🗣️ 'I made it clear that the medium I wanted to keep as long as possible, but we pitted very early for the hard, which we need to understand why.' Charles Leclerc was left baffled by F1 HungarianGP 'turning point' of Ferrari pitting him for hard tyres:
The decision went against Leclerc's wishes, who wanted to extend his middle stint on the mediums to then switch to the softs for the last stint.
Leclerc said he couldn't understand why Ferrari decided to bring him in early for hards after advising his crew against such a move. "The first stint was the right moment to stop, and we did the right choice there. But on the second stint, I don't know exactly why we did it shorter. "I'm pretty sure that this was his call to put us under the pressure, but I don't think we should have maybe reacted to that," Leclerc explained.Leclerc's latest setback has now increased his gap to Hungary winner and championship leader Verstappen to 80 points going into the summer break, making the Dutchman the overwhelming favourite to seal the drivers' title.
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