Bianchi Dominates Dutch Grand Prix, Championship Lead at 22 Points

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	96	Diego Álvarez Torrente		1:24.282
2	27	Jules Bianchi		1:24.449
3	35	Sergey Sirotkin		1:24.477
4	18	Sebastian Vettel		1:24.567
5	64	Dave Cassidy		1:24.603
6	7	Charles Leclerc		1:24.663
7	14	Marcel Agyemang-Badu		1:24.815
8	33	Salvatore Miccoli		1:24.886
9	47	Lando Norris		1:24.963
10	73	Daniel Melrose		1:24.989
11	11	James James Davies		1:25.499
12	6	Artem Markelov		1:25.629
13	3	Marvin Kirchhöfer		1:25.808
14	1	Pastor Maldonado		1:25.911
15	57	Dean Stoneman		1:25.929
16	99	Mike Rockenfeller		1:26.113
17	55	Santiago Urrutia		1:26.148
18	22	Kazuki Nakajima		1:26.512
19	56	Einar Ármannsson		1:26.664
20	19	Jordan Davies		1:26.823
21	32	Alexander Albon		1:27.053
22	10	Pierre Gasly		1:27.148
23	94	Pascal Wehrlein		1:27.391
24	98	Bradley Dagnall		1:27.558

Report:

As most Formula One World’s Champions will tell you, you sometimes need things to go your way to achieve the richest prize in all of motorsport. Clearly, Jules Bianchi is enjoying quite some fortune right now as he got help through major mistakes and enjoys a 22-point title lead in the 2020 title race.

Whilst he deserved his own 15 points by dominating the race as soon as he took the lead at the start, he clearly got help from teammate and title rival Diego Álvarez Torrente who took Caterham’s Sebastian Vettel and, later as a consequence of the contact, himself out of the race, causing both of them to lose more ground in the WDC.

The drivers who joined him on the podium never were a threat and could therefore bring us a thrilling fight for these two spots next to the French driver. Sergey Sirotkin held the advantage early, but had to fight back because an unfortunate strategy hurt him, regaining third but failing to pass Cassidy on the final lap.

We once more saw that these new cars are still highly fragile pieces of high-tech motorization, as only 13 cars were classified at the end of the event. With prominent and race-ending driver errors by people like Lando Norris,  and the two Sauber drivers, the Circuit Park Zandvoort also demonstrated his edge.

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Points
1	27	Jules Bianchi		55:42.282	15
2	64	Dave Cassidy		+23.136	12
3	35	Sergey Sirotkin		+23.722	10
4	7	Charles Leclerc		+24.669	8
5	6	Artem Markelov		+34.245	6
5	3	Marvin Kirchhöfer		+50.120	5
6	32	Alexander Albon		+72.333	4
7	10	Pierre Gasly		+74.843	3
9	11	James James Davies		1 Lap	2
10	22	Kazuki Nakajima		1 Lap	1
11	56	Einar Ármannsson		1 Lap	0
12	98	Bradley Dagnall		1 Lap	0
13	55	Santiago Urrutia		Accident	0
DNF	19	Jordan Davies		Transmission	0
DNF	14	Marcel Agyemang-Badu		Transmission	0
DNF	94	Pascal Wehrlein		Motor	0
DNF	33	Salvatore Miccoli		Puncture	0
DNF	1	Pastor Maldonado		Accident	0
DNF	99	Mike Rockenfeller		Transmission	0
DNF	73	Daniel Melrose		Loose Wheel	0
DNF	96	Diego Álvarez Torrente		Loose Wheel	0
DNF	57	Dean Stoneman		Accident	0
DNF	18	Sebastian Vettel		Collision	0
DNF	47	Lando Norris		Accident	0

Fastest Lap:

James James Davies – 1:12.626

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Dawson-Judd – opportunistic drive to take a double points finish.

Reject Of The Race:

Diego Álvarez Torrente – hurt his own championship chances with an accident causing his own retirement down the road.