New Delhi: Oscar Piastri comes back from the summer break with an impressive win in the Dutch Grand Prix. His sixth of the season and his ninth career win came at the right time as the battle for the Driver’s championship tightened between him and his McLaren teammate, Lando Norris. Max Verstappen returned to the podium in his home race, making his first top-three finish since this year’s Canadian GP, finishing ahead of Isack Hadjar, who took his first podium finish of his career.

It was a pinpoint start from Norris, who started off the line better than his teammate starting in pole, but the Briton gave up yet another good start. He and Max Verstappen played the cat a mouse game until the second corner when the Dutch driver went past Norris. However, McLaren had the better pace, and on the ninth lap, Norris made the move, and Verstappen found it tough to keep up in front of his home crowd.

With rain looming around, tyre strategy was crucial, and Aston Martin was the first to pit their cars, and their strategy didn’t go in line with the forthcoming rain. The race was running smoothly, and Ferrari looked close to turning their weekend around when the first of the tragedies struck them.

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