ON TODAY'S PROGRAM...

NORRIS PUTS IT ALL TOGETHER TO WIN IN ZANDVOORT!

MAX SIGNS 4 YEARS DEAL WITH RED BULL...CRASHES ON THE 1ST LAP!

HAMILTON IS DOWN RIGHT DISRESPECTFUL

HULKENBURG WAS ON FIRE IN THE MIDPACK AND...

FERNANDO SCORES POINTS GIVING FANS A LITTLE HOPE!

THIS WEEK'S NASIR HAMEED CORNER IS A MOMENT IN MOTORSPORTS HISTORY...BMW'S DR. MARIO THEISSEN !

NORRIS WINS AS MAX CRASHES ON FIRST LAP.

"Amazing. A tough race! Yesterday I said we needed to put on a bit of a show for everyone for the final race here, so I made it tough for myself today but [it was] a good race, well-fought. Probably one of my better wins – we had to fight for it well but the pace was strong. We managed things incredibly well today so over the moon, very happy. Nice to win the final race here in Zandvoort."

Norris declared he is doing a better job than every other driver after a superb win at the Dutch Grand Prix – where Max Verstappen walked away from a huge crash at his final home race.

The 26-year-old reeled in championship leader Kimi Antonelli at Zandvoort to clinch back-to-back wins and further raise hope that he could yet defend his title.

Norris leaves the Dutch seaside having moved fourth in the standings but still 83 points behind the Italian – with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton 59 points back from the leader.

Mercedes are wary of the looming threat of McLaren's Norris, with Antonelli branding them the new fastest team on the grid and Russell declaring that the papaya outfit are the ones to beat.

"They are not going to say themselves are they? I don't think it's true," Norris retorted.

"Mercedes have a better all-round performing car. I also know how good of a job I'm doing behind the wheel.

"For once I will give myself a little bit of credit that I feel I am doing a better job than everyone.

"I think that can make a difference. We have a car now capable of beating them. We didn't win yesterday (sprint race) and we didn't change much but I worked a lot on my driving – I want to believe more than everyone else.

"I make one mistake we are P4, P5. So the fact that I am doing a good job is the reason why people are saying it."

Norris banished post-race sprint race negativity to deliver a commanding drive in Sunday's main event.

He was jumped off the line by Antonelli following a red flag for Verstappen's crash, after the race had begun in damp conditions, but McLaren made the key move by pitting him later than the Italian.

That enabled Norris to attack on fresher rubber and he got the job done, blasting past Antonelli round the outside of turn one on lap 54.

"When the car gives me what I want and I am driving at the level I am now, I can win races," Norris said.

"I was able to force him to make mistakes, force them to do something with strategy."

Norris refused to declare himself back in the title hunt but would accept that Sunday's win was among his best.

"I made it tough for myself but a good race. Probably one of my better wins. We had to fight for it," he added.

Mercedes executed team orders, asking Russell to allow Antonelli through on fresher tyres as he came home second. Russell then held off Hamilton over the closing laps to retain third, with Charles Leclerc fourth ahead of Norris' team-mate Oscar Piastri.

The final Dutch Grand Prix before it drops off the calendar began in crushing fashion for the packed grandstands, with their hero Verstappen suffering a crunching high-speed crash at the end of lap one.

The four-time world champion, revered in these parts, appeared to dip a wheel onto the kerb on the inside of the 18-degree banked final bend before sliding across the track and thundering into the barriers.

In-season test around the all-new Madring

After the summer break, we have an in-season test to get back on track, with all 30 FIA Formula 3 drivers getting a taste of a brand-new venue. The Madring in the Spanish capital city hosts the two-day event ahead of the season finale later this year, and it will be a crucial test for all involved. 

Here’s all you need to know about the test. 

WHAT TO EXPECT 
It’s a brand-new circuit and a crucial test for all teams and drivers ahead of the season-ending event in Madrid later in September. The two-day event begins on Monday, August 24th and ends on Tuesday, August 25th. Track action begins at 09:00 local time on both days, but the second day will differ slightly. 

The morning segment will end at 12:00 on both days, before the afternoon session begins at 14:00 local time on Day 1, with the chequered flag at 17:00. Day 2 will feature a shorter break, with the final action of the second day resuming at 13:00 local time and ending at 16:00 local time. 

STAT PACK 
- The newly built Madring Circuit runs to a length of 5.416Km and features 22 corners 
- The circuit uses both public and private roads around the IFEMA Exhibition Centre 
- AIX Racing has confirmed that Ricardo Escotto will return to the team for the test and the final two rounds of the 2026 season in place of Salim Hanna 
- PREMA Racing has also announced that Louis Sharp has left the team in a mutual decision, with Alex Powell replacing him for the Madring test and the remaining two rounds of the season 

WHERE TO FOLLOW 
Testing will be available to follow along via live blog on the official Formula 3 website. Reports and reaction will follow on both days of testing, with behind-the-scenes content available via the official F3 social media channels on Instagram, TikTok and X. 

2026 MADRING IN-SEASON TESTING ENTRY LIST 

Team	#	Driver	License
	1	Theophile Nael	FRA
Campos Racing	2	Ugo Ugochukwu	USA
	3	Ernesto Rivera	MEX
2	4	Noah Stromsted	DEN
TRIDENT	5	Freddie Slater	GBR
	6	Matteo De Palo	ITA
	7	Mattia Colnaghi	ARG
MP Motorsport	8	Tuukka Taponen	FIN
	9	Alessandro Giusti	FRA
	10	Taito Kato	JPN
ART Grand Prix	11	Maciej Gladysz	POL
	12	Kanato Le	JPN
	14	Hiyu Yamakoshi	JPN
Van Amersfoort Racing	15	Enzo Deligny	FRA
	16	Bruno Del Pino	ESP
	17	Pedro Clerot	BRA
Rodin Motorsport	18	Brando Badoer	ITA
	19	Christina Ho	SGP
	20	Alex Powell	USA
PREMA Racing	21	James Wharton	AUS
	22	Jose Garfias	MEX
	23	Woohyun Shin	KOR
Hitech Grand Prix	24	Fionn Mclaughlin	IRL
	25	Jin Nakamura	JPN
	26	Ricardo Escotto	MEX
AIX Racing	27	Yevan David	SRI
	28	Fernando Barrichello	BRA
	29	Nicola Lacorte	ITA
DAMS Lucas Oil	30	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi	THA
	31	Gerrard Xie	CHN

 

Carlos Sainz: “First of all, sorry to Alex and the team for the contact at the end of the race. I had very worn hard tyres and braked over the bump in turn 1, locked up and couldn’t stop the car in time. It was obviously the last thing I wanted to end an already tough weekend. Again, apologies to him and the team.

Overall, we struggled to get into a good rhythm throughout the weekend and had to run a number of tests to explore the issues we were having, which put us on the backfoot and meant we weren't able to fight for any more today. The positive is that we've found some solutions and have good learnings to take forward to the upcoming races, so we'll look to come back stronger in Monza.”

Alex Albon: “In clean air the car felt good today, not far off the midfield pace, so there are positives to take. The moment with Carlos was just one of those racing incidents – we were going for the same corner and he locked up. It's not how we wanted to end the weekend, and not what the team needs, but it is what it is and we'll discuss together as we always do.

We need to review our strategy today as we were fighting Fernando and he finished ahead – I think we pitted too early on the first stop, reacting to a potential undercut rather than running our own race. That left us catching a lot of blue flags and stuck in dirty air, which made my second stint messy. We'll review everything as a team and look forward to a cleaner weekend in Monza.”