Ferrari had a perfectly good explanation for Austin qualifying ready before the cars were back in the garage: the straights. Lewis Hamilton said rivals keep accelerating where the Ferrari lifts, and he put the Red Bull Ford power unit's advantage at roughly three to four tenths a lap, while admitting he hadn't seen the data that weekend. It is a tidy story. It is also only half of what the official timing sheet says.
Here is the awkward detail: Charles Leclerc's quickest lap of the weekend came in Q2, not Q3. He went 1:34.198 to top the second session, then 1:34.267 in the shootout. Had he simply repeated the Q2 lap, it would have been quicker than every Q3 time except Kimi Antonelli's pole lap of 1:34.035. A straight-line deficit doesn't switch on between sessions, so something else changed in Q3.
Lining up each driver's Q2 and Q3 laps is revealing. Hamilton found 0.522s between sessions and still ended up fifth, 0.276s off pole. Isack Hadjar found 0.637s. Max Verstappen found 0.257s and Antonelli 0.243s. Leclerc found nothing; he went backwards by 0.069s and finished fourth, 0.232s adrift.
Leclerc's own explanation was the track cooling down and the tyres not coming up to temperature cleanly in Q3. Fred Vasseur said Ferrari was in the pole fight until the final corner. Those aren't the words of a team that was out-powered by half a second down the straights. They describe a team that left time in the final sector on a one-lap run where the window for the tyres is narrow.
To be clear, Hamilton's straight-line complaint can be true at the same time. A car that gives away a few tenths in a straight line needs everything else to be perfect on a qualifying lap, and Ferrari's margin for a slightly cold tyre is thinner than it looks. That is my read, not something either driver said, but it fits the numbers: Ferrari looked like pole contenders in Q2 and a fraction short in Q3 because the margin vanished the moment the tyres weren't ideal.

#pole #found #straight #qualifying

harles Leclerc has officially claimed one of the most painful records in Formula 1 history, and it's a statistic that perfectly captures the frustration of his career with Ferrari.
With 1,905 career points, Leclerc has surpassed Valtteri Bottas, who finished his career with 1,797 points, to become the driver with the most points in F1 history without winning a World Drivers' Championship.
Let that sink in for a moment.
Nine Grand Prix victories. 56 podium finishes. 27 pole positions. And yet, despite all that success, Leclerc is still chasing the one achievement that matters most in Formula 1: becoming world champion.
When Leclerc joined Ferrari in 2019, the expectations were enormous. He was viewed as one of the sport's brightest young talents, and his early victories at Spa and Monza immediately showed why Ferrari had invested so heavily in him.

#leclerc #history #bottas

Round 18 of the 2026 Formula 1 season heads to the Circuit of the Americas for the United States Grand Prix, from 23-25 October.
In the previous race in Singapore, it was a dominant weekend for Max Verstappen who qualified on pole and won for both the sprint and main race - his first victories at the Marina Bay Circuit.
The Ferraris were consistently on the Dutchman's tail for the majority of the weekend, but a poor strategy call from Lewis Hamilton meant he could only finish sixth. His team-mate Charles Leclerc finished second with Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli third.
Antonelli has his first opportunity to secure this year's world **** le in Austin. For that to happen, the Italian must win the race with Mercedes team-mate Russell ninth or lower and Hamilton finishing fifth or lower.
The clocks go back in the UK on race day so we will be on BST for the Friday and Saturday sessions but GMT for the race.

#team

Lando Norris took a superb pole position for McLaren at the Spanish Grand Prix, beating Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli and Red Bull's Max Verstappen in a breathless final few seconds of qualifying.
"Oh, what a lap, gorgeous," said an ecstatic Norris after pipping world championship leader Antonelli by just 0.011 seconds. "Oh, that might be my best one."
Verstappen was 0.140secs off the pace, as all three moved ahead of Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari.
The seven-time champion had held the top spot after the first runs in the final session.
Hamilton's team-mate Charles Leclerc was fifth, ahead of Mercedes' George Russell and the second McLaren of Oscar Piastri.

