Red Bull ended their podium drought as Max Verstappen finished second at the Dutch Grand Prix.

At his home race at the Zandvoort track on the Dutch coast, Verstappen was on course to turn third on the grid to third in the race, when he was elevated to second after McLaren’s Lando Norris suffered a late breakdown.

The podium was Verstappen’s first since taking a second at the Canadian Grand Prix in June.

Verstappen’s teammate Yuki Tsunoda would finish 9th in the race, taking with it his first points finish since the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in Italy back in May.

The Dutch Grand Prix would see a double representation for Red Bull’s F1 operations on the podium, however, with junior team Racing Bulls taking their first podium since 2021 as Isack Hadjar took his first podium in F1.

With 15 races of the 2025 F1 season done, Verstappen remains third in the standings with 205 points. He is 21 clear of 4th place George Russell and 70 points behind second place Norris. Meanwhile, Tsunoda is 19th in the standings, having picked up 12 points.

In the Constructor’s Championship, the Milton Keynes-based Red Bull team sits in 4th place. With 214 points on the board, they are 34 points behind Mercedes and 46 points behind Ferrari in the fight for second place in the championship.

A month on from F1’s last race, Red Bull were hoping for something better than a low-key race in Hungary where they did not challenge for the podium.

Verstappen made a flying start from third, taking second away from Norris despite almost losing the car on a sandy part of the track. However, Norris was able to retake the position on lap 9, and quickly speed away.

Meanwhile, Tsunoda spent the early period of his race holding off the Mercedes of Andrea Kimi Antonelli, having got ahead on the original start.

The situation changed on lap 23 when Lewis Hamilton crashed his Ferrari, bringing out a safety car. Both drivers opted to pit, with Verstappen remaining third and Tsunoda dropping down the order as others stayed out.

Tsunoda gained places after a collision left Carlos Sainz and Liam Lawson with punctures, relegating both to the back, but he remained in the midfield pack hoping for a way to the points, while Verstappen was only able to keep himself in third.

It had looked as though the situation would stay the same for both drivers until the race made another dramatic change on lap 53, when a collision between Antonelli and Charles Leclerc left the latter’s Ferrari car broken by the side of the track, triggering a second safety car.

Both would pit again, although Tsunoda reported a technical malfunction with his throttle that was limiting his race. The Japanese driver was however able to get around this and continue.

Tsunoda made a fine move on Gabriel Bortoleto’s Sauber as he hoped to try and make a fight to get into the points. But it looked as though he was going to come up short when on lap 65, the safety car was deployed again as an oil leak saw Norris’ car break down.

That breakdown had the further effect of promoting Verstappen to second, with the Dutchman trying but ultimately coming up short in attempts to try and prize the win from race leader Oscar Piastri in the McLaren.

Piastri would ultimately eke out a gap over 3 laps of green flag running at the end, closing out the success. Verstappen would settle for second in behind.

Meanwhile, Tsunoda would get past Pierre Gasly on fading tyres after the restart and held off a challenge by Esteban Ocon to take 10th on the road. This became 9th in the final results when Antonelli was handed a 15 second time penalty for taking out Leclerc and then speeding in the pit lane, allowing him to end his points drought.

The F1 paddock has a quick turnaround after the Dutch Grand Prix, with the field heading to Monza for the Italian Grand Prix next weekend.