F1 Dutch Grand Prix LIVE RESULTS: Stream, TV channel as Verstappen, Hamilton and Bottas battle it out – latest
THE Dutch Grand Prix is UNDERWAY at a packed Circuit Zandvoort.
Max Verstappen has huge support in the busy stands, but Lewis Hamilton is giving chase.
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- Ben Hunt
LAP 55
Hamilton has been eating into Verstappen's advantage. He has reduced that gap to 1.3 seconds.
In doing so, he has taken some life out of his tyres. This might actually put Verstappen under some pressure.
- Ben Hunt
TSUNODA HAS RETIRED FROM THE RACE
The Alpha Tauri man is back in the garage and out of this race.
- Ben Hunt
MAZEPIN IS THE FIRST CAR TO RETIRE FROM THIS RACE
The Haas man is back in the garage. No real surprise of loss.
- Ben Hunt
LAP 41 VERSTAPPEN PITS
Red Bull respond to the threat of the undercut from Hamilton by calling in Verstappen.
The pitstops is clean and he is back on his way again, three seconds ahead of the Mercedes man.
- Ben Hunt
LAP 40 HAMILTON PITS
Another stop for the world champion, who takes another set of medium tyres.
He returns to the track in second place but almost 25 seconds behind the leader.
- Ben Hunt
FEW OVERTAKES OF NOTE SO FAR, BUT THIS WAS A GOOD ONE
Pierre Gasly on Fernando Alonso. I bet they enjoyed watching that down at Honda.
- Ben Hunt
SEBASTIAN VETTEL SPINS ON THE BANKING
The Aston Martin man loses the rear of his car and slides to a halt. He's now down in 17th place.
- Ben Hunt
PENALTY FOR RUSSELL
The Brit has been given a five second time penalty for speeding in the pitlane.
- Ben Hunt
LAP 31 VERSTAPPEN GETS PAST BOTTAS INTO TURN ONE
The grandstands erupt as the Dutchman regains the lead. The Finn, then surrenders P2 to Hamilton.
It is Verstappen, Hamilton, Bottas, Leclerc, Sainz – the two Ferraris are yet to pit.
- Ben Hunt
LAP 30 BOTTAS IS BACKING VERSTAPPEN INTO HAMILTON
The Finn is helping out tactically here as Verstappen has become the jam in a Mercedes sandwich.
- Ben Hunt
LAP 22 VERSTAPPEN PITS
The Red Bull team respond to Hamilton's pitstops by calling him in a lap later.
The pitstop was a second-quicker to increase the Dutchman's lead in this race.
Valtteri Bottas, who has yet to pit, is the new race leader.
- Ben Hunt
HAMILTON REPORTING TYRE PROBLEMS
Lap 21 Hamilton comes in for some fresh tyres. He's gone for a set of medium tyres in the hope of reaching the end of the race.
- Ben Hunt
SO FAR, NO RED FLAGS
I will admit, I'd almost guaranteed there would be at least one red flag so far, judging by the support races.
But this GP has been incident free. Already on lap 19/72. It is whizzing by.
- Ben Hunt
1,000 LAPS
Max Verstappen has now lead 1,000 laps in Formula One.
- Ben Hunt
MAX IS PULLING AWAY
The Red Bull man is trying to get out of the way of a Hamilton fight back. If he builds a gap it will make life easier on his team when it comes to deciding when to pit him for tyres.
- Ben Hunt
NEAR MISS FOR GIOVINAZZI
The Alfa Romeo man is in he thick of the action and almost clatters into Carlos Sainz and then Fernando Alonso.
- Ben Hunt
PROBLEMS FOR RICCIARDO?
His McLaren is pumping out blue smoke and George Russell is travelling behind and says the Aussie is leaking oil.
Now, it could be a little bit of oil overfill burning off, or maybe there is a bigger issue.
- Ben Hunt
LIGHTS OUT – WE ARE GO
A great start from Verstappen who is already a two car lengths clear of Hamilton into Turn One.
He absolutely nailed that start. The Red Bull man is flying as Hamilton came under attack from teammate Valtteri Bottas.
- Ben Hunt
A LITTLE OVER 10 MINUTES TO GO
And a reminder to how they line up for the Dutch Grand Prix.
- Ben Hunt
VERSTAPPEN IS ALL SET
All eyes are on the Dutchman in his home race. Some incredible scenes already here in Zandvoort.
Situated just a few miles from Amsterdam out on the coast.
- Ben Hunt
TIME FOR THE ANTHEM
For the first time this week, the techno music has stopped as the national anthem is sung to a round of applause.
- Ben Hunt
THE CARS ARE ARRIVING ON THE GRID
But there will only be 18 cars lining up. Nicholas Latifi and Sergio Perez both start from the pitlane after making changes to their Williams and Red Bull cars.
This is a long race, lots of laps. Expect two pitstops at least. Red Flags and Safety Cars. This promises to be a pulsating contest, an that's before we even mention the two at the front!
- Ben Hunt
THIS PLACE IS JUMPING
The smoke bombs have been lit and orange clouds engulf the track. This is an absolutely mega atmosphere.
- The Sun
WAITING
The tension is building in Zandvoort and Ferrari have their two drivers in P5 and P6 respectively.
Carlos Sainz is P6 today and sits in sixth place in the Drivers Championship. Guess where he finished in last year's Drivers Championship? Sixth. And the year before that? Sixth. There's a pattern emerging here…
Will the Madrid man be able to get his third podium of the season and overtake his teammate in the standings? We'll soon find out.
- The Sun
ALL TO RACE FOR
Seven time World Champion Lewis Hamilton is gunning for title number eight and could step clear of his closest rival Max Verstappen if the Red Bull man is not able to capitalise on his P1 start today.
Hamilton will no doubt go out to overtake his rival early and extend his lead at the top of the Drivers Championship with a race win, but Verstappen will surely do whatever it takes to stop that from happening.
This is set to be an absolute cracker. The countdown is on.
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