F1 Standings - Verstappen wins Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix

2022 F1 Drivers' Championship Standings as the Dutch GP

1. Max Verstappen: 310 points

2. Charles Leclerc: 201 points

3. Sergio Perez: 201 points

4. George Russell: 188 points

5. Carlos Sainz: 175 points

6. Lewis Hamilton: 158 points

7. Lando Norris: 82 points

8. Esteban Ocon: 66 points

9. Fernando Alonso: 59 points

10. Valtteri Bottas: 46 points

11. Kevin Magnussen: 22 points

12. Sebastian Vettel: 20 points

13. Daniel Ricciardo: 19 points

14. Pierre Gasly: 18 points

15. Mick Shcumacher: 12 points

16. Yuki Tsunoda: 11 points

17. Zhou Guanyu: 5 points

18. Lance Stroll: 5 points

19. Alex Albon: 4 points

20. Nicholas Latifi: 0 points

21. Nico Hulkenberg: 0 points

Verstappen its race wasn't straightforward

Despite winning his fourth race on the trot the Red Bull driver highlighted how his win in Zandvoort was far from easy.

It was not a straightforward race but we had to push, of course with safety car, virtual safety car, making the right calls," Verstappen said.

"Always a bit of question mark but it worked out really well. Once we got back to the soft tyres we had great pace again.

"We timed it [the Safety Car restart] really well out of that last corner into the banking. You could see the draft was quite strong and we got ahead. It's incredible to win again.

"It's always special to win your home GP. This year I had to work for it even more. An incredible weekend and I'm really happy we got the Dutch GP."

Dutch GP Top 10 Race Results

1. Max Verstappen

2. George Russell

3. Charles Leclerc

4. George Russell

5. Sergio Perez

6. Fernando Alonso

7. Lando Norris

8. Carlos Sainz

9. Esteban Ocon

10. Lance Stroll

Verstappen wins!

For a second year running Max Verstappen wins the Dutch Grand Prix with Russell and Leclerc making up the podium places.

Hamilton will be bitterly disappointed not to have been in contention for the win, with the British driver putting on a stellar performance.

Verstappen now extends his lead on the Driver Standings.

Penalty for Sainz

The stewards have awarded Sainz a five second time penalty, which will drop the Spainiard out of the points.

The Safety Car has split the field into winners and losers with Sainz and Hamilton the two biggest losers.

Hamilton is outraged

After losing the lead to Verstappen Hamilton falls behind Russell and is absolutely livid with the turn of events.

The Mercedes man is now behind Leclerc, which will not help his mood!

Safety Car to end

The Safety Car is set to come in this lap with Hamilton ahead of Verstappen. Verstappen is on a set of soft tyres while Hamilton is on the mediums.

Behind them Russell is on a set of soft tyres with everything to play for during the next 12 laps

Bottas stops on track!

Alfa Romeo's Valtteri Bottas stops at the end of the main straight which could yeild a Safety Car.

This race has been turned on its head as the Safety Car comes out!

VSC ends

The VSC period ends, Verstappen currently leads with Hamilton in second. The Mercedes driver is on the medium tyres with the Dutchman on the hards.

Hamilton currently trails Verstappen by a little under 13 seconds.

Tsunoda stops on the circuit

In a bizzare turn of events, AlphaTauri's Tsunoda stops on track before starting again and coming back into the pits.

Leclerc meanwhile makes his second stop of the race. However, this could be ill timed as Tsunoda stops once again.

VSC declared to retrive the stranded AlphaTauri of Tsunoda.

Perez sets the fastest lap of the race

After making his second stop of the race Perez is now the quickest driver on the track. The Red Bull driver is closing rapidly in on McLaren's Norris.

Meanwhile Sainz comes in for second pit stop, which went a lot better than the first time around.

Russell finds a way Perez

After losing a significant amount of time during his battle with Hamilton, Perez lost another position to Russell.

The Mexican makes his second pit stop of the race following the move.

Hamilton goes past Perez

Hamilton makes his way past Perez with the help of DRS going around the outside of the Mexican.

