- Championship leader ahead of Leclerc and Sainz
- Hamilton and Russell fourth and sixth for Mercedes
Max Verstappen took pole for the Dutch Grand Prix, delivering a mighty lap for Red Bull at his home race in Zandvoort to beat the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz into second and third place. Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were in fourth and sixth for Mercedes, with Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez in fifth.
On his first run in Q3 Verstappen went out first as he had earlier in the session, wanting to stamp his authority on the lap from the off. He was once more quick through the opening two sectors, pushing to the limit through the banking of Hugenholtz. He set a time of 1min 10.515sec but Leclerc followed him and found even more. Especially strong in the opening third, he took the lead by just six-hundredths of a second, with Hamilton two-tenths back.