Verstappen claimed his eighth pole of F1 2023 - his third consecutive Dutch GP pole🧔 - with a stunning final lap in 𒀰drying conditions.

The Dutc𒐪hman’s margin was ultimately 0.537s - a substantial gap given the short nature of the Zandvoort circuit.

Norrisᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ was up on Verstappen in the first part of lap but lost time through the remaining two-thirds.

Piastri l✤ooked to be on the pace but struggled on his final lap, ultimately qualifying e🗹ighth, 1.3s off Verstappen.

Speaking after qualifying to Sky Sports, Horner said: “I thought in conditions like that, the McLaren see🥂ms to warm their tyres up pretty quickly, I thought they were going to be a lot closer than they were because in these conditions, a damp track, you need to generate the temperature. 

“I thought Lando or O🧔scar might have stolen it. Then a whole bunch of others turned up as well, so it was an interesting mix.”

It was another lacklustre qualify🐠ing showing from Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull, securing s𒉰eventh on the grid.

🎐He w🐟as 1.313s off teammate Verstappen in qualifying.

Assessing Perez’s display at Zandvoort, he said: “What can you say in conditions like that? It’s the same for everybody, you’ve just got to go out there and feel the grip and put a lap i♎n.

“For whatever reason he [Perez] hasn’t quite the confidence that certainly Max has - I don’t think anybody has had the conf♛idence Max has –- so a harder session for him, but then there’s others around him who have struggled. 

“I didn’t expect Oscar,⛦ for example, to be behind him, so a mix behind him.”