Ferrari collapses in Hungary, Fred Vasseur: “We need to understand what happened”. Ferrari suffers a disappointing result at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Fred Vasseur explains the issues experienced by Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton at the Hungarian Grand Prix and what Ferrari can learn from this difficult weekend.

Ferrari leaves the Hungarian Grand Prix defeated, with Charles Leclerc losing pole position and not even finishing on the podium, while Lewis Hamilton endures a nightmare race. In an interview with Sky Sport F1, Fred Vasseur explained that during the upcoming break, the team will try to investigate the real problems faced by both drivers, especially concerning the performance of Charles Leclerc’s SF-25 car.

“We need to investigate, but the gap was not huge. In the first two stints, we even managed to create a small advantage over the McLaren car. In the second stint, we were under a bit more pressure, but we were still managing to hold first place. In the last stint, we were two seconds slower in pace and completely lost the race and positions. It’s really disappointing because until that point, everything had gone well,” he explained to Sky’s microphones.

“Charles had an excellent first part of the race, and we must expect to do much more complex work moving forward. Lewis had a less than ideal race. He immediately lost two positions and got stuck in traffic with a DRS train, which is the worst possible scenario. You simply can’t overtake. We also tried to make a pit stop, but it was too late.”

Fred Vasseur confirmed that Charles Leclerc had a chassis issue, and that “everything started from the third stint.”

What can Ferrari learn from this weekend? “It is true that Saturday had ultimately been a good day, but chaotic. Even the first part of the race, we might have been on par with McLaren in terms of pace. Probably for the first time this year, we matched their race pace. We built a good gap on George Russell in the first 40 laps. Then we completely lost everything, lost the pace. When you lose two seconds per lap, you can’t even fight anymore.”

Now there is only one thing left to do: reset and prepare as best as possible for the second half of the season. “Now we need to understand what happened in the last 30 laps of the race,” the team principal continued. “We can also take the positive aspects from the weekend because we managed to match McLaren in many phases.”

Charles Leclerc also complained about a problem with the K1 system, but Fred Vasseur confirmed that “it has nothing to do with the two seconds lost at the end of the race,” he concluded.