F1 Dutch GP: The under-pressure trio of drivers that impressed us the most in qualifying

Max Verstappen reigned supreme once again in front of his home fans at Zandvoort but which F1 drivers shocked us for both good and bad reasons?
Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher

With a number of drivers fighting fo🍎r their F1 futures, three drivers put in fantastic displays at Zand🍃voort.

Mick Schumacher, Yuki Tsunoda and Lance Stroll all🏅 made rare Q3 appearances.

Schumacher has yet to be confirmed by Haas for 2023, while Yuki Tsuno⛄da is expected to remain with AlphaTauri but hasn’t been officially confirmed.

Stroll’s future with Aston Martin is secure for as long as his father wants to keep him in the team but like Schumacher and Tsunoda, it was a timely reminder of why the Canadian de🧸serves to be on the F1 grid.

Mick Schumacher - 8th

Schumacher is fighting for his future with Haas so his fourꦡth Q3 appearance of the year was timely at Zandvoort.

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has reiterated that they are assessing their options with the🐭 American outfit not required to put a Ferrari junior in their car.

Mick Schumacher (GER) Haas VF-22. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, Netherlands, Practice
Mick Schumacher (GER) Haas VF-22. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix,…

With Haas enjoying a more competitive 2022 campaign, their s🔜eat is more attractive to a host of drivers, maybe even Daniel Ricciardo.

Schumacher struggled at the start of the year but since his maiden points finish at Silverstone, he’s seemingly turned a cornಞer.

Perhaps Steiner is putting Schumacher under deliberate pressu𓂃re ✃to perform, which at the moment, he is.

A fine🎐 qualifying display from the German, particularly with his teammate getting knocked out in Q1.

Yuki Tsunoda - 9th

Tsunoda out-qualified teammate Pier🅘re Gasly for the sixth time this year at Zandvoort, a remarkable turnaround compared to a year ago as he struggled considerably ꦺduring his rookie season.

The Japanese driv🔜er has often shown great flashes of pace but with that raw speed comes inconsistency.

Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) AlphaTauri AT03. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, Netherlands,
Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) AlphaTauri AT03. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix,…

There’s no doubt that Tsunoda has the talent for F1 and with Gasl♓y potentially moving to Alpine for 2023, he will be the de facto team leader.

Tsunoda was unfortunate not to finish in the points༒ at Spa with two lౠengthy pit stops ruining his race.

Lance Stroll - 10th 

Stroll has be✨en in incredible form so far this weekend.

He’s consistently been inside the top 10 during practice and lit up the ܫtimesheets on several occasions throughout ཧqualifying.

Lance Stroll (CDN) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR22. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort,
Lance Stroll (CDN) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR22. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch…

We didn’t get to see what Stro🤡ll could do in Q3 after a hydraulic issue kept him in the garage.

Who shocked us for the wrong reasons…

Daniel Ricciardo - 17th

Daniel Ricciardo keeps justifying 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:McLaren’s decision to sack him a year after his contract was due to 🅺end with another abysmal displa♌y.

Ricciardo was knocked out in Q1 after blaming Vettel’s off at the final corner for littering the track with gravel anܫd costing him 0.3s off in lap time.

With Norris reaching Q3 and qualifying seventh - best of t🐟he rest behind the top th𝔍ree teams - Ricciardo simply has to do better.

Kevin Magnussen - 18th

Magnussen’s P5 at the season-opening Ba𒈔hrain ﷽Grand Prix feels like a long time ago.

Remarkably, it w🌜as Magnussen’s sixth Q1 exit of the year, three more than teammate Schumacher𒐪.

Haas were enjoying a better weekend with their c꧅ar performing better on high downforce circuits.

With Schumacher qꦦualifying eighth, there was certainly more on the table for Magnussen at Zandvoort.

Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas VF-22. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, Netherlands, Practice
Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas VF-22. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix,…

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