Did we get a sneak preview of Formula 1 2023 last weekend? Ferrari seems to be falling further and further back but the Zandvoort race was the second event in three GPs at which Mercedes has provided some sort of challenge to the Verstappen steamroller.
Many questioned the Mercedes decision to leave Lewis Hamilton on medium tyres while switching George Russell to softs during the final safety car period, leaving the seven-time world champion vulnerable to attack from Verstappen. But, as Alex Kalinauckas shows in our report, Verstappen was simply too quick and probably would have won whatever the strategy.
