Charles Leclerc believes it got here to him to win the Hungarian Grand Prix, however he has restricted his criticism of Ferrari and blamed the chassis issues for sacrificing efficiency later within the race.
Main from pole place within the first two stints of the race, Leclerc started complaining to Ferrari on crew radio, saying, “You possibly can really feel what you mentioned earlier than the race. It’s essential to talk about it earlier than you do these.”
The next message stated, “We will lose this race with these items. We’re dropping a lot time,” and Leclerc criticized the crew very a lot when he slipped behind each McLaren drivers.
“It is very irritating. We have misplaced all our competitiveness,” he continued. “It’s a must to take heed to me. I’ve discovered one other technique to handle these points. Now it is simply unwilling. It is bold. It is miraculous to complete on the rostrum.”
Leclerc’s phrases had been correct as George Russell overtook him and cleared the fifteenth in third place, however Monegasque says he was knowledgeable of a special explanation for his lack of tempo after the race.
“We have to get again what we stated on the radio as a result of we thought it got here from one factor, however we acquired extra particulars as a result of we acquired out of the automobile. It was truly an issue that comes from the chassis and we could not have accomplished it in another way,” Leclerc stated.
“I began to really feel 40 laps or one thing like that, after which it acquired worse after which I lap after lap. The tempo was two seconds aside in direction of the tip. The automobile wasn’t free.
“I am nonetheless very disillusioned. I had one alternative to win a race this yr. I feel this was this weekend. The primary stint was excellent. The primary lap of the second stint was actually good too. I feel we had been paced to win that race. The final stint was a catastrophe once we began having points with the chassis.”
Leclerc says Ferrari is the uncertainty of the trigger primarily based on knowledge seen throughout the race itself, however he knew that victory was working away from him initially of the ultimate stint.
“I feel it was very tough,” he stated. “If not, we in all probability knew and they might have informed me. Plainly it wasn’t that apparent within the knowledge, however now we will undoubtedly affirm that there’s a drawback.
“Once I began to really feel the issue, I actually did not know the place it got here from. I assumed it was too aggressive from the adjustments I made on the entrance wing on the pit cease. In fact, it acquired loads worse. I felt a bit of sick.
