George Russell was in a powerful place early within the Dutch Grand Prix. He acquired forward of Oscar Piastri firstly and held on to 3rd place all through the primary stint.
Mercedes received three of the 4 races main into the Dutch Grand Prix, so at this stage in proceedings it appeared a podium place was on the playing cards for Russell. So why did he hunch to seventh on the end, one place forward of his group mate, who began down in 14th?
His first pit cease was on the sluggish facet. He additionally pitted a lap after Charles Leclerc, shedding a spot to the Ferrari driver because of this. However his race actually started to go awry after that.
Having held Piastri off via the primary stint, when the McLaren driver appeared in his mirrors with eight-lap more energizing tyres, Russell by no means seemed like holding him again. He languished off the tempo of the opposite front-runners at this stage, however reduce the deficit after lap 43.
Because the race entered its closing stage, Russell’s lap instances had risen once more. Behind him Carlos Sainz Jnr had handed Sergio Perez and the pair had been edging in the direction of him. As Sainz got here near drawing inside DRS vary, Mercedes introduced Russell in for a second pit cease.
Russell by no means regained the locations he misplaced to Sainz and Perez at this level, so was the pit cease a mistake? Additional forward, Piastri caught Leclerc rapidly however was unable to assault him, so might Russell have run to the top on his exhausting tyres and held off Sainz?
Mercedes stated Russell was shedding a lot tempo they needed to pit him a second time. “At present we had been missing the pace to battle for rather more than we achieved,” stated the group’s trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin.
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“We weren’t producing good grip and, consequently, had been sliding round on the tyre. That led to larger degradation than our rivals and compelled us right into a two-stop race.”
The group might need been inspired to pit Russell once more after observing his group mate’s tempo after his second pit cease. Lewis Hamilton was having a really completely different race after beginning on the seventh row, handed a number of vehicles earlier on the tender tyres, then switched to hards.
Mercedes had nothing to lose by bringing Hamilton in once more for a set of sentimental tyres as he had sufficient of a niche behind him to carry onto his place when he pitted. Nevertheless he believed a one-stop might have been doable had he not made a mistake.
“I had a small lock-up on my exhausting tyre, which made doing a one-stop not likely viable,” he instructed Viaplay. “If I hadn’t had that, possibly I might have eked out that one-stop and possibly end one place forward. However I don’t suppose it will have made a giant distinction.”
Hamilton’s tempo in his third stint was robust, having the good thing about a second contemporary set of sentimental tyres. Russell switched to a used set and didn’t have the tempo to shut the drivers who handed him. Hamilton, in the meantime, was fast sufficient to make a critical bid for the quickest lap of the race.
After a number of robust performances, Mercedes discovered it exhausting to get their vehicles persistently within the candy spot at Zandvoort. Russell appeared happier along with his automobile in qualifying whereas Hamilton’s race tempo was higher. The upshot was the pair converged on seventh and eighth, positions which had been effectively beneath par for them in current races.
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Nevertheless it’s doable each might need performed higher with single-stop methods. Including to the group’s frustration, Hamilton misplaced the quickest lap to Norris after being requested if he wanted to push once more to enhance his time, was instructed he didn’t, just for the McLaren driver to pip his effort on the ultimate lap.
2024 Dutch Grand Prix lap chart
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2024 Dutch Grand Prix race chart
The gaps between every driver on each lap in comparison with the chief’s common lap time. Very giant gaps omitted. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and right-click to reset. Toggle drivers utilizing controls beneath:
2024 Dutch Grand Prix lap instances
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2024 Dutch Grand Prix quickest laps
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2024 Dutch Grand Prix tyre methods
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2024 Dutch Grand Prix pit cease instances
How lengthy every driver’s pit stops took:
Rank
#
Driver
Crew
Full cease time (s)
Hole to greatest (s)
Cease no.
Lap no.
1
1
Max Verstappen
Crimson Bull
20.785
1
27
2
55
Carlos Sainz Jnr
Ferrari
20.84
0.055
1
30
3
16
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
20.841
0.056
1
24
4
22
Yuki Tsunoda
RB
20.88
0.095
2
32
5
3
Daniel Ricciardo
RB
20.942
0.157
1
29
6
81
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
20.969
0.184
1
33
7
31
Esteban Ocon
Alpine
21.015
0.23
1
30
8
23
Alexander Albon
Williams
21.016
0.231
2
54
9
44
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
21.026
0.241
2
48
10
77
Valtteri Bottas
Sauber
21.095
0.31
1
15
11
63
George Russell
Mercedes
21.159
0.374
2
54
12
44
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
21.168
0.383
1
23
13
24
Zhou Guanyu
Sauber
21.214
0.429
1
18
14
22
Yuki Tsunoda
RB
21.249
0.464
1
14
15
23
Alexander Albon
Williams
21.258
0.473
1
12
16
77
Valtteri Bottas
Sauber
21.273
0.488
2
43
17
14
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
21.348
0.563
1
31
18
18
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
21.385
0.6
1
30
19
20
Kevin Magnussen
Haas
21.403
0.618
1
40
20
4
Lando Norris
McLaren
21.536
0.751
1
28
21
27
Nico Hulkenberg
Haas
21.619
0.834
1
14
22
63
George Russell
Mercedes
21.846
1.061
1
25
23
2
Logan Sargeant
Williams
22.03
1.245
1
22
24
24
Zhou Guanyu
Sauber
22.044
1.259
2
51
25
10
Pierre Gasly
Alpine
22.646
1.861
1
32
26
11
Sergio Perez
Crimson Bull
22.934
2.149
1
29
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