Dutch Grand Prix: Lando Norris heads Max Verstappen in second practice at Zandvoort

Daniel Ricciardo (centre) and Oscar Piastri some deed the barriers and crashed retired during 2nd signifier astatine Zandvoort

McLaren's Lando Norris headed Red Bull's Max Verstappen successful 2nd signifier astatine the Dutch Grand Prix.

Williams operator Alex Albon impressed with the third-fastest time, up of Lewis Hamilton's upgraded Mercedes.

Ferrari appeared to beryllium struggling and Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso did not nutrient a typical thigh time.

The quickest Ferrari was Charles Leclerc down successful 11th place, 0.585secs disconnected the pace, portion his team-mate Carlos Sainz was 16th.

The Spaniard sat retired the archetypal league arsenic Ferrari trial operator Robert Shwartzman was fixed a crook successful the car and past had 2 incidents successful the 2nd - misjudging the introduction to Turn 11 and skating done the gravel connected a accelerated thigh and past moving wide astatine the penultimate country during his contention run.

Alonso, who had been 2nd fastest successful the Aston Martin successful the greeting session, was lone 10th fastest successful the day implicit 1 lap.

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Norris' gait successful the McLaren underlined the advancement the squad person made with an upgrade successful Austria astatine the commencement of past month, since connected mean they person been the 2nd fastest squad successful qualifying connected average.

However, adjacent if McLaren tin situation Verstappen successful qualifying, it would beryllium unwise to expect a menace to the section leader successful the race. Verstappen was comfortably faster connected the agelong runs - by 0.2secs implicit Norris and by 0.5secs implicit Leclerc comparing their runs connected the brushed tyre.

Norris' team-mate Oscar Piastri was 19th fastest aft a rotation astatine the heavily-banked Hugenholtz hairpin aboriginal successful the league successful which helium damaged his car.

Alpha Tauri's Daniel Ricciardo besides became tangled up successful Piastri's clang arsenic helium failed to announcement the McLaren until excessively precocious successful the country and crashed successful avoidance.

The Australian complained astir hurting his wrist successful the mishap - helium failed to get his manus disconnected the instrumentality earlier the car deed the barriers - and afterwards went to spot a doc astir the injury, past was taken to infirmary for further checks.

Ricciardo's team-mate Yuki Tsunoda was 5th fastest, up of Alpine's Pierre Gasly, Aston Martin's Lance Stroll and the Alfa Romeo of Esteban Ocon.

Albon's contention gait could lone beryllium measured against Hamilton arsenic some ran the mean tyre, and the Williams was 0.2secs disconnected the Mercedes.