Formula 1: How to watch the Dutch Grand Prix on TV and what to know

ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Here's a guide that tells you what you need to know about the Dutch Grand Prix. It's the 15th round of the 2025 Formula 1 season.

— In the U.S., on ESPN.

— Other countries are listed here.

Saturday: Third practice and qualifying.

Sunday: Dutch Grand Prix, 72 laps of the 4.26-kilometer (2.65-mile) Circuit Zandvoort. It starts at 3 p.m. local time (9 a.m. ET / 1300 GMT).

F1's summer beach trip sees it race near the sand dunes at Zandvoort on the Netherlands' North Sea coast. It's the home race for Max Verstappen, who has won there three times but was beaten by McLaren's Lando Norris last year. Zandvoort was a regular on the F1 calendar from the 1950s through to the mid-1980s, but the 1985 edition was the last until a return in 2021 as Verstappen became one of F1's biggest names. The Dutch race is dropping off the F1 calendar after next year.

Lando Norris had been fastest all through practice but had to settle for second on the grid after losing out to his McLaren teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri by barely one-hundredth of a second. Max Verstappen starts his home race third for Red Bull after struggling with his car, while Isack Hadjar qualified a career-best fourth for Racing Bulls.

Norris held on for the win at the Hungarian Grand Prix by less than a second as teammate Oscar Piastri chased him down in the final laps. Norris had the edge thanks to a smart pit strategy but the downside was that he had to cling on with worn tires. George Russell was third for Mercedes. Piastri leads Norris by nine points in the season driver standings.

— Oscar Piastri beats McLaren teammate Lando Norris to end his wait for pole at F1’s Dutch GP

— Isack Hadjar lays down a marker for Red Bull promotion with pace in Dutch GP qualifying

— Lewis Hamilton wants to rediscover the joy in F1 after a gloomy start at Ferrari

— Why you can’t drive your car to Formula 1’s Dutch Grand Prix

— Cadillac picks Bottas and Pérez for F1 debut in 2026, prioritizing experience over American drivers

— Lando Norris holds off McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri to win F1’s Hungarian Grand Prix

0.012 — The margin between Piastri and Norris in qualifying was just .012 of a second.

5 — McLaren has finished 1-2 in four consecutive races. A fifth 1-2 finish would match the F1 record, shared by Ferrari and Mercedes.

18.5 — After his fourth-place finish in Hungary, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc has started on pole in 27 races but won only five of those, or 18.5%. He has won three races where he didn't start on pole.

1.9 — McLaren set a new benchmark for fastest pit stop of the year with 1.9 seconds for Norris in Hungary.

“ That was the definition of peaking at the right time.” — Oscar Piastri on his qualifying lap.

“It’s going to take some magic, some good strategy or incredible tyre saving or something.” — Lando Norris on his chances of beating Piastri on Sunday.

“ To be honest, to be P3 here, I’m very happy with that. I mean, the energy of the crowd, of course, the whole weekend already has been amazing, and to see so much orange on the grandstand, it’s always very special.” — Max Verstappen

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McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia steers his car during the third free practice ahead of the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix at the Zandvoort racetrack in Zandvoort, Netherlands, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia celebrates his pole position after the qualifying session ahead of the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix at the Zandvoort racetrack in Zandvoort, Netherlands, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia in action during the second practice for the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, Netherlands, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain in action during the second practice for the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, Netherlands, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s presidential election was plagued by widespread delays Thursday in addition to a days-long internet shutdown that has been criticized as an anti-democratic tactic in a country where the president has held office since 1986.

Some polling stations remained closed for up to four hours after the scheduled 7 a.m. start time due to “technical challenges," according to the nation's electoral commission, which asked polling officers to use paper registration records to ensure the difficulties did not “disenfranchise any voter.”

President Yoweri Museveni, 81, faces seven other candidates, including Robert Kyagulanyi, a musician-turned-politician best known as Bobi Wine, who is calling for political change.

