On Sunday Verstappen won his home race, the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort to move up to 310 points in the championship and he now holds a 109 point lead over the second placed Charles Leclerc.

Verstappen became just the sixth driver to win multiple titles at Zandvoort, while George Russell of Mercedes finished in second and Leclerc in third respectively.

Verstappen said the softer tyres definitely worked better for him.

“It was not a straightforward race. We had to push the whole race. Of course, with Safety Car, the Virtual Safety Car making the right calls, it was 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.

“It’s always special to win your home Grand Prix, it was already last year. This year I have to say I had to work for it even more. So yeah, an incredible weekend and really happy we got the Dutch Grand Prix.”
On Sunday the drivers will go at it again in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport