Max Verstappen wins his home Dutch Grand Prix for Red Bull and takes the Formula One championship lead in front of a roaring, dancing army of fans
The victory was Verstappen's seventh in 13 races, with nine rounds remaining, and set off a gigantic beachside party."Obviously, the expectations were very high going into the weekend and it's never easy to fulfill that, but I'm of course so happy to win here, to take the lead as well in the championship as well.Hamilton also hailed the 70,000-strong crowd for its passion and enthusiasm.
"What a race, what a crowd," he said. "It's been an amazing weekend. Max did a great job, congratulations to him. I gave it absolutely everything today, flat out. I pushed as hard as I could but they were just too quick for us." French driver Pierre Gasly was fourth for AlphaTauri with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc fifth and Fernando Alonso sixth for Renault-owned Alpine.
Ferrari's Carlos Sainz was seventh with Red Bull's Mexican Sergio Perez Driver of the Day after racing back to eighth from a pitlane start.Mercedes continued to lead the constructors' championship with 344.5 points to Red Bull's 332.5.The Italian Grand Prix at Monza follows next weekend.
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