F1 Dutch Grand Prix LIVE RESULTS:Max Verstappen WINS home GP to go back to top of championship, Hamilton second

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Mercedes will warn Valtteri Bottas after he broke team orders - almost costing Lewis Hamilton a point during Max Verstappen's dominant win at his home GP.

Red Bull's Verstappen reclaimed the Championship lead from reigning champ Hamilton by three points after 65,000 Dutch fans saw him lead all the way.

Hamilton's team-mate Bottas was third, ahead of Pierre Gasly's impressive fourth place for Alpha Tauri and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in fifth.

Britain's seven-time F1 king Hamilton admitted over his radio Verstappen was "just too fast today".

But Merc chiefs will speak to Bottas after he changed his tyres two laps from home and ignored instructions NOT to set the fastest lap.

That left the team pitting Hamilton for the final lap so he could produce a new fastest mark and gain the extra point.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said: “It was a bit cheeky, but understandable.

“It could have ended up in the loss of a point for Lewis and it would also have also been not right because he had the fastest lap until then.

“We are going to talk about it but in a most amicable and professional way."

Bottas insisted he was “just playing around” while Hamilton shrugged it off, claiming he had not realised what the Finn did.

Meanwhile, Red Bull chief Christian Horner hailed Verstappen's concentration amid racusous support.

Horner said: “He was focused on his own job, gone about his business in the same way as at other races and he almost seemed oblivious to what was happening on the other side of the fence, with the mayhem and partying that was ensuing.

“The noise on the grid – I’ve never heard anything like it.”

RED BOSS HAILS 'REMARKABLE' MAX WIN

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes Max Verstappen's Dutch GP victory was as incredible as the home support he received.

Horner said: "Max was remarkable this weekend.

"If you drive through the town to the circuit, every house has got Verstappen flags.

"There is so much support for him, and I have never seen a nation get behind a driver in this manner.

"From the moment we've arrived, the music has been going, the build-up, the intensity and the one person who hasn't felt it has been Max.

"He was focused on his own job, gone about his business in the same way as at other races and he almost seemed oblivious to what was happening on the other side of the fence, with the mayhem and partying that was ensuing.

"The noise on the grid - I've never heard anything like it."

BOTTAS ADMITS HE WAS 'PLAYING AROUND'

Valtteri Bottas claimed he was "just playing around" when he disobeyed Mercedes' order - leading to a warning from team bosses after almost costing Lewis Hamilton a point

Lewis Hamilton's Merc team-mate set the fastest lap at the Dutch GP - forcing the Brit to pit again a lap from the end for fresher tyres and record a new lap mark.

Finn Bottas said: "I was just playing around, really, because Lewis needs that one extra point more than me.

"He is fighting for the world championship and as a team we're trying to get the maximum points so that's how it is."

RUSSELL 'SIGNS MERC DEAL'

George Russell has signed his Mercedes deal following the Dutch GP - according to Nico Rosberg.

The 2016 world champion says Russell was called into Merc boss Toto Wolff's office to put pen to paper on a deal that would see him drive for the team next season.

Rosberg says it was done for the benefit of the Netflix film crew who are making their fourth installment of the Drive to Survive TV series.

He said: "By the way, on George Russell, I've got a rumour.

"A certain streaming service was called into the office of Toto to film the signatures.

"That's the rumour that is circulating in the paddock."

The move will see Russell, 23, partner Lewis Hamilton in the team while Valtteri Bottas will make way and is expected to join Alfa Romeo this week.

MERCEDES TO WARN BOTTAS

Mercedes bosses will remind Valtteri Bottas about his future conduct after he defied team orders at the Dutch GP, writes BEN HUNT.

The Finn stopped two laps from the end for fresh tyres and was told NOT to set the fastest lap, which was held by his teammate Lewis Hamilton at the time.

However, Bottas set blistering times in the first two sectors only to ease off in the final but still set a new record, potentially denying Hamilton a championship bonus point.

If forced Merc to pit Hamilton a lap from the end so he too could get fresh tyres in a bid to regain the fastest lap honour and subsequent extra point.

It created an unnecessary risk and provided the first glimpse that the axed Finn - who will be replaced by George Russell next season - will not fully-support Hamilton's own title defence.

Merc boss Wolff said: "It was a bit cheeky, but understandable.

"Valtteri is always on the receiving end because this championship is so tight and he lifted off massively in the last sector.

"It could have ended up in the loss of a point for Lewis and it would also have also been not right because he had fastest lap until then.

"We are going to talk about it but in a most amicable and professional way. But I can certainly relate to the situation."

RED BULL BOAST SEVEN HEAVEN

Red Bull hailed Max Verstappen's home GP glory - as the Dutchman leapfrogged Lewis Hamilton to move top of the F1 table by three points.

