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29 August 2025

31 August 2025

Report: 10 Places Gained in Dramatic Dutch GP

Alex secured his fourth P5 finish of the season after a strong drive at Zandvoort

31 August 2025

PIT to ALEX:

P5 buddy! Well done, P5!

ALEX to PIT:

Yeah, well done everyone! Really good.

PIT to ALEX:

Great first lap made the difference there and a great job there after.

JAMES VOWLES to ALEX:

Well done, Alex. Really strong star, which has really made your day. You hung in there, had a great race. Bodes well for the next couple coming up.

ALEX to PIT:

Thank you, James. Didn't expect that one. Sorry for Carlos. Did Lawson get a penalty for that one?

PIT to ALEX:

No, it's not what you'd expect either...

31 August 2025

Dutch GP 🏁

31 August 2025

CHEQUERED FLAG 🏁

P5 in Zandvoort – +10 positions gained. What a drive, Albono!

31 August 2025

LAP 71/72

Penultimate lap, Alex keeps hassling the Mercedes ahead...

31 August 2025

LAP 69/72 🟢

Clean restart once again, he's tucked up behind RUS...

31 August 2025

LAP 68/72 🟡

Safety Car in this lap...

31 August 2025

LAP 66/72 🟡

Any more twists and turns to come?

Current top 10: PIA, VER, HAD, RUS, ALB, ANT, BEA, STR, ALO, GAS.

31 August 2025

LAP 65/72 - SAFETY CAR 🟡

Drama! NOR has stopped on track, Alex is up to P5...

31 August 2025

LAP 62/72

Alex is almost pushing RUS around in the middle sector, just 0.4s between the good mates...

31 August 2025

LAP 58/72 🟢

We're racing again, clean restart and Alex his hassling RUS ahead...

31 August 2025

LAP 57/72 🟡

Safety Car in this lap – ANT back behind Alex but he has damage and a 10-second penalty...

31 August 2025

LAP 53/72 - SAFETY CAR 🟡🅿️

Alex will make a cheap stop onto the Softs, he'll be P6 for the restart when we get to it...

31 August 2025

LAP 53/72

ANT and LEC have both stopped again, so Alex climbs to P6... AND THEY COLLIDE AT TURN 3.

31 August 2025

LAP 51/72

2.8s to RUS ahead now as the gap remains pretty static, 17.6s back to STR in P10...

31 August 2025

ALEX to PIT

Front left is looking angry.

31 August 2025

LAP 44/72

Update: not much has changed since we last popped in. RUS is now the car ahead, roughly 3.5s. Alex remains P8.

31 August 2025

PIT to ALEX:

Feedback on tyres.

ALEX to PIT:

Fine, why?

PIT to ALEX:

Just checking in.

ALEX to PIT:

Not has good on the Hard tyre.

31 August 2025

LAP 34/72

ANT makes his way through at T1, Alex is P8...

31 August 2025

LAP 32/72 🟢

Green Flag, we're racing again – contact between RUS and LEC ahead but they're both still going...

31 August 2025

LAP 31/72 - VSC 🟡

Debris on the main straight, VSC neutralises the field...

31 August 2025

LAP 30/72

Pushing on in this second stint, Alex passes LAW and SAI who are now a lap down. Alex has ANT for company, good defence into T1...

31 August 2025

LAP 27/72 🟢

Alex up to P7 at the restart, he made the move on OCO early then was witness to LAW running SAI wide and making contact.

31 August 2025

LAP 26/72 🟡

Safety Car is ending this lap, ready to go racing once again...

31 August 2025

LAP 23/72 - BOX BOX 🟡 🅿️

Fresh Hards for Alex. He returns P10 as LEC had pitted the lap earlier and retook the place, with OCO immediately ahead yet to pit.

31 August 2025

LAP 23/72 - SAFETY CAR 🟡

HAM is in the wall at the exit of T3, he's OK and out of the car. Williams will be stack stopping, Alex currently P8.

31 August 2025

LAP 21/72

Alex pushes on in P10, 2.0s behind SAI now with a 5.2s gap to ANT in P11...

31 August 2025

ALEX to PIT

Level 2, Level 2 [rain].

31 August 2025

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31 August 2025

ALEX to PIT

Rain, Level 1.

31 August 2025

PIT to ALEX

We're looking at Plan B plus Eight

ALEX to PIT:

I don't know about that, I used up a lot of tyres on the opening two laps that I didn't expect.

31 August 2025

LAP 13/72

No sign of this rain just yet. Alex remains P10, 2.5s behind SAI and 1.7s ahead of TSU...

31 August 2025

PIT to ALEX

Intensity of the rain looks to be reducing further.

31 August 2025

LAP 8/72

Rain imminent. There's a gap opening between SAI in P9 and Alex in P10, this could be so they can double stack when the rain arrives...

