Leclerc says Zandvoort Turn 10 mistake cost him F1 Dutch GP pole

Leclerc had led the way after the first fliers in Q3 and set an even quicker first sector time on his final run to conclude qualifying.

But he could not then even better his personal best in sector two, let alone set a time that Verstappen could not match on the way to Q3’s quickest time in that part of the track for Red Bull.

This ended up being costly for Leclerc, as a purple sector in the final third meant the Ferrari driver wound up 0.021s adrift of pole when…