Max Verstappen found himself in the Turn 1 gravel, but after the chequered flag fell in the opening practice session for the Dutch Grand Prix.

He was left to walk away from his beached Red Bull in what was a very unusual moment.

Max Verstappen’s practice start went wrong in Zandvoort

It was a difficult start to the Dutch Grand Prix weekend for just about every team but McLaren who clinched the 1-2 in FP1 with pace-setter Lando Norris half a second clear of third-placed Lance Stroll.

As for Red Bull, Yuki Tsunoda had an early off through the gravel but he was able to continue and brought his RB21 home with the 16th fastest time.

It was a better session for Verstappen , who was sixth fastest, although he was still 0.940s slower than Norris.

However, he was made to walk back to the pi

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