31 August 2025

PIT to ALEX

We're expecting rain in three laps time. Light rain to begin with, then increasing for 8-10 laps.

31 August 2025

LAP 4/72

And breathe – after that mega start, Alex is now settling in to this opening stint. He runs P10, one place behind his teammate.

31 August 2025

PIT to ALEX

Great start, we're now on Plan B.

31 August 2025

ALEX to PIT

COME ON!

31 August 2025

WHAT A START 🤩

Insane from Albono! He's up FIVE places on the opening lap – P10

31 August 2025

LIGHTS OUT

⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️ ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️ We're racing in Zandvoort!

31 August 2025

Formation lap 🔂

Alex begins one lap to prep his fresh Medium tyres ahead of the start of this race...

31 August 2025

PIT to ALEX

There is a shower that has appeared, around Lap 11-12 – five minute duration.

31 August 2025

Strapped in 💺

Alex is in his car, lights out is just a few minutes away...

31 August 2025

Have you had your passport stamped? 🛂

Before the Dutch GP begins, add the Dutch Albono stamp to your Fan Passport above!

31 August 2025

Risk of rain? 👀☔️

It's just been published by race control as being a 60% chance...

31 August 2025

Anthem time 🇳🇱

Alex joins his peers at the front of the grid to observed the Dutch national anthem...

31 August 2025

Atmosphere = Electric ⚡️

The Dutch fans certainly know how to get the party started – it's LOUD out here on the grid. Alex has found is spot and is going through so final pre-race preparations...

31 August 2025

RACE DAY IN ZANDVOORT 🇳🇱

31 August 2025

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30 August 2025

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30 August 2025

ALEX to PIT

You've got to be kidding me. Oh my god. No tyres at all...

It's not good enough.

30 August 2025

Qualifying ✅

30 August 2025

No improvement 😖

Alex can't find any more time on that second lap.

He's out with a P15 exit as others improve.

30 August 2025

Take ✌️

Here we go. A final chance to reach Q3 as Alex slips to P10 since setting his lap.

30 August 2025

Strong speed 👏

That's P6 for Alex as he sets a 1:09.652 as he sets puprle mini sectors over that lap.

30 August 2025

Q2 Queue 🚥

It's busy in the pit lane as Alex again follows the other Williams FW47 to join the track for Q2.

30 August 2025

Through to Q2 👏

That's P6 after LAW pips Albono by 0.013s and F1's No23 has broken out of Q1.

30 August 2025

Flying 😮‍💨

A P5 lap! 1:09.792.

Alex should be safe with that!

30 August 2025

Three minutes remain ⏰

Alex is back on track for one last effort.

30 August 2025

Box, box 🅿️

A quick stop before a second push lap.

Elsewhere, STR has damaged his car and won't set a lap. Alex has one less driver to beat to reach Q2.

30 August 2025

Q1. Lap 1. ☑️

Alex complains about the traffic in the second sector as he completes his lap with a 1:10.423 - that's P12 for the moment.

30 August 2025

PIT to ALEX

Go push.

30 August 2025

Heading out 👉

Alex follows SAI out of the pit lane for his Q1 to begin.

30 August 2025

Green, but quiet 🤫

The green light illuminates. Q1 begins. There aren't many drivers heading out just yet, though.

30 August 2025

Next up: Q1️⃣

We're 20 minutes out from Qualifying's start.

Join us here to see how high Alex makes it at a circuit he's reached the second row at in the past.

30 August 2025

Data Check 🤓

30 August 2025

FP3 ✅

30 August 2025

One Minute Remaining ⏳

We're almost finished here...

30 August 2025

P6 🚀

1:10.099 for Alex and he shoots up the timing tower. That time would put him into Q3 if this was Quali...

30 August 2025

Softs on 🔴

We're into the final 10 minutes and Alex is out on the Soft tyre.

30 August 2025

PIT to ALEX

Box this lap.

30 August 2025

Top 10 👏

That effort has Alex up to P9 with a 1:10.913 as he continues finding speed.

30 August 2025

PIT to ALEX

Close the lap, you're clear behind. We'll do a double cool.

30 August 2025

Improving... 📈

That's a slight lowering of the lap time after a cool lap to reset the tyres.

It's a 1:11.633, exactly two-tenths from Carlos Sainz in the second FW47.

P14 for the moment.

30 August 2025

Push Lap ✅

That's P13 for Albono on the Mediums with a 1:11.798.

30 August 2025

Dry Tyre Running 🟡

Medium rubber for Albono for his first Saturday slick-tyre laps.

30 August 2025

PIT to ALEX

Okay... straight out.

30 August 2025

Exploring Inters 🛞

Alex takes a single lap around the track on Pirelli's Intermediate tyre.

He's back in the pit lane already.

30 August 2025

Green Light 🟢

We're green in Zandvoort. Unsurprisingly it's very quiet with a damp circuit surface right now.

