Charles Leclerc revealed that the root cause of his decline was an issue with the chassis of his Ferrari, which started to manifest strongly around lap 40 and progressively worsened, making the car "u

“What?!” Leclerc replied to his race engineer, Bryan Bozzi, after being told the result. He laughed to himself afterwards: “Mamma mia. My God!” The bemusement initially hidden by Leclerc’s helmet remained etched on his face after he hopped out of his car and celebrated with his team.

Ferrari F1 team suggests plank-wear fears were not the main reason for Charles Leclerc's off-kilter final Hungarian GP stint