#mercedes

Alexandra Leclerc will be welcoming her bundle of joy in a few short months with her F1 husband, Charles, and we could not be more impressed with her maternity wardrobe.
The 26-year-old mother-to-be turned the streets of Madrid into her runway as she stepped onto the sidelines of the Spanish Grand Prix in a newspaper-inspired Dior dress made famous by Sarah Jessica Parker's iconic leading role in ******* and the City, Carrie Bradshaw.
Alexandra was a vision in the dress previously worn by Sarah Jessica Parker (@ Getty Images)
The piece from the 2000 fall/winter archives of John Galliano looked spectacular on the influencer, who paired the famous mini-dress with the lambskin Mini Lady Dior bag in powder blue and black peep-toe mules.
As for her glam for the occasion, Alexandra wore her iconic raven tresses - which looked glossier than ever - styled with an elegant, face-framing bouncy blow-dry, her tresses cascading past her shoulders.

#sarah #famous

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Alexandra Leclerc has become one of Formula 1's most recognizable fashion figures, but she built a public identity far beyond being Charles Leclerc's wife. The Monaco-based influencer, art history student, and fashion collaborator first appeared alongside the Ferrari driver in 2023, and since then, she's become a regular fixture at race weekends, fashion shows, and luxury brand events.
In February 2026, the couple officially tied the knot during a civil ceremony in Monaco after nearly three years together.
Here's everything to know about Alexandra and her relationship with the Formula 1 star.
Alexandra was born in Calais, France, in June 2001 and has Mexican, Argentinian, and French heritage. She later studied art history at L'École du Louvre in Paris, specializing in 20th century art.

#hearst

Alexandra Leclerc, who wed Formula 1 star Charles Leclerc on Feb. 28, was photographed wearing Christian Dior's iconic newspaper dress designed by John Galliano that debuted in the Fall/Winter 2000 collection
The dress was at first controversial but then embraced in pop culture when it was worn by Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw in ****** and the City
Dior's 26-year-old design was previously worn by Jenna Ortega on the red carpet
Read all about it!
Carrie Bradshaw's famous newspaper dress, featured in season 3 of ****** and the City (and later the film ****** and the City 2), was revived once more, but in an unexpected location: the sidelines of the Spanish Grand Prix.

#formula #charles #christian

Round 14 of the 2026 Formula 1 season heads to the new Madring circuit, for the Spanish Grand Prix, from 11-13 September.
Championship leader Kimi Antonelli came back from 19th on the grid for a spectacular win in front of his home fans at the Italian Grand Prix.
In another surprise during the weekend, Alpine's Pierre Gasly managed to secure the first pole position of his career on Saturday.
Antonelli was joined by his Mercedes team-mate George Russell on the Monza podium, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen third.
It was a disappointing weekend for Ferrari, with Charles Leclerc crashing out of the race and Lewis Hamilton finishing sixth.

#madring

Lewis Hamilton says it is "far too late" for Ferrari to give him priority over team-mate Charles Leclerc in the championship fight, following a disappointing weekend at their home Italian Grand Prix.
The seven-time world champion, who started fourth and finished sixth, was pushed on to the grass by Leclerc on the opening lap, slipping him down to 10th, as the pair battled wheel-to-wheel at the exit of the first chicane.
Leclerc then suffered a high-speed crash at the Parabolica shortly after to leave Hamilton as Ferrari's only hope of a top-three finish.
Once the race restarted following the red-flag period caused by Leclerc's crash, Hamilton never fully rejoined the fight at the front, and with Mercedes securing a one-two finish at Monza, he has fallen further back in the championship fight.
The 41-year-old, who was level on points with second-placed Russell in the standings before Sunday's race, is now 10 behind his old Silver Arrows team-mate, and 76 points adrift of **** le leader and race winner Antonelli.

#team #championship

Kimi Antonelli pulled off one of the fightbacks of the ages as he fought from 19th on the grid to win the Italian Grand Prix.
The 20-year-old's stunning victory came after he caught and passed his team-mate George Russell with three laps to go.
Russell, who had started second and battled for the lead with Antonelli earlier in the race before holding on to first until the closing stages, is now 66 points behind in the drivers' championship.
Meanwhile, it was a difficult day for Ferrari in front of the tifosi, with Charles Leclerc enduring a high-speed crash at the Parabolica early on while Lewis Hamilton was forced to settle for sixth.
Here are my ratings for how the drivers performed across the whole weekend in Monza.

