F1 Dutch GP results: Max Verstappen wins after red flag

Verstappen won – his third consecutive triumph at home to match the record of nine victories in a row – from Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine) after rain heavy caused a red flag following Zhou Guanyu’s hefty crash at Turn 1 required a five-lap sprint to the finish.

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez lost third on the road to Gasly due to a penalty for speeding in the pits.

2023 F1 Dutch Grand Prix results

Cla	Nº	Driver	Car / Engine	Laps	Gap
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull/Honda RBPT	72	-
2	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin/Mercedes	72	-3.744
3	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine/Renault	72	-7.058
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull/Honda RBPT	72	-10.068
5	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	72	-12.541
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	72	-13.209
7	4	Lando Norris	McLaren/Mercedes	72	-13.232
8	23	Alexander Albon	Williams/Mercedes	72	-15.155
9	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren/Mercedes	72	-16.580
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine/Renault	72	-18.346
11	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin/Mercedes	72	-20.087
12	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas/Ferrari	72	-20.840
13	40	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT	72	-26.147
14	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas/Ferrari	72	-26.410
15	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo/Ferrari	72	-27.388
16	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT	72	-29.893
17	63	George Russell	Mercedes	72	-55.754
-	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo/Ferrari	62	-
-	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	41	-
-	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams/Mercedes	14	-

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 Gasly 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.

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 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 and carving into his lead.

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, with Gasly and Sainz also moving ahead of him. Leclerc suffered another delay when Ferrari changed his front wing when he changed 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.

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

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 his Mercedes 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

Cla	Nº	Driver	Car / Engine	Time	Delay	Kph
1	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin/Mercedes	1'13.837		207.651
2	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull/Honda RBPT	1'13.889	0.052	207.505
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1'13.904	0.067	207.463
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull/Honda RBPT	1'14.231	0.394	206.549
5	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren/Mercedes	1'14.299	0.462	206.360
6	4	Lando Norris	McLaren/Mercedes	1'14.390	0.553	206.108
7	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine/Renault	1'14.441	0.604	205.967
8	23	Alexander Albon	Williams/Mercedes	1'14.468	0.631	205.892
9	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas/Ferrari	1'14.472	0.635	205.881
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine/Renault	1'14.570	0.733	205.610
11	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo/Ferrari	1'14.698	0.861	205.258
12	40	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT	1'14.820	0.983	204.923
13	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1'14.934	1.097	204.612
14	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1'15.124	1.287	204.094
15	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin/Mercedes	1'15.171	1.334	203.966
16	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo/Ferrari	1'15.417	1.580	203.301
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas/Ferrari	1'15.489	1.652	203.107
18	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT	1'16.253	2.416	201.072
19	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1'17.277	3.440	198.408
20	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams/Mercedes	1'17.399	3.562	198.095

2023 F1 Dutch Grand Prix tyre strategy

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Driver Info			Main Information Additional Data
Cla	Driver	#		Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	M. Verstappen Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing	1		Red Bull	Red Bull	S : 2	I : 9	S : 38	S : 13	I : 14	W : 1	I : 12
2	F. Alonso Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Racing	14		Aston Martin	Mercedes	S : 2	I : 8	S : 38	S : 15	I : 6	I : 14
3	P. Gasly Pierre Gasly Alpine	10		Alpine	Renault	S : 1	I : 16	S : 35	S : 14	I : 4	I : 12
4	S. Perez Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing	11		Red Bull	Red Bull	S : 1	I : 11	S : 33	S : 16	I : 9	I : 7	I : 15
5	C. Sainz Carlos Sainz Ferrari	55		Ferrari	Ferrari	S : 2	I : 8	S : 31	S : 21	I : 19	I : 12
6	L. Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	44		Mercedes	Mercedes	M : 3	I : 6	S : 36	S : 15	I : 10	I : 14
7	L. Norris Lando Norris McLaren	4		McLaren	Mercedes	S : 3	I : 7	S : 33	S : 21	I : 7	I : 12	I : 20
8	A. Albon Alex Albon Williams	23		Williams	Mercedes	S : 44	M : 17	I : 7	I : 6	I : 14
9	O. Piastri Oscar Piastri McLaren	81		McLaren	Mercedes	S : 15	S : 31	M : 14	I : 8	I : 5	I : 13
10	E. Ocon Esteban Ocon Alpine	31		Alpine	Renault	S : 2	I : 8	S : 33	S : 18	W : 2	I : 1	I : 9
11	L. Stroll Lance Stroll Aston Martin Racing	18		Aston Martin	Mercedes	S : 4	I : 5	S : 7	M : 18	S : 26	I : 8	I : 6	I : 14
12	N. Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team	27		Haas	Ferrari	S : 16	M : 32	S : 12	I : 6	I : 5	I : 13
13	L. Lawson Liam Lawson AlphaTauri	40		AlphaTauri	Red Bull	S : 1	I : 14	S : 7	M : 29	S : 13	I : 4	I : 8	I : 16
14	K. Magnussen Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team	20		Haas	Ferrari	S : 1	I : 8	S : 26	M : 25	I : 3	I : 4	I : 12
15	V. Bottas Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK	77		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	S : 16	M : 31	S : 12	I : 4	I : 1	I : 9
16	Y. Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri	22		AlphaTauri	Red Bull	S : 1	I : 14	S : 50	I : 8	I : 6	I : 14
17	G. Russell George Russell Mercedes	63		Mercedes	Mercedes	S : 4	I : 6	S : 6	H : 44	I : 15	I : 6	I : 9	I : 11
	Z. Guanyu Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK	24		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	S : 1	I : 9	M : 27	S : 23	I : 2
	C. Leclerc Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16		Ferrari	Ferrari	S : 1	I : 10	S : 30
	L. Sargeant Logan Sargeant Williams	2		Williams	Mercedes	S : 14
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