After the race, chatting with the likes of GPblog, the Monegasque cleared the air: “Properly, initially I have to take again the phrases I stated within the radio,” started Leclerc.
“I believed that it (the difficulty, ed.), was coming from one factor, however then I received much more particulars since I received out of the automotive, and it was truly a difficulty coming from the chassis and nothing that we might have accomplished in a different way,” clarified the Ferrari driver who went on to complete P4 within the race.
Mysterious problem strikes and Leclerc loses Hungarian GP win
“I began to really feel the difficulty in lap 40 or one thing like that, after which it received worse, lap after lap after lap,” revealed Leclerc.
“In the direction of the top, we have been two seconds off the tempo. And the automotive was simply undrivable. However I imply, once more, as I repeat myself, this was a difficulty, and it is an outlier. It should not occur once more.”
Nonetheless the Monegasque driver cannot however admit to being left with a bitter aftertaste to what regarded prone to be Ferrari’s first win of the season.
“I am nonetheless very disillusioned. We had one alternative this 12 months to win a race, which I believe was this weekend. The primary stint was excellent. The primary lap of the second stint was actually good as properly.”
“I believe we have been in tempo to attempt to win that race,” Leclerc added. “The final stint was a catastrophe once I began to have that problem on the chassis.”
Relating to the chassis drawback and what the foundation reason behind it was, each he and Ferrari are at a loss.
“I do not know but the way it was precipitated. however we’ll look into it,” Leclerc concluded.
