Charles Leclerc says Ferrari need to “get better” in every department after a shocking strategy cost him the chance of winning the HungarianGP and cutting his F1 championship deficit
Leclerc, who eventually finished sixth after making a third pit stop to get rid of the hards, raged about the decision over team radio during the race as he called his tyres “shit”. He later described Ferrari’s decision to put him on the hard compound as a “disaster”.Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get the latest reviews, interviews and more
Team boss Mattia Binotto said Ferrari’s car was “not working as expected” in the race as he explained the Italian outfit’s thinking behind the decision to switch Leclerc onto the hard tyre. “So we fitted the hard tyres at the time because it was a 30-lap stint and we were trying to protect position on Max and it would have been too long certainly on the soft. Our choice and our analysis was, yes, it would be difficult at the start of the stint but it would come back by the end.
“So the car today was not performing well. And when the car is not performing, it doesn’t make the tyres work as they should and certainly not the hard tyres.”
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