Lewis Hamilton said he could “count on one hand” the number of times he has made a driver error that caused a crash after his early exit from the Dutch Grand Prix.

Hamilton’s race in Zandvoort lasted just 23 laps after he crashed into the barriers at Turn 3 in a rare moment of driver error from the experienced Ferrari man.

Lewis Hamilton reacts to costly Zandvoort crash

Additional reporting by Thomas Maher

While his form has deserted him this year, Hamilton has at least kept it on track, but he picked up his first retirement of the season with a costly crash in the Netherlands.

On the crash, Hamilton said: “I lost the rear end of the bank, and that was it” before stating he could “count on one hand” the number of times he has made such a mistake in his career.

“I’m sad for th

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