F1 Dutch GP race results: Max Verstappen wins after red flag

Verstappen his home race for a third year in succession from Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine).

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez lost third on the road to Gasly due to a penalty for speeding in the pits shortly before a red flag was required following Zhou Guanyu’s hefty crash at Turn 1 in heavy rain that set up a five-lap sprint to the finish.

2023 F1 Dutch Grand Prix results

Driver Info

Cla	Driver	#	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Pits	Points	Retirement	Chassis	Engine
1	M. Verstappen Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing	1	72	-			6	25		Red Bull	Red Bull
2	F. Alonso Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Racing	14	72	+3.744	3.744		5	19		Aston Martin	Mercedes
3	P. Gasly Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	72	+7.058	3.314		5	15		Alpine	Renault
4	S. Perez Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing	11	72	+10.068	3.010		6	12		Red Bull	Red Bull
5	C. Sainz Carlos Sainz Ferrari	55	72	+12.541	2.473		5	10		Ferrari	Ferrari
6	L. Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	44	72	+13.209	0.668		5	8		Mercedes	Mercedes
7	L. Norris Lando Norris McLaren	4	72	+13.232	0.023		6	6		McLaren	Mercedes
8	A. Albon Alex Albon Williams	23	72	+15.155	1.923		4	4		Williams	Mercedes
9	O. Piastri Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	72	+16.580	1.425		5	2		McLaren	Mercedes
10	E. Ocon Esteban Ocon Alpine	31	72	+18.346	1.766		6	1		Alpine	Renault
11	L. Stroll Lance Stroll Aston Martin Racing	18	72	+20.087	1.741		7			Aston Martin	Mercedes
12	N. Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team	27	72	+20.840	0.753		5			Haas	Ferrari
13	L. Lawson Liam Lawson AlphaTauri	40	72	+26.147	5.307		7			AlphaTauri	Red Bull
14	K. Magnussen Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team	20	72	+26.410	0.263		6			Haas	Ferrari
15	V. Bottas Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK	77	72	+27.388	0.978		5			Alfa Romeo	Ferrari
16	Y. Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri	22	72	+29.893	2.505		5			AlphaTauri	Red Bull
17	G. Russell George Russell Mercedes	63	72	+55.754	25.861		7			Mercedes	Mercedes
dnf	Z. Guanyu Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK	24	62				4		Spun off	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari
dnf	C. Leclerc Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	41				3		Collision	Ferrari	Ferrari
dnf	L. Sargeant Logan Sargeant Williams	2	14						Spun off	Williams	Mercedes
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How the 2023 F1 Dutch Grand Prix unfolded

On a dry track, and on soft slick tyres, Verstappen led Lando Norris (McLaren) and George Russell (Mercedes) into Turn 1. Alonso snatched third from Russell at Turn 3 as rain began to fall, and drivers found a soaking track surface in the final corners.

Perez, Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), Zhou (Alfa Romeo) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine) pitted at the end of lap one for intermediates, but Ferrari didn’t have Leclerc’s tyres ready and he lost a huge amount of time.

Alonso passed Norris for second at the exit of Turn 3 before Verstappen and Alonso pitted for inters at the end of the second lap. Norris stayed out but Russell passed him at Turn 1.

Perez, the first car on inters, quickly surged past Norris and Russell to lead by the middle of lap three, with Zhou also rising to second thanks to his early stop.

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB19, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL60, George Russell, Mercedes F1 W14

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Norris pitted a lap later (dropping to 12^th) but Russell stayed out on slicks for another slow tour, and he tumbled to 14^th, one spot behind team-mate Lewis Hamilton.

Perez led Zhou, Gasly and Verstappen, who was 14s behind the leader by lap five. Verstappen then barged his way past Gasly at Turn 3, while Alonso moved back into the top five, running ahead of Leclerc. Verstappen zapped past Zhou at Turn 3 on lap seven and was now within 10s of leader Perez. He soon began carving into his team-mate's advantage.

Zhou and Alonso pitted for slicks on lap 11, with Verstappen doing likewise a lap later. As Perez went a lap longer, Verstappen was able to undercut him to take the lead by 3.5s.

Alonso made short work of Zhou, who had taken medium tyres, with Gasly and Sainz also moving ahead of him on their softs. Leclerc suffered another delay when Ferrari changed his front wing during his switch to slicks, dropping him to 13^th, and he’d later retire due to the floor damage sustained after he’d clipped Oscar Piastri’s McLaren early on.

Logan Sargeant crashed his Williams at Turn 8, which brought out the safety car on lap 17.

The race restarted on lap 22 with Verstappen leading Perez, Alonso, Gasly, Sainz and Zhou. Alex Albon, who didn’t pit his Williams for inters, surged back to seventh, passing Kevin Magnussen’s Haas and then took sixth from Zhou.

