Max Verstappen took home yet another win, this time on his home soil mwc13_3 weighs in with three takeaways from the Dutch Grand Prix ↓
The Orange Army came out in full force to Zandvoort for Max Verstappen’s home race, but two Silver Arrows threatened to spoil the reigning world champion’s route to a Dutch Grand Prix repeat victory. Despite the surging Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell and a lengthy safety car after Valtteri Bottason the main straight on lap 55, Verstappen emerged victorious for the second consecutive year.
The Japanese driver stopped on-track and complained about his tires not fitting correctly, only to be told by AlphaTauri that all was well. Tsunoda pitted, and while the team put fresh tires on, two mechanics reached inside of the cockpit to re-tighten his seatbelts after he loosened them on track. The team opted to leave the seven-time world champion on mediums as he had the lead when Red Bull decided to pit Verstappen for softs. During the same safety car period, Mercedes pitted Russell for softs, which placed him behind the Dutchman when Russell emerged on track.
Team principal Toto Wolff did empathize with Hamilton, telling Sky Sports F1, “It is highly emotional for the driver, you are that close to be racing for the win and then you’ve been eaten up, so it is clear that every emotion comes out.” “You, as the driver in the cockpit, you are alone and you don’t see what is happening. We discussed at the moment, are we taking risks for the race win? Yes, we are taking risks,” Wolff said to Sky.
“You’ve got your home driver, leading in front of 105,000 people, and you decide to pit him for the soft tires and concede track position behind two Mercedes,” Horner said, per. “I was quite surprised that they didn’t leave George out strategically as a rear gunner for Lewis. When he pitted, it gave a straight fight between Max and Lewis with a tire offset.
Additionally, a spare tire gun was left on the edge of Ferrari’s pit box while Sainz waited for his tire, resulting in Red Bull’s Perez running over it when departing from his pit. Despite finishing P2 and P3 in qualifying this weekend, the Prancing Horse has struggled with race pace for three consecutive races now, Binotto said after Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix. The team principal drew a comparison to the Hungarian Grand Prix, which was before summer break.
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