside move into Tarzanbocht for the lead.
Williams’ Alex Albon meanwhile was the first driver to pit but up front, Leclerc was the first frontrunner to pit on Lap 25, which saw him leapfrog Russell and Piastri once the pit-stops phase was completed.
Verstappen meanwhile pitted on Lap 28 in hope of undercutting Norris who pitted a lap later and covered off the three-time champion.
Piastri was the last frontrunner to pit on Lap 34 and found himself fifth upon re-joining the circuit as many drivers switched from medium to hard tyre, whilst Hamilton found himself eighth despite having started on the soft tyres.
Sainz meanwhile had recovered to second when he made his stop after a solid drive from tenth to seventh in the opening laps, and the Spaniard passed Perez for sixth on Lap 47.
Up front, Norris cruised to a comfortable win from Verstappen to reduce his title deficit to 71 points with nine rounds left, and became the first driver outside of Red Bull to win by over ten seconds since Leclerc at 2022 Australian GP.
F1 now heads to Monza next weekend from 30 August – 1 September for Ferrari’s home race at the Italian GP.
| Position | Driver | Team | Laps | Time |
| 1 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 72 | 1h 30m 45.519 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 72 | + 22.896 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 72 | + 25.439 |
| 4 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 72 | + 27.337 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 72 | + 32.137 |
| 6 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 72 | + 39.542 |
| 7 | George Russell | Mercedes | 72 | + 44.617 |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 72 | + 49.599 |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 71 | + 1 Lap |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 71 | + 1 Lap |
| 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 71 | + 1 Lap |
| 12 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 71 | + 1 Lap |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB | 71 | + 1 Lap |
| 14 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 71 | + 1 Lap |
| 15 | Alex Albon | Williams | 71 | + 1 Lap |
| 16 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 71 | + 1 Lap |
| 17 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 71 | + 1 Lap |
| 18 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 71 | + 1 Lap |
| 19 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 70 | + 2 Laps |
| 20 | Guanyu Zhou | Sauber | 70 | + 2 Laps |
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