The Orange Army roared when Verstappen overtook Russell, and two laps later he led when Hamilton changed to hard tires. Verstappen came in on the next lap as Red Bull matched Ferrari's strategy, while Mercedes stayed out with Hamilton leading from Russell. Leclerc came in on Lap 18 and this time Ferrari had his tires ready, at least. Verstappen started well and shut the door on Leclerc while Sainz held off Hamilton on the outside. Thousands of fans cycled to the track, leaving their bikes by the seaside at the Zandvoort circuit. 02 seconds the smallest margin this season in a qualifying session marred by a flare thrown onto the track.įans packed the grandstands Sunday, many wearing colors of the Dutch flag. Verstappen produced a brilliant final lap Saturday to take pole from Leclerc by. Sainz said he was trying to avoid a McLaren mechanic in front of him and had to hit the brakes.Įarlier in the race, Ferrari botched Sainz's tire change on Lap 15 taking 13 seconds in a season of bizarre incidents.įerrari even left the tire-changing gun on the floor and Perez narrowly missed rolling over it. Sainz crossed the line in eighth and got a five-second penalty for an unsafe release in the pitlane. Leclerc started from second ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr. Hamilton calmed down and thanked his mechanics afterward. We did what we discussed this morning in the office.
Sorry it didn't work out, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff told Hamilton.
It got worse as Leclerc overtook Hamilton to move into third on an otherwise poor day for a Ferrari team unable to cut out the most basic errors. Hamilton could no longer contain his rage and unleashed another expletive-laced rant.
Hamilton appeared to brake late when Russell overtook him and they nearly collided. I had a good run in the restart, we had a bit more top speed and that helps to attack into Turn 1, Verstappen said.įrom there onwards we had really good balance in the car again.Īn angry Hamilton took it out on his team, using an expletive on radio to tell them he wasn't happy about not swapping for new tires under safety car, when Russell had. The Dutchman also took an extra point for the fastest lap. Hamilton misjudged his restart and Verstappen overtook him straight away to bring a huge roar from the Orange Army.
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Verstappen changed tires and was behind leader Hamilton's Mercedes with 12 laps left.īut Hamilton was on a slower medium tire and Verstappen on the quicker softs left the British driver pretty much a sitting duck, much like when he lost the title to Verstappen at last year's season-ending Abu Dhabi GP. Verstappen looked to be coasting to victory when a safety car came out on Lap 56 of 72, after the engine cut out on Valtteri Bottas' Alfa Romeo. "We are slowly getting closer to that top step. The team result wasn't quite what we hoped for but we can take a lot of confidence moving forward," Russell said. George Russell finished second for Mercedes ahead of Leclerc, with Lewis Hamilton dropping from first to fourth.Īs a team we showed incredible pace today. I had to work for it even more, an incredible weekend," Verstappen said. His second straight win here and 30th career win was even more special because of a gearbox problem in Friday's first practice session. Very lovely result guys, Verstappen said to his team, before telling his legions of supporters he was proud to be Dutch."
With seven races left a second straight title is looking increasingly likely as his challengers Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and teammate Sergio Perez in joint second continue to fall further back. Verstappen's 10th win matched his tally from last year and the Red Bull driver extended his championship lead to 109 points. Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen made quick work of a safety car restart to win the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday in front of 100,000 adoring fans, and make it four straight wins for the first time in his F1 career.
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