Piastri leads after winning in Zandvoort; Alonso was eighth and Sainz, thirteenth

Sports writing (EFE).- Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren) reinforced his lead in the Formula One World Championship by winning the Dutch Grand Prix this Sunday, the fifteenth of the year, in Zandvoort; a circuit where his teammate and main rival for the title, the Englishman Lando Norris, retired; and where Spaniards Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Carlos Sainz (Williams) finished eighth and thirteenth, respectively.

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Piastri, 24 years old, achieved the ninth victory of his career in F1 – the seventh of the year – by winning on the Dutch track ahead of the local idol, the quadruple Dutch world champion Max Verstappen (Red Bull), who was second; and the French debutant Isack Hadjar (RB), who, by finishing third, celebrated his first podium in the premier category. The Melbourne driver, who controlled a race from start to finish in which the safety car entered the track three times, now leads the World Championship with 309 points, 34 more than Norris – whose car ‘stopped’ nine laps from the finish, due to an oil leak – and with 104 over Verstappen, celebrated enthusiastically by his passionate fans. Englishman George Russell (Mercedes) finished fourth, just ahead of Thai Alex Albon – Sainz’s teammate -, who advanced ten places from the grid; in a race in which Argentine Franco Colapinto (Alpine) was out of the points, but, by finishing eleventh, signed his best result of the season. Englishman Oliver Bearman (Haas) starred in the comeback of the day, gaining fourteen positions. He started from the back of the grid and finished sixth, ahead of Canadian Lance Stroll, Alonso’s teammate, who advanced twelve places to finish seventh. The Asturian double world champion finished eighth, ahead of the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) and the Frenchman Esteban Ocon (Haas), who also scored points this Sunday on the shores of the North Sea. The next race, the Italian Grand Prix, will be held at the mythical Monza circuit – the temple of speed – next weekend