Hamilton loses further time as the Aston Martin of Vettel impedes him further. Could have been a disaster for the British driver.

All eyes on Hamilton!

Hamilton is abosulutely flying with the British driver setting a series of fastest laps. The Mercedes driver is over a second quicker than Perez who is currently in front of him.

Hamilton pits

The Mercedes driver finally makes his one and only stop, opting to go onto hard tyres.

Russell follows a lap later as Hamilton sets a purple sector two.

Verstappen goes past Russell

The Red Bull driver finds a way past Mercedes' Russell with Verstappen moving up into second with the help of DRS.

Advantage Mercedes?

The Mercedes pair of Hamilton and Russell continue to lead the race, with Verstappen closing in slowly.

Leclerc meanwhile sets a few purple sectors as the Monegasque driver tries to close in on Verstappen.

Incident between Sainz and Perez to be investigated

The Stewards are in all probablity going to levy Ferrari with financial fine for the incident with the tyre gun.

Meanwhile Hamilton and Leclerc continue to lead with those who have pitted quickly catching them.

Verstappen pits

Both Leclerc and Verstappen make their first stops of the race as Mercedes' Hamilton and Russell now head the order after starting on the medium tyres.

Perez has now leapfrogged Sainz after his slow stop.

Ferrari botch Sainz's pit stop!

Absolute carnage at the Ferrari box, Sainz suffers an extremely slow pit stop after the team fail to find the correct left-rear tyre for their Spanish driver.

In the ensuing melee Perez runs over the tyre gun! What are Ferrari doing!?

Drivers start to pit

As the leaders complete the 13th lap of the race several drivers make their first pit stops, with Vettel and Ricciardo trying to make up for their poor qualifying perfotmances.

Alonso who dispatched the AlphaTauri drivers on consecutive laps, opts to go on the hards, which could represent a bit of a gamble.

Alonso goes past Gasly

Alpine's Alonso finally finds a way past Gasly's Alphatauri using his DRS to full advantage.

Meanwhile, Russell believe the track is very green at the moment and could rubber up as the race progresses.

Hamilton closes in on Sainz

Hamilton edges ever closer to Ferrari's Sainz, with the Mercedes driver also having the advantage of being on the medium compound tyre.

Meanwhile Leclerc and Verstappen trade purple sectors with the Monegasque driver currently the quickest on track.

Russell blows past Norris with the help of DRS, with the Mercedes man regaining his sixth place.

There seems to be a slight drizzle brewing but the drivers seem unconcerned as of now.

The drivers mostly get away cleanly with Verstppen leading Leclerc at the end of Lap 1. Hamilton has a slight moment with Sainz with the pair making .

Behind them Kevin Magnussen goes off the circuit and clobbers the wall. His Haas seems fine though.

Drivers start their formation lap

As the drivers make their way around the circuit for the formation lap, the strategy seems to be split between those who are starting on the softs and those on the mediums.

The top three drivers are all on the soft tyres for the race start.

Five minutes to go!

We're five minutes away from the start of the 2022 Dutch GP, the weather conditions are cloudy but the chance of rain is minimal.

Ten minutes to go!

We're a little under 10 mins away from what should be a fantastic race, the home fans are out in full force to their man, Verstappen.

However, with the field much closer than were last weekend, the result is far from a foregone conclusion. As always the pit stop strategy will play an important role.

Welcome to the 2022 F1 Dutch GP

After what was the season's closest qualifying session, the attention turns towards this afternoon's race.

Will Max Verstappen claim a fourth consecutive victory of the season or will Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz mount a fight back after missing out on pole by less than a tenth of a second?

We're here to keep you updated on the action from the Zandvoort circuit.

2022 Dutch GP starting grid

1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
3. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
4. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
5. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
6. George Russell (Mercedes)
7. Lando Norris (McLaren)
8. Mick Schumacher (Haas)
9. Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri)
10. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
11. Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri)
12. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
13. Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
14. Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo)
15. Alex Albon (Williams)
16. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
17. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
18. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren)
19. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Marton)
20. Nicholas Latifi (Williams)