The East African country of roughly 45 million people has 21.6 million registered voters. Polls were expected to close at 4 p.m., but voting was extended one hour until 5 p.m. local time. Results are constitutionally required to be announced in 48 hours.

In the morning, impatient crowds gathered outside polling stations expressing concerns over the delays. Umaru Mutyaba, a polling agent for a parliamentary candidate, said it was “frustrating” to be waiting outside a station in the capital Kampala.

“We can’t be standing here waiting to vote as if we have nothing else to do," he said.

Wine, the candidate, alleged electoral fraud, noting that biometric voter identification machines were not working at polling places and claiming that there was “ballot stuffing.”

Wine wrote in a post on X that his party's leaders had been arrested. “Many of our polling agents and supervisors abducted, and others chased off polling stations,” the post said.

Museveni told journalists he was notified that biometric machines weren't working at some stations and that he supported the electoral body's decision to revert to paper registration records. He did not comment on allegations of fraud.

Ssemujju Nganda, a prominent opposition figure and lawmaker seeking reelection in Kira municipality, told The Associated Press he had been waiting in line to vote for three hours.

Nganda said the delays likely would lead to apathy and low turnout in urban areas where the opposition has substantial support. "It’s going to be chaos,” he said.

Nicholas Sengoba, an independent analyst and newspaper columnist, said delays to the start of voting in urban, opposition areas favored the ruling party.

Emmanuel Tusiime, a young man who was among dozens prevented from entering a polling station in Kampala past closing time said the officials had prevented him from participating.

“My vote has not been counted, and, as you can see, I am not alone," he said he was left feeling “very disappointed.”

Uganda has not witnessed a peaceful transfer of presidential power since independence from British colonial rule six decades ago.

Museveni has served the third-longest term of any African leader and is seeking to extend his rule into a fifth decade. The aging president’s authority has become increasingly dependent on the military led by his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

Museveni and Wine are reprising their rivalry from the previous election in 2021, when Wine appealed to mostly young people in urban areas. With voter turnout of 59%, Wine secured 35% of the ballots against Museveni’s 58%, the president’s smallest vote share since his first electoral campaign three decades ago.

The lead-up to Thursday's election produced concerns about transparency, the possibility of hereditary rule, military interference and possible vote tampering.

Uganda's internet was shut down Tuesday by the government communications agency, which cited misinformation, electoral fraud and incitement of violence. The shutdown has affected the public and disrupted critical sectors such as banking.

There has been heavy security leading up to voting, including military units deployed on the streets this week.

Amnesty International said security forces are engaging in a “brutal campaign of repression,” citing a Nov. 28 opposition rally in eastern Uganda where the military blocked exits and opened fire on supporters, killing one person.

Museveni urged voters to come out in large numbers during his final rally Tuesday.

“You go and vote, anybody who tries to interfere with your freedom will be crushed. I am telling you this. We are ready to put an end to this indiscipline,” he said.

The national electoral commission chairperson, Simon Byabakama, urged tolerance among Ugandans as they vote.

“Let us keep the peace that we have,” Byabakama said late Wednesday. “Let us be civil. Let us be courteous. Let’s be tolerant. Even if you know that this person does not support (your) candidate, please give him or her room or opportunity to go and exercise his or her constitutional right."

Authorities also suspended the activities of several civic groups during the campaign season. That Group, a prominent media watchdog, closed its office Wednesday after the interior ministry alleged in a letter that the group was involved in activities “prejudicial to the security and laws of Uganda.”

Veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye, a four-time presidential candidate, remains in prison after he was charged with treason in February 2025.

Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine, right, greets election observers, including former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, at his home in Magere village on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Billboards of Uganda President and National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni are seen in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)

Electoral workers deliver ballot boxes to a polling station during presidential election in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Voters are reflected in a police officer's sunglasses as they wait in line after voting failed to start on time due to system failures during presidential election in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Voters wait to cast their ballots during the presidential election in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)