Max Verstappen delighted his home crowd by taking pole position for Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix.
In an incident-packed wet-dry session, the unstoppable double world champion delivered a crushing lap to finish half-a-second clear of Lando Norris, who qualified second for McLaren.
George Russell will start from third place for Mercedes with the impressive Alex Albon fourth.
Lewis Hamilton was eliminated in Q2 and will line up from only 13th spot in Zandvoort.
Here is everything you need to know.
What is the race schedule?
(All times BST)
Sunday 27 August
How can I watch it online and on TV?
The entire race schedule from Zandvoort will be broadcast live on Sky Sports F1 n the UK and Ireland. Sky’s coverage of the race on Sunday starts at 12:30pm (BST).
The weekend’s action will be broadcasted on ESPN in the United States.
Free-to-air highlights in the UK will be aired on Channel 4; for the grand prix on Sunday evening at 6:30pm.
Sky Sports subscribers can watch all the action in the Netherlands on the Sky Go app. If you’re not a Sky customer you can grab a NOWTV Day Pass here to watch without a subscription.
Max Verstappen is targeting victory at his home race
(Getty Images)
What is the starting grid?
1) Max Verstappen
2) Lando Norris
3) George Russell
4) Alex Albon
5) Fernando Alonso
6) Carlos Sainz
7) Sergio Perez
8) Oscar Piastri
9) Charles Leclerc
10) Logan Sargeant
11) Lance Stroll
12) Pierre Gasly
13) Lewis Hamilton
14) Yuki Tsunoda
15) Nico Hulkenberg
16) Zhou Guanyu
17) Esteban Ocon
18) Valtteri Bottas
19) Liam Lawson
20) Kevin Magnussen*
*Kevin Magnussen drops from P18 to P20 after taking a new gearbox and power unit, exceeding the season limit
Driver Standings
1) Max Verstappen – 314 points
2) Sergio Perez – 189 points
3) Fernando Alonso – 149 points
4) Lewis Hamilton – 148 points
5) Charles Leclerc – 99 points
6) George Russell – 99 points
7) Carlos Sainz – 92 points
8) Lando Norris – 69 points
9) Lance Stroll – 47 points
10) Esteban Ocon – 35 points
11) Oscar Piastri – 34 points
12) Pierre Gasly – 22 points
13) Alex Albon – 11 points
14) Nico Hulkenberg – 9 points
15) Valtteri Bottas – 5 points
16) Zhou Guanyu – 4 points
17) Yuki Tsunoda – 3 points
18) Kevin Magnussen – 2 points
19) Logan Sargeant – 0 points
20) Nyck de Vries – 0 points
21) Daniel Ricciardo – 0 points
Constructors’ Championship
1) Red Bull – 503 points
2) Mercedes – 247 points
3) Aston Martin – 196 points
4) Ferrari – 191 points
5) McLaren – 103 points
6) Alpine – 57 points
7) Williams – 11 points
8) Haas – 11 points
9) Alfa Romeo – 9 points
10) AlphaTauri – 3 points
What is the 2023 F1 calendar?
ROUND 14 – NETHERLANDS
Circuit Zandvoort – 25-27 August
ROUND 15 – ITALY
Monza Circuit – 1-3 September
ROUND 16 – SINGAPORE
Marina Bay Street Circuit – 15-17 September
ROUND 17 – JAPAN
Suzuka International Racing Course – 22-24 September
ROUND 18 – QATAR (sprint weekend)
Lusail International Circuit, Lusail – 6-8 October
ROUND 19 – UNITED STATES (sprint weekend)
Circuit of the Americas, Austin – 20-22 October
ROUND 20 – MEXICO
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City – 27-29 October
ROUND 21 – BRAZIL (sprint weekend)
Interlagos Circuit, Sao Paulo – 3-5 November
ROUND 22 – LAS VEGAS
Las Vegas Street Circuit – 16-18 November
ROUND 23 – ABU DHABI
Yas Marina Circuit – 24-26 November