F1 Dutch GP LIVE: FP3 updates and qualifying start time as Lando Norris eyes pole position – UK Times

Not a whole load of activity early on here – as is often the case at the start of FP3 – with RB’s Isack Hadjar the only car out on track in the first five minutes.

Conditions have lightened up, with the rain seemingly set to stay away.

And the 60-minute clock counts down for the final hour of practice at a damp Zandvoort circuit.

A big rebuild job for Lance Stroll’s garage and they’ve done a cracking job overnight, with the Aston Martin car all ready to go.

“Just a little lock-up, and then from there I was just a passenger,” Stroll said. “Just one of those things.”

“We looked competitive all the way throughout the day, and again Fernando now in FP2.

“I think we’re in a good spot; let’s see what we can do tomorrow.”

It’s almost time for the third and final hour of practice in Zandvoort!

Lando Norris stole the show on Friday with two table-topping sessions – can he complete the full set this morning?

FP3 getting underway in five minutes.

6. Aston Martin – 52 points

8. Racing Bulls – 45 points

“It’s not been the worst of days,” he admitted. “I think we were making progress.

“We were obviously quite far off in FP1, a lot further than normal. First lap felt pretty decent, getting back, but a bit of a challenge from then.

“We made some progress over lunch, but still quite a chunk off, so still some work to do overnight.”

“Still struggling with the same things and again we tried a lot of things with the car but it just doesn’t really seem to change anything in terms of my underlying problem,” he said.

“We’ll look overnight to find a bit more but I’m not going to expect a massive turnaround.

“It’s just tricky, plus the layout of the track also probably doesn’t suit our problems that we have with the car.

“Just understeer, that’s my main problem. And you know, in the middle sector there are a lot of long corners, so it’s not, not, not great.”

Canadian Stroll, who was forced to miss the Spanish Grand Prix after wrist surgery in June, carried huge speed into the banked turn three in the early stages of second practice but locked up and careered into the barriers.

There was extensive damage to his car but the 26-year-old was able to climb out and Aston Martin confirmed he was OK on his return to the garage.

Piastri has a nine-point lead in the world championship to McLaren teammate Norris:

1. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – 284 points

2. Lando Norris (McLaren) – 275 points

3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 187 points

4. George Russell (Mercedes) – 157 points

5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – 139 points

6. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) – 109 points

7. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) – 64 points

8. Alex Albon (Williams) – 54 points

9. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) – 37 points

10. Esteban Ocon (Haas) – 27 points

11. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) – 26 points

12. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) – 26 points

13. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) – 22 points

14. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) – 20 points

15. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) – 20 points

16. Carlos Sainz (Williams) – 16 points

17. Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) – 14 points

18. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) – 10 points

19. Ollie Bearman (Haas) – 8 points

20. Franco Colapinto (Alpine) – 0 points

21. Jack Doohan (Alpine) – 0 points

• FP3: 10:30am
• Qualifying: 2pm