Ferrari left Zandvoort with a fourth and fifth place finish that had Fred Vasseur absolutely convinced the team left serious points on the table. The Ferrari team principal is demanding a thorough investigation into what went wrong at the Dutch Grand Prix, pointing to a string of execution errors that repeatedly undermined what he felt was genuinely competitive pace from the SF-26. Vasseur's frustration is palpable because he knows Ferrari should've done better, and that's what makes this one sting.

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The problems started right from the restart when Max Verstappen went out early. Charles Leclerc got a poor getaway on softs and immediately lost track position to Oscar Piastri on hards, which essentially set the tone for Ferrari's entire afternoon. Then came a sluggish pit stop for Leclerc that compounded the damage. Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, was stuck behind his team-mate and growing increasingly vocal about it, even questioning whether he was being used as a guinea pig. The seven-time champion was closing in on George Russell late on and had trimmed the gap to around seven tenths before a late Virtual Safety Car froze the field with just one lap to go.

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Vasseur acknowledged the strategy gamble didn't play out as intended. The team had groups of cars ahead and behind, making calls difficult, but that's exactly why he's demanding Ferrari take a magnifying glass to how decisions were made. The Ferrari boss mentioned potentially extended stints and longer-term thinking, but admits they lost crucial time with Hamilton stuck behind Leclerc. Those lost seconds, he knows, could've meant the difference between a podium and another frustrating day of damage control.

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What's clear is that Ferrari had the pace to fight harder on Sunday. The car was strong in race trim, arguably quicker than Mercedes according to Vasseur, but strategic confusion and pit wall hesitation meant the Prancing Horse spent the afternoon chasing rather than leading. With the championship fight intensifying, these kinds of operational missteps are exactly what Ferrari can't afford. That's why Vasseur's insisting nothing gets overlooked in the debrief, because next time, Ferrari needs to execute cleanly from lights out to chequered flag.

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