Charles Leclerc thought his crash in FP2 on the Hungarian Grand Prix was going to result in a lot larger harm than he suffered, although it was sufficient to chop his day quick.
The Monegasque driver misplaced management on the exit curb on the high-speed Flip 4 left-hander, spinning throughout the observe and hitting the barrier with the left rear nook after which entrance left. The session was stopped for over quarter-hour whereas barrier repairs had been carried out, however Leclerc believes he escaped with comparatively minor harm to his automobile given the pace of the incident.
“Properly after I misplaced it I believed the harm can be a lot larger, so the harm just isn’t that large, however clearly it’s sufficient for us to not proceed the session and that’s by no means what you need,” Leclerc mentioned. “What occurred is I ran a bit extensive on the curb, I acquired a snap in the midst of Flip 4, acquired a bit extensive after which misplaced the automobile on the curb.
“So it was my mistake, however now it’s all about bouncing again tomorrow. Till now the automobile was fairly good, the sensation is getting a bit bit higher. We had extra of a constant day in comparison with the final three or 4 weekends, in order that’s optimistic. Sadly with the error the mileage was reduce quick, however hopefully we’ll recuperate that in FP3 tomorrow.”
Ferrari has introduced an up to date ground to Hungary to try to remedy latest issues with bouncing, and Leclerc believes progress has been made however warns it will be untimely to counsel the problems is unquestionably fastened.
“I wouldn’t get carried away too shortly, however the feeling is nice. I believe we’re nonetheless fairly a bit behind McLaren – McLaren appears to be super-strong this weekend – nonetheless as I mentioned, the sensation is nice, and that’s all the time a superb signal. Now now we have to place every thing collectively tomorrow and I hope we’ll do this.”
Teammate Carlos Sainz topped the primary apply session and was third in FP2, and says evaluation will now happen to see if the brand new components are the reason for the one-lap tempo, or if there are different components.
“We had a greater day than what we’ve had the final three weekends,” Sainz mentioned. “We’re nonetheless but to grasp whether or not it’s the upgrades delivering a bit bit higher like we had been attempting to do, or possibly a little bit of observe traits concerned that are possibly suiting our automobile a bit higher, however we appear to be a bit extra aggressive.
“Once you look a bit extra intimately within the lengthy runs you may see that we’re nonetheless not precisely the quickest on the market and there’s nonetheless Pink Bull and McLaren a transparent step forward, however no less than over one lap we appear to be a bit extra within the ballpark.”