Which Formula 1 driver made the most of the Dutch Grand Prix weekend?
It’s time to give your verdict on which driver did the best with the equipment at their disposal over the last three days.
Review how each driver got on below and vote for who impressed you the most at Zandvoort.
Driver performance summary
| Driver | Q stage | Q pos. | Q gap to team mate | GP grid pos. | GP pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | Q3 | 2 | -0.387s | 2 | 2 |
| Sergio Perez | Q3 | 5 | +0.387s | 5 | 6 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Q2 | 12 | +0.396s | 14 | 8 |
| George Russell | Q3 | 4 | -0.396s | 4 | 7 |
| Charles Leclerc | Q3 | 6 | -0.225s | 6 | 3 |
| Carlos Sainz Jnr | Q2 | 11 | +0.225s | 10 | 5 |
| Lando Norris | Q3 | 1 | -0.499s | 1 | 1 |
| Oscar Piastri | Q3 | 3 | +0.499s | 3 | 4 |
| Lance Stroll | Q3 | 9 | +0.224s | 8 | 13 |
| Fernando Alonso | Q3 | 7 | -0.224s | 7 | 10 |
| Esteban Ocon | Q1 | 17 | +0.277s | 15 | 15 |
| Pierre Gasly | Q3 | 10 | -0.277s | 9 | 9 |
| Alexander Albon | Q3 | 8 | 19 | 14 | |
| Logan Sargeant | Q1 | 20 | 18 | 16 | |
| Daniel Ricciardo | Q1 | 16 | +0.340s | 13 | 12 |
| Yuki Tsunoda | Q2 | 13 | -0.340s | 11 | 17 |
| Valtteri Bottas | Q1 | 18 | -1.093s | 16 | 19 |
| Zhou Guanyu | Q1 | 19 | +1.093s | 17 | 20 |
| Kevin Magnussen | Q2 | 15 | +0.080s | 20 | 18 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | Q2 | 14 | -0.080s | 12 | 11 |
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Vote for your driver of the weekend
Which driver do you think did the best job throughout the race weekend?
Who got the most out of their car in qualifying and the race? Who put their team mate in the shade?
Cast your vote below and explain why you chose the driver you picked in the comments.
Who was the best driver of the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix weekend?
- No opinion (0%)
- Kevin Magnussen (0%)
- Nico Hulkenberg (0%)
- Zhou Guanyu (0%)
- Valtteri Bottas (0%)
- Yuki Tsunoda (0%)
- Daniel Ricciardo (2%)
- Logan Sargeant (0%)
- Alexander Albon (0%)
- Pierre Gasly (6%)
- Esteban Ocon (0%)
- Fernando Alonso (0%)
- Lance Stroll (0%)
- Oscar Piastri (0%)
- Lando Norris (59%)
- Carlos Sainz Jnr (0%)
- Charles Leclerc (18%)
- George Russell (0%)
- Lewis Hamilton (11%)
- Sergio Perez (0%)
- Max Verstappen (3%)
Total Voters: 98
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2024 Dutch Grand Prix
- Previous technical hires no obstacle to Newey joining Aston Martin – Krack
- Mercedes still unsure whether Spa floor upgrade is working
- McLaren’s Dutch GP upgrade “nowhere near” as significant as Miami package
- “Very hard to pinpoint” why car has become harder to drive – Verstappen
- Only one F1 driver is making worse starts than Norris in 2024
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Keith Campbell (@keithedin)
25th August 2024, 16:10
Gasly for me. Couldn’t have qualified better, gained two places at the start and finished as high as possible too. Verstappen and Leclerc also seemed to maximise both qualy and the race. Norris did a good qualy lap and had good pace, but the car was clearly the class of the field and he did have yet another poor start, which could have cost him if not for the car advantage.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
25th August 2024, 17:55
Ditto.
A solid performance in a poor car will always get my vote over a top driver in a rocket ship.
GeeMac (@geemac)
26th August 2024, 5:33
Agreed, came here to say the same thing. Norris was impressive all weekend by Gasly dragging that Alpine into Q3 and the points was mighty.
BasCB (@bascb)
25th August 2024, 16:11
Norris off course. With both Ferrari drivers having a really good sunday, just like Hamilton and I would say Gasly also deserves a mention. Hulk did well, but it was mostly about trying to eke tyre life out for most of the race.
Russel was going solidly, not sure why Mercedes felt the need to pit him though. And Perez had a solid result.
elchinero (@elchinero)
25th August 2024, 16:41
LW …. 2024 WDC!
