Purple Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen overcame heavy rain to take residence victory on Sunday within the 2023 Method 1 Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Zandvoort, his residence occasion.

It was Verstappen’s ninth-straight victory in F1, which means he is now equalled the decade-only report set by Sebastian Vettel when he drove for Purple Bull.

Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso completed second, 3.7 seconds behind, and third place went to Alpine’s Pierre Gasly who completed seven seconds behind the winner.

Verstappen began the race on pole and was joined on the entrance of the grid by McLaren’s Lando Norris. Verstappen received the higher begin after which heavy rain began to fall throughout the first lap, catching some drivers abruptly, together with Verstappen who saved racing on his beginning comfortable tires.

Teammate Sergio Perez, who began at seventh on the grid, determined to pit for intermediate tires which dropped him additional down the order, however the transfer proved shrewed because the rain turned heavier. Many different drivers additionally determined to place for intermediates, together with Verstappen, which freed up Perez to take the lead by the third lap.

Lewis Hamilton on the 2023 Method 1 Dutch Grand Prix

Perez did not keep within the lead for lengthy although as Verstappen, who dropped to fifth after his second cease and was 14 seconds behind, was lapping as much as two seconds faster than his teammate and making his means up the order. Verstappen then returned to comfortable tires after a lap 11 pit cease and would return to the lead spot on lap 13 after Perez made his personal cease for comfortable tires.

The race then began to settle however choas emerged once more on lap 16 when Williams’ Logan Sargeant crashed at Flip 8, requiring the security automobile to emerge. The race resumed on lap 21 with Verstappen within the lead and Perez one place behind.

With 10 laps remaining, Verstappen had constructed up a niche of 19 seconds with Perez who then misplaced second place to Alonso after a mistake at Flip 1. And with the rain intensifying at this level, extra drivers had been making errors, together with Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu who went into the obstacles at Flip 1, requiring the digital security automobile to be referred to as.

Verstappen then swapped to full moist tires, adopted by Perez a lap later. The race was then stopped because of the rain, lastly resuming 45 minutes later with a rolling restart. Verstappen was within the lead, adopted by Alonso and Perez in second and third spots respectively. Perez was then given a five-second penalty for an earlier pit lane velocity restrict offence. Regardless of his greatest efforts to construct up a niche of greater than 5 seconds with Gasly behind, he may solely handle three seconds by the top of the race. He thus needed to accept fourth place on the end, with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz claiming fifth place. AlphaTauri’s Daniel Ricciardo needed to sit out the race because of a damaged wrist sustained in a crash throughout Friday’s apply session. He was changed by reserve driver Liam Lawson who completed a good thirteenth in his F1 debut.

Following the weekend’s motion, Verstappen’s factors tally within the 2023 Drivers’ Championship has grown to 339 factors. Perez is second with 201 factors and Alonso is third with 168 factors. Within the Constructors’ Championship, Purple Bull leads with 540 factors, versus the 255 of Mercedes-Benz AMG in second and 215 of Aston Martin in third. The subsequent race on the calendar is the Italian Grand Prix scheduled for this weekend.

Max Verstappen on the 2023 Method 1 Dutch Grand Prix – Picture credit score: Getty Photographs

Beneath are the complete outcomes from the 2023 Method 1 Dutch Grand Prix:

1) Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
2) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin +3.744 seconds
3) Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri +7.058 seconds
4) Sergio Perez, Purple Bull Racing +10.068 seconds
5) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari +12.541 seconds
6) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG +13.209 seconds
7) Lando Norris, McLaren +13.232 seconds
8) Alexander Albon, Williams +15.155 seconds
9) Oscar Piastri, McLaren +16.580 seconds
10) Esteban Ocon, Alpine +18.346 seconds
11) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin +20.087 seconds
12) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas +20.840 seconds
13) Liam Lawson, AlphaTauri +26.147 seconds
14) Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo +27.388 seconds
15) Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri +29.893 seconds
16) Kevin Magnussen, Haas +31.410 seconds
17) George Russell, Mercedes-Benz AMG +55.754 seconds
NC) Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo – DNF
NC) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – DNF
NC) Logan Sargeant, Williams – DNF