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Verstappen takes record-equalling ninth consecutive F1 victory in eventful Dutch GP blighted by rain and a red flag
Alonso capitalises on Perez spinning in late rain shower to take second, with Gasly boosted to third by a five-second penalty for Perez speeding in the pitlane
Red flag triggered by Zhou going off in heavy rain, damaging the barriers at Turn 1 - the Alfa driver emerged unscathed
Rain shortly after the start prompts several cars to immediately pit for inters, with Perez and Gasly among those to gain
Lawson finishes 13th on F1 debut standing in for injured Ricciardo
The good news for all of them is the next race isn't far off. Next weekend, in fact, as F1 moves on to Monza for the Italian GP. We'll be back for that but until then have a lovely week - go well!
A race that had a bit of everything, but one thing was only ever certain: Verstappen winning. A good day for Alonso, Gasly and Albon too but there are a lot of drivers thinking that race was a missed opportunity.
Amid royalty, politicians and sponsors handing out the trophies, Alexander van 't Hoff, father of Dutch racer Dilano who was killed earlier this year in a race at Spa, gives Verstappen his FIA winners' gold medal. That's a nice touch.
It is time for the podium ceremony and the return of the Dutch national anthem, but this time with a live singer underneath the podium. I wonder if she knew all the other anthems if it was a different winner.
Verstappen on his home win: "Incredible! Today they didn't make it easy for us with the weather and the calls. Even with all the bad weather and the rain the fans are still going at it with the incredible atmosphere."
Alonso on his second place: "It was a very intense race with the conditions and maybe we stopped a lap too late. In these conditions you need to trust the car and I fully trusted it.
"When the race came back on to the calendar I didn't think I would get to experience the Zandvoort podium so I am very happy that I can and with Max."
Gasly on his first grand prix podium for Alpine: "I was pretty upset about my five-second penalty earlier in the race so when Perez got his it was 1-1, so I pushed as hard as I could to stay within five seconds."
Verstappen steps out of his Red Bull to take in the warm but wet applause from his home fans. A very happy podium all around with Alonso taking his best result since Canada and Gasly taking his best result since the 2021 Azerbaijan GP.
Albon takes a superb eighth place for Williams, as Piastri and Ocon round out the points places. In 11th is Stroll ahead of Hulkenberg, Lawson, Magnussen, Bottas, Tsunoda and Russell.
'No further investigation' is the decision in regard to the Norris-Russell incident. That's probably the right decision for what appeared to be no more than a racing incident in difficult conditions.
The replay shows the pair made minor side-to-side contact at Turn 10. It looked like a racing incident, but the stewards may want to take a look at that one.
Perez heads the pack of those who hadn't started lap 65 before the red flag. This is also to shake everyone back into the right order for the restart. In-race admin, the worst kind of admin.
Zhou has said he was "not pushing" when he crashed into the Turn 1 barriers. Given the dramatic change in conditions, his accident could have happened to any driver - highlighted by the number that also went off at the corner.
The safety car will also stay out to lead the pack for two laps before the rolling restart. So the race will properly restart with five laps to go, all being well.
