Dutch GP: Max Verstappen Wins to Take Back the Lead in Driver’s Standings

Dutch GP: Max Verstappen Wins to Take Back the Lead in Driver’s Standings

Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton

Get to know all about Dutch GP results here. After finally race fans could witness the entire race drama after the summer break, it is Max Verstappen who has gone onto win the Dutch GP and has deservingly taken the lead in the driver’s standings once again in-front of his home fans at Zandvoort. The wa followed by the reigning champion Lewis Hamilton, who definitely wasn’t comfortable with his tyres and evidently told his team on the team radio as well. 

However, there was drama at the end, wherein Max Verstappen and McLaren’s Lando Norris did come into contact on several occasions. But that surely did not hamper the movement and the speed of the Dutchman as his British rival was not able to take too much advantage of that contact. Valtteri Bottas, too ended on the third position after stating the race from P3. 

Max Verstappen Wins Dutch GP; Takes Lead in driver’s Standings 

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen

Apart from the top three, it was Pierre Gasly who did excellently to hold his position and finish the race fourth best. However, in a strange string of events Valtteri Bottas decided to change his tyres and take the fastest lap away from his own teammate. Lewis Hamilton on the other hand, went onto give away the win to Max Verstappen and decided to go for the fastest lap as well. 

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Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

Max Verstappen did seem super calm throughout the race and had minimum of talk with his team. And what better way to take the lead in the driver’s standings than to take back the lead in front of him home fans. Apart from these drivers, Ferrari too had a good outing and Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz finished 5th and 7th in the Dutch GP. 

However, Red Bull’s commendable pace and strategy has to be complemented by everyone as Max Verstappen took a one-sided race to take back his lead rightfully. 

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