Jolyon Palmer feels Carlos Sainz “doesn’t really deserve” to be so far behind Charles Leclerc in the standings, saying his Australian GP crash was the result of a “perfect storm”.

And part of the blame for that storm belongs with Ferrari.

Sainz dropped 38 points behind Leclerc in the race for this year’s World title, prompting many pundits to claim that he’ll soon find himself as the support act to his team-mate’s title question if he doesn’t start winning, and soon.

While Leclerc has three podiums, two of which are race wins, to his name, Sainz has a P2, and P3, and now a DNF after crashing out of the Australian Grand Prix.