Max Verstappen takes the lead in the F1 driver's championship by three points, beating Lewis Hamilton in front of thousands of Dutch fans at the Zandvoort race track.
Max Verstappen has taken the lead in the Formula One driver's championship after a brilliant victory in front of his home fans at the Dutch Grand Prix.Verstappen beat Mercedes drivers Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas
Meanwhile, Australia's Daniel Ricciardo tried to signal to race officials that he could not start the race just before the lights went out as he struggled to get his car into first gear. "The expectations were very high going into the weekend and it's never easy to fulfil that," he said.Verstappen got a great start and led Hamilton into the first corner.
Verstappen responded one lap later, with his lead being cut in half by the time he came out of the pits. Mercedes again tried to outmanoeuvre Red Bull by bringing Hamilton in for another set of new medium tyres at the end of lap 39. Hamilton pitted late to put on new soft tyres to secure the fastest lap, scoring an extra championship point.Daniel Ricciardo nearly missed the start as he struggled with getting his car into gear.
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