After a somewhat frenetic opening quarter as rain hit the circuit, the normal order was resumed as Verstappen cruised to his 11th win of the season for Red Bull in front of Fernando Alonso in second for Aston Martin, Pierre Gasly in third for Alpine, Sergio Pérez in the other Red Bull in fourth and Carlos Sainz in fifth for Ferrari. Verstappen also continues what has been his own clean sweep at Zandvoort. Verstappen held his lead into turn one just as spots of rain began hitting the circuit, which swiftly grew in intensity and the grip disappeared, with a series of drivers pitting at the end of the first lap. Alonso did brilliantly on the slicks to move up to second from fifth on lap two as Verstappen pitted at the end of the lap. Pérez meanwhile had taken the lead having been the first into the pits on lap one and benefiting from being on the intermediate rubber. Verstappen came in on lap 11 for the soft tyre and was followed by Pérez a lap later but the Dutchman who by then had been just two seconds off the Mexican, had made hay on his out lap and retook the lead through the stop. Verstappen held his lead on the restart and carried on where he had left off, opening up a second on his teammate within one lap, with Alonso in third. Hamilton did well to begin moving through the field up to 10th by lap 33 but Verstappen was once more in control out front with a four and a half second lead. Pérez pitted on lap 46, while Alonso dropped places with a slow stop. Verstappen came in on lap 49 and emerged comfortably still in front. As the rain hit Pérez stopped for inters on lap 60 and the field followed him in. Verstappen stayed out until the following lap and retained his lead.

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