Charles Leclerc crash compounds Ferrari F1 nightmare at Dutch Grand Prix

Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton both crashed out of the Dutch Grand Prix on a nightmare day for Ferrari. The Scuderia suffered their first double DNF in over a year on a windy and wet day at Zandvoort.

Hamilton, who's enduring a difficult first season with Ferrari, lost control on lap 23 of the race, burying the right side of his car into a tyre barrier. For Leclerc, it was a collision with Mercedes star Kimi Antonelli which ended his race.

Antonelli tried a lunge on the inside of a turn, clipping Leclerc and sending him into the gravel as sparks flew. Ferrari's only remaining driver did his best to drive away on track but couldn't continue because of the damage.

Leclerc, 27, was seen watching the rest of the race sat on a sand dune. Antonelli's punishment for the move was a 10-second penalty.

"That was just unnecessary from Antonelli," Sky Sports pundit Karun Chandhok said. "He went in way too hot and just went into Leclerc. You can't just understeer into that car."

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At the time of Leclerc's crash, Hamilton was already undertaking his media duties. The seven-time world champion wasn't able to make any conclusions when it came to the reason behind his crash.

"I'm really not sure, I'll have to look back at it," Hamilton told Sky Sports in the media pen. "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 and the pace was looking pretty decent. I was catching George [Russell] and I think I had the pace of a few cars ahead of me, but very unusual to not finish a race and to go out so early is definitely not great, but it is what it is."

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The two Ferrari drivers weren't the only early exits during what turned into a safety-car effected race. Seven laps from the finish, Lando Norris had an engine problem which robbed him of the chance to battle McLaren team-mate and championship leader Oscar Piastri for the win.

Norris' woes put Racing Bulls prospect Isack Hadjar on course for his first podium in Formula 1 during his debut season. At his home race, Max Verstappen moved into second, desperately chasing Piastri after the safety car restart.

But the Australian held on and claimed all 25 points on a huge day in the F1 title race. Piastri now leads Norris by 34 points in the driver standings while in the race for the Constructors' Championship, McLaren are a huge 324 points ahead of Ferrari.