Max Verstappen converted pole position into victory at the 2023 Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix for the third year in a row, navigating an action-packed, rain-hit encounter to take the chequered flag ahead of Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly and draw level with Sebastian Vettel on nine successive F1 wins. Only one driver, Russell, opted for the Hard tyre, finding himself down the back end of the pack after the Safety Car came out following Sargeant going off track. The Mercedes driver would probably have finished the race on that set of C1s if the rain had not decided to shake things once again, falling even more heavily than at the start of the race. Once again, all the drivers began to pit, and with the rain really coming down, some even opted to fit the extreme wet, Ocon being the first to do this, followed by the two Red Bull drivers. The race was red-flagged after Zhou went off, so the question of how these tyres would have performed in these conditions went unanswered.

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