Ferrari deficit: Why Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc lost out at Zandvoort

Ferrari deficit: Why Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc lost out at Zandvoort

Ferrari looked capable of challenging in Zandvoort, but telemetry reveals where Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc lost crucial time.

Charles Leclerc points to critical 'mistakes' in qualifying frustration

Ferrari SF-26 telemetry reveals Charles Leclerc’s hybrid deployment loss in Dutch GP qualifying

Charles Leclerc’s Dutch Grand Prix qualifying difficulties were closely linked to Ferrari’s hybrid deployment strategy, with telemetry showing how changes made across the session ultimately left the SF-26 short of energy at crucial points of the Zandvoort lap. The clearest consequence appeared in Q3, where the Ferrari was approximately 15 km/h slower at the end of the main acceleration phase than during Leclerc’s best Q1 lap. The setback was par…