Verstappen's team posted "simply lovely" after he led all the way from pole in front of 65,000 adoring fans to comfortably hold off Hamilton.

GAS LIGHTS UP TRACK AGAIN

AlphaTouri's Pierre Gasly again shone as he claimed fourth place to match his grid spot in the Dutch GP - ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc

Alpine star Fernando Alonso looked calm and composed in sixth place as he passed Carlos Sainz's Ferrari on the final lap.

SUPERMAX

Another HUGE moment in the run-in for the Drivers Championship in which the 23-year-old Dutchman whose name is on everybody's lips came up trumps ahead of Lewis Hamilton.

The pendulum looked to have swung in favour of the 36-year-old F1 veteran after his controversial British GP win at Silverstone, but Verstappen has bounced back to re-claim the lead.

All eyes will be on Monza next week for the Italian Grand Prix and Verstappen's momentum from today could well give him the advantage, but if anyone know's how to spoil a party, it's Lewis Hamilton.

PARTY TIME

It's no exaggeration to say that the fans are going absolutely wild for Max Verstappen. That's some reception.

It's a sea of orange in the stands and they're jubilant after a wonderful day of racing on a fantastic track.

The Dutch GP is definitely one to keep an eye on for next year as well. Wonder whether we'll look back on today at the end of the season as a defining moment for Max Verstappen...

UP IN THE POINTS

An outrageous drive from Sergio Perez who started down in P16 and managed to overtake the likes of Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo to get up to P8 place. A thoroughly good day for Red Bull.

A special mention also for Fernando Alonso in the Alpine, who started in P9 and drove a superb race to overtake Carlos Sainz in the Ferrari as well as teammate Esteban Ocon to finish P6.

The 40-year-old shows us again that class is permanent.

HOME CHAMP

Incredible scenes as Max Verstappen is crowned the first ever Dutch winner of the Dutch Grand Prix after a 36 year absence from the F1 circuit.

It was a brilliant drive from the new leader of the Drivers Championship, who did incredibly well to keep Hamilton and Bottas at bay, who both pushed him right until the end.

There could be no other winner though.

MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS THE DUTCH GP

Who else? This was a mega event. A mega crowd and a popular winner.

The grandstands are lit up with orange smoke bombs.

Lewis Hamilton is second. Bottas is third.

Hamilton also gets the point for the fastest lap.

BOTTAS GETS THE FASTST LAP

And now Hamilton pits for tyres. Lap 72

BOTTAS FINAL PITSTOP

And that was a slow stop. It will allow him a crack at setting the fastest lap and earning a bonus point.

However, that will crucially take a point away from Hamilton, who currently has the fastest lap. Unless Hamilton stops again.

LAP 64 HAMILTON'S CHALLENGE HAS FADED

The Mercedes man has dropped his pace to preserve his tyres. The gap is now up to 4 seconds.

LAP 55

Hamilton has been eating into Verstappen's advantage. He has reduced that gap to 1.3 seconds.

In doing so, he has taken some life out of his tyres. This might actually put Verstappen under some pressure.

TSUNODA HAS RETIRED FROM THE RACE

The Alpha Tauri man is back in the garage and out of this race.

MAZEPIN IS THE FIRST CAR TO RETIRE FROM THIS RACE

The Haas man is back in the garage. No real surprise of loss.

LAP 41 VERSTAPPEN PITS

Red Bull respond to the threat of the undercut from Hamilton by calling in Verstappen.

The pitstops is clean and he is back on his way again, three seconds ahead of the Mercedes man.

LAP 40 HAMILTON PITS

Another stop for the world champion, who takes another set of medium tyres.

He returns to the track in second place but almost 25 seconds behind the leader.

FEW OVERTAKES OF NOTE SO FAR, BUT THIS WAS A GOOD ONE

Pierre Gasly on Fernando Alonso. I bet they enjoyed watching that down at Honda.

SEBASTIAN VETTEL SPINS ON THE BANKING

The Aston Martin man loses the rear of his car and slides to a halt. He's now down in 17th place.

PENALTY FOR RUSSELL

The Brit has been given a five second time penalty for speeding in the pitlane.

LAP 31 VERSTAPPEN GETS PAST BOTTAS INTO TURN ONE

The grandstands erupt as the Dutchman regains the lead. The Finn, then surrenders P2 to Hamilton.

It is Verstappen, Hamilton, Bottas, Leclerc, Sainz - the two Ferraris are yet to pit.

LAP 30 BOTTAS IS BACKING VERSTAPPEN INTO HAMILTON

The Finn is helping out tactically here as Verstappen has become the jam in a Mercedes sandwich.