Jere (@jerejj)
25th August 2024, 16:14
Easy choice for both DOTW & DOTD accolades.
slowmo (@slowmo)
25th August 2024, 16:41
I went with Leclerc for beating a Red Bull and a Mclaren which were both clearly faster machinery l. Also delivered about the max from his car in qualifying.
Norris did great but another poor start that ultimately meant little as he had a car that was probably half a second per lap quicker than any other. Understand the votes he’ll get though as a pole and win always gets votes.
An Sionnach
25th August 2024, 16:54
I’d have gone for Leclerc up until Lando got the fastest lap at the end. He wasn’t in as pressured a situation as Leclerc, but going for that extra point without risking a pit stop topped it all off nicely. Gasly did well, too. Lewis has as many votes as Leclerc at this point. Lewis had a decent enough race, but the results of the vote so far indicate a significant number of headbangers voting…
What happened with Ricciardo? He bubbled back up towards the end and overtook Stroll near the end. He had a so-so weekend, but seems to have made up for it in the race somewhat.
Piastri looked a bit wretched out there. It’s a tricky track…
I’m not sure I saw Ocon on screen for the whole race. He did well to evade all cameras.
juan fanger (@juan-fanger)
26th August 2024, 8:22
What happened with Ricciardo? He had good race pace and closed up to the Astons twice but couldn’t get past. A decent qualifying and he might have got Gasly’s points.
What happened with Tsunoda? RB seem to always put their drivers on split strategies, which you probably have to do if you’re hoping to luck into some points. But putting Tsunoda on the riskier strategy? There is no way they would have done this if the points paid down more places. It certainly cost Tsunoda.
Palindnilap (@palindnilap)
25th August 2024, 17:24
I voted Gasly because he had a perfect week-end, some great overtakes, and was more likely to be overlooked, but Leclerc was another stand-out indeed.
Illusive (@illusive)
25th August 2024, 17:13
Lewis getting votes has to be a joke.
Christopher Rehn (@chrischrill)
26th August 2024, 8:42
For Driver of the Race it makes perfect sense to vote Lewis. He is the only one to pull off a two-stopper, starting 14th and finishing just five seconds behind his team mate who started ten places ahead. For Driver of the weekend, like this poll is asking, his qualifying was nowhere near the level required to win this vote.
Nick T.
27th August 2024, 4:05
Lewis has a lot of fan ultra fans on here whose lives revolve around his reputation, which is pretty silly since it’s not really even needed. Max has fans like that, but they’re a lot less numerous.
Carsten Nielsen (@carstenb)
25th August 2024, 17:46
Voted for Norris, but he and the McLaren team need to improve his starts; the are clearly substandard. If my memory serves me he has yet to get to the first corner first when he puts the car on pole.
An Sionnach
25th August 2024, 23:20
I don’t think it matters as long as they maintain this advantage over the other teams. Lando can start carefully and wait for the race to come to him. Piastri hasn’t demonstrated consistent, fast race pace to rival Lando yet, so Lando should have him covered now he’s allowed to race him. I expect that Piastri won’t do anything stupid, so all Lando has to do is survive the start and win the race later.
Mayrton
26th August 2024, 8:18
Good race from Lando and from Max again. Soon there will be documentaries on why their sim racing makes them stand out in F1 and that it will become a requirement for drivers to win.
Christopher Rehn (@chrischrill)
26th August 2024, 8:41
Leclerc drove an impressive race, and outqualified Sainz. But let’s face it, the driver who beat their team mate most soundly may just be Lando Norris.
Half a second in qualifying, and half a minute in the race. By every measure, this was Verstappen on Perez levels of domination from Norris.
That makes Lando my DOTW, despite a minus for once again losing the lead at the start.
Phil Norman (@phil-f1-21)
26th August 2024, 9:37
Voted for Norris. Pole position and didn’t panic when he lost the lead at the start. OK it was not perfect but he did very well. Other than this I only really considered Leclerc and Gasly. Leclerc drove a very solid race and did well to keep Piastri behind him. Good strategy by Ferrari today as well.
Stoo (@stewart51)
27th August 2024, 12:24
Three or four years ago, I predicted that Lando was a Champ in the making in one of my comments on Race Fans, and I don’t see any change in that belief. He was my driver of the day/week, because of how he shrugged off all the anti LN publicity from the last two or three weeks and put in a fabulous performance to win with an extra point too. Yes the start was a recurring nightmare yet again, but he didn’t do the rash thing and flog his tyres to death trying to catch Max.
BUT …. I was in two minds over giving the vote to Gasly as he drove the wheels off that Alpine soapbox for the whole weekend. I don’t favour Alpine with praise normally (or ever) but his drive in qually and the race stood out to me – such a shame he couldn’t swap places with Perez so he could have a half decently performing car Better than the Alpine anyway)