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. Everyone is switching to inters but Max Verstappen is staying out for now.

    "This would be a very good time to pit," he is urged on the next lap and he duly obliges.

  2. Great work by Pierre Gasly as he gets the better of Carlos Sainz and is into fourth.

    Here comes a flurry of stops as the heavy rain starts to fall!

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

    In Formula 1 you've got two options for the wet tyre, you've got the wet tyre which has a blue band round the outside of it, and the intermediate tyre. Your wet tyre is a little bit pointless, you need an absolute downpour, you need puddles everywhere to use that wet tyre. Most drivers feel more comfortable on the intermediate tyre.

  4. Top 10

    Lap 60/72

    1) Verstappen

    2) Perez

    3) Alonso

    4) Sainz

    5) Gasly

    6) Albon

    7) Hamilton

    8) Russell

    9) Ocon

    10) Norris

  5. Oh my!

    Riding with Lewis Hamilton's onboard, we see George Russell just ahead and the latter touches the grasses and has a real wobble before Russell superbly saves it.

    Hamilton is much faster than Russell, however, and the Mercedes pair trade places.

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

    One person to watch out for if the rain doesn't come or one to watch out for if the rain does come is Alonso, his last lap was eight tenths quicker than Perez, and that gap is coming down quite quickly.

  7. More Turn 1 success for Lewis Hamilton as this time he sees off Esteban Ocon and is up into eight.

    George Russell is one place ahead but the coming rain could be particularly bad news for Russell on those hards.

  8. Get Involved

    #BBCF1

    Matthew: Let's hope the heavy rain comes!

    Tony: I got my popcorn ready #bbcf1

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

    Looking at the radar that's heavy rain that is on it's way.

  10. Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris have been battling for large periods of this race and Hamilton, on new softs, gets past his compatriot down into Turn 1.

  11. Wheel-to-wheel tussle between Alex Albon and George Russell down the main straight before Albon gets the move done and he is into six.

    What a drive by Albon today.

  12. Yuki Tsunoda, potentially with front wing damage, continues to go backwards as now Lewis Hamilton passes him to get back into the points.

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

    I've just had a text message as well from my spy and a ton of rain, and that's in capitals, is expected in 10 minutes.

  14. This could make things interesting as there's now reports of heavy rain before the end of the race.

  15. Team radio- Tsunoda

    "Front wing got damaged, check wing."

  16. How 11-20 is looking on lap 52 compared to start

    11. Hamilton (13)

    12. Piastri (8)

    13. Zhou (16)

    14. Stroll (11)

    15. Magnussen (18)

    16. Hulkenberg (15)

    17. Bottas (19)

    18. Lawson (20)

    OUT. Leclerc (9)

    OUT. Sargeant (10)

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

    I'm expecting to hear some angry Yuki radio approaching very soon as Albon flies past him down the straight. I think Alpha Tauri need to box now.

  18. Alex Albon, now on mediums, is making moves once again as he gets past Yuki Tsunoda, who thinks he's got a bit of damage to his front wing.

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

    If he (Alonso) doesn't leave too much time behind Carlos Sainz I reckon he might be able to have a little pounce on Sergio Perez.

  20. Slow pitstop, no problem for Fernando Alonso as he makes a move down the inside to Turn 1 to sweep past Carlos Sainz and back into the podium places. He is third.