The points breakdown for tonight’s race

1st: 25 points

2nd: 18

3rd: 15

4th: 12

5th: 10

6th: 8

7th: 6

8th: 4

9th: 2

10th: 1

11th to 22nd: 0

The drivers’ standings

  • Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) 224 points
  • Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 171
  • George Russell (Mercedes) 168
  • Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 145
  • Lando Norris (McLaren) 134
  • Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 112
  • Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 96
  • Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) 68
  • Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 43
  • Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) 43
  • Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) 23
  • Franco Colapinto (Alpine) 19
  • Oliver Bearman (Haas) 18
  • Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) 10
  • Carlos Sainz jnr (Williams) 6
  • Alexander Albon (Williams) 5
  • Esteban Ocon (Haas) 3
  • Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) 2
  • Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 1
  • Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 0
  • Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac) 0
  • Sergio Perez (Cadillac) 0

Oscar Piastri found plenty of encouraging pace, but it still wasn’t enough to get McLaren’s Australian ace into the qualifying shake-up at Zandvoort as teammate Lando Norris roared to back-to-back poles at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Back at the track where this time last year he had seemed to be on top of the world, Piastri had looked sharp for most of the qualifying session on Saturday, hours after he had only been able to finish fifth in the sprint race behind victorious Mercedes driver George Russell.

But when it came to the third and final qualifying session with spots of rain threatening, it was Norris who continued his resurgence, taking pole just as he had done last time out at the Hungarian Grand Prix when he went on to win the race.

It left Norris chuckling: “Our car is certainly the best in high speed, no doubt -- or I have the biggest balls. ... I don’t know!”

Good evening, and welcome to our live coverage of the Dutch Formula 1 Grand Prix.

I’m Russell Bennett, and I’ll be taking you through all the action, and post-race reaction, as it unfolds from Circuit Zandvoort.

In-form reigning world champion Lando Norris will start from pole after an incredible tense qualifying session that saw the top four split by less than three tenths of a second.

Norris’ teammate, Australian superstar Oscar Piastri, will start from fourth, with George Russell and this year’s championship leader Kimi Antonelli starting from second and third on the grid. Each have Mercedes power units, just to make things even more fascinating.

Can Piastri get off to a dream start and claim his 10th career F1 grand prix victory? We’re soon about to find out. It’s lights out at 11pm AEST.