Oscar Piastri wins Dutch Grand Prix as Lando Norris hopes go up in smoke

Lando Norris suffered a dramatic late engine failure at the Dutch Grand Prix as McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri took a major step towards the title.

Pole-sitter Piastri was cruising towards a lights-to-flag victory at Zandvoort, holding off championship rival Norris before the British driver reported smoke from his cockpit seven laps from the end and swiftly came to a halt.

A dejected Norris sat with his head between his knees on the bank at the side of the track as his title hopes suffered a massive blow, with Piastri opening up a 34-point lead with nine rounds of the championship remaining.

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It was also another miserable afternoon for Lewis Hamilton, who began the weekend by saying he wanted to enjoy racing for Ferrari after suggesting they should ditch him when he started and finished 12th in Hungary before the summer break.

He was running seventh when, in light rain, he crashed into the barriers and suffered his first retirement for the Scuderia.

Worse was to come for Ferrari as Charles Leclerc collided with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli on lap 53, himself ending up in the barriers at turn three as the Italian team suffered a double elimination.

Max Verstappen delighted the home support by finishing second and Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar secured a first career podium ahead of George Russell in fourth.

Verstappen was the only one of the top 10 to start on soft tyres and it offered him significantly more grip in the opening corners.

Norris held the home favourite off at the first bend but Verstappen charged around the outside at turn two and kept the advantage despite a wild slide on the run into the banked turn three as Piastri pulled away at