Formation lap.

Ferrari have gone red. Soft tyres for Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

Max Verstappen joins them, while Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are on the mediums.

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Beitske Visser
Dutch W Series driver

It's incredible. The whole of the Netherlands has been looking forward to this race for weeks. Seeing all the grandstands filled with orange is something very cool. I wish I was racing this weekend but just being here and witnessing this is also something very special.

Lando Norris tells Sky Sports on the grid: "I would love to battle some of the cars ahead and I will if I can but I need to look after my own race and my own strategy.

"You can follow closer, obviously the DRS is much longer this year, there will be some overtaking, there will be some opportunities, it’s not going to be a huge amount better but it’s a step forward. There are still chances that can cause different strategies more so this year than last year."

McLaren were involved in an unsafe release during Saturday's qualifying session after Lando Norris was given the signal to go while other cars were making their way out.

Yuki Tsunoda in particular was not best pleased. Plus, George Russell grassed on his mate.

The stewards wanted a word after Q3 and a 5,000 euros fine was dished out to the team.

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Max Verstappen secured victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix from 10th on the grid and then banked his ninth win of the season from 14th spot at last weekend's race in Belgium.

Today, he gets a clear run to notch up trophy number 10 of the 2022 campaign, but the Dutchman is also aiming for four wins in a row after also triumphing at Paul Ricard in France before the summer break.

As Zandvoort provides one of the shortest laps on the F1 calendar, drivers will need to keep full concentration for 72 laps in total.

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Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner tells Sky Sports about Sergio Perez's power unit change:"It took a hell of a whack yesterday over the kerb, so just as a precautious we changed it for one of his previous units. Hopefully it's just a precautionary change.

"He’s just got to get stuck in and go for it and hopefully his strategy will work for him today."

Dutch singer Floor Jansen is taking us through the national anthem. The trophy also looks to be a black and white design.

Whoa. Belt out that last note.

If Ferrari want to try another fastest-lap attempt this weekend then the omens are alright, as Lewis Hamilton picked up an extra point last year despite finishing second behind Max Verstappen, who comfortably won his home race.

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Looking forward to see who will be performing the national anthem shortly, given the levels of raving that have already been achieved.

Charles Leclerc is just sitting in the Ferrari garage, stony-faced.

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer

The official strategy preview supplied by Pirelli says this is a two-stop race. So, inevitably, the teams don’t agree, and say it is on the cusp of a one- and a two-stop. If it’s a one-stop, medium-hard is the likely strategy. The key will be whether teams feel their drivers are stuck and want to pit to get some free air. A one-stop is especially attractive if you can run at your own pace, because it requires tyre management. But because overtaking is expected to be difficult, many drivers may be stuck - Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel, for example, are out of position after unfortunate circumstances in qualifying. A real mix of strategies is expected - with some likely to take softs at the start to gain grid positions, especially if they have a new set available, as do Max Verstappen and most outside the top 10.

At the front, many believethis is the time for Ferrari to go aggressive - they have little to lose in the championship any more, so surely have to chance their arm and put Verstappen under pressure.

Pit-stop time loss is about 21.5 seconds; 10 seconds less under caution. And the narrow pit lane makes stacking cars in the event of a safety car less attractive than normal.

Ditchy Ditch: Prediction: Max 1, Leclerc 2, Ham 3. Scuderia to go for plan D, sainz DNF.

Now, we're animal lovers here at BBC Sport but these little feathered friends did cause some hair-raising moments on track yesterday.

George Russell spotted the pigeons at Turn 7, while the birds turned up again during a delay to clear a flare in qualifying.

If the pigeons have got full weekend passes for the grand prix, then I hope they take up a seat in the grandstand because this could be traumatising for us all.

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Is this a Grand Prix? Or a Dutch techno festival?

Alex Withington on #bbcf1, let us know how loud the music really is.

Can't knock the commitment to wearing head-to-toe orange, though.

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George Russell, who starts down in P6 on the grid, tells Sky Sports: " We want to manage expectations, I believe we will probably have a faster car than the Ferrari’s today but obviously starting behind them is going to be really difficult. Hopefully it will be a two stop which will make things a little bit trickier for everybody and that can offer some opportunities for us."

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There was some head scratching over in George Russell's side of the garage as the 24-year-old qualified in sixth place for today's Dutch Grand Prix.

On his performance, Russell assessed it was "not great".

"The car has been feeling great all weekend and I had a really strong feeling after FP3," Russell told Sky Sports.

"But it just didn't really click for me and I don't really know why. Ultimately it was a a lack of performance in Q2 that cost me in Q3 because we had to take those second set of tyres, so I only had the one set available in Q3 and obviously with the yellow flag, I couldn't get my lap in. A little bit frustrating."

Russell did see the positive side after qualifying: "I see no reason why we can't fight for a podium," he added.