Dutch GP

Max Verstappen held onto victory in a captivating 2022 Dutch Grand Prix amid a strong showing from the Mercedes and late Safety Car drama at Zandvoort, ...

Team mate Perez was sent into the pits for hard tyres on Lap 41, emerging P7 and right in front of Alonso, but the Mexican soon found his feet and began to turn up the pace, passing hard-shod Norris on Lap 44. The race resumed on Lap 50, hard-shod Verstappen leading Hamilton by over 12 seconds while Russell was in third, five seconds ahead of hard-tyred Leclerc. Perhaps a Virtual Safety Car would be called – a reprieve for Leclerc and Verstappen in the face of two swift Mercedes. With Mercedes putting on a show of pace on their hard tyres, both closing in on Leclerc, Verstappen was asked for his take on the strategy. Hamilton was then pulled in for a set of hards on Lap 30, releasing Verstappen back into the lead as the Mercedes driver emerged ahead of a now medium-shod Sainz. Verstappen responded to Leclerc’s stop on Lap 19 – losing time as he was stationary for 3.4 seconds – and emerged around four seconds ahead of the Ferrari while Hamilton led Russell. At the start of Lap 36, Hamilton closed in on Perez and the Mexican locked up heavily in defence of P3 into Turn 1. As Russell retook P6 off Norris, the top six was unchanged by Lap 5 – but Hamilton was gaining on Sainz in the chase for P3. Almost miraculously, he continued on in last place and reported that the car was okay – and there was no Safety Car either. Hamilton ended up fourth at the flag as Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez – the former held back by a calamitous Ferrari pit stop earlier on, before a five-second penalty for an unsafe release in a later stop – battled late on for P5. A huge roar, and it was lights out for this 72-lap duel on the dunes. In that restart, Verstappen swept past the Mercedes for the lead, with Russell and Leclerc following suit to pry Hamilton away from the podium.

Max Verstappen extended his lead in the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship after scoring his 10th win of the season in the Dutch Grand Prix.

OPINION: Audi's arrival in Formula 1 for 2026 was confirmed on the eve of the Belgian Grand Prix. OPINION: With Verstappen dominating the Formula 1 world championship battle, few are in doubt about where this year’s trophy is going. After a flawless Belgian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen and Red Bull were given a tougher time on the opening day at Zandvoort.

Lewis Hamilton apologized to his Mercedes team for his radio outburst in Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix after he dropped from first to fourth.

"So many great things to take from it, the car was finally working. "I can’t believe you guys screwed me like that," quipped a visibly angry Hamilton on the radio. "I was just on the edge of breaking point with emotions and my apologies to the team because I don’t even remember what I said, I just lost it for a second," Hamilton said.

Verstappen's 10th win matched his tally from last year and the Red Bull driver extended his championship lead to 109 points.

Hamilton misjudged his restart and Verstappen overtook him straight away to bring a huge roar from the Orange Army. “From there onwards we had really good balance in the car again.” Verstappen’s 10th win matched his tally from last year and the Red Bull driver extended his championship lead to 109 points. Verstappen and others changed tires. Fans packed the grandstands Sunday, many wearing colors of the Dutch flag. Do not type comments in all capital letters, or in all lower case letters, or using abbreviated text. Leclerc started from second ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr. (example: u cannot substitute for you, d is not 'the', n is not 'and'). “We are slowly getting closer to that top step.” The team result wasn’t quite what we hoped for but we can take a lot of confidence moving forward,” Russell said. “Sorry it didn’t work out,” Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff told Hamilton. Sainz said he was trying to avoid a McLaren mechanic in front of him and had to “hit the brakes.”

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was surprised by Mercedes' late-race strategy decisions during the Dutch GP, despite Max Verstappen insisting he ...

"But then of course we had to pit again with the Safety Car and you are behind. "We stayed calm and there's not a lot of confusion on the radio - they know what to do. "It was just difficult to predict. As the race progressed, it looked like Verstappen would have to overtake both Hamilton and Russell on a tight circuit. "Even though we couldn't really do our preferred strategy initially because of that VSC - it came out a bit unlucky. "I was quite surprised that they didn't leave George out strategically as a rear gunner for Lewis.

World champion Max Verstappen won a fourth straight race at his home Dutch Grand Prix with Mercedes' George Russell in second at Zandvoort on Sunday.

We request you to support our award-winning journalism by making a financial contribution towards the Scroll Ground Reporting Fund. “It was not a straightfoward race. It was not all plain sailing for the home hero who had started from pole as he had to retain all his composure to overtake Hamilton in a dramatic late safety car restart.

