Lando Norris retires from Dutch GP after smoke fills McLaren cockpit
Lando Norris retired from the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix
Lando Norris, McLaren
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Lando Norris was forced to retire from the 2025 Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix after his McLaren MCL39 went up in smoke.
Norris stopped on track as smoke was seen within the cockpit, which was expected to be due to a Mercedes power unit failure.
Heading into the race weekend, the British driver sat just nine points behind his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in the drivers' championship fight. The power unit failure cost Norris 18 points. Piastri continued to lead the race until the chequered flag, extending his lead in the standings to 34 points.
After starting from second on the grid, Norris initially lost the position to Red Bull's Max Verstappen at the race start. But as Verstappen started to struggle on the soft tyre compound, Norris took the place back and began to close the gap to Piastri, who started from pole position.
The dramatic race at Zandvoort had already seen two retirements after both Ferrari drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, crashed in separate incidents earlier in the race.
Speaking after qualifying at Zandvoort, Norris explained that he was looking to put his poor start to the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix behind him.
"It’s tough. I had a good lap, Q3, run one, but just a small headwind down the straight, and I lost like one hundredth, so you could easily say it’s there.
"But I’m in a good position. We’re in a good fight. Oscar’s been driving well all weekend, we’ve been driving well all season, so we’ll have some fun tomorrow."
He added: "We both had terrible starts last year, so we’ll see. I don’t think the inside is a lot better but it’s a long race, a lot of laps, and we’ll see what the weather holds for us too."
Oscar Piastri won the Dutch Grand Prix and was joined on the podium by Max Verstappen in second and Racing Bulls rookie Isack Hadjar in third.
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