JAKARTA - Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Dutch Grand Prix at the Zandvoort Circuit, home to pole position for a second year in a row on Sunday and won his tenth win of the season.
It was also Verstappen's fourth straight win of the season since racing in France.
George Russell finished second for Mercedes as Charles Leclerc completes the podium for Ferrari, the F1 official website said.
"I am proud to be a Dutchman," said Max Verstappen, who is getting closer to defending his world title.
"This is not a race that looks direct result. It's amazing to be able to win here again, it's always special to win a race at your home," said Verstappen, who was greeted with cheers from thousands of fans called the 'Orange Army' in Zandvoort.
Verstappen widens the gap as the leader of the standings with a margin of 109 points above Leclerc with seven races remaining.
Leclerc and Sergio Perez, who finished P5 in the second Red Bull car, now have the same points collection of 201 points.
Verstappen also added one point from the fastest lap.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton was annoyed with Mercedes' strategy for not putting on soft tires when the rider saw a chance to win or finish the podium.
Hamilton stayed on the medium tire after the Safety Car on lap 55, when the Alfa Romeo Valtteri Bottas car stopped towards the final corner, to inherit the race leadership position while Verstappen entered the pit for the soft tires, followed by Russell and Leclerc.
After restarting, Max Verstappen armed with a faster tire overtook Hamilton, which was later overtaken by Russell and Leclerc. The Briton lost his podium chances and had to settle for finishing P4.
"I can't understand you guys," Hamilton told his team.
Hamilton also complained that his chances of winning the race were disturbed by the virtual safety car period caused by Alpha Tauri Yuki Tsunoda's car which stopped at the track, giving Verstappen a way to pitstop without losing valuable time.
The Japanese rider stopped at the edge of the track on the 44th lap after complaining that his tires were not installed properly. He returned to the pit to change tires and checked his seat belt before returning to the track and stopped again on the track.
Fernando Alonso finished P6 for the Alpine team, beating Lando Norris (McLaren) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari).
The Ocon eruption in the second Alpine car and Lance Stroll from the Aston Martin team completed the top ten of the day.
The series of three races in a row this season will end at Monza, home to Ferrari, next week.
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