(Motorsports news) After being delayed by a jack issue during a pit stop and receiving a penalty for pitlane speeding, the Ferrari driver eventually finished the race in seventh place. This cost George Russell a position. During the race, Leclerc was also overheard criticising the timing of a strategy decision, although he played down the sentiment that seemed to accompany the communication.

The issue, Leclerc continued, is that we also have numerous radio-related issues. And my engineer can only understand one out of every four words since there are issues with our radios in three or four races. “So we must address that. Obviously, I’m speaking in a high-pitched voice because I need to be heard.

“However, I just wanted to make sure they didn’t misunderstand me and that you should go aggressive early rather than aggressive late. The only thing left to do was to clarify due to our radio problems. Leclerc continued, “It’s challenging. In several races, we didn’t complete the tasks exactly as I had hoped, but today we did. And the slow pause alone clearly put us at a disadvantage.

As his string of dismal finishes continued, Leclerc acknowledged that it had been a “difficult” and “frustrating” afternoon at the Hungaroring. The pit stop, Leclerc continued, “was pretty slow.” Furthermore, we were given a five-second timeout for speeding in the pit lane. So yeah, it’s another challenging weekend.

The speed we had today made me feel that even as a driver, when you feel like you’re doing a fantastic job with a car you have, nobody really acknowledges it, which is honestly annoying overall. “And when you perform poorly, everyone notices it. So it’s challenging. But ultimately, it’s just a part of the game. And now it’s only up to us to move forward as McLaren did. We are currently on the back foot. And it has been verified during the previous three weekends.

“There is a lot of work to be done once more. Since the slow stop really put us on the back foot while we were behind Lance Stroll, I feel like the outcome is much worse than it actually felt. The first stint felt pretty decent. “I had to exert a lot of effort, and after that, we were with Carlos Sainz, where we lost some time. The car felt perfectly fine when I pushed it again during the third stint.

So, yes, I believe the outcome appears worse than it actually is. But it’s obvious that we still lag behind, particularly in comparison to Lando Norris. Leclerc claimed that the tyre degradation that had been a vulnerability earlier in the season had not occurred again. I don’t believe it was that horrible, considering how much we were pushing,” he remarked. “However, I don’t want to talk too much about that. Because, in all honesty, all you have in the car is your own image.

“I felt like we were managing the tyres pretty well, and I could see that with Lewis Hamilton leading the first stint. I felt like I was managing my tyres well on my third stint with Oscar Piastri. “However, I have no idea what the other three guys up front were doing. I’ll have to investigate that.

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