Verstappen led by 5s at half distance, with Alonso falling 4s behind Perez in third. Sainz pitted from fifth on lap 42 for more softs, safe in the knowledge that Gasly had a 5s penalty for speeding in the pitlane and he gained fourth when Gasly stopped on lap 47.

Perez pitted again but was 8s behind Verstappen when he did so. Alonso suffered a slow stop when his left-front tyre wouldn’t release, which briefly promoted Sainz to third.

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB19

Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images

Verstappen pitted for the final time on lap 50, rejoining 6s ahead. Sainz was 11s further back but had Alonso chasing him. Alonso passed Sainz at Tarzan with 20 laps remaining to regain his podium spot.

Sainz and the delayed, but fresher-tyred, Gasly then fought over fourth, with Gasly moving past with a great around-the-outside pass at Turn 1. Russell got back into the top six thanks to a hard-tyre gamble but Albon, who made a bold one-stop strategy from soft to mediums, passed him with 18 laps to go, also at Tarzan. Hamilton then took Russell for seventh after the latter clipped the grass and almost crashed.

Perez, Gasly, Sainz and Hamilton pitted for inters on lap 61 as the rain returned with a vengeance. Verstappen pitted a lap later, also taking inters, as Alonso and Albon followed suit.

That reset the race order with Verstappen leading by 19s over Perez, Alonso, Gasly, Sainz, Hamilton, Norris, Russell and Albon. But Perez went straight on and then spun at Tarzan, losing second to Alonso. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) went off and rejoined before Zhou then crashed there heavily.

Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB19, makes a pit stop

Photo by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Images

Verstappen and Perez (who hit the wall at the pitlane entry) stopped for extreme wets as the virtual safety car and then a red flag was called, with Verstappen retaining the lead but Perez slumped to sixth, promoting Gasly, Sainz and Hamilton. But the order was reset from the sector before the red flag, which meant Perez was elevated back to third.

After a couple of laps behind the safety car, with all cars on inters, the race restarted with Verstappen leading Alonso, Perez, Gasly, Sainz, Hamilton and Norris with five laps to go. Russell passed Norris at Turn 3 to grab seventh, but Russell toured into the pitlane at the end of lap 68 with a puncture after clashing with Norris further around the lap.

Alonso kept Verstappen honest to the finish, but the home hero held on to win by over 3s. Perez got a 5s time penalty for speeding in the pitlane, and Gasly took advantage to take the final spot on the podium.

Sainz held off Hamilton for fifth after a fierce fight, ahead of Norris, Albon and Piastri.

2023 F1 Dutch Grand Prix fastest laps

Driver Info

Cla	Driver	#	Chassis	Engine	Lap	Time	Interval	km/h
1	F. Alonso Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Racing	14	Aston Martin	Mercedes	56	1'13.837		207.651
2	M. Verstappen Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing	1	Red Bull	Red Bull	58	+0.052	0.052	207.505
3	L. Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	44	Mercedes	Mercedes	58	+0.067	0.015	207.463
4	S. Perez Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing	11	Red Bull	Red Bull	59	+0.394	0.327	206.549
5	O. Piastri Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	McLaren	Mercedes	54	+0.462	0.068	206.360
6	L. Norris Lando Norris McLaren	4	McLaren	Mercedes	50	+0.553	0.091	206.108
7	P. Gasly Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	Alpine	Renault	55	+0.604	0.051	205.967
8	A. Albon Alex Albon Williams	23	Williams	Mercedes	55	+0.631	0.027	205.892
9	N. Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team	27	Haas	Ferrari	53	+0.635	0.004	205.881
10	E. Ocon Esteban Ocon Alpine	31	Alpine	Renault	51	+0.733	0.098	205.610
11	V. Bottas Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK	77	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	49	+0.861	0.128	205.258
12	L. Lawson Liam Lawson AlphaTauri	40	AlphaTauri	Red Bull	49	+0.983	0.122	204.923
13	C. Sainz Carlos Sainz Ferrari	55	Ferrari	Ferrari	54	+1.097	0.114	204.612
14	G. Russell George Russell Mercedes	63	Mercedes	Mercedes	54	+1.287	0.190	204.094
15	L. Stroll Lance Stroll Aston Martin Racing	18	Aston Martin	Mercedes	37	+1.334	0.047	203.966
16	Z. Guanyu Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK	24	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	39	+1.580	0.246	203.301
17	K. Magnussen Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team	20	Haas	Ferrari	37	+1.652	0.072	203.107
18	Y. Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri	22	AlphaTauri	Red Bull	35	+2.416	0.764	201.072
19	C. Leclerc Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	Ferrari	Ferrari	33	+3.440	1.024	198.408
20	L. Sargeant Logan Sargeant Williams	2	Williams	Mercedes	13	+3.562	0.122	198.095
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