#Ferrari

Nico Rosberg says it is "not feasible" for Ferrari to prioritise Lewis Hamilton over Charles Leclerc in the 2026 ***** le race, in a verdict that directly counters Hamilton's push for team orders at Ferrari.
Speaking to Sky Sports F1 following qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix, Rosberg addressed suggestions that Ferrari should back the seven-time champion in the ***** le fight. "They can't do that," said Rosberg, who was partnered with Hamilton at Mercedes from 2013 to 2016. "They have two No. 1 drivers, both on a similar level. You cannot, now in the middle of the season, put everything just working towards Lewis. It's way too early, and that doesn't make sense."
Rosberg acknowledged that the internal fighting has been costing Hamilton championship points, but insisted the team simply has no alternative. "Of course, it costs them performance, and Lewis championship points eventually, but the team cannot do that at this stage against Leclerc. It's not feasible," he added.
Rosberg's verdict carries particular weight because he lived through the exact arrangement Hamilton is now demanding. Hamilton has called for rules of engagement similar to his time at Mercedes with Rosberg, as GPblog reported on Sunday.
That famous document, created by then-Mercedes strategist James Vowles, was designed to prevent on-track clashes between Hamilton and Rosberg during their consecutive fierce ***** le fights between 2014 and 2016.

#hamilton #team

Kimi Antonelli showed why he appears to be Formula One's champion-elect as he became the first Italian since Ludovico Scarfiotti 60 years ago to win his home race, despite starting 19th.
Antonelli, who elected to take a grid penalty at Monza for taking a new engine, spent the entire race hunting down Mercedes team mate George Russell, finally passing the Briton on lap 50 of 53.
Antonelli benefited from an early red flag after Charles Leclerc smashed into the barriers at Parabolica on what was an awful day for Ferrari.
Antonelli also took advantage of a mid-race virtual safety car to switch tyres when Russell stayed out in the lead.
Antonelli started in 19th spot, but still managed to overhaul his team-mate George Russell - Marco Bertorello/Getty Images

#race #mate

For the vast majority of the 2026 Italian Grand Prix, George Russell appeared completely in control of his own destiny. After pulling off a sharp opening-lap move on pole-sitter Pierre Gasly and surviving the Lap 3 red flag triggered by Charles Leclerc's crash, the Mercedes driver looked poised to convert his front-row start into a commanding victory at the Temple of Speed.
Instead, a critical strategic gamble under a late Virtual Safety Car completely upended the race, leaving Russell defenseless on fading rubber while his teammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli charged from the back of the grid to **** the win.
Mercedes opted for an extreme tire management strategy with Russell, keeping him out on a single set of hard compound tires following the early race stoppage. But when a late Virtual Safety Car period neutralized the field, the Silver Arrows pit wall was forced to make a high-stakes tactical call: preserve track position or pit for fresher, faster rubber.
While Russell remained out on track to protect the race lead, Antonelli and Red Bull's Max Verstappen both dove into the pits for fresh tires. The stark difference in grip proved decisive in the final laps, as Antonelli rapidly eliminated the gap and swept past Russell to claim an astonishing victory from 19th on the grid.
Speaking post-race, Russell admitted he never expected the team to bring Antonelli in.

#russell

There are days when you know you are witnessing something special.
That was Sunday at the Italian Grand Prix.
Kimi Antonelli, starting down in P19 Sunday at Monday due to a change in his power unit, rocketed his way through the field not just to take a podium finish, but to win outright and take a huge step forward towards winning his first Formula 1 Drivers' Championship.
His performance at Monza makes it seem like if he indeed wins a ***** le this season, it will not be his last.
Antonelli carved his way through the field, working up to P12 for an early restart after a huge shunt from Charles Leclerc brought out a red flag on the third lap of the race. By Lap 9 Antonelli was up into sixth place.

#huge

Formula 1 heads to the iconic Monza circuit this weekend for the Italian Grand Prix and round 13 of the 2026 season.
Kimi Antonelli, who is expected to take a grid penalty at his home race, leads the world championship standings by 59 points to Mercedes teammate George Russell and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton, with the Italian having finished second at the last race in Zandvoort.
At the Dutch GP, reigning F1 world champion Lando Norris won his second straight grand prix with a composed drive at Zandvoort, after recording a sublime pole position. Norris is now fourth in the drivers' standings, 83 points behind Antonelli.
Ferrari will be hoping to land a victory at their traditional home race, with Charles Leclerc a two-time winner in Monza and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who crashed out on the first lap last time out, will be looking to bounce back.
Here are the standings after the Italian GP:

#race #standings #monza

George Russell passes Pierre Gasly for lead of Italian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton drops back after battling with Charles Leclerc
Championship leader Kimi Antonelli started 19th because of his own penalty
Antonelli 'disrupting rules of fandom' in Ferrari's Italy
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#george #lewis #hamilton

