14:49
He may be out, but Verstappen will likely remain the story of the weekend. Confirming a new Red Bull deal ahead of the event, things have not gong the way he would have hoped ever since.
Verstappen at Zandvoort
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F1 Zandvoort LIVE: Dutch GP resumes after Verstappen smash
Live coverage of Sunday at the F1 Dutch Grand Prix
KEY MOMENTS
- Hadjar out injured; Lawson in at Red Bull, Tsunoda at Racing Bulls
- Norris on pole from Russell
- Minimal chance of rain
Zandvoort makes its final F1 bow this weekend after hosting the sixth race of its comeback stint on the calendar. Max Verstappen has previously taken two wins on home soil, while Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have shared the other two victories to date.
As F1 returns from its summer break, there are limited upgrades on display, with Aston Martin and Alpine attracting the most attention. The former is due to the power unit upgrade being brought by Honda. Although early indications suggested a power boost of between 30-50bhp, expectations were cooled ahead of the weekend, before Fernando Alonso qualified slowest for the sprint race.
Alpine, however, has brought an eight-part aerodynamic upgrade for Pierre Gasly's car. The changes appear to have worked, with the Frenchman returning to the top 10 in sprint qualifying.
A wrist injury to Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar has seen a switch of drivers at both the front-running team and Racing Bulls, with Liam Lawson moving up to replace the Frenchman, whilst veteran Yuki Tsunoda has been drafted in to partner Arvid Lindblad.
George Russell took both pole and the win in the sprint race, but lines up second to Lando Norris on Sunday. Kimi Antonelli is third ahead of Oscar Piastri and the two Ferrari drivers.
Rain was expected to play a part in the weekend, but the effect has been minimal with the precipitation failing to materialise during a session. There remains a chance of rain on Sunday, but the percentage is low.
2026 Dutch Grand Prix Sunday schedule
Grand Prix: 2:00pm BST - 4:00pm BST
23 Aug 2026
14:47
Oh no. Bortoleto and Bearman have now been noted for leaving the pit lane when the red light was on. Stroll, as we know, stopped. But it seems the light changed sooner than we were previously aware.
14:46
Colapinto and Lindblad have now both served their penalties.
The top 10 is:
- Antonelli
- Norris
- Piastri
- Russell
- Leclerc
- Hamilton
- Lawson
- Gasly
- Hulkenberg
- Tsunoda
14:44
McLaren predicting some rain in the next few minutes. Do we need any more excitement?
14:43
Colapinto also gets a drive-through.
14:42
Looking at the strategy options here, we saw how durable the soft tyre was yesterday, but Piastri is on the hard and has run two different compounds. He could theoretically go to the end here.
14:41
A drive-through penalty for Lindblad, and Piastri steams past Russell! Leclerc now dives on the Mercedes and almost gains a position.
14:40
WE ARE RACING! again...
We return to racing and Antonelli has taken Norris at Turn 1!
14:38
Norris is speeding around the lap, but he will need to wait for a decent amount of time for the rest to catch up.
14:37
Aborted start, and an additional formation lap will be completed as Bearman's car is recovered.
14:36
Bearman out
More chaos, as Bearman pulls off the track with an engine failure on the formation lap.
14:35
Piastri has switched onto a hard tyre. There is some confusion right now, as the cars from 17th place down were held in the pits by a red light.
14:34
The race director has confirmed that it will be a standing start.
14:34
Race Resumes
The cars are filing out of the pit lane and the track is completely dry now.
14:26
F1 Dutch GP red-flagged after massive Max Verstappen crash
F1 Dutch GP red-flagged after massive Max Verstappen crash
Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix has been red-flagged following a huge crash for Max Verstappen.
Verstappen lost control of his Red Bull in damp conditions at the final corner before slamming into the concrete barriers hard at the end of the first lap.
The start of the 2026 F1 Dutch Grand Prix
14:25
Lindblad and Colapinto both overtook in the double waved yellow sector. Both incidents are now under investigation, but given the general mayhem of the moment, a penalty would be by the book, but a larger consideration, in my book, should be whether they acted in the safest way possible.
14:23
The track is clear, and Ocon has been cleared of a yellow flag infringement, and the race will resume at 15:33 local time, 14:33 BST.
14:16
Among everything, Lindblad has been noted for a yellow flag infringement. We'd need to see that again.
14:13
Replays highlight the chaos further back, as Bortoleto had his own spin through the corner, and Gasly just about held a moment of oversteer.
14:12
Red Bull reacts to Verstappen's race coming to an early end.
14:10
It had been a tentative opening lap, and no one was pushing too hard through the final corner, but Verstappen was bitten, and bitten hard.
14:08
Verstappen is out of his car and has climbed into the medical car. After all of the hype, Verstappen's final home race lasted for less than a lap.
14:07
Verstappen has suffered incredibly heavy damage to his Red Bull. He lost control on the inside of the final corner and was flicked up into the outside barrier. Bortoleto appears to have had his own accident behind the Red Bull driver.
14:05
Red Flag - Verstappen OUT
But there's a huge smash for Verstappen! Red flag!
14:05
Into the final corner for the first time, and everyone is taking it very easy this time around!