Britain's Lando Norris was fastest in the first practice session for the Dutch Grand Prix Friday, pipping home favourite Max Verstappen in wildly unpredictable weather conditions on the Zandvoort circuit.
In classic Dutch seaside fashion, the weather veered from torrential rain to bright sunshine and back again in a matter of minutes, making tyre and racing strategy a real headache.
On a thrilling last lap of practice, Verstappen briefly took the fastest lap time in his Red Bull before McLaren's Norris seized back the advantage with a 1:12.322 lap.
Verstappen was just 0.201 seconds behind, with the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton third, a further 0.483 seconds behind the Dutchman.
On the wet track, even Verstappen locked up his wheels and spun out of control just as he looked to be delivering the fastest lap.
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