Lando Norris edged out Oscar Piastri in final practice for the Dutch Grand Prix as the McLaren title protagonists gear up for a pole position shoot-out.

Norris, who has won three of the last four races to close within nine points of Piastri in the drivers’ championship, completed a dominant practice clean sweep after topping both sessions on Friday.

The British driver put himself on top at Zandvoort by a healthy margin of 0.242 seconds in the final run before qualifying.

McLaren have once again been the class of the field on the sport’s return from its summer break.

George Russell was the nearest challenger to the papaya pair but staggeringly was almost nine tenths off Norris in his Mercedes.

Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari were again well off the pace.

The seven-time world champio

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