Summary

  • Max Verstappen takes record-equalling ninth victory in a row

  • Sebastian Vettel's consecutive wins record has stood since 2013

  • Fernando Alonso finishes second, Pierre Gasly takes third

  • Sergio Perez ends race in fourth after being given five-second time penalty

  • Verstappen holds 138-point advantage over Perez in drivers' championship

  • Two-time world champion is undefeated at his home race after winning third straight Dutch Grand Prix

  • Race red-flagged because of heavy rain on lap 65, Zhou Guanyu hit barriers at Turn One

  • Perez slipped to sixth after pitting before red flag but restarted in third

  • George Russell suffers puncture following restart, Charles Leclerc retires with floor damage

  • Rain changed order on opening lap, Perez pitted early for inters to lead

  • Polesitter Verstappen regained lead from Perez on lap 13

  • Safety car out on lap 17 as Logan Sargeant hit barriers in the Williams

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. "LET'S GOOOOOO! LET'S ****** GOOO!" screams Pierre Gasly.

    I think he's pretty happy with that.

  2. Brilliant stuff for Pierre Gasly as he is back on the podium for the first time since 2021.

    Fernando Alonso takes second place as Carlos Sainz fends off Lewis Hamilton to hold onto fifth.

    The Dutch fans, as you'd expect, are going wild as Max Verstappen makes his way around the track.

  3. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    A great result for Max Verstappen and normal service resumes after the summer break.

  4. Top 10

    1) Verstappen

    2) Alonso

    3) Gasly

    4) Perez

    5) Sainz

    6) Hamilton

    7) Norris

    8) Albon

    9) Piastri

    10) Ocon

  5. chequered flag

    Chequered flag
    Breaking

    Max Verstappen wins the Dutch Grand Prix for a record-equalling ninth win in a row!

  6. Lewis Hamilton is plugging away to try and get past Carlos Sainz. There looks to be a bit of contact as Hamilton lunges at Turn 1 but Sainz holds!

    We're into the final lap.

  7. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Looking at the timing sheets, Verstappen is fastest only just from Pierre Gasly, so Gasly is really trying to close this gap to Sergio Perez, he's going to be promoted to the podium anyway.

  8. Sergio Perez is half a second behind Fernando Alonso, who is told not to defend too hard because of Perez's penalty.

  9. Top 10

    Lap 70 with two laps to go

    1) Verstappen

    2) Alonso

    3) Perez

    4) Gasly

    5) Sainz

    6) Hamilton

    7) Norris

    8) Albon

    9) Piastri

    10) Ocon

  10. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I wonder if he's [George Russell] had a little bit of contact with someone along the way, it sounded ok but he's in the pits now.

  11. Carlos Sainz versus Lewis Hamilton is the battle to watch. Sainz is fifth but Hamilton is right up behind him.

    Max Verstappen now leads by 1.5s.

  12. Team radio- Russell

    "I'm out."

  13. Max Verstappen is a second clear now of Fernando Alonso so that's looking unlikely to develop into the battle we hoped for.

  14. Russell out

    George Russell is out as he limps back to the pits.

    It looks like he got a puncture.

  15. And Sergio Perez gets a penalty as George Russell has gone off somewhere! He's tumbling down the order.

  16. Sergio Perez has been noted for potentially speeding in the pit lane.

    He is third.

  17. Alice Powell
    British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It's bumpy going down into Turn One so I expect to see a few lock ups or maybe because it's towards the end of the race that some of the drivers might take it a little bit steady.

  18. Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 Live pit-lane reporter

    There's a lot of standing water out there. It's gonna be difficult for anyone but Max Verstappen to see anything out there.

  19. Now then, Fernando Alonso is pushing from second as we get back up to full speed. Just seven tenths between him and Max Verstappen...

  20. Go! Go! Go!

    In goes the safety car and it is a dramatic dash to the end!