F1 Dutch Grand Prix Qualifying LIVE RESULTS: Verstappen claims POLE as Hamilton fourth-fastest, Ferraris in 2nd and 3rd

Russell’s disappointment

George Russell has spoken about his disappointment in qualifying in P6 for the Dutch Grand Prix.

He told Sky Sports: “The car has been feeling great all weekend and I had a really strong feeling after FP3.

“But it just didn’t really click for me and I don’t really know why.

“Ultimately it was a a lack of performance in Q2 that cost me in Q3 because we had to take those second set of tyres, so I only had the one set available in Q3 and obviously with the yellow flag, I couldn’t get my lap in. A little bit frustrating.”

Verstappen is P1.

Leclerc is second and Sainz is third.

Hamilton will start fourth and Perez in fifth. Russell will line up in sixth place.

Verstappen takes pole

The fans go crazy as he take pole…and there is drama on the final lap as Perez spins.

He loses control of the Red Bull and that brings out the yellow flags.

That denies Hamilton, who has to slow down on his final attempt.

Leclerc goes quicker

But Verstappen is flying….

Two minutes to go

Final flying laps to decide the grid.

Leclerc goes even quicker

This is shaping up nicely. Leclerc, Verstappen and then Hamilton. Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes.

Then Sainz, Perez, Russell. A repeat of Ferrari, Red Bull and Merc for 4th, 5th and sixth.

Scruffy lap from Verstappen too

He has even more time to find in that car after replays showed him going wide.

He is looking very strong.

Verstappen takes provisional pole

Quickest time of the day for the Dutchman. Perez is a whopping 0.5 seconds off.

Q3 is go

The battle for the top 10. Can anyone deny Verstappen?

Q2 is done Alonso is out

The two time world champion is eliminated from Q2 and starts 13th – behind his teammate Esteban Ocon.

Gasly, Zhou and Albon are also out but that is a blow for Alpine, who are disappointing.

Seven minutes to go

And Alonso, Schumacher, Tsunoda, Zhou and Ocon are in the drop zone.

Q2 has resumed

The pigeons and flare have been removed and we are off again.

Just over 12 minutes to go.

Red Flag – Session stopped due to a flare on the track

Live race track and yet someone has thrown a flare onto it. Crazy.

Ricciardo is out in Q1

Another dreadful weekend for the McLaren driver. He is down in 18th place.

Bottas, Magnussen, Vettel and Latifi are also out.

Mistake for Vettel

He locks up and goes into the gravel. He’s down in 19th place and out of Q1.

Russell goes P2

And Hamilton is P3. This is going to be close

Verstappen sets the pace

His first lap is 1:11.317 and Perez crosses the line and is over a second slower.

It is Verstappen, Sainz, Leclerc and Perez.

Where are Mercedes?

They are both on their flying laps

Qualifying is underway in Zandvoort

Green light in the pitlane and the cars are streaming out on to the track.

Can anyone stop Verstappen from taking pole in his home race?

FP3 is done – Leclerc is quickest

The Ferrari man tops the time sheets in the final session with a time of 1:11.632 just 0.066 seconds quicker than Russell, who is in P2.

Verstappen is in P3 and Sainz in P4 and Hamilton in P5.

Leclerc goes even better

He has set the fastest time in all three sectors and goes into P1. Russell moves into P2. Sainz in P3 and Verstappen is now down to fourth.

Game on!

Sainz goes quickest

Maybe someone can stop the Verstappen run. He goes into P1, 0.225 seconds.

Verstappen is still looking strong

He is in P1, Leclerc in P2 and Hamilton in P3. Sainz is fourth and Russell in fifth.

Verstappen is a whopping 0.524 seconds quicker than Leclerc.

Verstappen is setting the pace

The Dutchman is in P1 some 0.625 seconds over Russell, who is in P2.

Early days yet but already signs that the world champion is back on it after his gearbox problem yesterday.

FP3 is go

Final practice has got the green light in Zandvoort. Red Bull have their work cut out after a slow start to the weekend on Friday.

Mercedes and Ferrari will be hoping their early pace continues.

Lewis and Alonso make up

Lewis Hamilton cooled his rift with rival Fernando Alonso by insisting he is trying to “be a better driver”.

The seven-time world champion was blasted as “an idiot” by the Spaniard after they crashed on the first lap of last Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Hamilton accepted the blame for the incident that forced his retirement from the race despite being cleared by the stewards.

The 37-year-old then joked on social media that he’d offer Alonso a signed cap as a peace offering.

And the Alpine driver duly collected the hat ahead of this weekend’s Dutch GP after meeting Hamilton and clearing the air.