Dutch Grand Prix Qualifying Review

F1: Chequered Flag

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🗓️ 30 August 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Rosanna Tennant, Andrew Benson, Harry Benjamin & Abbi Pulling react to qualifying at the Dutch Grand Prix. Who would take pole position in the battle between the McLaren drivers? We hear from both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Plus, could Lewis Hamilton get his season back on track in the Ferrari following a disappointing first half of 2025? We also get the team’s predictions ahead of Sunday’s grand prix.

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0:00.0	BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.5	Five Live Formula One.
0:10.9	The grid is set for the Dutch Grand Prix and the party atmosphere is well and truly underway here in Zanvort.
0:17.9	I'm in the paddock. We're basking in sunshine. People are enjoying a cold
0:22.3	beverage. And I'm joined by the BBC's F1 correspondent Andrew Benson to look back on that
0:27.8	qualifying session because Andrew, I think it's fair to say. We went into it with quite a lot of
0:32.5	expectations. We thought McLaren were going to be battling at the front. We thought Lando
0:37.0	Norris would have the advantage.
0:39.1	We knew it would be close, but it was Oscar Piastri that took pole position.
0:43.8	It's been so tight all year, Rosanna, and it was really, really tight today.
0:48.8	0.0.1, 2 seconds was the gap between pole and second today and on their final laps, which neither
0:56.2	them actually improved. It was four thousandths. Norris was actually quicker on the final
1:01.2	laps, but it was Piastri pulled it out on the first laps, and you're absolutely right. He
1:04.8	hadn't looked like he was going to do it all weekend. Norris has been quick, for the minute
1:08.5	they hit the ground in first practice and
1:11.2	Piatri was talking about how much work it's taken him to get there. But, you know, it's befits
1:16.1	his season and how impressive he's been that he's finally pulled it out. And actually, Lando
1:20.1	Norris was kind of brewing it because he was a bit worried with overtaking so difficult around
1:23.6	this track that his chances are pretty much already gone. Also joining us on the Checkyard Flag podcast are our lead commentator Harry Benjamin
1:30.8	and the reigning F1 Academy champion, Abby Pulling.
1:34.7	Harry, before qualifying got underway, we were chatting about who might take pole position.
1:40.6	Would it be Norris?
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