Max Verstappen won his home Dutch Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday and took the Formula One championship lead in front of a roaring, dancing army of fans hailing their hero with orange flares and flags.

The 23-year-old dominated from pole position to take the chequered flag in the first Dutch Grand Prix for 36 years, 20.932 seconds ahead of Mercedes' seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton's Finnish teammate Valtteri Bottas completed the podium, moving up to third in the championship, with the rest of the field all lapped by Verstappen.

Hamilton took a bonus point for the fastest lap, after a late pitstop for fresh tires, but Verstappen overturned a three-point deficit to go three points clear of Hamilton, with 224.5 to the Briton's 221.5.

The victory was Verstappen's seventh in 13 races, with nine rounds remaining, and set off a gigantic beachside party.

"As you can hear, it's incredible," said the winner over the roar of the crowd.

"Obviously, the expectations were very high going into the weekend, and it's never easy to fulfill that, but I'm, of course, so happy to win here and to take the lead as well in the championship as well," he added.

"It's just an amazing day. Just the whole crowd, It's incredible."