Leclerc: Antonelli overly optimistic

Ferrari pitted Leclerc to cover Antonelli, and as the latter was passing by the pit exit, the former emerged from the pits.

The Mercedes rookie then attempted a move on the #16 Ferrari, tagged it, and sent it spinning into the barriers at Turn 3; game over for Leclerc.

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Facing the media, Leclerc was quizzed on whether Ferrari should have pitted him at that point based on his radio message where he expressed his dissatisfaction with the strategy.

"I don’t think this should be the story of the day," the Monegasque responded. "The strategy, we can discuss about it, and I just let the team know, but that’s not what created the incident.

"What created the incident is Kimi being overly optimistic on the inside of Turn 3, which is fine—you’ve got to be aggressive, and mistakes happen.

"But it hurts, because it cost a lot to the team after what was a good race. I think the pace was good. I had to be very aggressive to make up the places that we had lost because of being unlucky during the first Safety Car. We did kind of everything right, so it was a shame," he explained.

Ferrari had a tough weekend in Zandvoort, struggling for pace, and it ended with both cars suffering DNFs as Lewis Hamilton—who was closer to Leclerc this time pacewise—also spun and crashed after dropping a wheel on the white line when the track was a bit damp.

"It’s been a very difficult weekend," Leclerc said. "Apart from the race, it’s been an uphill weekend, so I hope we can start on a better foot in Monza and have a better weekend overall."

Antonelli, on the other hand, was slapped with a ten-second time penalty for his incident with Leclerc, and that was followed by a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane, which meant he finished 16th.

The Italian raised his hand and expressed regret for the incident; he added: "It’s a shame because the race was looking good, the pace was very strong, and we were coming back, and, yeah, I tried.

“It didn’t feel like I overshot massively; it was a bit unfortunate because, while I was trying to keep it tight, it came a bit down from the banking, and that was the moment when the contact happened.

“It was a shame. I feel sorry because obviously it’s not nice to take someone out. At least [there were] some positives today, and we move forward," Antonelli maintained.

Despite some encouraging performance so far in 2025, Antonello struggled recently but has shown some improvement after Mercedes reintroduced an older specification of its rear suspension on the W16.

He showed decent race pace in Zandvoort despite qualifying 11th; he commented: "I think race pace has always been strong this year, and it’s nice that this is developing and it’s getting stronger and stronger.

"It’s now more about nailing Qualifying in order to start more at the front, because then it’s completely another story," Antonelli concluded.

Ferrari and Mercedes are locked in a fight for second place in the 2025 Formula 1 Constructors' Championship. Ferrari leave Zandvoort with zero points but are still 12 points ahead of Mercedes in the Championship. (Reporting by Agnes Carlier)