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. Alex Albon is still out there on those softs that he started the race on.

    Further back, Charles Leclerc is in real danger of being picked off by debutant Liam Lawson...

  2. Lewis Hamilton is edging closer to compatriot Lando Norris, who is ninth. There's half a second between the two.

  3. Zhou Guanyu pits to swap mediums for softs and he is back out in 17th.

  4. Max Verstappen's lead is up to six seconds with Red Bull confirming some light rain expected in the next five minutes.

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

    I just spoke to the Ferrari team and they do confirm that he's [Leclerc] suffering with floor damage. He came in we saw that front wing chance for him but that's not going to be enough. He's going to have a tough end of the race.

  6. It hasn't been a great race for George Russell but probably even worse for Charles Leclerc, who is now overtaken by the Mercedes in a battle for 14th.

  7. Ian Fergusson
    BBC weather forecaster

    The next incoming shower looks set to just graze the circuit; FIA forecasters suggest some light rain is possible from it into sectors 2 and 3 at about 16:01 local (15:01 BST).

  8. I wouldn't say no to a bit of rain again because things have settled into a bit or predictability now. after such a chaotic start to this race.

  9. Rosanna Tennant
    5 Live F1 reporter

    Max Verstappen saying he can see dark clouds and I agree I can see some they are over the final turn as I'm looking down the straight. But there is still blue sky it's a really really odd afternoon with the weather so maybe there will be rain but there is still sunshine.

  10. Another fastest lap for Max Verstappen and he increases his lead over Sergio Perez to 4.4 seconds.

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    Matthew Murnaghan: I love a bit of rain to throw in unpredictability. Doesn't change the likely outcome as much.

  12. Lewis Hamilton is closing in on Zhou Guanyu, who fends off the first charge by defending the inside but Hamilton sweeps past down the start-finish straight and is into the points.

  13. Top 10 as it stands

    Max Verstappen on trackGetty Images

    1) Verstappen

    2) Perez

    3) Alonso

    4) Gasly

    5) Sainz

    6) Albon

    7) Ocon

    8) Zhou

    9) Tsunoda

    10) Norris

  14. Pierre Gasly has gained eight places so far and is fourth. He is slowly chipping away at Fernando Alonso's advantage just ahead of him.

  15. Team radio- Verstappen

    "Darker clouds are coming in."

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

    I wonder if it was a string of mistakes for Perez because all of a sudden now he's just gained from his previous lap three or four tenths and has just set a personal best in the first sector so I wonder if it was a few mistakes, struggling a little bit with the tyres, but he's not nearly matching Max Verstappen so that's very bizarre.

  17. Kevin Magnussen is just overtaking fodder now as Oscar Piastri makes a move round the outside of the Haas to breeze into 12th.

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

    Interesting radio commination between Leclerc and Hamilton's engineers. Hamilton's being told Leclerc has a lack of downforce and it has allowed Hamilton to get past him and now L is dropping down the pack, it seems to be true. Leclerc with a damaged Ferrari.

  19. Alex Albon is now approaching 30 laps on the set of softs he started the race on and he's still running pretty comfortably in six.

  20. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    Alex Albon is a man on a mission. He's now just over two and a half seconds back on Sainz. He started this race in fourth and so far has proven the Williams has pace.