He spins at Turn 2, but somehow keeps it out of the barriers.
Alonso lowers the benchmark now in FP1, setting a 1m12.577s.
Tsunoda improves to fourth for Red Bull, 0.3s off on the hards.
A 1m12.678s for Piastri, 0.089s ahead of Verstappen.
A 1m12.767s for Verstappen, 0.5s ahead of Hamilton.
A 1m13.863s for Sainz on the mediums, just ahead of Tsunoda.
The first practice session of the weekend is underway.
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The big news ahead of the weekend was Cadillac announcing their first driver line-up for 2026.
Valtteri Bottas is returning to F1 alongside Sergio Perez. Bottas has been Mercedes' test and reserve driver in 2025, acting as a mentor to Kimi Antonelli.
Perez has been on the sidelines after losing his Red Bull drive.

All the information and timings can be found here for this weekend's action at Zandvoort

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Crash.net live blog for the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix.
FP1 kicks off in just over 30 minutes' time.