Hamilton, though, thinks his tyres had plenty of life left in them before his second stop. Lap 47Īs expected, Norris has passed his teammate for tenth which will release him to set some stellar laps to keep Perez from doing the overcut, and he could even chase down the Alpines, who remain in close quarters with each other. Tsunoda has to retire too now reporting no power in his AlphaTauri. He comes out just behind Russell, but he quickly finds a way past, which will allow him to chase after the McLarens for the points. Lap 49Īlonso is into the slipstream past Perez before the Red Bull pits for a set of soft tyres. Hamilton is still convinced they've made the wrong choice, claiming his tyres won't make it to the end of the 72 laps.

After a disappointing display in qualifying, Lando is perfecting the plan today and he should be able to make a move on the Hungarian GP winner when he catches him. Norris is flying on his hard tyres and he's halved the gap to Ocon already. The gap at the front, meanwhile, is under two seconds as Perez does pass Ricciardo. The plan from McLaren is to hold up the Red Bull for as long as possible to give the Mexican little chance to catch Norris. Ricciardo's worn hard tyres have seen him drop eight seconds behind his teammate and he now has Perez right up behind him. Norris has got to two seconds behind Ocon, but he can't seem to make any further inroads as Perez charges towards them. Whether that is the case or not we'll find out soon, but it could be cause for concern at Red Bull. Lap 60Įveryone's best friend, the AWS tyre graphic, has returned and it is saying that Verstappen's tyres are on the edge of the cliff. Maybe an issue for Sainz? Alonso has got within four seconds of the Ferrari very quietly, while Perez gets into Norris' DRS. There was actually substantial contact between the two out of the first turn, but they both appear to have got away with it. Sergio Perez, meanwhile, finally makes his way past Lando Norris for ninth and he could yet have time to catch Ocon ahead. Lap 66Īlonso is now within a second of Sainz, but he can't find a way through just yet.

Perez continues his charge, passing Ocon with Alonso and Sainz right ahead of him. Hamilton pits as a result to try and retake that accolade. Bottas goes on two purple sectors and is told to abort, he slows down slightly but still takes the fastest lap. Two laps to go for Verstappen, who has lapped everyone except the Mercedes cars, as Bottas pits for a new set of tyres, although they won't go for fastest lap to try and keep Hamilton with those honours. Alonso finally made it passed Sainz for sixth while Russell has issues at the end to drop him back to 17th. Lewis Hamitlon finishes second and takes the fastest lap on the final tour for an extra point with Bottas third in a quiet day for the Finn. The home crowd have gone bananas as Max Verstappen leads from start to finish and retakes the Championship lead as a result. MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS THE 2021 DUTCH GRAND PRIX it's incredible.' The 2021 Dutch Grand Prix top ten 'Obviously the expectations were high going into the weekend and it's never easy to fulfil that, but I'm just so happy to win here, to take the lead in the championship as well. 'As you can hear, it's incredible,' said Verstappen.

See you then! The Drivers' Championship Standings Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton will be keen for redemption at the Temple of Speed, Monza, in a week's time. The 2021 Dutch Grand Prix is all done and it's the dream result for the sold out home crowd. Below, we'll have all the build-up to the race and then lap-by-lap updates once the lights go out. This is the start of our live blog for the Dutch Grand Prix. F1 Dutch GP - Dutch Grand Prix race LIVE - Latest updates Stay with us for all the latest updates from the Circuit Zandvoort. Red Bull star Max Verstappen secured pole position on Saturday on what is his home track, and he will be joined at the front of the grid by Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. The 13th race in the 2021 Formula 1 season is here, with the Dutch Grand Prix taking centre stage this weekend.

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