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. Apparently rain is once again imminent.

    This is like trying to plan what to wear for an afternoon out in Manchester.

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

    This rain that they maybe thought was coming maybe it's not coming but actually the wind has changed direction again, they've got a real tailwind coming down the main straight now.

  3. Fans watch the grand prix at Zandvoort in their back gardenEPA

    The race has got lots of people in the Netherlands gripped. It is looking almost certain they will be celebrating a Max Verstappen win.

  4. Top 10

    Lap 50

    1. Verstappen

    2. Perez

    3. Sainz

    4. Alonso

    5. Tsunoda

    6. Gasly

    7. Russell

    8. Albon

    9. Ocon

    10. Hulkenberg

    Aston Martin pit stopGetty Images

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

    Russell is on the hard tyre as well so he's had 30 laps on this hard tyre and Gasly has bolted on a set of soft tyres and so I expect that gap, it already has to stretch. Gasly is way out of the DRS zone already so he won't be troubled anymore by Russell.

  6. Max Verstappen pits from the lead and is back out in front, 5.5 seconds ahead of Sergio Perez.

    Fernando Alonso is working on making up the time lost in the pits just then and he has got past Yuki Tsunoda. Carlos Sainz up next.

  7. Oh no!

    Fernando Alonso pits from second but there's a real problem with getting the front left switched and that's going to cost him time AND potentially a podium.

    He's back out in fifth and behind Yuki Tsunoda.

  8. Pit stops for others has elevated George Russell up to seventh. He's on hards so will be going to the end of the race and he's right all over the back of Pierre Gasly at the moment.

  9. Lewis Hamilton, stuck behind Yuki Tsunoda in fifth, puts and is back out in 14th on a fresh set of softs.

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

    I think the wind direction has changed ever so slightly because it seems a lot of people are setting a personal best in the first sector, but going ever so slightly slower in the middle sector.

  11. Sergio Perez pits from second as race leader Max Verstappen stays out for now.

    Perez is back out in fourth on softs.

  12. Charles Leclerc's retirement was because of floor damage.

    Meanwhile Alex Albon pits for the first time in this race. He's onto mediums and back out in 11th.

  13. Out in front, Max Verstappen is hurtling towards a record-equalling ninth win as he leads Sergio Perez by 8.3 seconds.

  14. Lando Norris has struggled to get past Yuki Tsunoda in sixth and so he pits for softs. He is back out in 14th.

  15. Team radio- Ferrari to Leclerc

    Engineer: "The situation is getting worse so we will retire the car."

  16. But that's it for Charles Leclerc. He is into the pits and that looks like it is it for the Ferrari driver after what must have been a very frustrating race.

  17. What a moment for Liam Lawson! He bides his time before making a move around Charles Leclerc to get into 15th. A morale-boosting move but he can't celebrate too long as the DRS-enabled Ferrari fights back quickly.

  18. Top 10 on lap 40 compared to race start

    1. Verstappen (1)

    2. Perez (7)

    3. Alonso (5)

    4. Gasly (12)

    5. Sainz (6)

    6. Albon (4)

    7. Ocon (17)

    8. Tsunoda (14)

    9. Norris (2)

    10. Hamilton (13)

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

    That's going to be brave (of Leclerc) to take that soft tyre to the end of the race, there's still a long way to go.

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