Perstappen, 1st place in preliminaries and 1st place in finals at hometown circuit 'Pole to Win'
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the Dutch Grand Prix (GP) in the 14th round of the 2023 Formula One (F1) World Championship through bad weather, breaking the record of the most consecutive wins in a season set by Sebastian Vettel in 2013, 9 consecutive wins. did side by side 먹튀검증가이드
In the final of the competition held on the 27th (local time) at the Zandvoort Circuit (4.259 km, 72 laps) in Zandvoort, the Netherlands, Verstappen was the first to receive a checkered flag and win with a record of 2 hours 24 minutes 04 seconds 411.
Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) took second place with a record of 3 seconds 744 behind Verstappen, and Pierre Gasley (Alpine) took third place with a difference of 7 seconds 058 seconds.
With this, Perstappen achieved 9 consecutive victories from the 5th round Miami GP to this tournament, winning the 1st round (Bahrain GP) and 3rd round (Australia Open) to reach the height of 11 wins in the season.
The sixth round of the Italian GP, scheduled for last May, has been canceled.
In particular, Verstappen became the champion in a race held in his hometown of the Netherlands, tying the record of 9 consecutive wins in a season set by Vettel in 2013 by winning rounds 10 to 19 consecutively with Red Bull.
Accordingly, if Perstappen wins the 15th round Italian GP scheduled for September 1-3 local time, it will record the most consecutive wins in one season in F1 history.
Verstappen, who took first place in the preliminary round and took the first grid in the finals, enjoyed the joy of 'fall to win' with the optimal tire replacement strategy in the rain.
The sky, which had been clear until just before the finals, suddenly started to rain right after the start.
Machines equipped with soft tires in line with dry tracks made pit stops one after another and hurriedly replaced them with intermediate tires used on wet roads, creating a commotion.
Perstappen, who was running in the lead, briefly dropped to second place after a pit stop, but on lap 13 he overtook teammate Sergio Pérez and regained the lead.
When the rain stopped and the sun came out again and the road was dry, Ver Stappen pitted on lap 50, switched to his soft tyres, and continued his run.
The weather, which had been clear, rained again on the 61st lap, and soon turned into heavy rain, and accidents occurred in which machines crashed into the wall one after another without timing the braking.
Perstappen chose the third pit stop on lap 62, switched to intermediate tires, and continued the race.
The race, which had been suspended for more than 10 minutes, restarted with a rolling start from lap 65, and Verstappen, who continued to run with splashes of water, was the first to receive a checkered flag amid cheers from home fans and stood at the top of the podium.