Max Verstappen turned the Dutch Grand Prix into something close to a home coronation. When Zandvoort came back onto the calendar in 2021 after 36 years away, the orange crowd already had its champion, and Verstappen gave them exactly the weekend they had queued for.
Five races, three wins and a podium every single time. That is the shape of his Zandvoort record, and it took the reigning era's two fastest cars to knock him off the top step. Here is the full account, year by year.
Three wins in a row, and how the streak ended
Verstappen won the first three modern Dutch Grands Prix, in 2021, 2022 and 2023, each time from pole. The 2023 win was the pick of them. The rain arrived before the cars had even settled, the race was stopped near the end, and Verstappen came through it untouched to equal a record of nine straight wins in a single season.
The run stopped in 2024. Lando Norris was simply quicker that weekend and led home a comfortable win, with Verstappen second. In 2025 it was Oscar Piastri's turn, and again Verstappen took second. Three golds, then two silvers, but never off the box.
Qualifying is where the Zandvoort story really belongs to him. Verstappen started the first three races from pole and has never lined up worse than third here. On a circuit this narrow, where overtaking borders on impossible, that front-row habit is most of the reason the wins came so easily in those early years.
Max Verstappen's Dutch GP record year by year
The table lays it out plainly. Note how the points barely move even as the results slip from first to second: at Zandvoort, Verstappen has always left with a heavy haul.
| Year | Team | Grid | Finish | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Red Bull | 1st | 1st | 25 |
| 2022 | Red Bull | 1st | 1st | 26 |
| 2023 | Red Bull | 1st | 1st | 25 |
| 2024 | Red Bull | 2nd | 2nd | 18 |
| 2025 | Red Bull | 3rd | 2nd | 18 |
The one number that stands out
A podium in all five runnings is the stat to hang onto. Plenty of great drivers have a blank weekend somewhere on their home record. Verstappen does not. Whether he was winning at a canter or chasing a faster McLaren, he has always finished in the top three in front of his own grandstand.
The Dutch Grand Prix reads like a home fixture that went almost entirely to plan. Three wins from the first three visits, second best on the two occasions a rival had more, and never a race away from the podium. For a driver racing under a sea of orange smoke, that is about as good as a home record gets.
