Dutch Grand Prix: Formula One live race updates, blog

What a race that was, plenty to digest and think about as F1 heads to Monza in less than a week's time. Thank you again for tuning in here on The Roar for this live blog of the Dutch Grand Prix. I will catch you all for the Italian GP next Sunday. Bye for now.

Thanks Damo. Yes, impressed with Lawson despite the penalty for impeding early on. Having a proper practice program in Monza should see him only get better next time out.

-------- DRIVER'S -------- 339 - Max Verstappen 201 - Sergio Perez 168 - Fernando Alonso 156 - Lewis Hamilton 102 - Carlos Sainz 99 -- Charles Leclerc 99 -- George Russell 75 -- Lando Norris 47 -- Lance Stroll 37 -- Pierre Gasly 36 -- Oscar Piastri 36 -- Esteban Ocon 15 -- Alexander Albon 9 --- Nico Hülkenberg 5 --- Valtteri Bottas 4 --- Zhou Guanyu 3 --- Yuki Tsunoda 2 --- Kevin Magnussen 0 --- Logan Sargeant 0 --- Nyck De Vries 0 --- Daniel Ricciardo 0 --- Liam Lawson

----- CONSTRUCTOR'S ----- 540 - Red Bull Racing 255 - Mercedes AMG 215 - Aston Martin Racing 201 - Ferrari 111 - McLaren Mercedes 73 -- Alpine 15 -- Williams Mercedes 11 -- Haas Ferrari 9 --- Alfa Romeo Racing 3 --- Scuderia AlphaTauri

RACE REPORT Max Verstappen has won his third consecutive Dutch Grand Prix, with another stellar drive from pole position to equal Sebastian Vettel’s all-time record of 9-straight wins. A race run in challenging conditions, with Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly joining the Dutchman on the podium. Rain immediately hit the Zandvoort circuit, with Perez leading a host of drivers on the second lap in for intermediate tyres. This allowed the Mexican driver to cycle through into the lead after his teammate Verstappen pitted on the following lap. The start of Charles Leclerc’s woes also started on Lap 2, when a late call from the driver to pit saw Ferrari unprepared and a slow stop resulted in the Monegasque falling out of the top ten. Contact with Oscar Piastri as well caused floor damage to the Ferrari, resulting in an eventual retirement. McLaren left Lando Norris out until Lap 4 before pitting, as did Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton. George Russell had it worse, coming in on Lap 5 which put all three out of top ten contention early. Debutant Liam Lawson was penalised 10-seconds for impeding Kevin Magnussen in the pit-lane. Some bold overtakes on Leclerc, as well as passes on the restart saw the 21-year old Kiwi finish thirteenth in his maiden race. With the track drying up, Red Bull elected to pit Verstappen ahead of Perez which allowed the polesitter to undercut his teammate and retake the lead on Lap 13. Russell was left fuming on the radio to Mercedes down in eighteenth, remarking that he ‘was forecast for a podium.’ Though taking a set of hard tyres on Lap 17 during the Safety Car period when Logan Sargeant crashed at Turn 8 did benefit the Briton. The middle portion of the race saw the likes of Alexander Albon shine, having not pitted for inters when it rained and then taking a set of soft tyres from the start, 44-laps into the race. He and Yuki Tsunoda starred here. Though Tsunoda’s race came undone when AlphaTauri elected not to pit again for slick tyres and the likes of Albon on fresh mediums, Hamilton, Norris and Piastri were able to relegate the Japanese driver out of the top ten. Lap 61 saw another significant downpour, with drivers led by Perez coming in for inters again. Verstappen and Alonso, who’d retaken third from Sainz were in on Lap 62 – though conditions were more appropriate for full wet tyres. Guanyu Zhou ended up in the barriers on the outside of Tarzan corner, which triggered the Virtual Safety Car and then the Red Flag with conditions deemed too treacherous to continue even on the wet tyres. The race restarted on Lap 65 with two laps behind the Safety Car, before Verstappen led the pack away. Alonso thought better of challenging the Red Bull for the win, while Perez was penalised 5-seconds for speeding in the pit-lane and lost a podium to Gasly. Russell sustained a puncture after minor contact with Norris on the penultimate lap, putting an end to a difficult day for the Briton. While Hamilton narrowly missed out on fifth behind Sainz.

POST-RACE INTERVIEWS - Hosted by Giedo van der Garde VERSTAPPEN - "Incredible and today they didn't make it easy for us." "The pressure is on to perform and I'm very happy to win here." ALONSO - "It was a very intense race, we were very fast." "We probably stopped one lap too late." "In these conditions you need a car you can trust and I trusted the car." "It is one of those races that it is difficult to concentrate." GASLY - "Feeling so stoked!" "Hasn't been the easiest start to the year." "I'm super pleased to get the P3." "I was pretty upset I got a 5-second penalty earlier in the race."

RESULTS FROM THE 72-LAP DUTCH GRAND PRIX 1 M. Verstappen 2 F. Alonso (Fastest Lap) 3 P. Gasly 4 S. Perez* 5 C. Sainz 6 L. Hamilton 7 L. Norris 8 A. Albon 9 O. Piastri 10 E. Ocon 11 L. Stroll 12 N. Hülkenberg 13 L. Lawson 14 K. Magnussen 15 V. Bottas 16 Y. Tsunoda RET G. Russell RET G. Zhou RET C. Leclerc RET L. Sargeant *Sergio Perez drops to fourth with a 5-second time penalty*

MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS THE DUTCH GRAND PRIX He’s equalled Sebastian Vettel’s all-time record of nine-straight wins in a single season and its his third consecutive win at Zandvoort. Fernando Alonso returns to the podium in second for Aston Martin. While a 5-second time penalty to Sergio Perez sees Pierre Gasly in third and celebrating his first podium for Alpine.

Lap 72/72: FINAL LAP Norris now fancying Hamilton's sixth, while the Mercedes makes contact with Sainz but both cars are unaffected.

Lap 71/72: No further investigation into Norris and Russell. Sainz shuts the door on Hamilton, as the Merc will have to try and outdrag the Ferrari down the pit-straight.

Lap 70/72: Hamilton is all over the rear of Sainz's Ferrari as he targets fifth place. It could also be an extra place depending on if they're within 5 seconds of Perez, who has that 5-second penalty.

Lap 69/72: Stewards have noted a collision between Norris and Russell, likely where he might have got the puncture from. Ocon is back into the points as a result of Russell's retirement.

Lap 68/72: 5-second time penalty to Perez for speeding in the pit-lane and this could potentially cost him his podium, with Gasly only 2.4 seconds behind. Russell has problems and is crawling into the pits, he looks to be out of this race. Puncture it sounds like it.

Lap 67/72: We go green again at Zandvoort and Verstappen leads Alonso, as Russell takes seventh from Norris. But Norris comes back at the Mercedes. Perez has been noted by the stewards for speeding in the pit-lane too.

Pretty much.

Lap 66/72: SAFETY CAR IN THIS LAP

Lap 65/72: SAFETY CAR The cars are now leaving the pit-lane in their correct order. It's Verstappen, Alonso, Perez, Gasly, Sainz, Hamilton, Norris, Russell, Albon, Piastri, Ocon, Tsunoda, Stroll, Hülkenberg, Bottas, Lawson and Magnussen.

Safety Car will reportedly be out for two laps before we return to Green Flag running.