Check your Pit Wall Predictions from Zandvoort

Zandvoort delivered the chaos it’s become known for, with multiple Safety Cars turning strategy on its head and making life difficult for Pit Wall Predictions, presented by Gulf, players. What looked like a straightforward round quickly unravelled as race circumstances shifted dramatically.

So, how did you get on? Did you make sense of the chaos better than The Strategist? Spoiler alert: almost certainly.

Here’s how the results unfolded in the Netherlands:

Alex stopped on Lap 23, putting him in the Lap 21–30 bracket. Just 21% of players nailed this tricky opener.

Carlos also came in on Lap 23, meaning another correct answer in the Lap 21–30 bracket. This was spotted by 42% of the field.

Carlos was our first driver into the pits, scoring five points for 40% of players.

Carlos stopped from P7, slotting into the P6–P10 option. A good call from 47% of you.

Alex was seven seconds behind Carlos, having deliberately opened a gap to allow for a double-stack under the Safety Car. Only 7% of players saw this one coming.

Carlos was just 1.4s behind Lawson when he boxed, meaning the 0.1–2.5s option was correct. Over half of players (51%) scored here – as did The Strategist.

There was one VSC in Zandvoort, rewarding 45% of players.

Three. What proved to be the most disruptive factor of the race. Just 1% of players predicted three or more Safety Cars – one of the toughest questions of the season so far.

It was always going to be a tough round with the constant interruptions, and our Grove guru struggled to keep up. Only their call on Carlos’s stop gap came good, leaving them with a solitary point.

This was also one of the hardest rounds for fans: no one achieved the perfect 8/8, though 50 players did top-score with 30 points (6/8). The most common score was just 2/8 (10 points).

Zandvoort has reminded us all how unpredictable Formula 1 can be – and why Pit Wall Predictions is as much about instincts as statistics.

Play again later this week as Formula 1 heads to Monza: the Temple of Speed.