George Russell led from lights to flag to win the sprint race at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. Russell controlled a train of four cars throughout and held off his rivals after managing his tyres, saying he kept a bit in the tank because "we saw yesterday morning how fast Ferrari were." Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, on soft tyres, passed Lando Norris with six laps to go (lap 18 of 24) to take second, with Norris third after reporting a loss of rear grip from about lap eight. Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli finished fourth after a late feint into Tarzan corner failed to materialize, while McLaren's Oscar Piastri just held off Red Bull's Max Verstappen by 0.3 seconds on the final lap and Lewis Hamilton finished close behind Verstappen in seventh. Russell's victory cuts his championship deficit to Antonelli to 56 points, leaving Hamilton second in the standings and three points clear of Russell. Rain fell heavily only after the chequered flag; had it arrived two laps earlier the finish would likely have been more eventful.
