LIVE – Formula 1 (Dutch GP): Verstappen wins at home, Hamilton enrages

Starting in pole position, Max Verstappen had a little scare before offering his 10th victory of the season in front of his home crowd. The Dutchman takes the lead in the drivers’ standings, while the Mercedes have lost big. In the lead at the time of the last safety car, Hamilton was ejected from the podium and finished only 4th! George Russel is 2nd, Leclerc 3rd.

Ocon finished 8th, Gasly 11th.

Five seconds penalty for the Ferrari driver, who continues his difficult day. He could be ejected from the top 10. Ocon is asked to attack to gain a few places.

Hope did not last long for Hamilton, who was eaten by Leclerc, who found the podium.

1. Verstappen

2.Russell

3. Leclerc

4.Hamilton

The Monegasque is in the DRS zone of Hamilton and is getting dangerously close.

What if Hamilton loses everything? Enraged, Hamilton swerves as Russell overtakes him. Watch out, his 3rd place is in danger!

On his radio, Lewis Hamilton recognizes “a big mistake” on his recovery after the end of the safety car.

Bad choice of recovery for Hamilton, who is sucked up by Verstappen, who takes over the reins! Russell is 3rd, Leclerc 4th.

Hamilton reckons it will be difficult to contain the cars behind him. As a reminder, the medium tires have been worn for 11 laps, compared to 6 laps on Verstappen’s soft tyres.

Russell puts on softs, which leaves Verstappen 2nd behind Hamilton, who does not change his tires (medium). The end of the race promises to be thrilling.

We fit soft tires to Verstappen but the Dutchman is overtaken by Hamilton and Russell! Big gamble from the Mercedes under safety car!

The Briton seems in better shape than Verstappen and grabs a few tenths of a second. However, he is still 10 seconds ahead.

The safety car is requested while Bottas is arrested. But there is only a yellow flag.

Alonso tries to take the outside of the 1st corner behind Norris, but finally has to give up his 8th place.

The Frenchman made a jump of 6 places and found himself at the gates of the top 5. But beware, Sainz and Norris were keeping an eye on the grain.

It started again with full pot and Verstappen is still well ahead of Hamilton and Russell. Leclerc is 4th.

The world champion takes advantage of the Safety Car to put on hard tyres, while the Mercedes put on medium tyres. Once again, Ferrari is having it.

This time, Tsunoda stops. The virtual safety car is deployed.

Hard tires for the last part of the race. He came out 4th, behind Verstappen and the two Mercedes.

The Japanese complains about the tires not fixed! At AlphaTauri, we assure him that the tires are. He leaves, without the Safety Car being deployed. The pilot had broken away.

Wearing hard rubber, Sergio Perez had the fastest lap and passed Norris (5th).

Hard rubbers for Perez, towards a new tire change for Verstappen?

The two men are still separated by 18 seconds, while the Dutchman does not seem satisfied with his tires, which are not “spectacular”.

The Mercedes are on fire with their hard tires. Like Hamilton, Russell scratches Perez, who passes 5th.

This time, it’s the right one for Hamilton, who goes through the outside! Movement perfectly managed by the Mercedes driver.

Perez misses his braking and forces Hamilton to go through the outside. We were not far from disaster! The Mexican keeps his 3rd place.

On his hard tires, Hamilton completes the recourd of the lap in 1’15″472. He is in the DRS zone of Perez.

The Dutchman is 8 seconds ahead of Leclerc, who himself is 7 seconds ahead of Perez.

1. Verstappen

2. Leclerc

3. Perez

4.Hamilton

5.Russell

6. Sainz

Like Hamilton, Russell is on hard tires and he comes out in 5th position behind Hamilton.

Verstappen feels the hard tires don’t seem to be in his favour.

The Briton is wearing hard rubber for his (probably) only pit stop. He came out 5th, Verstappen took over the reins of the race. Russell remains the last driver without a stop since the start of the race.

Superb overtaking by Verstappen on Russell, to the cheers of the public! Bonus lap record for the world champion.

The Dutchman could have the DRS very soon to overtake Russell and return to 2nd.

Always fitted with mediums from the start, Lewis Hamilton made a good start to the race, while his tires were in good condition. Will he move towards a one-stop strategy?

The Aston Martin driver is lacking speed and is in 17th place.

Higher up, Carlos Sainz seems borrowed and remains 6th, behind Sergio Perez.

The world champion revs up with his new tires and sets the lap record in 1’15″904.

Very average stop by the world champion, who comes out in third position behind the two Mercedes of Hamilton and Russell, who still have not stopped.

The Monegasque complains about the tires and goes to the pits. This time, no tire problems and Leclerc leaves with mediums.

Very bad stop for Ferrari and Sainz! More than 12 seconds! He came out 11th with medium tyres. “It’s a joke”, plague Sainz on the radio. All that was missing… were the tires. To make matters worse, the technicians left a gun lying around, which Sergio Perez rolled over.

Small stroke of poker for Alpine and Alonso, who came out of the pits with hard rubber.

Very surprisingly, Pierre Gasly was called to the pits, just like Ricciardo. The two pilots leave with medium tires.

Taking advantage of the DRS, Fernando Alonso overtook Pierre Gasly in 12th place.

As for Red Bull, Max Verstappen is warned of a possible attack by Ferrari in the coming laps. The Dutchman still keeps nearly 2 seconds ahead of the Monegasque.

The two race leaders take a few hectometres ahead of the Sainz-Hamilton duo, still in the fight for 3rd place. On the French side, Ocon is 9th, Gasly 12th.

The Briton remains on the lookout to overtake Carlos Sainz, but we will have to wait for an opportunity.

The gap between the first two remains around one second.

1. Verstappen

2. Leclerc

3. Sainz

4.Hamilton

5. Perez

6.Russell

The Frenchman is 9th after starting 12th.

Big fright for Magnussen, who goes straight in the gravel, before returning to the track.

Very good start from Verstappen, who immediately closes the door to Leclerc, author of a good start. Hamilton could also have surprised Sainz but the Spaniard is holding on.

The pilots will set off for 72 laps. A few gusts of wind are present. It remains to be seen which strategy will be chosen, with one, two or three stops.

Verstappen, Leclerc and Sainz are on soft tires, unlike Hamilton, who is on mediums.

In the last nine GPs, Charles Leclerc has only been on the podium once. Last week, he even fell to third place in the drivers’ standings.

Last year, Verstappen had achieved the double pole position – victory for the return of the Dutch GP after 36 years of absence (the 2020 edition had been canceled due to the Covid).

In an interview with DAZN, the Spaniard explains the reasons that led him to make this decision, while evoking his frustration at not being able to fight for the top spots. He evokes a certain lack of attention towards him: “It is because of the desire that I saw at Aston Martin to have me and perhaps what I lacked at Alpine. Or the love that I may not have had here.” Consequence of the non-arrival of Piastri, it is the future ex-pilot of McLaren, Daniel Ricciardo, who could replace the Spaniard at Alpine.

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During qualifying, the two drivers were only separated by 0.021 seconds, the lowest gap of the season.

The battle promises to be intense on the Zandvoort circuit, 4.252 kilometers long. There will be 72 laps to go.

The Frenchmen Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) and Esteban Ocon (Alpine) will start 11th and 12th respectively.

Welcome to this live commentary to follow the GP of the Netherlands, 15th round of the Formula 1 world championship. In front of his audience, Max Verstappen is aiming for a 10th victory this season which would bring him a little closer to a second championship title. world. The Dutchman will start on pole ahead of the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. The departure will be given at 3 p.m.

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