Max Verstappen takes F1 championship lead with superb Dutch Grand Prix triumph

Max Verstappen delighted the home crowd at the Dutch Grand Prix (Francisco Seco/AP)

Max Verstappen claimed a superb victory at the Dutch Grand Prix to knock Lewis Hamilton off the top of the championship standings.

Verstappen’s triumph, the 17th of his career, was greeted with emphatic celebrations by the 70,000-strong Zandvoort crowd.