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BREAKING: Charles Leclerc crash compounds Ferrari nightmare at Dutch Grand Prix

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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 driver Kimi Antonelli which ended his race.

Antonelli tried a lunge on the insider of a turn, clipping Leclerc and sending him into the gravel. The Ferrari star 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.

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 cause of his crash.

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"I'm really not sure, I'll have to look back at it," Hamilton told Sky Sports. "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."

The two Ferrari drivers weren't the only early exits of 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' issue put Racing Bulls prospect Isack Hadjar on course for his first podium in Formula 1. At his home race, Max Verstappen moved into second.

There will be more to follow on this breaking news story and Mirror Sport will bring you the very latest updates, pictures and video as soon as possible.

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