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Lando Norris of McLaren wins ‘Driver of the Day’ after Verstappen’s fifth straight grand prix victory.

The race report is coming up, but in the meantime, here’s our coverage from across this race meeting, in case you missed any of it:

Confirmation there, as some commentators are so fond of saying.

Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez. No real surprises, were there?

Jubilant Dutch fans are gathered around the podium and making a lot of noise. Meanwhile, Christian Horner speaks down on the track:

“Strategically we got all the calls right,” Horner says. “We had great pace … there was a bit of risk in going for the fastest lap [at the end] … but we felt it was worth the risk.

“I think he’s [Max] in incredible form. The team is operating at a high level. The win yesterday, the win today. Incredible performance. We just want to keep it going.”

Seventh and eighth for Mercedes, for Hamilton and Russell respectively. Not too shabby, but not where they want to be, either.

Ferrari are happy with their day’s work. As well they might be.

Verstappen holds the trophy aloft. The crowd cheers. It’s all textbook stuff.

Here’s the Dutch national anthem. And there is no shortage of Dutch fans, who have travelled from the Netherlands to lap this moment up.

Verstappen and Leclerc are pictured having a rehydrating drink and a chat about the race. The podium presentation is coming up very shortly. Perez is there too. It all feels a bit low key and unremarkable. But a very solid performance from Red Bull and from Verstappen in particular.

Perez, who finished third: “I’m very happy. A great weekend. We had great pace.

“It was hard but fair [racing against Sainz] …

“It’s been a bit of a rough patch for me. Now hopefully we are back.”

Ferraris’ Leclerc speaks: “We knew it would be difficult with the race pace that Max had. But I tried. It’s good to be back on the podium … at Silverstone we always had great results. Hopefully we can take advantage.”

Verstappen speaks: “We opted not to box [pit] during the safety car … that worked out well. Great day. I enjoyed it a lot.

“Following our own plan was the best way forward.

“I don’t like to think about that [winning a third consecutive title]. I just want to enjoy the moment … a lot of things went right for us. I just want to focus on Silverstone.

“It’s incredible support when we come here … thanks [to the fans] for coming.”

The scores on the doors:

VerstappenLeclercPerezSainzNorrisAlonsoHamiltonRussellGaslyStrollAlbonOconSargeantZhouDe VriesBottasPiastriTsunodaMagnussenHulkenberg

“Classy Max, very very classy, well done mate.”

The Red Bull team are happy on the radio.

Max Verstappen wins the Austrian Grand Prix!

That is the Red Bull driver’s fifth victory here. And he gets the fastest lap too, on the final lap, having pitted for soft tyres at the very last! It was never in doubt. Leclerc comes in second.

Lap 71/71: Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez, Sainz, Norris is the top five.

Lap 70/71: Verstappen comes in for soft tyres. He’s going for the fastest lap. Why not? There was a debate with the team on radio about whether to go for it. Verstappen won it.

Lap 70/71: Jacques is in touch on email again, with an email entitled ‘intimidating me’.

“What exactly does that mean? Seems like whining to me! Isn’t the rule that if the car behind you is faster, you let him past?”

Lap 69/71: Verstappen’s progress to a regulation win continues. The gap is 23sec.

“Another hugely dominating performance,” says one of the Sky commentators, which is absolutely right, although I might have gone for ‘dominant’.

Lap 66/71: Current top 10 –

VerstappenLeclercPerezSainzNorrisAlonsoHamiltonRussellGaslyStroll

Lap 65/71: The lead for the dominant Verstappen and Red Bull is 22sec. This will be his fifth win at the Red Bull Ring. More than at any other track.

Lap 64/71: Sainz complained on the radio about Perez ‘intimidating’ him. Interesting perspective.

Lap 62/71: After three attempts, Perez finally gets past Sainz and up into the podium positions. That was exciting, shoulder-to-shoulder racing. But there is zero jeopardy in the race for the overall win.

Lap 60/71: Sainz and Perez have a thrilling battle for third place. They are neck-and-neck but Perez eventually has to yield. Verstappen is 20sec ahead at the front. Leclerc in second.

Lap 56/71: Verstappen has 17.3sec up top. Perez forces his way past Norris and up to fourth.

A pair of 2.4sec pit stops for the Red Bull lads. Tasty.

