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We're back reviewing live F-1 for the first time in weeks.

Dutch Grand Prix qualifying we're reviewing today, Sam.

We were just discussing before we came on air. It is good to see little race cars go around a track. Well, not so little. They may be next year, but yeah, big boys go around a little track because Zandvort really is a small, tight, twisty circuit. If you knew to F1, it's your first time watching this kind of racetrack, then let's go your thoughts in the comments below.

But it is so good, so, so good to see F1 live on our screens, and we've got this

championship hotting up because those McClara boys put on a show for us today.

So much to get into, Ben.

Much to get into indeed.

And as reference, despite the fact that we have had a summer break of nearly a month,

not a lot has changed out front when it comes to the pecking order in F1.

Oscar Piastri taking pole position just about ahead of Lando Norris by 0.0.0.2 of a second.

Max Verstappen is then third, albeit 0.263,

back. Both Ferraris in Q3. We'll discuss that a little bit later on. Not both Mercedes in

Q3. We'll discuss that later on as well, and plenty more as we go throughout the midfield, too.

But let's start out front

with that McLaren battle. We saw Lando Norris was fastest in all three practice sessions leading

into qualifying. Early parts of qualifying, it still felt like Lando Norris might have a very

slender advantage over his teammate, but it's something of a repeated story. Not the first

time we've said this this year. When we get into crunch time, it's Oscar Piastri who delivers.

Yeah, it seems like it came down to one corner to begin with. In that first section,

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