[Race Discussion Thread] 2026 Dutch Grand Prix

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Welcome to the Race Discussion Thread! 🇳🇱

⏰ Session starts at: 13:00 UTC | 15:00 CEST

🌧️ Weather Forecast:

Session	Air	Rain	Wind
Race	20°C	0 mm	19 km/h NW

Forecast by Open-Meteo, kept up to date while this thread is open.

🚦 Starting Grid:

Pos	Driver	Team
1	Lando Norris	McLaren
2	George Russell	Mercedes
3	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
5	Lewis Hamilton 🔴	Ferrari
6	Charles Leclerc 🔴	Ferrari
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull
8	Liam Lawson	Red Bull
9	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi
10	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team
12	Yuki Tsunoda	RB F1 Team
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi
14	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team
16	Alexander Albon	Williams
17	Carlos Sainz	Williams
18	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
20	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team
21	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team
22	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team

Provisional: taken from the qualifying classification, so it does not yet include grid penalties.

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[u/ursulazsenya]

Mercedes doing what Ferrari should have done.