Max Verstappen delivered the performance his home fans expected by taking pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix for the third year in a row on Saturday, after a crash-strewn wet-to-dry qualifying at Zandvoort.
The outcome left Red Bull's runaway championship leader perfectly placed for a record-equalling ninth successive win on Sunday, with his team chasing a 14th straight victory.
Verstappen's time of one minute 10.567 seconds on a drying track was 0.537 faster than Norris could manage. "It was all about putting your laps in but also staying out of trouble. I think we managed that quite well," said Verstappen, the only driver to have won at Zandvoort since it returned to the calendar in 2021 after a 26-year absence.
"I think we underestimated maybe a little bit with the wind and then the sun coming out how quickly it dried ... but at the end of the day it didn't matter and we still did the right thing," he said.The pole was Verstappen's eighth in 13 races this season and 28th of his career. Now-retired Sebastian Vettel, with Red Bull in 2013, is the only driver to have won nine in a row.
That was also the first time since 2017 that Williams had managed to get both cars in the top 10 and he had gone second, with Albon leading the timesheets, only moments earlier.Sargeant qualified 10th, with Leclerc ninth but repairs to both cars making their starting places uncertain.
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