Andrea Kimi Antonelli happy at Mercedes and he knows it is divided fan group with him leading and Ferrari doing well for Italian fans coming to the F1 Italian GP, as Lewis Hamilton chimes in.
When Antonelli arrived at the scene, it was not clear to everyone how well he could do, even though there was hype about him certainly. After how F1 2025 went, some enthusiasm dipped but midway into 2026, it is going through the roof for the Italian, especially in Italy.
When he went to pick up the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy earlier this year, there was massive stream of fans waiting for him. Even at race tracks, there is considerable growth in the numbers. In general as well, Italian fans are quite emotional about their sports persons and also teams.
Ferrari is at par with football if not larger, in certain sphere. For a top Italian driver to race for an Italian manufacturer is icing on the cake. The last to drive in F1 was Giancarlo Fisichella in 2009. It's been 17 years since and it will be longer than that as Antonelli is happy to be at Mercedes.
The Italian was taken up by the German team at a very young age and rose through the ranks, with Toto Wolff's backing. He is their prodigy, much like how Max Verstappen is for Red Bull and Charles Leclerc is in some ways for Ferrari. And for the near future, Antonelli doesn't see himself anywhere else.

#antonelli #Ferrari #even #race

Scuderia Ferrari is not just bringing the special livery dedicated to Michael Schumacher, but its second upgraded power unit under the ADUO finding.
As per the FIA published figures, Ferrari are allowed to two Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) in 2026 after it was found to be over 4% down on power and performance when compared to the best F1 power unit on the grid, that happens to be Red Bull Ford.
They fall in the same club as Audi and Honda to be allowed for two updates, with Mercedes allowed only one. Ferrari brought its first push in Austria and has confirmed the second and final of F1 2026 in this weekend's Italian GP at Monza, where power is crucial element.
Both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have stressed on the power deficit on Ferrari side. They are happy with the work done on the chassis side, which has helped them to be second in the F1 constructors' championship. The team is taking a gamble by deploying its update so soon.
There are still plenty of races to go in F1 2026. But they seem to be confident about their step. This also clears the way for larger development focus in 2027. Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur stressed on marginal gains and this is what they expect to secure in Monza, that they can carry forward.

#second #development #stressed #side

Kimi Antonelli is going to start the Italian Grand Prix from somewhere near the back of the grid, and Mercedes chose that outcome on purpose.
Team boss Toto Wolff confirmed after the Dutch Grand Prix that the championship leader will take a fresh power unit at his home race in Monza, triggering a grid penalty that could push him to the back row depending on how many components get swapped. It's a deliberate hit to a driver sitting on one of the healthier points cushions in recent memory, and it hands a very specific kind of opportunity to Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc heading into the one weekend of the year built for making up ground through raw speed rather than clever strategy.
Under F1's power unit rules, teams get a fixed allocation of components for the season, and going even one over that limit on a single part triggers an automatic grid penalty the next time it's used. Antonelli's retirement in Barcelona earlier this year, an electrical failure that erased a big chunk of his points lead in one afternoon, is why Mercedes decided a scheduled penalty beats another unscheduled DNF. Wolff didn't dress it up when he explained the choice: "With Kimi, we're taking the full thing. Our calculations say that that's the best track to take it. Obviously, algorithms don't take their nationality into consideration. We're here to fight for a championship and not get the most PR."
Monza's reputation as the easiest track on the calendar to recover lost ground is part of that math. Pierre Gasly won there from tenth in 2020, Daniel Ricciardo won from a midfield slot the following year, and Max Verstappen took victory in 2022 after starting five places back. We covered just how thin these allocations have gotten across the grid after the Belgian Grand Prix, when a single weekend produced a 30-place penalty for Isack Hadjar and 10-place drops apiece for Lando Norris, Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz, all for the same rule Antonelli is about to run into at Monza.
Recovering from the back isn't quite the free pass it used to be, though. DRS is gone under the 2026 regulations, replaced by a manual override system that only unlocks within a fixed distance of the car ahead and draws from a battery that's already stretched thin at a circuit with almost no meaningful braking to recharge it. Monza asks cars to scavenge energy at full throttle instead of under braking, which is a very different proposition for a driver trying to slice through traffic than it was in the DRS era. Antonelli might still make Monza look easy. He just won't have quite the same tools to do it with.

