Summary

  • Verstappen wins home race amid huge celebrations and flares

  • Hamilton takes fastest lap point after Bottas defiantly tries to take it away late on

  • Mazepin, Tsunoda out

  • Get involved: #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. To the delight of 70,000 fans, Max Verstappen is closing in on regaining his title lead.

    Max Verstappen Dutch GPGetty Images

  2. Perez continues a very impressive damage-limitation mission and that's up to ninth and two points. Norris goes the other way to 10th.

  3. We've got six laps to go and the top six are all in the positions they began in.

    1. Verstappen, 2. Hamilton, 3. Bottas, 4. Gasly, 5. Leclerc, 6. Sainz.

    Alonso has moved up from ninth to seventh, but got that done in lap one, Ocon is still eighth as he started, but Lando Norris and Sergio Perez have been the big stars.

    Norris is ninth from 13th, with Perez 10th after starting in the pits.

  4. Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    That is some sass from Verstappen!

  5. Team radio - Red Bull to Verstappen

    Engineer: "Gap at 3.8. 3.8."

    Verstappen: "Is [Hamilton] complaining about something or what?!"

    Engineer: "His tyres are done!"

  6. Those in the points

    1. Verstappen
    2. Hamilton +4
    3. Bottas +26.5
    4. Gasly +67.5
    5. Leclerc +72.3
    6. Sainz one lap
    7. Alonso one lap
    8. Ocon one lap
    9. Norris one lap
    10. Perez one lap

  7. Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    If the tyres are dropping [for Hamilton], that could be the white flag, nothing left for Mercedes.

  8. Are we going to file Zandvoort in the Monaco category - looks fantastic, extremely popular, but there's not much to get excited about in the racing?

  9. Get Involved

    #bbcf1

    Brian: Mercedes could pit Bottas to keep fast lap for the constructors

    Lewis BP: Mercedes have always been terrible at strategy but up until recently they’ve been quick enough that it didn’t matter. Now poor strategy calls are killing Lewis Hamilton’s title chances!

  10. And the times reflect that, with Verstappen suddenly 3.9 seconds ahead on the times.

  11. Team radio - Hamilton

    "These tyres are starting to drop off."

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  13. Sergio Perez now in the points in 10th, but will he have to pit late on in an attempt to take the fastest lap bonus point away from Hamilton?

  14. There's still some nervous faces in the Red Bull garage. Luckily for them, Max Verstappen is looking the calmest man at Zandvoort. It's ticking down. It's lap 59 of 72.

    Hamilton is still two seconds away, on quicker tyres.

  15. Team radio - Mercedes to Hamilton

    "Engineer: "Priority now is to try and get to the end of the race on this tyres. Take something at the end for the fastest lap."

    Hamilton: "I'm trying to close this gap!"

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  17. How it stands

    1. Verstappen
    2. Hamilton +1.7
    3. Bottas +19.2
    4. Gasly +59.2
    5. Leclerc +63.8
    6. Sainz one lap
    7. Alonso one lap
    8. Ocon one lap
    9. Norris one lap
    10. Perez one lap

  18. Tyre talk

    Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    Looks like Hamilton and Bottas both have three sets of used soft tyres. They are the only tyres that they still have available in this race.

    Verstappen also has used tyres but Perez has a whole set of new soft tyres.

    So we could see at the end a bit of cat and mouse, trying to get fastest lap - and Perez trying to take it away from them.

  19. Get Involved

    #bbcf1

    Mike Gatt: When Hamilton starts to complain he is driving at his best.

    Toby PT: Verstappen won't get it so easy when both Russell and Hamilton are hunting him down, roll on 2022.

  20. Hamilton is only 1.8 seconds behind. He still believes. He's basically just told Mercedes to stop telling him he can't win this.