11.25pmRace will resume in less than 10 minutesBy The race will resume at 11.33pm (AEST).Arvid Lindblad and Franco Colapinto can both expect penalties after overtaking under yellow flag conditions before the race was temporarily red-flagged after Max Verstappen’s crash. You can expect for them to drop back once the race resumes.11.20pmWATCH: How Verstappen’s race endedBy 11.18pmHold your fire for nowBy The drivers, and their cars, are back in pit lane as track marshals frantically try to clean up the debris on the final corner of the track.World champion Lando Norris, Kimi Antonelli and George Russell will be the top three when the race resumes.11.07pmVerstappen’s in the barrier!By In his final home race, Max Verstappen is OUT after a horror opening-lap crash.A red flag has been called after a massive shunt on the pit straight.The four-time world champion is out of his car and OK, but lost control of his car in the wettest part of the track and slid straight into a concrete wall. Wow.“Yeah, that’s it. Ah shit – sorry,” is all Verstappen could say over his team radio.Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto is also out of the race after being caught up in the mayhem.11.05pmWe’re away!By McLaren’s world champion Lando Norris got a perfect start off the line, maintaining his lead from pole.But George Russell struggled off the line, by contrast. Australian star Oscar Piastri? After a cautious opening, he’s sitting in fifth.10.58pmLights out in just minutes...By We’ve had five race winners over the past five races, and tonight could deliver us yet another one, given the changeable weather.Look for Oscar Piastri off the start. He knows he has to get away smoothly, but safely, given the Ferraris behind him in fifth and sixth. The Dutch crowd ahead of the race.AP PhotoIt won’t be a usual start, though, given the conditions. The final corner heading into the pit straight seems particularly wet, still, despite the 30 degree temperature at the track. So, the formation lap of the race will be behind the safety car.The top four (including Oscar Piastri) are starting on medium tyres, and there an awful lot starting on softs, incredibly. The two Cadillacs, at the rear of the grid, will start on hard tyres.Bring. It. On.10.49pmSurely not...By Lando Norris just admitted on his walk to the starting grid that he doesn’t know if the circuit will be wet or dry, following a downpour in the hour leading up to the race.But there is talk that the surface appears to be drying so rapidly that the drivers could yet start on slick tyres.Amazing.10.47pmThe starting grid at ZandvoortBy Lewis Hamilton waves to the fans ahead of the race.Getty ImagesLando Norris (McLaren) 1:11.163George Russell (Mercedes) 1:11.265Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) 1:11.296Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 1:11.305Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 1:11.494Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1:11.558Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1:11.618Liam Lawson (*Red Bull) 1:11.733Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) 1:12.079Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) 1:12.185Pierre Gasly (Alpine)Yuki Tsunoda (*Racing Bulls)Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)Franco Colapinto (Alpine)Esteban Ocon (Haas)Alex Albon (Williams)Carlos Sainz jnr (Williams)Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)Oliver Bearman (Haas)Valterri Bottas (Cadillac)Sergio Perez (Cadillac) [from pit lane] *After sustaining a wrist injury in a gym workout, Isack Hadjar isn’t fit to take his place for Red Bull this weekend, so Liam Lawson has stepped up from Racing Bulls to replace him. Taking Lawson’s seat for this weekend is Racing Bulls reserve driver, and former full-time F1 racer, Yuki Tsunoda.10.41pmAustralian cricket star is at the track – but not for OscarBy Star Australian white-ball all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is over in Europe as a co-owner and the captain of the Belfast Wolves franchise in the inaugural European T20 Premier League (ETPL).But for this race weekend, the F1 diehard has made the trek to Circuit Zandvoort to watch the final grand prix at the circuit.Here’s the thing, though – he’s there as a guest of Alpine, so will be cheering on Pierre Gasly.Surely he’ll be among the loudest to cheer for Oscar Piastri if he records a famous 10th career victory, though.10.28pmAbout half an hour until race start, and it’s pouring!By Trust the weather gods to have arguably the biggest say on the final F1 grand prix at Zandvoort.Just over half an hour until lights out, it’s pouring rain, with the drivers heading out to the grid and sliding straight off the track in some cases.The issue now, clearly, is just which tyres the teams will select to start the race on – intermediates, wets, or (less likely by the minute) slicks.“It’s too wet for slicks at the moment,” British star Oliver Bearman said on his warm-up lap over his team radio, which was broadcast on the Sky coverage.Championship leader Kimi Antonelli was even more expansive.“The first half [of the lap] is pretty dry for inters [intermediates], but the second half is wet – quite wet.”1 of 2