Hamilton's furious tirade after race-losing call

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Max Verstappen stood connected his car to beverage the applause arsenic the 100,000-strong Orange Army engulfed their nationalist leader successful a oversea of their favourite colour aft helium won the Dutch Grand Prix.

A 2nd consecutive triumph astatine the Zandvoort way by the seaside; a 4th consecutive triumph for the archetypal clip successful his vocation and already a 30th overall; a 109-point pb with lone 7 races left. That orangish question is carrying him to a 2nd consecutive satellite title.

"It's bully to spot each the assemblage and the craziness, I admit it a lot," Verstappen said. "This was a precise peculiar play for me. It's been incredible."

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It seems a question present of when, alternatively than if, the Red Bull operator seals the rubric and if helium tin bushed Sebastian Vettel's F1 grounds of 13 wins successful a play from 2013 — besides achieved with Red Bull. Verstappen has won 10 races this play truthful far.

Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton has ne'er won much than 11 successful a azygous campaign.

"It's down to the team, of course, but that's besides however Lewis won the championships. That's what bully drivers do, they marque the difference," Verstappen said. "Even erstwhile we triumph races we privation to bash better. That's however you enactment connected top. Because if you basal inactive radical volition overtake you."

Verstappen made speedy enactment of a information car restart this clip to overtake Hamilton.

His 10th triumph matched his tally from past twelvemonth arsenic his challengers — Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and teammate Sergio Perez successful associated 2nd — fell further backmost successful the standings.

"Very beauteous effect guys," Verstappen said to his team, earlier telling his legions of supporters helium was "proud to beryllium Dutch."

His triumph was adjacent much peculiar due to the fact that of a gearbox occupation successful Friday's archetypal signifier session.

George Russell finished 2nd for Mercedes up of Leclerc, with Hamilton dropping from archetypal to fourth.

"As a squad we showed unthinkable gait today. The squad effect wasn't rather what we hoped for but we tin instrumentality a batch of assurance moving forward," Russell said. "We are dilatory getting person to that apical step."

Verstappen looked to beryllium coasting to triumph erstwhile a information car came retired connected thigh 56 of 72, aft the motor chopped retired connected Valtteri Bottas' Alfa Romeo.

Verstappen changed tyres and was down person Hamilton's Mercedes with 12 laps left.

But Hamilton was connected a slower mean tyre and Verstappen connected the quicker softs near the British operator beauteous overmuch a sitting duck, overmuch similar erstwhile helium mislaid the rubric to Verstappen astatine past year's season-ending Abu Dhabi GP.

Hamilton misjudged his restart and Verstappen overtook him consecutive distant to bring a immense roar from the crowd. The Dutchman besides took an other constituent for the fastest lap.

"I had a bully tally successful the restart, we had a spot much apical velocity and that helps to onslaught into crook 1," Verstappen said. "From determination onwards we had truly bully equilibrium successful the car again."

An aggravated Hamilton took it retired connected his team, utilizing an expletive connected vigor to archer them helium wasn't blessed astir not swapping for caller tyres nether information car, erstwhile Russell had.

"That was the biggest f--- up," Hamilton said connected the radio. "I can't judge however overmuch you guys f---ed me."

The seven-time champion aboriginal retracted those comments.

"I was conscionable connected the borderline of breaking constituent with my emotions. My apologies to the team," Hamilton said. "I conscionable mislaid it for a second. But I deliberation they cognize that determination is conscionable truthful overmuch passion."

Hamilton appeared to brake precocious erstwhile Russell overtook him and they astir collided.

"Could person been nasty but there's thing but respect betwixt us," Russell said.

After Hamilton unleashed different expletive-laced rant, Leclerc overtook him connected an different mediocre time for a Ferrari squad incapable to chopped retired the astir basal errors.

Leclerc started from 2nd up of Carlos Sainz Jr. successful third. Sainz finished eighth and got a five-second punishment for an unsafe merchandise successful the pitlane. Sainz said helium was trying to debar a McLaren mechanic successful beforehand of him and had to "hit the brakes."

Earlier successful the race, Ferrari botched Sainz's tyre alteration connected thigh 15 — taking 13 seconds — successful a play of bizarre incidents.

This clip the tyres were not adjacent ready.

"Oh my God," a stunned Sainz said.

Ferrari adjacent near the tyre-changing weapon connected the level and Perez narrowly missed rolling implicit it.

Verstappen produced a superb last thigh connected Saturday to instrumentality rod from Leclerc by .02 seconds — the smallest borderline this play — successful a qualifying league marred by a flare thrown onto the track.

Fans packed the grandstands connected Sunday, galore wearing colours of the Dutch flag. Thousands of fans cycled to the track.

Verstappen started good and unopen the doorway connected Leclerc portion Sainz held disconnected Hamilton connected the outside.

Leclerc came successful connected thigh 18 and Ferrari had his tyres ready, astatine least. Verstappen came successful connected the adjacent thigh arsenic Red Bull matched Ferrari's strategy, portion Mercedes stayed retired with Hamilton starring from Russell.

The contention became much unfastened erstwhile a Virtual Safety Car (VSC) came retired aft Yuki Tsunoda retired his AlphaTauri connected thigh 47.

Verstappen and others changed tyres. Leclerc mislaid presumption nether the VSC and was 4th astatine the restart.

Then the existent information car came out.

So Verstappen came successful for different change, exiting conscionable down Russell and Hamilton. Russell asked to travel successful for caller tyres and it proved the close call.

Perez finished the contention 5th up of Fernando Alonso, who drove brilliantly to determination his Alpine up from 13th connected the grid.

Lando Norris (McLaren) finished successful seventh spot, followed by Sainz, Esteban Ocon (Alpine) and Lance Stroll (Aston Martin).

Misfiring Ferrari hopes to springiness its tifosi fans thing to cheer astir adjacent play astatine the Italian GP successful Monza.

"The spread is present truly big," Leclerc said. "Max was excessively speedy today."

As helium has been astir of the season.

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