After Leclerc News Today

Charles Leclerc was left to rue an ill-handling Ferrari SF-23 after crashing out of qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix, an incident that leaves him a lowly ninth on the grid.

It may not have been drenched in drama, but the Baku race revealed plenty about how the rest of 2023 is likely to play out.

The way things panned out – with Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari blowing its power unit just 20 laps into the race – it didn’t matter that the Red Bulls had not made their tyre stops under the Virtual Safety Car when it was applied on Lap 9. But had Leclerc’s car not broken, it would have been highly significant and could conceivably have lost Red Bull the race.