Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc gave Formulation 1 followers glorious meme materials after his unlucky crash on the Dutch Grand Prix, attributable to Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli. A contemplative Leclerc was caught by F1 TV plonked on a sand dune after an formidable maneuver by Antonelli ended his race early.
Leclerc was additionally caught by cameras utilizing the race marshals’ fold-out chair to sit down and mull his race as a substitute of dragging himself again to the paddock.
In the meantime, Oscar Piastri gained the Dutch Grand Prix whereas teammate Lando Norris’ McLaren broke down. The incident may have championship-deciding penalties. An inconsolable Norris too was seen sitting subsequent to the race observe throughout the race.
How did Leclerc’s race finish?
Leclerc’s race ended after Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli tried to overhaul Leclerc on the within of a decent banked nook on Flip 3. However as a substitute of a clear getaway, Antonelli’s automobile clipped Leclerc’s rear wheel, thus sending the Ferrari hurtling into the barrier.
What made the Monegasque driver’s distress much more acute was the truth that Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton additionally crashed out of the race in The Netherlands. The truth is, Leclerc hit the wall in nearly the identical spot as his teammate Lewis Hamilton had crashed out earlier within the race.
This implies Ferrari will go into their dwelling race at Monza on the again of a double didn’t end.
‘It hurts’: Leclerc on the incident
“What created the incident is Kimi being overly optimistic on the within of Flip 3, which is okay – you’ve acquired to be aggressive and errors occur,” Leclerc stated on the press convention later.
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“However it hurts, as a result of it value so much to the group after what was a very good race. I feel the tempo was good. I needed to be very aggressive to make up the locations that we had misplaced due to being unfortunate throughout the first Security Automotive. We did form of every thing proper, so it was a disgrace.”
“Yeah. It’s been a really troublesome weekend,” stated the Monegasque driver for Ferrari. “Aside from the race, it’s been an uphill weekend, so I hope we will begin on a greater foot in Monza and have a greater weekend general.”
What did Antonelli say concerning the incident?
“It’s a disgrace as a result of the race was trying good, the tempo was very robust and we had been coming again and, yeah, I attempted,” conceded Antonelli.
“It didn’t really feel like I overshot massively, it was a bit unlucky as a result of, whereas I used to be attempting to maintain it tight, it got here a bit down from the banking and that was the second when the contact occurred.
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“It was a disgrace, I really feel sorry as a result of clearly it’s not good to take somebody out. A minimum of [there were] some positives at the moment, and we transfer ahead.”
Antonelli apologises to Leclerc
Ferrari group principal Fred Vasseur revealed that Antonelli had gone to apologise to Leclerc for ending the motive force’s race early.
“He got here to apologize to Charles. Charles was not there, however he got here to me. And truthfully I recognize this,” Vasseur stated. “It’s not really easy to overhaul in Zandvoort. It signifies that it’s important to take a danger. He took a danger. He made a mistake.”