#prix #back #penalty #take

Lululemon has overhauled its leadership in Greater China, elevating its longtime China head and tapping an LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton executive in a new role as it doubles down on growing in the market.
The Vancouver, Canada-based athleisure brand has promoted San Yan Ng, general manager of Lululemon's China business for the last eight years, to the role of regional president of China and APAC, effective immediately. Simultaneously, the company revealed the hiring of Jeffrey Hang, who has joined as senior vice president and general manager of APAC — a new role for the company and also effective immediately.
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If it wasn't for the yerba mate steaming up in front of her, Maia Reficco might easily lose track of which city she's in.
"I did five cities in five countries in five days," she says. "I was in Monaco, Spain, New York, Mexico City and Buenos Aires, all in five days."
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Alex Brundle believes Lewis Hamilton was fully justified in venting his frustration over team radio during the Dutch Grand Prix.
The seven-time champion narrowly missed out on a podium at Zandvoort, taking the chequered flag in fourth place behind race winner Lando Norris and the Mercedes pair of Kimi Antonelli and George Russell.
Hamilton was clearly frustrated throughout the race with various tense radio messages. While reviewing the race on F1 TV, Brundle defended Hamilton's outburst when the pitwall asked which tyre compound he wanted to change to.
"That would upset me from inside the car as well because you're looking at the team asking you which tyre you want to be put on," Brundle explained. "They've already seen a stint on the medium compound from Charles Leclerc. They're sitting there with all of the data, and effectively you've got an engineer on the pitwall hedging their bets based around what the driver is going to say.
"Of course Lewis has sat in the briefings. Lewis has felt the tyres. He's the only person sitting in the car. But I think his response there actually came amid a slightly turbulent day where he did sound slightly upset over the radio in general.

#hamilton #compound #upset

Formula 1 returns from its August break on Sunday for Round 12 of the championship at the Dutch Grand Prix.
McLaren's Lando Norris starts on the pole alongside fellow Briton George Russell of Mercedes. Championship points leader Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes starts third, flanked on the second row by Norris' McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri.
Hometown man Max Verstappen will start seventh behind the Ferrari duo of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.
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#norris #starts #grand

The 2026 Dutch Grand Prix sprint race provided McLaren with plenty of data, but it also delivered a sobering realization: Ferrari might currently possess the fastest race car on the grid.
While McLaren continues to fight at the front of the pack, Team Principal Andrea Stella was quick to single out Charles Leclerc's Sprint performance as the ultimate benchmark for long-run speed around Zandvoort.
Ferrari raised eyebrows across the paddock when they sent Leclerc to the Sprint grid on a used set of soft tires, bypassing the standard medium compound favored by the majority of the field.
However, Stella acknowledged that the Italian squad's aggressive strategy was rooted in hard data. "When we saw Leclerc starting on a used soft, we thought that that was quite ambitious, but eventually the information they got through the running in practice will have given them the confidence to do so," Stella told the media.
Leclerc's ability to manage the softer rubber over the course of the Sprint confirmed the ominous pace Ferrari had demonstrated earlier in the weekend. "I think the lap times of Ferrari in continuous laps that they showed during practice one, they were the best, and probably in the race Leclerc was still the best in terms of pace," Stella noted.

#stella #race #grid

Lewis Hamilton felt much better in the car in the F1 Dutch Grand Prix qualifying, but confidence dented on Friday with tyres being the main culprit, as he struggled to work it and locked-up at Turn 1.
After a low-key return in both F1 Dutch GP sprint qualifying and also the race due to wrong set-up choice, Ferrari's Hamilton found something in the main qualifying but could only manage fifth in the end, behind both the McLaren and Mercedes pair.
He managed to beat teammate Charles Leclerc, but his confidence was dented on Friday itself, not giving him enough time to adjust to changes post-sprint as much. He is hopeful still of a better result, as he feels the race pace will be better than the one-lap pace was.
"Yeah, much, much happier with the car in quali, thankfully," said Hamilton to media after F1 Dutch GP qualifying. "But it's not that helpful when it comes to building confidence, it's like you're putting brick by brick, you're putting down building a wall, knock down that confidence that I had in FP1, didn't have it through sprint qualifying, and then I just basically was starting again building.
"But the car was much better and much happier with it. I'm excited for tomorrow." It was not easy especially in Q3 with the threat of rain. The Ferrari F1 cars were struggling to get temperature into the tyres. Hamilton kept on locking going into Turn 1 throughout qualifying.

