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Max Verstappen will start from pole position as he bids to equal Sebastian Vettel's record of nine consecutive grand prix victories.
The Dutchman will enjoy the vocal support of the Zandvoort crowd but faces stiff opposition from Lando Norris, who starts second.
George Russell qualified third and will be joined on the second row by Williams driver Alex Albon, while Liam Lawson will make his F1 debut, replacing the injured Daniel Ricciardo at AlphaTauri.
Kevin Magnussen will start from the pitlane after parc ferme changes, having fitted a new power unit and gearbox.
The action at Zandvoort will begin at 2pm BST.
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Leclerc has been mugged! Hamilton makes an aggressive dive into Turn 1 and moments later, Piastri makes a similarly bold move into Turn 3. Leclerc is now P14 and looks to have a long day ahead of him!
Magnussen has now been shown the black-and-white driving standards flag for his defence against Albon.
Stopwatch
Verstappen puts in another fastest lap of 1m15.664s to push his lead to 2.1s over Perez. Alonso remains third from Gasly and Sainz.
What a move from Piastri on Bottas for P14! He threw his McLaren into Turn 1 and gave Bottas no choice but to yield. Piastri is now hunting Hamilton and Leclerc.
Albon gets by Zhou with DRS aid into Turn 1. The Williams driver is up to sixth.
Magnussen is dropping back as Haas' poor race-pace returns. He is now ninth, after conceding to Ocon. Next onto the tail of the Haas is Tsunoda.
DRS is enabled with Verstappen 1.5s clear of Perez at the front.
Albon clears Magnussen for P7 at Turn 1. The lap earlier, Albon had been left frustrated by a last-gasp defence from the Dane.
Verstappen has darted clear of Perez and it appears none of the frontrunners can make a move with DRS so far.
Piastri has lost out to Bottas for P14 on the restart. A bad day for McLaren only gets worse.
Verstappen leads, Perez has to block a Turn 1 move from Alonso and Gasly is making his Alpine as wide as possible to keep Sainz behind.
Green flag
Off we go again! Verstappen has gone early!
The safety car is in this lap, so racing will resume on lap 22. Verstappen takes control of the pack.
As the race starts lap 20 the pack is still behind the safety car as Sargeant's car is recovered and the barrier is repaired.
This afternoon has become a huge opportunity for points for almost all the drivers. They have just got to be on the right tyre and at the right time.
A word for Albon. He is currently P8 and is the only driver yet to stop. Already, he must be a candidate for 'Driver of the Day'!
Perez is told the next batch of rain isn't expected for 35 minutes, so everyone can keep calm for now.
Pit stop
A big gamble for Russell. Mercedes fit a set of hard tyres in a possible bid to get to the chequered flag without another stop. With 54 laps to go, that will be a big ask. He drops to P18, ahead of only Stroll.
Penalty
Gasly gets a five-second penalty for speeding in the pitlane. He is currently fourth but that is likely to wreck his race.
We're just seeing the replays of Sargeant's off. His Williams appeared to understeer off after he clipped the kerb on the inside of Turn 8.
And breath... It is unlikely anyone will pit under this safety car given they have all only just pitted back to the dry tyres.
Safety car
A full safety car now as Sargeant walks from his car and inspects the damage - of which there is much!
Yellow flag
A big crash for Sargeant at Turn 8.
Tsunoda squeezes Ocon against the pitwall in a move that is right on the line of acceptability. But moments later, Ocon has climbed to P8 and the AlphaTauri has dropped to P10.
Gasly is under investigation for speeding in the pitlane, but he has bigger things to worry about right now as he defends from Sainz to keep hold of fourth at Turn 1. Just as the rain returns!
Stopwatch
But as the rain hits again, Piastri now goes fastest with a 1m16.041s! McLaren has pace right now!
Stopwatch
Norris is P12 and sets a new fastest lap of the race with a 1m16.200s
Verstappen leads by 3.8s and Perez asks: "Did Max undercut us?" Everyone else saw that coming, so not sure how the Mexican missed it.
All the drivers are now on slick tyres. It sounds about the right time for some more rain to fall...
Pit stop
A lap later Perez follows the others and pits for soft tyres. But it is too late, Verstappen pulls off an easy undercut and is now back into the lead.
Pit stop
Gasly, from third, duly follows Verstappen into the pits for soft tyres. Now it is just Perez still on the inter tyres.
Pit stop
At the end of lap 11 Verstappen pits from second place having got the gap to Perez down to 2.7s.
More rain is forecast to hit in a few minutes but because of the speed of Piastri, drivers are gambling on a few fast laps on slicks!
Pit stop
There is a threat of rain returning but now the switch back to soft tyres has begun as DRS is enabled. Zhou, Alonso and Sainz all pit.
Pit stop
Pit stops for slick tyres now as Hamilton stops for soft rubber!
The first 10 laps have flown by! Perez's lead is down to 4.7s on Verstappen and 6s back Zhou is defending third from Gasly.
Norris is flying on what has already become a recovery drive. He is among the fastest drivers on the track and is now P11 after passing Lawson.
Leclerc is carrying front wing damage from his earlier off track moment, so Ferrari switches his position with Sainz to push the Spanish driver into sixth.
Perez might need to get a move on because Verstappen is coming. At the start of lap nine the gap is down to 6.1s.
Perez has lapped Sargeant, who is still on soft tyres, and it is only lap seven. What a nightmare for the Williams driver who started 10th.
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