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September 3, 2026 3:52 pm
F1 in the Netherlands: The driver you most want to beat is your teammate

Formula 1 returned from its summer break with this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix.

After months of rumors surrounding his future, now we know: Four-time champion Max Verstappen is staying in the sport for the foreseeable future. The news broke on the eve of the Dutch Grand Prix, held this past weekend at Zandvoort in the Netherlands as F1 returned from its mandatory summer vacation.
Verstappen’s wasn’t the only contract newsβ€”Williams will keep both Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz, too. More than once I’ve noticed a driver having an underwhelming weekend following a freshly signed contract; in this case, all three had a weekend they’d probably rather forget. They weren’t the only ones, though. Up and down the grid, we saw friction between teammates. And there’s no one an F1 driver wants to beat more than the only other person to have the same car as they do.
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Source: Ars Technica

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  • Published at Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:02.
  • Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08/f1-in-the-netherlands-the-driver-you-most-want-to-beat-is-your-teammate/