Sergio Perez
Sergio Perez

How Max Verstappen claimed pole at F1 Dutch Grand Prix

Max Verstappen earned pole position in front of his home fans at the F1 Dutch Grand Prix.

This is how he did it...

14:39

Alonso slots into eighth for Alpine.

14:38

Stroll goes fourth for Aston Martin.

14:37

Sixth and seventh for the two Ferraris.

14:37

Hamilton goes second, Russell into fourth.

14:35

Verstappen sets a 1m10.927s, 0.4s ahead of Perez.

14:32

Albon and Verstappen are the first drivers out on track.

14:32

Q2 is back underway!

14:29
14:29

The session will restart in three minutes.

14:26

There's a flare on the circuit which explains the red flag.

14:26

Red Flag

14:26

Only Albon is out on track at the moment.

14:19

Out in Q1: Bottas, Magnussen, Ricciardo, Vettel and Latifi.

14:18

Zhou into 10th; Bottas only 12th.

14:17

Schumacher goes eighth; Magnussen into 13th. 

Everyone is improving. 

14:16

18 of the 20 cars are out on track.

14:16

The two Spaniards have now taken to the track.

14:15

Verstappen, Leclerc, Alonso and Sainz are still in the pit lane.

14:15

Albon goes seventh for Williams. Strong lap there.

14:14

In the elimination zone with four minutes to go:

Vettel, Ricciardo, Albon, Schumacher and Latifi.

14:13

Perez moves up to fifth. 

Only three cars are on track now.

14:13

Leclerc moves into second now - he's safe after being P13.

14:11

The order is chopping and changing with Perez down to 15th - he's near the elimination zone and needs a lap.

14:11

Zhou moves up to sixth in the Alfa Romeo; Bottas in 10th.

14:10

Pit lane incident involving Norris will be investigated after the session - potential unsafe release.

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