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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen made the most of starting from pole position as he won the Dutch Grand Prix 2022. The Dutch driver delighted the home crowd with a P1 finish in Spa. Meanwhile, Mercedes’ George Russell took the second position. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took the third position while Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez took the fourth and fifth positions respectively.
With this win, Verstappen extended his championship lead to a massive 109 points. The Red Bull driver now has 310 points while Ferrari's Charles Leclerc has 201 points. Leclerc and Verstappen's Mexican teammate Sergio Perez are tied on points but the Ferrari driver is ahead on wins with seven rounds remaining -- and Verstappen more than four race victories clear.
Meanwhile, in the constructors' standings, Red Bull have 511 points to Ferrari's 376. Mercedes, who's both drivers managed a Top 5 finish, are in the third position with 346 points.
"They threw everything at us but we made the right calls," said Verstappen over the team radio as he took his fourth win in a row, and 10th of the season. "It’s always special to win your home grand prix, this year I had to work for it even more," he added as the packed grandstands full of orange-shirted fans went into party overdrive.
Hamilton not happy
While Max Verstappen was pleased to win his home race, seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton was fuming after his P4 finish. The Briton was unhappy with his team after leading a race he might have won but for the timing of safety cars and a tyre strategy that left him on slower tyres than rivals. "I can't believe you guys," he said over the radio, with expletives filling the airwaves.