Following his emotional win at the Monaco Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc and Ferrari were tantalizingly close to Red Bull atop the Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship standings, just 24 points behind.
Since then, however, Ferrari has been on the back foot. Between Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr., the team managed just a pair of podiums before the summer shutdown, and they limped into the break having slid down to third in the standings.
The Dutch Grand Prix seemed to offer more of the same. Both drivers struggled in practice, and on Saturday Leclerc managed to scrape into Q3, while Sainz missed out on the third segment of qualifying altogether.
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