10.01pmWho’s your tip to win the race?By 10.01pmPiastri’s place in Australian F1 historyBy 9.58pmThe standings ahead of tonight’s raceBy The points breakdown for tonight’s race1st: 25 points2nd: 183rd: 154th: 125th: 106th: 87th: 68th: 49th: 210th: 111th to 22nd: 0Teenage sensation Kimi Antonelli is leading the drivers’ championship. Getty ImagesThe drivers’ standingsKimi Antonelli (Mercedes) 224 pointsLewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 171George Russell (Mercedes) 168Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 145Lando Norris (McLaren) 134Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 112Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 96Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) 68Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 43Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) 43Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) 23Franco Colapinto (Alpine) 19Oliver Bearman (Haas) 18Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) 10Carlos Sainz jnr (Williams) 6Alexander Albon (Williams) 5Esteban Ocon (Haas) 3Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) 2Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 1Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 0Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac) 0Sergio Perez (Cadillac) 09.57pmDutch treat for pole sitter Norris, Piastri to start fourthBy Oscar Piastri found plenty of encouraging pace, but it still wasn’t enough to get McLaren’s Australian ace into the qualifying shake-up at Zandvoort as teammate Lando Norris roared to back-to-back poles at the Dutch Grand Prix.Back at the track where this time last year he had seemed to be on top of the world, Piastri had looked sharp for most of the qualifying session on Saturday, hours after he had only been able to finish fifth in the sprint race behind victorious Mercedes driver George Russell.Lando Norris waves to the crowd from the drivers’ parade ahead of the 2026 Dutch F1 Grand Prix.Getty ImagesBut when it came to the third and final qualifying session with spots of rain threatening, it was Norris who continued his resurgence, taking pole just as he had done last time out at the Hungarian Grand Prix when he went on to win the race.It left Norris chuckling: “Our car is certainly the best in high speed, no doubt -- or I have the biggest balls. ... I don’t know!”9.57pmWelcomeBy Good evening, and welcome to our live coverage of the Dutch Formula 1 Grand Prix.I’m Russell Bennett, and I’ll be taking you through all the action, and post-race reaction, as it unfolds from Circuit Zandvoort.In-form reigning world champion Lando Norris will start from pole after an incredible tense qualifying session that saw the top four split by less than three tenths of a second.Norris’ teammate, Australian superstar Oscar Piastri, will start from fourth, with George Russell and this year’s championship leader Kimi Antonelli starting from second and third on the grid. Each have Mercedes power units, just to make things even more fascinating.Can Piastri get off to a dream start and claim his 10th career F1 grand prix victory? We’re soon about to find out. It’s lights out at 11pm AEST.1 of 1