Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton both crashed out of the Dutch Grand Prix on a disastrous day for Ferrari, marking the team's first double DNF in over a year. The race at Zandvoort was affected by strong winds and rain.
Hamilton, enduring a difficult first season with Ferrari, lost control on lap 23 and buried the right side of his car into a tyre barrier. Leclerc's race ended on lap 53 after a collision with Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli, who attempted a lunge on the inside of a turn and clipped the Ferrari, sending it into the gravel. Antonelli received a 10-second penalty for the incident.
Sky Sports pundit Karun Chandhok criticised Antonelli's move, saying: 'That was just unnecessary from Antonelli. He went in way too hot and just went into Leclerc. You can't just understeer into that car.' Leclerc was later seen watching the remainder of the race from a sand dune.
Hamilton, who was already conducting media duties at the time of Leclerc's crash, said: 'I'm really not sure, I'll have to look back at it. As I went up the bank, the rear snapped out and I couldn't recover it. It was a bit twitchy, the car, but I think we made real progress this weekend.'
The race also saw Lando Norris retire with an engine problem seven laps from the finish, while Max Verstappen finished second behind Oscar Piastri. Piastri now leads Norris by 34 points in the drivers' standings, and McLaren hold a 324-point lead over Ferrari in the constructors' championship.
