00:00It's lights out and away we go, pretty even start from the front two, Verstappen does move over to cut off Lewis Hamilton, that gets a roar of approval, it is 1-2-3, Hamilton in second, Verstappen leads Bottas third, and round the first corner we go, the two Ferraris might be swapping places as Carlos Sainz comes under a bit of pressure as well from his teammate Charles Leclerc, round the banking now, and that's the Alpine passer Antonio Giovinazzi and Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon has lost places,
00:28but it's a dream start for Max Verstappen as Giovinazzi gets on the grass and has to get his elbows out.
00:33Oh, that was a very simple off the line for the front two, but there's so much action now from turn three, turn four, turn five, and through the sweeping right hander, into turn three, really exciting with the Ferraris down low, trying a different line.
00:46I tell you what, Fernando almost got collected by George Russell before he took that high line as well, we're on board with Antonio Giovinazzi now, who lost places on that opening lap as he sees the Alpine,
00:58coming right into his field, and we had to take a step back from our monitor there, did he touch there?
01:04A little bit, and every lap in practice they've done the high line, and then suddenly in the race they've decided that the low line is the better line.
01:11In comes Lewis Hamilton for his first stop of the race, and I say first stop of the race because I don't expect those medium tyres to go between now and the end of 72 laps.
01:22Max is going to react, that's all he has to do today, just cover Lewis.
01:26I was going to ask the question, do they cover Lewis Hamilton and respond, and that's exactly what Red Bull are doing, and if you think Mercedes' pit box is tight, well it's even tighter for Max Verstappen.
01:36But in he comes, 3.6 seconds Lewis Hamilton was stationary, 2.7 seconds Max Verstappen was stationary.
01:43So this is the race win for Verstappen, or for Hamilton, or is it for Bottas, if he's going longer on a one-stop, do Mercedes think that could be the best way to run this race now?
01:55I'll tell you what, Max Verstappen has caught Valtteri Bottas at a good time here.
02:00He ran wide through the entry to the chicane there, which would have put him on the back foot, and look how close, look how close Max is now.
02:06This is his opportunity.
02:08But look how close Lewis is as well, Valtteri has done a sterling job here to try and hold up Max Verstappen, he's not going to hold him up any longer.
02:15Because with DRS, there he goes, and you can hear the roar from the Dutch Lions in the grandstands,
02:21but you can also see the marbles that are being flicked up into the air when he went offline.
02:26Now, going offline is Valtteri Bottas to let Lewis Hamilton through,
02:30and the upshot of the last five or so laps is a three and a half second advantage for Max Verstappen over Lewis Hamilton,
02:37is now down to just 7 tenths.
02:40Look at the marbles that are being flicked up in Lewis's face from Max in front on the inside line.
02:44Lewis Hamilton let by and passed his teammate a lot easier than Max Verstappen had found it.
02:51I rather get the feeling we had a Vettel spinner.
02:54Oh, he's gone for the inside, lost the rear, but I was able to collect it up.
02:58Oh, that's that Bottas, just missed him.
03:01Well, that's going to take, that's going to take a bit of time off Valtteri Bottas' charge towards Verstappen and Hamilton.
03:09He lost about 1.5 seconds, one and a half seconds in that first sector because he was the car having to take evasive action.
03:17You have to Pérez, one second, let's try and hold him up.
03:22Yeah, let's go Daniel, let's go, you're going to hold Pérez up here.
03:27And this is Daniel Ricciardo being told to hold up Sergio Pérez, but hold on, it's not easy.
03:34He's got his mojo back today, hasn't he? Fantastic.
03:43Gap at 3.8, 3.8.
03:48Is he complaining about something or what?
03:51I think his tyres are done.
03:53Pérez on the outside of Turn 1, braving it around the outside.
03:57Normally the quicker line to get a good exit, but he's behind.
04:00Go on, I'm very fair.
04:01Oh, a couple of bits of contact there.
04:04I tell you what, I wanted to see that replay run on a bit more because I think there was a harder hit, wasn't there?
04:09As we cut the way to this particular shot, we might just see it again.
04:13There's Lando Norris trying to push in wide and that was wheel to wheel.
04:17They're robust if you hit them in the right places, these cars.
04:20You could hear the wheel spin.
04:21Yeah, that was a big lift of the tyre and suspension.
04:25Valtteri, it's James.
04:29Please abort the fastest lap attempt before the end of lap.
04:32Right, so he's gone purple, purple.
04:34Fastest first sector, fastest middle sector for Valtteri Bottas.
04:39And he might just be slowing down a bit as he crosses the line.
04:43He did slow down.
04:44He did abort the fastest lap attempt.
04:47He's still got the fastest lap though.
04:49Oh, no.
04:55I need that extra point for that.
04:57Copy, we're on it.
04:59The pressure's on because there is that extra point up for grabs.
05:02Imagine what happens now.
05:03Max Verstappen makes a small error now.
05:05Mercedes think, oh no, we've thrown away the race win.
05:08But they've also caused a little bit of friction within the team itself.
05:12Last weekend, he won at Spa in the country of his birth.
05:16This weekend in Holland, he is going to win as a Dutch driver, a Dutch national.
05:23And it is double Dutch delight for Max Verstappen, who crosses the line to win the Dutch Grand Prix.
05:30Tiesto waves the flag, turn up to the Max, listen to that roar.
05:36Fantastic, isn't it?
05:37What an atmosphere.
05:38And, you know, if you're here and you're watching and you don't support Max, it doesn't matter.
05:43This is such an amazing atmosphere.
05:45This is Formula One.
05:46The crucial thing for Hamilton is, can he get the fastest lap of the race on the last lap of the race?
05:51And he does.
05:52So he wins that extra point for the fastest lap on a day where he and Mercedes were second best to Max Verstappen and Red Bull.
05:59But that is a really, really mature drive.
06:03And I'll buy the present to you at that race win.
06:07Well done, mate.
06:08That was epic.
06:11That was epic.
06:12You've won your home race.
06:13You were brilliant today.
06:15Enjoy this lap and enjoy the podium.
06:17Thank you very much, guys.
06:20Thank you very much.
06:21Amazing strategy.
06:22We were really, really sharp today.
06:24And nice pushing 72 laps here.
06:27I love it.
06:28Great job, guys.
06:30They've come here for a festival and the celebration.
06:33So he drapes himself in the flag of the Netherlands.
06:38Have a listen to that.
06:39What a triple header this is.
06:43The washout at Spa and the race that never was.
06:47The sunshine and the celebrations for Max Verstappen here at Zandvoort.
06:51And who knows what Monza will bring us.
06:53The one thing we can say, it'll be another fast and frenetic race.
