During second practice, Verstappen reported to his⛦ team: “The car is just, in the medium speed, doing some weird th🍃ings. I think we move it rearwards, maybe it's the brakes? I don't know. It's really weird.

It meant that Verstappen could not topple Lando Norris a💎t t🧔he top of the timesheets.

S😼peaking after practice, Verstappen was asked if it was a “cause for concern”.

He replied: “No, it’s just particula🦋r corners I was not really happy with the balance, so it’s all about trying to sort that out a little bit more.”

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Verstappen was more content with how his car ♉felt on heavier fuel.

“Pretty good,” he added. “Tried some thin♍gs on the car. I think FP2 was a little bit more difficult, but I think overall FP2 was really difficult to get a clean lap, there were a lot of cars always around. 

“It was fine, but we hav🧸e a few things that we want to improve, but even on the long runs the car was handling quite well, so overall I think it was quite a good day.”

Ver♊stappen has won the last two Dutch Grands Prix from pole position in 2021 and 2022.