An extremely bad weekend. The performance was never there. There wasn't a single good lap. In qualifying, we were nowhere, and that conditioned our entire weekend.
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Following his sensational lap in Saturday's qualifying which saw Charles Leclerc claim a shock pole position for Ferrari, the Monegasque endured a heartbreaking result at the Hungarian Grand Prix despite his impressive pace during his first two stints of the race. F1Technical's senior writer Balazs Szabo delivers his latest analysis in his column branded as F1MATHS.
An extremely bad weekend. The performance was never there. There wasn't a single good lap. In qualifying, we were nowhere, and that conditioned our entire weekend.
Right after this he said he was so bored in the car, he started imagining the different scenarios for the WDC battle based on what he was seeing on the screens
Yea i dont think either driver enjoyed it, Lewis was complaining about how miserable it was mid race and asked adami if anyone even managed an overtake after the raceScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑30 Nov 2025, 20:26Right after this he said he was so bored in the car, he started imagining the different scenarios for the WDC battle based on what he was seeing on the screens
But what about the unused potential of the car? Surely there was loads.ScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑30 Nov 2025, 20:14When Vasseur was asked what positives can be taken from this weekend, he simply said "None."
At least he's being honest. One more week and we can be free of this car. I just don't have faith 2026 will be better.
"I didn't have confidence in the car, I didn't have the pace, I had nothing in the car, so... I'm genuinely relieved that the weekend is over. It was a very frustrating race, from the very first lap to the last."
- "Once again, after what happened yesterday on the first lap, I didn't have confidence and I didn't know what was going to happen with the car in the first few laps. We weren't competitive for a single lap throughout the entire weekend, which was really very frustrating."
- "It hurts me, I'm really sorry. I don't want to create false hopes, but we also have to say what we think. At the beginning of the year, I was convinced that we had done good work, but the result is that it wasn't enough. We need to do much more to achieve our goals. We are doing a lot, we are working a lot."
- "We'll see how it goes next year. This year, we sacrificed the second part of the season to work on next year's car, so it's not surprising that we're struggling right now. What is surprising is being this far behind this weekend, because we can't explain such a performance by the fact that we started developing the next car. I'm not satisfied and we need to find answers."
- "I'm looking forward to getting to Abu Dhabi and trying to end the season on a more positive note, hoping to give ourselves a bit more happiness before the holidays. Because it would be quite depressing to go on vacation after two weekends like this one. It would be really very negative, so I hope we'll have a better weekend. A podium would be nice, but after this weekend, I really have little hope."
"Charles and I gave everything to get the maximum out of this car. But I think this race shows that the others have developed longer and much more this season."
- "We're really struggling to keep up with the other teams or stay ahead of Williams. It shows how much the others have progressed, and I hope our sacrifices were worth it."
- "What do I need besides a good car? That's not something I want to talk about in public. But there are a lot of things to change. There are many areas where we need to improve, so over the next few months, we'll have to focus on the positive points and hold onto them, but also change everything that's not working.