Max Verstappen won the 2022 Dutch GP amid a strong showing from Lewis Hamilton, who battled throughout at Zandvoort as the F1 World Championship enters an ...

"Then there was Mercedes, which were flying on the hard tyres. "We were a little unlucky with the [virtual safety car]. An incredible weekend and I'm really happy we got the Dutch GP." "Always a bit of question mark but it worked out really well. I don't know if this would have changed anything - Max was too quick today. "It was not a straightforward race but we had to push, of course with safety car, virtual safety car, making the right calls," he said on Sky Sports during his post-race interview.

The 37-year-old Mercedes driver went from being on the verge of winning the race to narrowly losing out on a podium, finishing fourth.

The 37-year-old Mercedes driver went from being on the verge of winning the race to narrowly losing out on a podium, finishing fourth. The Brit’s afternoon was further spoiled as Charles Leclerc made a move on him to take the third position. There was no damage to either of the cars, whatsoever.

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You could see the draft was quite strong and we got ahead. Sainz came in after 15 laps for his first stop with the mechanics having only three tyres to put on the car and the driver kept waiting for more than 12 seconds before he could leave. "They threw everything at us but we made the right calls," said Verstappen over the radio as he celebrated his fourth win in a row, and 10th in 15 races to surge 109 points clear at the top.

Hamilton was left fuming as he lost his shot at victory. Click here to read the full Dutch GP report.

Valtteri Bottas’ retirement brought out the Safety Car and while Verstappen pitted for softs, Hamilton stayed out on mediums to take the lead. Verstappen pulled off the perfect re-start and zoomed past Hamilton to once again take the lead. Mercedes decided to make most of the situation and pitted both Hamilton and Russell for fresh mediums as well. Once we got back to the soft tyres, we had great pace again. But Mercedes had a trick up their sleeves – while most of the frontrunners started on softs, they started on mediums, allowing them to go for a one-stop strategy. What looked like a straightforward win for the Red Bull Racing driver came under threat as mixed strategies and a Safety Car brought Mercedes into contention as well.

Max Verstappen said that his victory in the 2022 Dutch Grand Prix was made sweeter given the multitude of challenges he had to overcome on the way to his ...

“But once we were able to switch back to the softs, we could counter it. Because the VSC, it came out a bit unfortunate, then we went out and we were clearly lacking a bit of pace on that hard compound compared to the Mercedes on the medium. Asked if he was surprised by Mercedes’ pace, as Hamilton began to bite into Verstappen’s lead on hard tyres, the race winner replied: “I was just surprised they were that quick on the harder compounds. We had to box, I didn’t request it – you have to trust your team as well to make the right calls and they did…” But then of course with that late Safety Car we could switch back to the preferred tyre, the soft one, and could get back into the lead. “Yes, it was not a straightforward race, so I think it’s extra rewarding to win the race,” said the Dutchman.

"All drivers, Formula One Management, the FIA and the organisation of the Dutch Grand Prix do not tolerate flares, as Max Verstappen himself mentioned in a post ...

"The enthusiasm for Max has ignited the whole country and that's perfect to see. "We saw the pigeons and the flare, and the flare is the more dangerous thing because if such a can hits you, we've seen that in the past that it can leave consequences and that the halo wouldn't help you with that." The FIA confirmed that the individual who had thrown the first flare was identified by spectators in the grandstands and handed over to local authorities.

Having started the race in the third position behind Red Bull driver Max Verstappen and his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, the Spaniard's race was ...

What should have been a couple of seconds of stoppage continued for 12 agonising seconds because the rear left tyre had not been brought out of the garage till then. Having started the race in the third position behind Red Bull driver Max Verstappen and his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, the Spaniard's race was effectively ruined when he came into the pit lane on lap 15 to switch to a medium set of tyres. Ferrari saw themselves becoming the butt of jokes after their disastrous pit stop during the Dutch Grand Prix that wrecked Carlos Sainz's race.

Max Verstappen tightened his grip on the Formula 1 world title with another home win at the Dutch Grand Prix.

OPINION: Audi's arrival in Formula 1 for 2026 was confirmed on the eve of the Belgian Grand Prix. After a flawless Belgian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen and Red Bull were given a tougher time on the opening day at Zandvoort. Just 0.021 seconds had split Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc in qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix on Saturday.

Mercedes believes Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen would have faced a six-lap shootout for victory at Zandvoort had it not been for the Virtual Safety Car ...

OPINION: Audi's arrival in Formula 1 for 2026 was confirmed on the eve of the Belgian Grand Prix. Just 0.021 seconds had split Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc in qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix on Saturday. A thrilling Dutch Grand Prix produced a popular home winner, but there were several excellent performances up and down the field