It was another banner weekend for Oracle Red Bull Racing and driver Max Verstappen, who started on pole for Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix and scored the victory. Strategy came into play at the start of the event as rain unleashed on Circuit Zandvoort. Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez pit immediately with a handful of other drivers to switch to intermediate tires, while Verstappen and the other group of drivers pit later. Once rain eased up and the track dried, Verstappen drove back to the lead. “I wanted to start the race on an offset tire compound, but then it turned out I was the only one in the field on a different tire – and then the rain came. “Each time I pitted, I came out behind, and kept chasing and chasing.

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