Dutch Grand Prix LIVE: Race build-up, updates and result

LIVE: Dutch Grand Prix – Home hero Max Verstappen starts on pole position at Zandvoort as the Red Bull star looks to overtake fierce rival Lewis Hamilton in the race for the world championship

  • Max Verstappen starts from pole position at Zandvoort for the Dutch Grand Prix
  • Championship Lewis Hamilton starts second alongside his main title challenger
  • The pair collided at the British GP the last time they shared the front row
  • Hamilton has a three point gap over Verstappen going into Sunday’s race 
  • Max Verstappen won a farcical Belgian Grand Prix last time out 
  • Latest Formula One news, including race build-up and results 

There is a lot of expectation on the shoulders of Max Verstappen as he starts on pole position at his home race for the Dutch Grand Prix.

Formula One has returned to the Netherlands for the first time in 36 years and comes on the back of a farcical weekend in Belgium where Verstappen claimed victory in a rain-affected race that was curtailed after just two laps.

Lewis Hamilton is three points ahead of Verstappen in the title race and starts alongside the Dutchman for the first time since the pair controversially collided at the British Grand Prix.   

Follow Sportsmail’s Kieran Lynch for live Formula One coverage of the Dutch Grand Prix, including build-up, race updates and result.  

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Don’t think I’ve seen as much flares at a Grand Prix as there is at Zandvoort today by the partisan Dutch crowd.

Huge clouds of orange smoke go across the track as the drivers do their laps to the grid.

The support for Verstappen is very reminiscent of Michael Schumacher in Germany and peak Fernando Alonso in Spain going back in time.

The cars are now heading out onto track and we are 40 minutes away from the start of the Dutch Grand Prix.

Just to note there will be two drivers starting in pit-lane today. One being Sergio Perez who takes on a new engine component after he shockingly failed to make it out of Q1 yesterday – big job for him today.

Nicholas Latifi meanwhile will also start in the pit-lane after his very hefty crash in Q2.

Another interesting point is the FIA will be taking a look at cars stacking in the pit-lane today. There is not much space between each pit box and if a car is seen to impede another while stacking behind a teammate in the pits, they could end up facing a penalty.

There has been a crazy atmosphere at the Zandvoort circuit all weekend with a jam packed crowd there hoping to see Max Verstappen take a victory.

It is truly a sea of orange in the grandstands with not too many sporting colours of any of the other teams or drivers.

Betfair has Verstappen at 8/15 favourite to win today’s Grand Prix, with Hamilton at 7/4 and Valtteri Bottas a distant 14/1. They also have odds of 1/5 for a safety car to be deployed at some point during the race.



Well the less said about last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix the better but Max Verstappen took the victory in what was classified as a one lap race behind the safety car.

It meant he closed the gap to Lewis Hamilton to three points who finished in third behind George Russell who put in a stunning qualifying effort in his Williams.

Rain always spices up the races but after last week it’s safe to say fans will be hoping for a dry race this afternoon!

There has been a red flag in every session so far this weekend so don’t be too surprised if we see one come out for an incident or car stoppage this afternoon.

Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton share the front row for the first time since the British Grand Prix and we all know what happened there!

It is a 287 yard dash to the first corner and the championship leader will be hoping to spoil the day for the Dutch crowd by beating Verstappen to the victory.

One big plus for Mercedes is that Valtteri Bottas is right up there starting in third while Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez will start from the pit-lane after a horrible qualifying session.

Red Bull will therefore hope Pierre Gasly in the AlphaTauri can do them a favour and jump ahead of a Mercedes or two at the first corner. 

And welcome everyone to Sportsmail’s coverage of the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.

Max Verstappen starts on pole for his home race ahead of the two Mercedes drivers of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.

After the farce in Belgium last week, thankfully the sun is shining at Zandvoort and we should be in for another thrilling race in this year’s title bout.

Kieran Lynch here and I will provide you all the build-up, live race updates and result from this afternoon’s action.


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