HomeSports NewsWhy Charles Leclerc blamed Ferrari for making his car undrivable at the Hungarian Grand Prix
Even after starting the race from the top, Leclerc failed to turn that into a win, initially blaming what he suggested was a known issue. The Ferrari driver was furious over the radio over an unmentioned issue, but after the game, he backed off from his statement.
Charles Leclerc blamed Ferrari for making his car undrivable at the Hungarian Grand Prix in his radio conversation after he slowly climbed from the top three positions and missed a podium finish.
Even after starting the race from the top, Leclerc failed to turn that into a win, initially blaming what he suggested was a known issue.
“This is so incredibly frustrating. We’ve lost all competitiveness. You just have to listen to me. I would have found a different way of managing those issues. Now it’s just undrivable. Undrivable. It’s a miracle if we finish on the podium,” Leclerc said over the radio during the race.
The Ferrari driver was furious over the radio over an unmentioned issue, but after the game, he backed off from his statement. Leclerc’s prediction proved true as eventually George Russell took over the Ferrari driver and was also given a five-second penalty for erratic driving.
“First of all, I need to take back the words I’ve said on the radio. Because I thought that it was coming from one thing but then I got a lot more details since I got out the car, and it was an issue coming from the chassis, and nothing that we could have done differently. I started to feel the issue in lap 40, or something like that, and it got worse lap after lap after lap. Towards the end, we were two seconds off the pace and the car was just undrivable”, he later clarified.
“I repeat myself, but this was an issue, and it’s an outlier. It shouldn’t ever happen again. I’m still very disappointed we had one opportunity this year to win a race, which I think was this weekend. The first stint was perfect. The first laps of the second stint were really good as well, and I think we were in pace to try and win that race. The last stint was a disaster when I started to have that issue.”
“I think it was quite tricky. Otherwise, I probably would have known and they would have told me, but it wasn’t as obvious from the data.”
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Aug 3, 2025 9:57 PM
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