#much #qualifying #hamilton #better

Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg had similar stories to share aftermath the F1 Dutch GP sprint race, where both were forced to pit for different issues, while Carlos Sainz had a test session.
For Cadillac's Perez, it was straight into the pits at the start of formation lap in F1 Dutch GP sprint race at Circuit Zandvoort. The Mexican couldn't start the race as a result and was stationed in the pits for couple of laps, before he ventured out on track for a test session.
He saw the chequered flag but was three laps down on the leaders, as Mercedes' George Russell picked up the F1 Dutch GP sprint win over Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and McLaren's Lando Norris. The Mexican was classified 21st. But what happened to Perez ahead of the formation lap?
It was a hydraulics issues that forced the Cadillac mechanics to push Perez in the garage. They managed to do a good job to fix and send him out. And the Mexican was pleased to get some laps in, especially with the pace, where he felt he could match the likes of Haas and Williams.
"Yeah, we had a bit of a hydraulic issue and that meant that we lost two to three laps," said Perez to F1 TV after the F1 Dutch GP sprint race. "We managed to fix it and by the time we went, the pace seemed to be on a par with Williams, with Haas, which was promising, and it's promising for the rest of the weekend.

#dutch #forced

Ferrari has a Saturday problem to solve. Lewis Hamilton finished seventh in the Dutch Grand Prix Sprint at Zandvoort, 12.188 seconds behind Mercedes winner George Russell, and says the team will change his car before the rest of the weekend continues.
In Friday's Sprint Qualifying, Hamilton secured seventh place with a time of 1:12.191. Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc qualified third after clocking 1:11.622, finishing 0.569 seconds ahead. Russell took pole with a 1:11.567, ahead of Lando Norris at 1:11.608, Leclerc, Oscar Piastri at 1:11.666, and Kimi Antonelli at 1:11.794.
The awkward part is that Hamilton was not miles away from the front in the only practice session. He placed fourth, just 0.190 seconds behind Antonelli's 1:12.949. Ferrari then adjusted Hamilton's setup before Sprint Qualifying. After the adjustments, Hamilton confirmed that the changes didn't have the required effect: "Not a good, not a good session," he said. Formula1.com also quoted him saying, "P1 felt good. We made subtle adjustments to the car, but then we got into qualifying. It was a completely different car."
That left Ferrari with a split: Leclerc started third and finished second, while Hamilton spent much of the 24-lap Sprint chasing Max Verstappen. Hamilton got within one second of Verstappen with eight laps left, but he could not complete the pass.
Hamilton explained the next step after the Sprint:

#sprint #russell #verstappen

Mercedes' George Russell led from start to finish to win the sprint race at the Dutch Grand Prix.
Russell led a train of four cars for the entirety of the race but was always able to keep his pursuers at arm's length.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc passed McLaren's Lando Norris with six laps to go to take second ahead of the world champion, who fended off a late attack from Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli.
Russell's win cuts his deficit in the championship to Antonelli to 56 points, with Lewis Hamilton in second place.
The seven-time champion, who finished seventh behind McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, is three points ahead of Russell in the championship.

#champion

Formula 1 returns from its summer break and heads to Zandvoort for the Dutch Grand Prix - for the final time - from 21-23 August.
George Russell won Saturday's sprint race from pole position ahead of Charles Leclerc and world champion Lando Norris.
Title leader Kimi Antonelli is now 53 points clear of second-placed Lewis Hamilton at the top of the drivers' championship after finishing fourth, with Russell 56 points adrift of the Italian in third.
Lights out for Sunday's 72-lap main grand prix is at 14:00.
Drivers' standings

#points #formula

George Russell backed up the pole position he secured yesterday by winning the Dutch Grand Prix Sprint, finishing ahead of Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris. Below is a full recap of the race.
The polesitter made a clean start to retain the lead of the Dutch GP Sprint into the opening corners, with Lando Norris holding second ahead of Charles Leclerc in third.
Behind the leading trio, Kimi Antonelli made immediate progress, getting past Oscar Piastri to move into fourth place. The Mercedes driver quickly closed onto the back of Leclerc and began putting the Monegasque under pressure in the battle for the final podium position.
Piastri dropped to fifth following Antonelli's move, while Max Verstappen held sixth ahead of Lewis Hamilton. The field made it through the opening lap without any incidents, with Russell remaining in control at the front.
Photo: Race Pictures

#charles #piastri