Lap 52/71: Verstappen leads the race by 14sec or so from Leclerc. Sainz third, 8sec further back. Norris is right on Sainz’s tail.

Lap 51/71: Perez pits. He comes back out in fifth place, behind Norris.

Lap 49/71: Aaaaand it’s a Red Bull one-two. Perez is up to second. But he’s 26sec down on his Dutch teammate. Ferrari third and fourth, Leclerc, then Sainz. Norris fifth, Alonso sixth, Hamilton seventh.

Perez keeps coming and is indeed up to third now.

Current top 10:

Verstappen (26sec lead)LeclercPerezSainzNorrisAlonsoHamiltonRussellStrollGasly

Perez has moved up to fifth from 15th. Which is impressive indeed.

I made an error earlier and erroneously had him in third place. Apologies.

Sky Sports Main Event channel indicates what they feel is the most important and exciting sporting event occurring at the time (that they have the rights to). It will not surprise you to learn that Sky Sports Main Event is showing the Ashes.

Lap 42/71: Our race leader Verstappen is now 9.4sec ahead of Leclerc. Sainz, in third, is another five seconds or so back. Gasly gets a five-second penalty. Hamilton pits. It’s all happening, and yet nothing is happening.

Albon of Williams gets a five-second penalty for exceeding track limits:

Lap 39/71: Five seconds for Verstappen up top, now. Order is restored, from a Red Bull perspective.

Lap 37/71: Verstappen back into the lead! And he streaks away from Leclerc immediately. He’s nearly three seconds clear already.

Always hard to see the name Leclerc without thinking of Allo’ Allo’”

BBC comedy legends. Photograph: Shutterstock

Lap 35/71: De Vries and Magnussen have a coming together. Magnussen is forced off track after trying to overtake down the outside. There are some choice words over race radio.

Lap 33/71: Verstappen continues to breath down Leclerc’s neck. He’s right on his tail now, all over him like a rash, or a cheap suit, or something like that. Albon and Gasly are among the drivers further back to receive penalties.

Lap 32/71: Verstappen is now a mere 2.3sec behind Leclerc.

Sainz, Norris, Hamilton, Alonso are third, fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.

Lap 30/71: But Verstappen is eating into that lead sharpish, it’s down to 3.6sec.

“To everyone who is against the Max show, let me remind you that Hamilton, Schumacher and even Vettel dominated the F1 scene for years,” emails Edwin Innih Imoesi. “Schumacher won five in a row. I have always loved Lewis, but the truth is, he was not given the right package. This is Max’s time now. Let’s enjoy it and hope the other team can fix their cars.”

Lap 28/71: Leclerc leads Verstappen by 4.4sec.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in action during the race. Photograph: Leonhard Föger/Reuters

Lap 26/71: Verstappen sets the fastest lap and is up to second. Leclerc leads. The F1 website shows that all the top five have made two pitstops, but Verstappen is on hard compound tyres, Leclerc is on mediums.

At Lord’s, England need 79 to win, and Stokes is smashing it.

Lap 25/71: Verstappen pits! Leclerc and Sainz are now one-two on track! I think Ted Kravitz just said Verstappen had led for 249 consecutive laps.

The running order, via F1 Twitter:

Lap 23/71: Top five: Verstappen, Leclerc, Sainz, Perez, Hamilton.

Lap 22/71: Lots of stuff occurring further down the field which is somewhat difficult to keep up with. The headline is that Red Bull’s Verstappen, who was on pole, leads by 14sec. Leclerc of Ferrari is second.

Lap 21/71: Hamilton soaks up the five-second penalty for exceeding track limits and drops to fifth place.

Lap 19/71: The current top 10 after the pitstop shake-up:

VerstappenLeclercPerezHamiltonSainzNorrisAlonsoGaslyTsunodaRussell

Verstappen has 17sec.

Lap 16/71: Leclerc and Hamilton (second and fourth) pit during the safety car … Verstappen stays out, and as a result his lead stretches to over 20 seconds for a while, at least.

Lewis Hamilton gets a five-second penalty for exceeding track limits. “It had been coming,” they say on commentary.

Lap 16/71: Virtual safety car now. They need to get rid of Hulkenberg’s stricken car.

Lap 15/71: Verstappen’s lead up to 8.2 seconds. A Red Bull race win looks as nailed on as Ben Stokes leading England to glory at Lord’s …