Max Verstappen’s quest for history continues with a win at his home race.
Verstappen won his ninth-straight race on Sunday at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, his home race. With that ninth-straight win, he ties former Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel for the most consecutive wins in Formula 1 history. A win next week at the Italian Grand Prix would break that record and solidify him in F1 history — if he hasn’t already done so.
The race was chaotic, as heavy rain fell down in various intervals. The drivers starter on dry tires, but the rain picked up in the first few laps and demanded every driver switch to intermediates. The dry tires came out again later on, but at the very end of the race, the rain came down hard to force a red flag. Upon resumption, Verstappen fought of two-time champion Fernando Alonso to win his home race and tie the record.
Alonso finished second for another podium in his Aston Martin and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, feasting off a five-second penalty to Red Bull driver Sergio Perez, finished third to round out the podium.
Here’s how the Dutch Grand Prix shaped out (points in bold, Did Not Finish in italics):
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
- Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
- Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
- Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- Lando Norris (McLaren)
- Alexander Albon (Williams)
- Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
- Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
- Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
- Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)
- Liam Lawson (AlphaTauri)
- Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
- Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
- Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)
- George Russell (Mercedes)
- Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo)
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- Logan Sargeant (Williams)
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