After his blood blow on the radio, Leclerc makes his mea culpa

Many will have believed in it, but no, Charles Leclerc did not win the Hungary Grand Prix. However, the Monegasque was off to a good start for. Therefore, After a good start, he kept the head of the race and quickly dug the gap with Oscar Piastri. Nevertheless, Leclerc fought with the Australian with Undercut during the first thirty laps. For example, But, it was from that moment that things were spoiled at Ferrari. Similarly,

Leclerc began to complain. Consequently, evoking the fact that he “Wait a lot of time” and that he was in the process of “Lose this race” on the radio. Moreover, At that moment. In addition, the Ferrari driver was second, behind Lando Norris who had taken over the race thanks to a offbeat strategy on a single stop. Nevertheless, Oscar Piastri, after his blood blow radio, third, returned to full power on the Monegasque. For example,

At the wheel of a single -seater who was losing mysteriously. Therefore, suddenly almost two seconds per turn, Leclerc could not defend himself in front of the McLaren, nor even facing the Mercedes of George Russell in the last laps, therefore contenting himself, in the end, of the fourth place.

“I am extremely disappointed”he simply launched at the microphone of Canal+ after the race. “On the first relay. it was going pretty well, on the second, it was starting to be a little difficult, and at the end of the fortieth round, we had problems in the chassis and … There was no hope at that time. So I am just extremely frustrated and disappointed.”

It’s Ultra Frustrating. Especially when it happens on the only race of the year when a victory was, I think, clearly possible.

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Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

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In the last part of the event, Leclerc, visibly very frustrated, launched on the radio: “It is incredibly frustrating. We have lost all competitiveness. You just have to listen to myself, I would have found another way to manage these problems. Now, it’s just inconsistent. It will be a miracle if you after his blood blow radio, finish on the podium”.

Asked about this message. which followed others who pointed out a lack of communication from the team, the pilot made his mea culpa, explaining to regret his words after having learned a little more about the origin of the problem.

“I have to come back to what I said on the radio. because I thought it came from one thing, but I was given a lot more details since I got out of the car”, he said. “It was actually a problem coming from the chassis, and nothing that we could have done differently. It is an isolated case. It should never happen again, but I remain very disappointed.”

“We are going to analyze what happened, but it is ultra frustrating. Especially when it happens on the only race of the year when a victory was, I think, clearly possible. Because during the first relay, we after his blood blow radio, were really in control of the rhythm of the race. The second relay. we got back on Lando and the 40th round, the problems started and after that it got worse until the end. I lost up to two seconds, so there was nothing to do. “

When asked if he could have imitated Norris’s strategy. by making only one stop, Leclerc replied: “It wouldn’t have changed anything, because unfortunately, with my chassis problem, we lost two seconds per turn so no.”

At the end of the race. when he was fighting with Russell to keep his third place, Leclerc defended a little too vigorously against the Mercedes, notably shifting a little too late in braking. He therefore received five seconds of penalty, a sanction which he became aware of in the square of interviews. “It’s possible [d’avoir reçu la pénalité]”he launched, asked about his defense. “I knew how to after his blood blow radio, be quite aggressive, I couldn’t do much very honestly. I gave everything. I knew it was at the limit, it doesn’t surprise me more than that.”