30 August 2025

Sunshine on the Dunes 🌤️

The Dutch crowd are in t shirts and sunglasses after some earlier rain.

It's dry now, but the track is drying out.

30 August 2025

Quali Day 🇳🇱

It's a new day in the Netherlands and Alex has a solitary Free Practice session to get the final tweaks to his car ahead of Qualifying later today.

We'll take you through all the Saturday Zandvoort action today.

30 August 2025

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29 August 2025

FP3 & Quali tomorrow 🔜

That's all from us today following Alex's incident at Turn 1, with his best lap time of FP2 coming in at 1:11.756.

There’s plenty more on the cards this weekend, though, so don’t forget to join us again on Saturday for Free Practice 3 and the all important Qualifying.

See you tomorrow! 👋

29 August 2025

Session over for Alex ❌

Alex heads into the gravel at Turn 1 and lightly touches the barrier. The car is beached, resulting in a red flag and the end of Alex's time behind the wheel today.

29 August 2025

Tyre switch 🛞

Albono drives through the pit lane and changes back to soft tyres.

29 August 2025

Making progress ⬆️

Alex climbs to P8 following his latest lap time of 1:11.756.

29 August 2025

Green flag 🟢

Normal service has resumed at the Circuit Zandvoort.

29 August 2025

VSC 🟡

A Virtual Safety Car has been deployed, after Isack Hadjar's Racing Bulls car stops on the track.

29 August 2025

Back underway 🟢

FP2 resumes, and Alex wastes no time getting back out on track — this time on used hard tyres.

29 August 2025

Red flag 🚩

Albono immediately returns to the garage, following a red flag. The session has been stopped after Lance Stroll went into the barriers at Turn 3.

The Aston Martin driver is ok, but there could be a significant delay to proceedings.

29 August 2025

Tyre change 🛞

AA23 makes a quick trip to the garage, as he changes to a fresh set of soft tyres.

29 August 2025

Alex to pit 🗣️

"I guess the Ferrari didn't see me," says Alex, as he cuts across the gravel at Turn 11.

29 August 2025

On the board ✅

Albono’s first lap of FP2 results in a time of 1:22.892.

29 August 2025

Taking to the track 👉

Alex starts today’s second session on a set of hard tyres. A few drops of rain have started to fall in North Holland...

29 August 2025

Green light 🟢

We’re underway in the Netherlands!

29 August 2025

Not long to go 🚨

There’s just five minutes until the start of Free Practice 2.

29 August 2025

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29 August 2025

Gearing up for FP2 🔜

29 August 2025

FP1 concludes 🏁

Free Practice 1 comes to a close, with Alex recording a P5 finish after a best lap time of 1:11.171.

We’ll be back a little later today for FP2, so make sure to rejoin us then! 👋

29 August 2025

Time check 🕰️

We're into the closing stages of FP1, with five minutes left on the clock.

29 August 2025

Back on track 🏎️

Alex ventures back out at the Circuit Zandvoort, on used medium tyres. It's time for a long run.

29 August 2025

Heading in ➡️

Alex returns to the pits once again.

29 August 2025

And again 🔼

Albono’s times continue to improve as the session progresses. He’s currently in P4, following a lap time of 1:11.171.

29 August 2025

Pit to Alex 🗣️

"Go push..."

29 August 2025

Best time yet ⭐️

Albono's first push lap on soft tyres yields his best time of FP1 so far — 1:11.259. He's in P3 at the moment.

29 August 2025

Tyre switch 🛞

AA23 briefly visits the garage to switch to a set of new soft tyres.

29 August 2025

Picking up the pace 📈

It’s another top time for Alex, having completed his last lap of the Circuit Zandvoort in 1.12.184.

29 August 2025

Green flag 🟢

Racing has resumed in the Netherlands, with Alex heading straight back onto the track.

29 August 2025

Red flag 🚩

We've got a red flag after a pair of incidents involving Yuki Tsunoda and Kimi Antonelli. Alex goes back into the garage as a result.

29 August 2025

Improved time ⏱️

Our Thai racer’s latest push lap is an improvement on his previous best time, at 1.12.457. That moves him up to P1 as things stand!

29 August 2025

Pit to Alex 🗣️

"Go push.."

29 August 2025

First lap complete ☑️

Alex’s first lap of the day comes in at 1:14.155.

29 August 2025

Tyre check 🛞

Albono’s FW47 heads out onto the track. He’ll begin FP1 on medium tyres.

29 August 2025

Let’s go 🟢

We’re underway in Zandvoort!

29 August 2025

Almost time ⏰

Get ready for FP1, which begins in just five minutes…

29 August 2025

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29 August 2025

Dialling back in after the summer break 📞

29 August 2025

Welcome to Zandvoort 🇳🇱

Hello and welcome to this weekend’s Dutch GP live blog!

Stay tuned for updates on all the action from Circuit Zandvoort, starting with Free Practice 1 in 20 minutes’ time…