Verstappen claimed his eighth pole of F1 2023 - his third consecutive Dutch G🦩P pole - with a stunning final lap in drying conditions.

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

Norris w♏as up on Verstappen in the first part of lap but lost time through the remaining two-thirds.

Piastri looked to be on the pace but struggled on🍰 his final lap, ultimately qualifying eighth, 1.3s off Verstappen.

Speaking after qualifying to Sky Sports, Horner said: “I thought in conditions like that, the McLaren seems 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, y༺ou need to generate the 🥀temperature. 

“I thought Lando or Oscar might have stolen it. 🍬Then a whole bunch of others turned up as well, soꦐ it was an interesting mix.”

It was another lacklustre qua♒lifying showing from Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull, securing♋ seventh on the grid.

He was 1.313s off teammate Verstappen in qualif💙ying.

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 in.

“For w♛hatev𒈔er reason he [Perez] hasn’t quite the confidence that certainly Max has - I don’t think anybody has had the confidence 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 behi𓂃nd him.”